Naturally Fractured Reservoir Analogs in the Field
The carbonates of Arrow Canyon, Southern Nevada
Recap/Preview
Stop 1: Intro to Arrow Canyon – Large Scale Geological Setting
Stop 2: View of Large-Scale Anticline Structure
Stop 3: Leading Synclinal Hinge of Large Anticline
Stop 4: Comparison of Fractures in Limestone and in Chert
Stop 5: General Character of Joints, Seen in Pavements and Cross Section Views
Stop 6: Mississippian-Pennsylvanian Contact
Stop 7: Reservoir Properties of Fracture System
Stop 8: Roots & Faults in Battleship Wash Formation
Stop 9: The Narrows, A Slot Canyon
Stop 10: Thrust Structure Fracture Features
Stop 11: Solution-enlarged Fault
Stop 12: Paleocaverns
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Index Scene of Stop 12 (11:18)
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Detail A: Fracture with Solution Enlargement and Collapse Breccia Fill
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Detail B: Solution-collapse Breccia
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Detail C: Gradation from Intact Wall to Breccia with Calcite Cement
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Detail D: Large Scale Juxtaposition between Intact Wall Rock and Paleocavern
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Detail E: Paleocavern
Stop 13: Large Paleocavern
Recap/Preview
Index Scene of Stop 3
Transcript
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Click “Visit A” in left panel under Stop 3 to see and hear discussion about specific features you can see near A on the index image.
Click “Visit B” in left panel under Stop 3 to see and hear discussion about specific features you can see near B on the index image.
Stop 3: Leading synclinal hinge of large anticline
– Change of dip of bedded carbonate strata at Arrow Canyon anticline
– A. Minor local deformation in synclinal hinge
– B. Northward view of syncline
Virtual Reality of Stop 3