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Fault Connectivity

Fault Connectivity is a structural geological construct that characterizes the degree to which faults act as conduits or barriers to fluid flow within a reservoir, distinguishing it from other connectivity types by its specific dependence on fault zone architecture and rock properties.

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Connectivity of random fault networks following a power law fault length distribution

Olivier Bour, Philippe Davy · Water Resources Research · 1997 · 400 citations

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The relationship between the geometry of normal faults and that of the sedimentary layers in their hanging walls

Nicky White, James Jackson, Dan McKenzie · Journal of Structural Geology · 1986 · 310 citations

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The Red River fault system in the Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam

Claude Rangin, Michel Klein, Delphine Roques et al. · Tectonophysics · 1995 · 255 citations

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The growth and propagation of synsedimentary faults

Conrad Childs, Andrew Nicol, John J. Walsh et al. · Journal of Structural Geology · 2002 · 243 citations

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Glossary of fault and other fracture networks

David Peacock, Casey W. Nixon, Atle Rotevatn et al. · Journal of Structural Geology · 2016 · 228 citations

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Authors

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  1. JJ
    John J. Walsh

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    4 publications · 463 citations

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  2. GC
    Guillaume Caumon

    Université de Lorraine, France

    4 publications · 192 citations

    4

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  3. AR
    Atle Rotevatn

    University of Bergen, Norway

    3 publications · 365 citations

    3

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  4. DJ
    David J. Sanderson

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 299 citations

    3

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  5. CW
    Casey W. Nixon

    University of Bergen, Norway

    3 publications · 365 citations

    3

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Institutions

154

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    1K citations

  2. Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    513 citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    337 citations

  4. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    4 h-index

    18 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    405 citations

  6. Université de Lorraine

    Nancy, France

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    357 citations

  7. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

    Hsinchu, Taiwan

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    723 citations

  8. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Journal of Structural Geology

    16 publications · 1.6K citations

    14

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  2. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 5 publications · 167 citations

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  3. AAPG Bulletin

    4 publications · 238 citations

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  4. Marine and Petroleum Geology

    3 publications · 112 citations

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  5. Geological Society London Special Publications

    3 publications · 110 citations

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