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Orlando J. Ortega

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Publications

4

Citations

806

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4

Active since

1999

Affiliations

The University of Texas at Austin(Current)

Shell (United States)

Bureau of Economic Analysis

The University of Arizona Global Campus

Orlando J. Ortega is an author at The University of Texas at Austin specializing in engineering, civil engineering, and geology.

Top concepts

GeologyEngineeringGeomechanicsCivil EngineeringStructural GeologyTectonicsEarth ScienceSeismologyRock PropertiesEconomic Geology

Publications per year

1999–2010

4

Publications

4

A scale-independent approach to fracture intensity and average spacing measurement

Orlando J. Ortega, Randall Marrett, Stephen E. Laubach · AAPG Bulletin · 2006 · 415 citations

Average Spacing Measurement, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +24

Extent of power-law scaling for natural fractures in rock

Randall Marrett, Orlando J. Ortega, Celinda M. Kelsey · Geology · 1999 · 193 citations

Engineering, Orthopaedic Surgery, Power-law Scaling +19

Prediction of macrofracture properties using microfracture information, Mesaverde Group sandstones, San Juan basin, New Mexico

Orlando J. Ortega, Randall Marrett · Journal of Structural Geology · 2000 · 115 citations

Facies Analysis, Engineering, Structural Geology +10

Quantifying diagenetic and stratigraphic controls on fracture intensity in platform carbonates: An example from the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeast Mexico

Orlando J. Ortega, Julia Gale, Randall Marrett · Journal of Structural Geology · 2010 · 83 citations

Engineering, Structural Geology, Platform Carbonates +12

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