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Fault Sealing

Fault Sealing is a geological phenomenon in which a fault acts as a barrier to fluid flow within a reservoir, thereby restricting the movement of hydrocarbons or water due to differences in capillary pressure, stress, or lithological juxtaposition across the fault plane.

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Conditions for fault-valve behaviour

Richard H. Sibson · Geological Society London Special Publications · 1990 · 473 citations

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Seal bypass systems

Joe Cartwright, Mads Huuse, Andrew C. Aplin · AAPG Bulletin · 2007 · 462 citations

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The permeability of faults within siliciclastic petroleum reservoirs of the North Sea and Norwegian Continental Shelf

Q.J. Fisher, R. J. Knipe · Marine and Petroleum Geology · 2001 · 383 citations

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Theoretical aspects of cap-rock and fault seals for single- and two-phase hydrocarbon columns

N. L. Watts · Marine and Petroleum Geology · 1987 · 382 citations

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An earthquake mechanism based on rapid sealing of faults

Michael L. Blanpied, D. A. Lockner, J. D. Byerlee · Nature · 1992 · 276 citations

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  1. XF
    Xiaofei Fu

    Northeast Petroleum University, China

    6 publications · 208 citations

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  2. GY
    G. Yielding

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 141 citations

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  3. RJ
    R. J. Knipe

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. LM
    Lingdong Meng

    Northeast Petroleum University, China

    5 publications · 194 citations

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  5. QF
    Q.J. Fisher

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 1K citations

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  1. Northeast Petroleum University

    Daqing, China

    8 h-index

    32 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    681 citations

  4. BP (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    289 citations

  5. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    302 citations

  6. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    900 citations

  7. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    356 citations

  8. Norsk Hydro (Norway)

    Oslo, Norway

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    221 citations

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  1. AAPG Bulletin

    27 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. Geological Society London Special Publications

    18 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Marine and Petroleum Geology

    10 publications · 969 citations

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  4. Journal of Structural Geology

    5 publications · 258 citations

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  5. Petroleum Geoscience

    5 publications · 229 citations

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