Seismic window

Abstract

How far will a fracture propagate during hydraulic stimulation? I was investigating this topic following the Western Australian Government’s moratorium on ‘fracking’ when I came across some notes on fault deformation (I will provide the answer later). Around the same time a colleague decided to go back to university and to begin researching the structural evolution of the Carnarvon Basin. These two events led me to my Atlas of Analogue Modelling of Extensional Fault Systems for a quick brush up on extensional tectonics. This Atlas was produced by the National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics at Adelaide University and documented several sand box models of different structural settings found on the NW shelf. With its sand box modelling of the Mermaid Fault this book would be a good place for my colleague to start his research.