Publications

2020 Selected Publications

Almansour, A., Laubach, S.E., Bickel, J.E., and Schultz, R.A., 2020. Value of Information analysis of a fracture prediction method. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering,  doi: 10.2118/198906-PA | view at publisher | VOI software | blog post

Denny, A.C., Fall, A., Orland, I.J., Valley, J.W., Eichhubl, P., Laubach, S.E., 2020. A history of pore water oxygen isotope evolution in the Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation in East Texas. Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10/1130/B35291.1 | view at publisher | blog post

Baqués, V., Ukar, E., Laubach, S.E., Forstner, S.R., Fall, A., 2020. Fracture, dissolution, and cementation events in Ordovician carbonate reservoirs, Tarim basin, NW China. Geofluids, v. 2020, Article ID 9037429, 28 p. doi: 10.1155/2020/9037429 | view at publisher 

Ukar, E., Baqués, V., Laubach, S.E., Marrett, R., 2020. The nature and origins of decameter-scale porosity in Ordovician carbonate rocks, Halahatang oilfield, Tarim Basin, China. Journal of the Geological Society, doi: | view at publisher

2019 Selected Publications

Structural diagenesis methods

Weisenberger, T., Eichhubl, P., Laubach, S.E., and Fall, A., 2019. Degradation of fracture porosity by carbonate cement, Piceance basin, Colorado, USA. Petroleum Geoscience. doi:10.1144/petgeo2018-162 | view at publisher

Wang, Q., Laubach, S.E., Gale, J.F.W., and Ramos, M.J., 2019. Quantified fracture (joint) clustering in Archean basement, Wyoming: application of Normalized Correlation Count method. Petroleum Geoscience. doi:10.1144/petgeo2018-146 | view at publisher | blog post 

Ukar, E., Laubach, S.E., Hooker, J.N., 2019. Outcrops as guides to subsurface natural fractures: example from the Nikanassin Formation tight-gas sandstone, Grande Cache, Alberta Foothills, Canada. Marine & Petroleum Geology, 103, 255-275. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.01.039 | view at publisher

Denny, A.C., Fall, A., Orland, I.J., Valley, J.W., Eichhubl, P., Laubach, S.E., 2019. A prolonged history of pore water oxygen isotope evolution in the Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation in East Texas. Geological Society of America Bulletin, | view at publisher

Guzmics, T., Berkesi, M., Bodnar, R.J., Fall, A., Bali, E., Milke, R., Vetlenyi, E., Szabo, C., 2019. Natrocarbonatites: a hidden product of three-phase immiscibility. Geology 47 (6), 527-530. | view at publisher

Shale fractures & mechanical properties

Chen, X., Eichhubl, P., Olson, J.E., Dewers, T.A., 2019. Effect of water on fracture mechanical properties of shale. JGR Solid Earth doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016479 | view at publisher

Ramos, M.J., Espinoza, D.N., Laubach, S.E., and Torres-Verdin, C., 2019. Quantifying static and dynamic stiffness anisotropy and nonlinearity in finely laminated shales: experimental measurement and modeling. Geophysics 84 (1), MR25-MR36. doi.org/10.1190/geo2018-0032.1 | view at publisher

Ramos, M.J., Espinoza, D.N., Goldfarb, E.J., Tisato, N., Laubach, S.E., Torres-Verdin, C., 2019. Microstructural controls on elastic anisotropy of finely laminated Mancos Shale. Geophysical Journal International, 216 (2), 991-1004. doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy474 | view at publisher

Ukar, E., Lopez, R.G., Gale, J.F.W., and Manceda, R., 2019. Outcrop to core comparison of natural fractures in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Argentina. Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop, 28 April 2019. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201900284 | view at publisher

Gale, J.F.W., Elliott, S.J., Li, J.Z., and Laubach, S.E., 2019. Natural fracture characterization in the Wolfcamp Formation at the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site (HFTS), Midland basin, Texas. SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, URTEC-644. doi: 10.15530/urtec-2019-644 | view at publisher

McCay, A.T., Shipton, Z.K., Lunn, R.J., and Gale, J.F.W., 2019. Mini thief zones: sub-centimeter sedimentary features enhance fracture connectivity in shales. AAPG Bulletin, 103 (4), 951-971. doi.org/10.1306/0918181610617114 | view at publisher
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Wang, W., Wu, K., and Olson, J.E., 2019. Characterization of hydraulic fracture geometry in shale rocks through physical modeling. International Journal of Fracture, 216 (1), 71-85. | view at publisher

Yue, K., Olson, J.E., Schultz, R.A., 2019. The effect of layered modulus on hydraulic-fracture modeling and fracture-height containment. SPE Drilling & Completions. doi.org/10.2118/195683-PA | view at publisher

Faults and structural diagenesis

Callahan O.A., Eichhubl, P., Olson, J.E., Davatzes N.C., 2019. Fracture mechanical properties of damaged and hydrothermally altered rocks, Dixie Valley‐Stillwater Fault Zone, Nevada, USA. JGR Solid Earth. doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016708 | view at publisher

Ferraro, F., Agosta, F., Ukar, E., Grieco, D.S., Cavalcante, F., Belviso, C., Prosser, G., 2019. Structural diagenesis of carbonate fault rocks exhumed from shallow crustal depths: An example from the central-southern Apennines, Italy. Journal of Structural Geology, 122, 58-80. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2019.02.008 | view at publisher

Shovkun, I. and Espinoza, D.N., 2019. Fracture propagation in heterogeneous porous media: pore-scale implications of mineral dissolution. Rock Mechanics & Rock Engineering, doi.org/10.1007/s00603-019-01766-z | view at publisher

Wang, Q., Laubach, S.E., and Fall, A., 2019. Coupled effects of diagenesis and deformation on fracture evolution in deeply buried sandstones. Fifty third US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 23-26 June, New York, NY, ARMA 2019-1842. | view at publisher

Haddad, M., Eichhubl, P., Laubach, S.E., 2019. Threshold horizontal stress contrast for fully cemented natural-fracture reactivation: dependence on intersection angle and initial reservoir pressure. Fifty third US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 23-26 June, New York, NY, ARMA 2019-146 | view at publisher

2018 Selected Publications

Fracture patterns & fracture porosity

Spatial arrangement of fractures and faults. Journal of Structural Geology, Special issue. Edited by Stephen E. Laubach, William M. Dunne, Juliette Lamarche, Bertrand D.M. Gauthier. v. 108, Pages 1-290 (March 2018) |  view at publisher

Laubach, S.E., Lamarche, J., Gauthier, B.D.M., Dunne, W.M., 2018. Editorial: Spatial arrangement of faults and opening-mode fractures. Journal of Structural Geology 108, 1-2. doi:org.10.1016/j.jsg.2018.01.008 | view at publisher

Laubach, S.E., Lamarche, J., Gauthier, B.D.M., Dunne, W.M., and Sanderson, D.J., 2018. Spatial arrangement of faults and opening-mode fractures. Journal of Structural Geology 108, 2-15. doi.org.10.1016/j.jsg.2017.08.008 | view at publisher
Number 4 ‘most read’ according to publisher, last 90 days, March 2019

Marrett, R., Gale, J.F.W., Gomez, L., and Laubach, S.E., 2018. Correlation analysis of fracture arrangement in space. Journal of Structural Geology 108, 16-33. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2017.06.012 | view at publisher  | Go to CorrCount Software | blog post
Number 15 ‘most read’ according to publisher, last 90 days, March 2019
2019 AAPG Petroleum Structure & Geomechanics Division Best Recent Paper Award

Hooker, J.N., Laubach, S.E., and Marrett, R., 2018. Microfracture spacing distributions and the evolution of fracture patterns in sandstones. Journal of Structural Geology 108, 66-79. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2017.04.001 | view at publisher

Li, J.Z., Laubach, S.E., Gale, J.F.W., and Marrett, R., 2018. Quantifying opening-mode fracture spatial organization in horizontal wellbore image logs, core and outcrop: application to Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation tight gas sandstones, USA. Journal of Structural Geology 108, 137-156. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2017.07.005 | view at publisher

Laubach, S.E., Hundley, T.H., Hooker, J.N., Marrett, R., 2018. Spatial arrangement and size distribution of normal faults, Buckskin Detachment upper plate, Western Arizona. Journal of Structural Geology 108, 230-242. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2017.10.001 | view at publisher

Gale, J.F.W., Ukar, E., Laubach, S.E., 2018. Gaps in DFN models and how to fill them.  In: 2^nd International Discrete Fracture Network Engineering Conference held in Seattle, Washington, USA, 20–22 June 2018, ARMA, American Rock Mechanics Association. DFNE 18-857 | view at publisher

Miranda, T.S., Santos, R.F. Barbosa, J.A. Gomes, I.F. Alencar, M.L. Correia, O.J. Falcão, T.C. Gale, J.F.W., Neumann V.H., 2018. Quantifying aperture, spacing and fracture intensity in a carbonate reservoir analogue: Crato Formation, NE Brazil. Marine & Petroleum Geology 97, 556-567. | view at publisher

Hydraulic and natural fracture interaction

Wang, W., Olson, J.E., Prodanović, M., Schultz, R.A., 2018. Interaction between cemented natural fractures and hydraulic fractures assessed by experiments and numerical simulations. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 167, 506-516. doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2018.03.095 |  view at publisher

Lee, H.P., Olson, J.E., Schultz, R.A., 2018. Interaction analysis of propagating opening model fractures with veins using Discrete Element Method. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 103, 275-288. | view at publisher

Lee, H.P., Razavi, O., Olson, J.E., 2018. Hydraulic fracture interaction with cemented natural fracture: a three dimensional discrete element method analysis. SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, The Woodlands. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/189852-MS | view at publisher

Gale, J.F.W., Elliott, S.J., Laubach, S.E., 2018. Hydraulic fractures in core from stimulated reservoirs: Core fracture description of HFTS slant core, Midland Basin, West Texas. SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, URTEC-2902624-M. doi 10.15530/urtec-2018-2902624  |  view at publisher

 

Elliott, S.J., Gale, J.F.W., 2018. Analysis and distribution of proppant recovered from fracture faces in the HFTS slant core drilled through a stimulated reservoir. SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, URTEC-2902629-M. doi 10.15530/urtec-2018-2902629 |  view at publisher

Elliott, S.J., & Gale, J.F.W., 2018. Study evaluates proppant distribution in HFTS Wolfcamp wells. The American Oil and Gas Reporter, December. | view at publisher

Wang, W., Olson, J., Prodanović, M., Schultz, R.A., 2018. The impact of natural fracture thickness on hydraulic fracture interaction mechanics. SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC) | view at publisher

Yue, K., Olson, J.E., Schultz, R.A., 2018. Layered modulus effect on fracture modeling and height containment. SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC) | view at publisher

Razavi, O., Lee, H.P., van Oort, E., Olson, J.E., 2018. A coupled geomechanical model for solid plugging of fractures. 52nd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 17-20 June, Seattle, WA. ARMA-2018-1237 | view at publisher

Li, T., Razavi, O., Olson, J.E., 2018. Modeling fracture in layered formations using a simplified 3D displacement discontinuity method. 52nd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 17-20 June, Seattle, WA. ARMA-2018-1079 | view at publisher

Structural diagenesis issues

Major, J.R., Eichhubl, P., Dewers, T.A., Olson, J.E., 2018. Effect of CO2-brine-rock interaction on fracture mechanical properties of CO2 reservoirs and seals. Earth & Planetary Science Letters 499, 37-47. | view at publisher

Dewers, T., Eichhubl, P., Ganis, B., Gomez, S., Heath, J., Jammoul, M., Kobos, P., Liu, R., Major, J., Matteo, E., Newell, P., Rinehart, A., Sobolik, S., Stormont, J., Reda Taha, M., Wheeler, M., White, D., 2018. Heterogeneity, pore pressure, and injectate chemistry: Control measures for geologic carbon storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 68, 203-215. |  view at publisher

Espinoza, D.N., Jung, H., Major, J.R., Sun, Z.; Ramos, M.J., Eichhubl, P., Balhoff, M.T., Choens, R.C., Dewers, T.A., 2018, CO2 charged brines changed rock strength and stiffness at Crystal Geyser, Utah: Implications for leaking subsurface CO2 storage reservoirs. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 73, 16-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.03.017 | view at publisher

Busch, B., Hilgers, C., Lander, R.H., Bonnell, L.M., Adelmann, D., 2018. Reservoir quality and burial model evaluation by kinetic quartz and illite cementation modeling: Case study of Rotliegendes, north Germany. AAPG Bulletin, 102(2), 293-307. |  view at publisher

Fall, A., Bodnar, R., 2018. How precisely can the temperature of a fluid event be constrained using fluid inclusions? Economic Geology 113 (8), 1817-1843. doi: 10.5382/econgeo.2018.4614 | view at publisher | blog post

• Number 1 ‘Most Read’, February 2019, according to publisher

Laubach, S.E., Photograph of the Month: Bed-normal opening-mode fractures in Flathead sandstone. Journal of Structural Geology 108, iii. doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8141(18)30051-8 | view at publisher

Laubach, S.E., Olson, J.E., Lander, R.H., 2018. Chemical-mechanical feedback and fracture size and spacing patterns. 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018, doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201801168 | view at publisher

2017 Selected Publications

Laubach, S.E., Lamarche, J., Gauthier, B.D.M., Dunne, W.M., and Sanderson, D.J., 2017. Spatial arrangement of faults and opening-mode fractures. Journal of Structural Geology. doi:org.10.1016/j.jsg.2017.08.008 | view at publisher

Marrett, R., Gale, J.F.W., Gomez, L., and Laubach, S.E., 2017. Correlation analysis of fracture arrangement in space. Journal of Structural Geology. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2017.06.012 | view at publisher

Hooker, J.N., Laubach, S.E., and Marrett, R., 2017. Microfracture spacing distributions and the evolution of fracture patterns in sandstones. Journal of Structural Geology. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2017.04.001 | view at publisher

Li, J.Z., Laubach, S.E., Gale, J.F.W., and Marrett, R.A., 2017. Quantifying opening-mode fracture spatial organization in horizontal wellbore image logs, core and outcrop: application to Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation tight gas sandstones, USA. Journal of Structural Geology. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2017.07.005 | view at publisher

English, J.M., and Laubach, S.E., 2017. Opening-mode fracture systems – Insights from recent fluid inclusion microthermometry studies of crack-seal fracture cements. In Turner, J.P., Healy, D., Hillis, R.R., and Welch, M., eds., Geomechanics and Geology: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 458. doi:10.1144/SP458.1 | view at publisher

Tokan-Lawal, A., Prodanović, M., Landry, C.J., and Eichhubl, P., 2017. Influence of numerical cementation on multiphase displacement in rough fractures. Transport in Porous Media 116(1), 275-293. | view at publisher

Laubach, S.E., Mace, R.E., and Nance, H.S., 1995, Fault and joint swarms in a normal fault zone In: Rossmanith, H.-P., (Ed.). Mechanics of Jointed and Faulted Rock, Balkema, Rotterdam, 305-309. | view article

Chen, X., Eichhubl, P., and Olson, J.E., 2017. Effect of water on critical and subcritical fracture properties of Woodford shale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 122(4), 2736-2750. | view at publisher

Yoon, H., Major, J., Dewers, T., and Eichhubl, P., 2017. Application of a pore-scale reactive transport model to a natural analogue for reaction-induced pore alterations. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. | view at publisher

Ukar, E., Lopez, R.G., Laubach, S.E., Gale, J.F.W., Manceda, R., and Marrett, R., 2017. Microfractures in bed-parallel veins (beef) as predictors of vertical macrofractures in shale: Vaca Muerta Formation, Agrio Fold-and-Thrust Belt, Argentina. South American Journal of Earth Sciences. | view at publisher

Lee, H.P. and Olson, J.E., 2017. The effect of remote and internal crack stresses on mixed-mode brittle fracture propagation of open cracks under compressive loading. International Journal of Fracture. 10.1007/s10704-017-0231-1 | view at publisher

English, K.L., English, J.M., Bonnell, L.M., Lander, R.H., Hollis, C., Redfern, J., Guirdham, C., Garnham, J. and Cherif, R.Y., 2017. Controls on reservoir quality in exhumed basins–an example from the Ordovician sandstone, Illizi Basin, Algeria. Marine and Petroleum Geology 80, 203-227. | view at publisher

Ramos, M.J., Espinoza, D.N., Spikes, K.T., Torres-Verdin, C., Laubach, S.E., 2017. Stress-dependent dynamic-static transforms of anisotropic Mancos Shale. American Rock Mechanics Association ARMA 17-182. | view at publisher

2016 Selected Publications

Lander R.H., & Laubach, S.E., 2015, Insights into rates of fracture growth and sealing from a model for quartz cementation in fractured sandstones. Geological Society of America Bulletin 127/3-4, 516-538. doi: 10.1130/B31092.1 | view at publisher

Laubach, S.E., Fall, A., Copley, L.K., Marrett, R., Wilkins, S., 2016. Fracture porosity creation and persistence in a basement-involved Laramide fold, Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation, Green River Basin, U.S.A. Geological Magazine 153 (5/6), 887-910. doi:10.1017/S0016756816000157 | view at publisher

Ukar, E., Laubach, S.E., Marrett, R., 2016. Quartz c-axis orientation patterns in fracture cement as a measure of fracture opening rate and a validation tool for fracture pattern models: Geosphere 12(2), 400–438, doi: 10.1130/GES01213.1. | view at publisher

Ukar, E. and Laubach, S.E., 2016. Syn- and postkinematic cement textures in fractured carbonate rocks: Insights from advanced cathodoluminescence imaging, Tectonophysics 690, Part A, 190-205, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.05.001 | view at publisher

Ukar, E., Ozkul, C., Eichhubl, P., 2016. Fracture abundance and strain in folded Cardium Formation, Red Deer River anticline, Alberta Foothills, Canada. Marine & Petroleum Geology 76, 210-230. doi: 10.1016/jmarpetgeo.2016.05.016 | view at publisher

Landry, C.J., Prodanović, M., Eichhubl P., 2016. Direct simulation of supercritical gas flow in complex nanoporous media and prediction of apparent permeability. International Journal of Coal Geology 159, 120-134. | view at publisher

Landry, C.J., Eichhubl, P., Prodanović, M.,Wilkins, S., 2016. Nanoscale grain boundary channels in fracture cement enhance flow in mudrocks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. doi: 10.1002/2016JB012810 | view at publisher

Fall, A., Ukar, E., Laubach, S.E., 2016. Origin and timing of Dauphiné twins in quartz cement in fractured sandstones from diagenetic environments: insight from fluid inclusions. Tectonophysics 687, 195-209. doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.08.014 | view at publisher

Tokan-Lawal, A., Prodanović, M., Landry, C.J. et al., 2016. Influence of numerical cementation on multiphase displacement in rough fractures. Transport in Porous Media. doi:10.1007/s11242-016-0773-0

Alabbad, E.A., Olson, J.E., 2016. Examining the geomechanical implications of pre-existing fractures and simultaneous multi-fracturing completions on hydraulic fractures: experimental insights into fracturing unconventional formations. Saudi Aramco Journal of Technology. | view at publisher

Miranda, T., Barbosa, J.A., Gomes, I.F., Soares, A., Santos, R.F.V.C., Matos, G.C., McKinnon, E.A., Neuman, V., Marrett, R., 2016, Petrophysics and petrography of Aptian tight carbonate reservoir, Araripe Basin, Brazil, 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201600890 | view at publisher

Santos, R.F.V.C., I.F. Gomes, T.S. Miranda, J.A. Barbosa, V.H. Neumann, L.J.N. Guimarães, E. McKinnon and R. Marrett, 2016. Numerical modeling of naturally fractured carbonate reservoir based on outcrops of Crato Formation, NE Brazil. 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, doi:: 10.3997/2214-4609.201601447 | view at publisher

Milliken, K.L., Ergene, S.M., Ozkan, A., 2016. Quartz types, authigenic and detrital, in the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation, South Texas, USA. Sedimentary Geology 339, 273-228. | view at publisher

Milliken, K.L., Curtis, M.E., 2016. Imaging pores in sedimentary rocks: foundation of porosity prediction. Marine & Petroleum Geology 73, 590-608. | view at publisher

Li, J.Z., Gale, J.F.W., Marrett, R.A., Laubach, S.E., 2016. Quantifying natural fracture spatial organization in horizontal image logs: application in unconventional reservoirs. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, URTeC 2456264, 8 p.

2015 Selected Publications

Lander R.H., and Laubach, S.E., 2015, Insights into rates of fracture growth and sealing from a model for quartz cementation in fractured sandstones. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 127, no. 3-4, p. 516-538. doi: 10.1130/B31092.1 (published online October 2014) | request reprint | view at publisher

• No. 3 'Most Read' July 2015; No. 2 'Most Read' December 2014; No. 5 October & November 2014; No. 7, January 2015, No. 9 February 2016 according to publisher.

Fall, A., Eichhubl, P., Bodnar, R. J., Laubach, S. E., Davis, J. S., 2015, Natural hydraulic fracturing of tight-gas sandstone reservoirs, Piceance Basin, Colorado. Geological Society of America Bulletin. v. 127, no. 1-2, p. 61-75. doi:10.1130/B31021.1 | view at publisher

• GSA Bulletin 'Featured Article'. No. 2 'Most read' January 2015; No. 9 November 2014, No. 23 October 2014; No. 22 February 2016 according to publisher.

Alzayer, Y., Eichhubl, P., Laubach, S.E., 2015, Non-linear growth kinematics of opening-mode fractures.Journal of Structural Geology, v. 74, p. 31-44. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2015.02.003 (published online March 2015) | view at publisher

• No. 10 'Most Downloaded last 90 days' July 2015 according to publisher.

Hooker, J.N., Larson, T., Eakin, A., Laubach, S.E., Eichhubl, P., Fall, A., Marrett, R., 2015, Fracturing and fluid-flow in a sub-décollement sandstone; or, a leak in the basement. Journal of The Geological Society, London. v. 172, p. 428-442. doi: 10.1144/jsg2014-128. (Published online May 2015) | view at publisher

• No. 7 'Most read' June 2015 according to publisher.

Santos, R., Miranda, T., Barbosa, A. Gomes, I., Matos G., Gale, J. F. W., Neumann, V., Guimarães, L., 2015,Characterization of natural fracture systems: analysis of uncertainty effects in linear scanline results.AAPG Bulletin 99/12, 2203-2219. doi: 10.1306/05211514104 | view at publisher

Lee, H.P., Olson, J.E., Holder, J., Gale, J.F.W., Myers, R., 2015, The interaction of propagating opening mode fractures with pre-existing discontinuities in shale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120/1, 169–181. doi: 10.1002/2014JB011358 | view at publisher

Wu, K., Olson, J. E., 2015, A simplified three-dimensional discontinuity method for multiple fracture simulations. Int. J. Fracture 193, 191-204. doi: 10.1007/s10704-015-0023-4 | view at publisher

Tokan-Lawal, A., Prodanović, M., and Eichhubl, P., 2015, Investigating flow properties of partially cemented fractures in Travis Peak Formation using image-based pore scale modeling, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120/4, 5453-5466, doi:10.1002/2015JB012045 | view at publisher

2014 Selected Publications

Laubach, S.E., Eichhubl, P. Hargrove, P., Ellis, M.A., Hooker, J.N., 2014, Fault core and damage zone fracture attributes vary along strike owing to interaction of fracture growth, quartz accumulation, and differing sandstone composition. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 68, Part A, 207-226. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.08.007 | view at publisher

• No. 12 Most Downloaded article, Journal of Structural Geology, January 2015, No. 12, 'Top 25 'Hottest Articles' October to December 2014 according to Publisher.

Gale, J. F. W., Laubach, S. E., Olson, J. E., Eichhubl, P., and Fall, A., 2014, Natural fractures in shale: a review and new observations. AAPG Bulletin, v. 98, no. 11, p. 2165-2216. doi: 10.1306/08121413151 (published November 2014) | view at publisher | view at GSW | view at Datapages

• No. 8 Most Read article, May 2014, according to Publisher.

Hooker, J.N., Laubach, S.E., and Marrett, R., 2014, A universal power-law scaling exponent for fracture apertures in sandstone. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 126, no. 9-10, p. 1340-1362. doi: 10.1130/B30945.1 | view at publisher | view at GSW

• No. 14 Most Viewed article in journal, Fall 2014, according to publisher.

Anders, M. H., Laubach, S. E., and Scholz, C. H., 2014,Microfractures: a review. Journal of Structural Geology. v. 69, Part B, p. 377-394. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.05.011 | view at publisher

• No. 1 Most Downloaded article, Journal of Structural Geology, Fall 2014, according to Publisher.

Fan, Z.Q., Jin, Z.H., Johnson, S.E., 2014, Oil-gas transformation induced subcritical crack propagation and coalescence in petroleum source rocks. International Journal of Fracture, v. 185, nos. 1-2, p. 187-194. | view at publisher

Gasparrini, M., Sassi, W., Gale, J.F.W., 2014, Natural sealed fractures in mudrocks: A case study tied to burial history from the Barnett Shale, Fort Worth Basin, Texas, USA. Marine and Petroleum Geology 55, 122-141. | view at publisher

• No. 23, 'Top 25 'Hottest Articles' full year 2014 according to Publisher.

Wu, K., Olson, J.E., 2014, Mechanics analysis of interaction between hydraulic and natural fractures in shale reservoirs. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.15530/urtec-2014-1922946. | view at publisher

Schultz, R.A., Soofi, K.A., Hennings, P.H., Tong, X., Sandwell, D.T., 2014, Using InSAR to detect active deformation associated with faults in Suban field, South Sumatra Basin, Indonesia. The Leading Edge, 33(8), 882-888. | view at publisher

Hammes, U., and Gale, J.F.W., eds., 2014, Geology of the Haynesville Gas Shale in East Texas and West Lousiana: AAPG Memoir 105, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK, 236 p. ISBN 9780891813859. | view at publisher

Landry, C. J., Karpyn, Z. T., and Oyala, O., 2014, Pore-scale lattice Boltzmann modeling and 4D X-ray computed microtomography imaging of fracture-matrix fluid transfer: Transport in Porous Media, v. 103, p. 449-468. doi:10.1007/s11242-014-0311-x.

Landry, C. J., Karpyn, Z. T., and Oyala, O., 2014, Relative permeability of homogenous-wet and mixed-wet porous media as determined by pore-scale lattice Boltzmann modeling: Water Resources Research, v. 50, p. 3672-3689. doi; 10.1002/2013WR015148.

Dahi Taleghani, A. and Olson, J.E., 2014, How natural fractures could affect hydraulic-fracture geometry.SPE Journal, 19(01), pp.161-171.

Olson, J.E., and Laubach, S.E., 2014, Special Section editors,Hydrofracturing–modern and novel methods, The Leading Edge, v. 33, no. 10, p. 1088, doi:10.1190/tle33101088.1 October. | view at publisher

2013 Selected Publications

Wu, K., Olson, J.E., 2013, Investigation of the impact of fracture spacing and fluid properties for interfering simultaneously or sequentially generated hydraulic fractures. SPE Production & Operations, v. 28, no. 4, p. 427-436. | request reprint

Hooker, J.N., Laubach, S.E., and Marrett, R., 2013, Fracture-aperture size–frequency, spatial distribution, and growth processes in strata-bounded and non-strata-bounded fractures, Cambrian Mesón Group, NW Argentina. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 54, p. 54-71. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2013.06.011, Available online 6 July 2013. | request reprint | view at publisher

• Jackson School Publication Bronze Award for student-authored publication and Best Student Paper Award in JSG Energy Theme

• 2013 Second most downloaded article for journal, July-September according to publisher

Schultz, R.A., Klimczak, C., Fossen, H., Olson, J.E., Exner, U., Reeves, D.M., Soliva, R., 2013, Statistical tests of scaling relationships for geologic structures. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 48, p. 85-94. | view at publisher

Dahi Taleghani, A., Ahmadi, M., Olson, J.E., 2013, Secondary fractures and their potential impacts on hydraulic fracture efficiency. InTech. | request reprint

Pommer, L., Gale, J.F.W., Eichhubl, P., Fall, A., Laubach, S.E., 2013, Using structural diagenesis to infer the timing of natural fractures in the Marcellus Shale. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, 12-14 August 2013. URTeC Control ID 1580135 | request reprint

Fall, A., Eichhubl, P., Laubach, S.E., 2013, Timing and processes of fracture formation in tight-gas sandstone reservoirs using fluid inclusions. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, 12-14 August 2013. URTeC Control ID 1582124 | request reprint

Tokan-Lawal, A., Prodanovic, M., Eichhubl, P., 2013, Image-based modeling of flow in natural partially cemented fractures. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, 12-14 August 2013. URTeC Control ID 158163 | request reprint

Bodnar, R. J., Azbej, T., Becker, S. P., Cannatelli, C., Fall, Andras, and Severs, M. J., 2013, Whole Earth geohydrologic cycle, from the clouds to the core: The distribution of water in the dynamic Earth system: The Geological Society of America Special Paper 500, p. 431-461, doi:10.1130/2013.2500(13).

2012 Selected Publications

Fall, A., Eichhubl, P., Cumella, S.P., Bodnar, R.J., Laubach, S.E., & Becker, S.P., 2012, Testing the basin-centered gas accumulation model using fluid inclusion observations: southern Piceance Basin, Colorado. AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 12, p. 2297-2318. doi:10.1306/05171211149 | request reprint | view at GSW

• 2012 Notable Paper according to publisher (AAPG)

Ellis, M.A., Laubach, S.E. Eichhubl, P., Olson, J.E. & Hargrove, P., 2012, Fracture development and diagenesis of Torridon Group Applecross Formation, near An Teallach, NW Scotland: millennia of brittle deformation resilience? Journal of the Geological Society, London. v. 169, no. 3, p. 297-310. doi: 10.1144/0016-76492011-086. | request reprint | view at GSW

• 2012 Top 10 'Most Read' (downloads) for journal, according to publisher

Garland, J., J.E. Neilson, S.E. Laubach, & K. J. Whidden, 2012,Advances in carbonate exploration and reservoir analysis. In Garland, J., J.E. Neilson, S.E. Laubach, & K. J. Whidden (eds.) Advances in Carbonate Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Geological Society of London Special Publications 370, p. 1-15. doi: 10.1144/SP370.15 | view at GSL

Hooker, J.N., Gomez, L.A., Laubach, S.E., Gale, J.F.W. & Marrett, R., 2012, Effects of diagenesis (cement precipitation) during fracture opening on fracture aperture-size scaling in carbonate rocks. In Garland, J., J.E. Neilson, S.E. Laubach, & K. J. Whidden (eds.) Advances in Carbonate Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Geological Society of London Special Publications 370, p. 187-206. doi:10.1144/SP370.9. | request reprint | view at publisher

Iñigo, J.F., Laubach, S.E., Hooker, J.N., 2012, Fracture abundance and patterns in the Subandean fold and thrust belt, Devonian Huamampampa Formation petroleum reservoirs and outcrops, Argentina and Bolivia. Marine & Petroleum Geology, v. 35, no. 1, p. 201-218. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.01.010 | request reprint | view at publisher

Klokov, A. and Fomel, S. 2012, Separation and imaging of seismic diffractions using migrated dip-angle gathers. Geophysics 77 (6), S131–S143. | view at publisher

Mehmani, Y., Sun, T., Balhoff, M., Eichhubl, P., & Bryant, S., 2012, Multiblock pore-scale modeling and upscaling of reactive transport: application to carbon sequestration. Transport in Porous Media, v. 95, p. 305-326.

Bahorich, B., Olson, J.E., Holder, J., 2012. Examining the effect of cemented natural fractures on hydraulic fracture propagation in hydrostone block experiments. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 8-10 October 2012, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 160197-MS

Weisenberger, T.B., Rahn, M., van der Lelij, R., Spikings, R.A., and Bucher, K., 2012, Timing of low-temperature mineral formation during exhumation and cooling in the Central Alps, Switzerland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 327–328, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.007

2011 Selected Publications

Dahi-Taleghani A. and Olson Jon E., 2011, Numerical modeling of multistranded-hydraulic-fracture propagation: Accounting for the interaction between induced and natural fractures, SPE Journal, v. 16, Issue 3, p. 575-581. doi: 10.2118/124884-PA.

Fall, A., Tattitch, B., and Bodnar, R. J., 2011, Combined microthermometric and Raman spectroscopic technique to determine the salinity of H2O–CO2–NaCl fluid inclusions based on clathrate melting,Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 75, p. 951-964.

Hooker, J.N., Laubach, S.E., Gomez, L., Marrett, R., Eichhubl, P., Diaz-Tushman, K., and Pinzon, E., 2011,Fracture size, frequency, and strain in the Cambrian Eriboll Formation sandstones, NW Scotland.Scottish Journal of Geology, v. 47, no. 1, 45-56.| request reprint | view at publisher

Hooker, J.N., Laubach, S.E., Kaylor, A., Eichhubl, P., and Fall, A., 2011, Size, spacing, and opening history of natural fractures, preliminary results from El Alamar Formation, NE Mexico. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions (GCAGS) v. 61, p. 233-243. | view at publisher

Ozkan, A. Cumella, S. P., Milliken, K. L. and Laubach, S. E., 2011, Prediction of lithofacies and reservoir quality using well logs, Williams Fork Formation, Mamm Creek Field, Piceance Basin, AAPG Bulletin, v. 95, no. 10 (October 2011), p. 1699-1723. | view at GSW

Sun, W., Andrade, J. E., Rudnicki,J. W., and Eichhubl, P., 2011, Connecting microstructural attributes and permeability from 3D tomographic images of in situ shear-enhanced compaction bands using multiscale computations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L10302, doi:10.1029/2011GL047683.

Weisenberger T. and Bucher K., 2011, Mass transfer and porosity evolution during low temperature water-rock interaction in gneisses of the Simano nappe: Arvigo, Val Calanca, Swiss Alps. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 162 no. 1, 61-81, doi: 10.1007/s00410-010-0583-2.

Gale, J. F. W., and Holder, J., 2011, Natural fractures in some U.S. shales and their importance for gas production: The Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference Series, v. 7, p. 1131‒1140. doi: 10.1144/0071131

Olson, J.E. and Schultz, R.A., 2011, Comment on "A note on the scaling relations for opening mode fractures in rock" by C.H. Scholz. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 33, no. 10, October 2011, p. 1523-1524.

2010 Selected Publications

Laubach, S.E, P. Eichhubl, C. Hilgers, R.H. Lander, 2010, Structural diagenesis. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 32, no. 12, p.1866-1872. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.10.001. | request reprint | About Structural Diagenesis | view at publisher

• Fall 2014 Top 25 Most Cited article in journal according to publisher; January 2015, #14 Most Cited since 2010.

Eichhubl, P., Hooker, J.N., Laubach, S.E., 2010, Pure and shear-enhanced compaction bands in Aztec Sandstone, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 32, no. 12, p. 1873-1886. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.02.004. | view at publisher

• As of July, 2014, Web of Science #3 most cited paper in Journal of Structural Geology of papers published since 2010; Fall 2014 Top 25 Most Cited article in journal according to publisher; January 2015, #2 Most Cited since 2010.

Ortega, O.J., Gale, J.F.W., Marrett, R., 2010, Quantifying diagenetic and stratigraphic controls on fracture intensity in platform carbonates: An example from the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeast Mexico,Journal of Structural Geology, v. 32, no. 12, p. 1943-1959. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.07.004. | view at publisher

Twiss, R. and R. Marrett, 2010, Determining brittle extension and shear strain using fault length and displacement systematics: Part I: Theory, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 32, no. 12, p. 1960-1977. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.04.007 | view at publisher

Twiss, R. and R. Marrett, 2010, Determining brittle extension and shear strain using fault length and displacement systematics: Part II: Data evaluation and test of the theory, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 32, no. 12, p. 1978-1995. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.04.006 | view at publisher

Laubach, S.E., R.M. Reed, R.H. Lander, 2010, Fracture with crack-seal texture and porosity, depth 6,274 m, Wyoming (Photograph of the month), Journal of Structural Geology, v. 32, no. 12, p. 1865. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.10.003 | view at publisher [see Lander & Laubach 2015 for peer-reviewed research on this topic]

Olson, J.E., Laubach, S.E., and Eichhubl, P., 2010, Estimating natural fracture producibility in tight gas sandstones: coupling diagenesis with geomechanical modeling. The Leading Edge. v. 29, no. 12, p. 1494-1499 (December 2010). | view at publisher

Hooker, J. N., and Laubach, S. E., 2010, Using empirical trends in fracture size-frequency data to constrain subsurface fracture abundance, in 44th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium and 5th U.S.–Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium Proceedings, Salt Lake City, June 27–30: ARMA 10-325, 11 p.

Laubach, S.E., Olson, J.E., Eichhubl, P., Fomel, S., Marrett, R.A., 2010, Natural fractures from the perspective of diagenesis. CSEG Recorder, v. 35, no. no. 7, p. 27-31. Invited Focus Article.

Becker, S.P., Eichhubl, P. Laubach, S.E., Reed, R.M., Lander, R.H., and Bodnar, R.J., 2010, A 48 m.y. history of fracture opening, temperature, and fluid pressure: Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas basin. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 122, no. 7/8, p. 1081-1093; doi 10.1130/B30067.1 | view at GSW

• According to publisher, 3^rd Most-Cited Article as of July 1, 2014

Gale, J. F., Lander, R. H., Reed, R. M., and Laubach, S. E., 2010,Modeling fracture porosity evolution in dolostone. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 32, no. 9, p. 1201-1211. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2009.04.018. | view at publisher

• 2011 Publication Award, in recognition of exemplary publication of scientific or economic impact, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas.

Park, N., Olson, J., & Holder, J., 2010, Stress-corrosion cracking as an alternative time-dependent shale-stability model. SPE Drilling & Completion v. 25 (2), p. 168-176. | view at publisher

Laubach, S., Hargrove, P., Ellis, M., and Eichhubl, P., 2010, Fracturing, cementation and feedback in a small-offset oblique slip fault in sandstone: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 74, no. 11, Supplement 1, p. A565.

Weisenberger, T., and K. Bucher, 2010, Zeolites in fissures of granites and gneisses of the Central Alps, J. Metamorphic Geol., v. 28, p. 825-847.

Gale, J. F., Lander, R. H., Reed, R. M., and Laubach, S. E., 2010, Modeling fracture porosity evolution in dolostone. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 32, no. 9, p. 1201-1211. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2009.04.018. | view at publisher

• 2011 Publication Award, in recognition of exemplary publication of scientific or economic impact, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas.

Park, N., Olson, J., & Holder, J., 2010, Stress-corrosion cracking as an alternative time-dependent shale-stability model. SPE Drilling & Completion v. 25 (2), p. 168-176. | view at publisher

Laubach, S., Hargrove, P., Ellis, M., and Eichhubl, P., 2010, Fracturing, cementation and feedback in a small-offset oblique slip fault in sandstone: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 74, no. 11, Supplement 1, p. A565.

Weisenberger, T., and K. Bucher, 2010, Zeolites in fissures of granites and gneisses of the Central Alps, J. Metamorphic Geol., v. 28, p. 825-847.

2009 Selected Publications

Laubach, S.E. Olson, J.E. and Eichhubl, P., 2009, Fracture diagenesis and producibility in tight gas sandstones, in Carr, T., D'Agostino, T. Ambrose, W., Pashin, J, and Rosen, N.C., eds., Unconventional Energy Resources: Making the Unconventional Conventional, 29th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, on CD, p. 483-499.

Laubach, S. E., Olson, J. E, and Gross, M. R., 2009, Mechanical and fracture stratigraphy. AAPG Bulletin, v. 93, no. 11, p. 1413-1426. | view at GSW | AAPG Notable Paper

• As of July, 2014, Web of Science #2 most cited paper in AAPG Bulletin of papers published since 2009

Laubach, S.E. Olson, J.E. and Eichhubl, P., 2009, Fracture diagenesis and producibility in tight gas sandstones, in Carr, T., D'Agostino, T. Ambrose, W., Pashin, J, and Rosen, N.C., eds., Unconventional Energy Resources: Making the Unconventional Conventional, 29th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, on CD, p. 483-499.

Laubach, S. E., Olson, J. E, and Gross, M. R., 2009, Mechanical and fracture stratigraphy. AAPG Bulletin, v. 93, no. 11, p. 1413-1426. | view at GSW | AAPG Notable Paper

• As of July, 2014, Web of Science #2 most cited paper in AAPG Bulletin of papers published since 2009

2008 Selected Publications

Olson, J.E., 2008, Multi-fracture propagation modeling: Applications to hydraulic fracturing in shales and tight gas sands. The 42nd US Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS). American Rock Mechanics Association, 08-327.

Lander, R.H., Larese, R.E. and Bonnell, L.M., 2008, Toward more accurate quartz cement models—The importance of euhedral vs. non-euhedral growth rates. AAPG Bulletin, v 92, no. 11, p. 1537-1564. | AAPG Notable Paper

• As of July, 2014, Web of Science #5 most cited paper in AAPG Bulletin of papers published since 2008

Laubach, S. E., 2008, Applications of cathodoluminescence imaging to the study of sedimentary rocks by S. Boggs Jr. and D. Kinsley, 2006, ix + 165 p.: Cambridge, NY, Cambridge University Press: a review: Geological Magazine, v. 145, no. 4, p. 605–606. Invited review.

Gale, Julia F. W., and Holder, Jon, 2008, Natural fractures in the Barnett Shale: constraints on spatial organization and tensile strength with implications for hydraulic fracture treatment in shale-gas reservoirs, in 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium and U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, June 29-July 2: ARMA, American Rock Mechanics Association, paper ARMA 08-96.

Becker, S. P., Fall, A., Bodnar, R. J., 2008. Synthetic fluid inclusions. XVII. PVTX properties of high salinity H2O-NaCl solutions (> 30 wt% NaCl): Application to fluid inclusions that homogenize by halite disappearance from porphyry copper and other hydrothermal ore deposits. Economic Geology, 103(3), 539-554.

Schultz, R. A., and H. Fossen, 2008, Terminology for structural discontinuities. AAPG Bulletin, 92, 853–867, doi: 10.1306/02200807065

2007 Selected Publications

Marrett, R., Laubach, S.E. Olson, J.E., 2007, Anisotropy and beyond: geologic perspectives on geophysical prospecting for natural fractures. The Leading Edge, 26/9, 1106-1111. | view at publisher

• Reprinted in Fractured reservoirs: A compendium of influential papers (2008), AAPG.

Olson, J. E., 2007, Fracture aperture, length and pattern geometry development under biaxial loading: a numerical study with applications to natural, cross-jointed systems. In Couples, G & Lewis, H., eds., Fracture-Like Damage and Localization, Geological Society of London, Special Publication. 289, 123-142.

Olson, J. E., Laubach, S. E., and Lander, R. L., 2007, Combining diagenesis and mechanics to quantify fracture aperture distributions and fracture pattern permeability: In Lonergan, L., Jolley, R.J., Sanderson, D.J. , Rawnsley, K., eds., Fractured Reservoirs, Geological Society of London Special Publication 270, 97-112. | view at publisher

Gale, J. F. W., Reed, R. M., and Holder, Jon, 2007, Natural fractures in the Barnett Shale and their importance for hydraulic fracture treatments: AAPG Bulletin, 91: 603-622. | AAPG Notable Paper

Gale, J. F. W. and Gomez, L. A., 2007, Late opening-mode fractures in karst-brecciated dolostones of the Lower Ordovician Ellenburger Group, west Texas: Recognition, characterization, and implications for fluid flow. AAPG Bulletin 91: 1005-1023.

Appold, M., Garven, G., Boles, J., Eichhubl, P., 2007, Numerical modeling of the origin of calcite mineralization in the Refugio-Carneros fault, Santa Barbara Basin, CA. Geofluids, 7: 79-95.

Naehr, T.H., Eichhubl, P., and others, 2007, Authigenic carbonate formation at hydrocarbon seeps in continental margin sediments: A comparative study. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.

Hooker, J.N., and Laubach, S.E., 2007, The geologic history of quartz grains, as revealed by color SEM-CL. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions 57, 375-386.

2006 Selected Publications

Gomez, L. A., and Laubach, S. E, 2006, Rapid digital quantification of microfracture populations. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 28, 408-420. | view at publisher

Ortega, O. J., Marrett, R., and Laubach, S. E., 2006, A scale-independent approach to fracture intensity and average fracture spacing: AAPG Bulletin, v. 90, no. 2 (Feb. 2006), 193-208. | request reprint | AAPG Notable Paper | view at publisher

Laubach, S.E., and Gale, J.F.W., 2006, Obtaining fracture information for low-permeability (tight) gas sandstones from sidewall cores: Journal of Petroleum Geology, v. 29 (2) (April 2006), 147-158. | view at publisher

Makowitz, A., Lander, R. H., Milliken, K. L., 2006, Diagenetic modeling to assess the relative timing of quartz cementation and brittle grain processes during compaction: AAPG Bulletin 90: 873-885.

Aydin, A., Borja, R. I., and Eichhubl, Peter, 2006, Geological and mathematical framework for failure modes in granular rock. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 28, no. 1, 83-98.

• As of July, 2014, Web of Science #1 most cited paper in Journal of Structural Geology of papers published since 2006

Laubach, S. E. and Ward, M. W., 2006, Diagenesis in porosity evolution of opening-mode fractures, Middle Triassic to Lower Jurassic La Boca Formation, NE Mexico. Tectonophysics 419, 75-97. | request reprint | view at publisher

Laubach, S.E. , Olson, J.E., Eichhubl, P., Lander R.H., 2006, Accurate and verifiable interwellbore fracture attribute predictions by linking diagenesis and fracture observations and models, Proceedings, European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 68th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Vienna, Austria (short papers & extended abstracts).

2005 Selected Publications

Philip, Z. G., Jennings, J. W. Jr., Olson, J. E., Laubach, S. E., and Holder, J., 2005, Modeling coupled fracture-matrix fluid flow in geomechanically simulated fracture networks: SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, v. 8, no. 4 (August 2005), 300-309. | request reprint | view at publisher

• As of July, 2014, Web of Science #8 most cited paper in SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering since inception of the journal

Milliken, K. L., Reed, R. M., and Laubach, S. E., 2005, Quantifying compaction and cementation within deformation bands in porous sandstones : in Sorkhabi, R. and Y. Tsuji, eds., Faults, Fluid Flow and Petroleum Traps, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 85, 237-249. | view at publisher

Boles, J. R. , Eichhubl, Peter, Garven, G., and Chen, J., 2005, Evolution of hydrocarbon migration pathway along a basin-bounding fault: evidence from fault cements: AAPG Bulletin, v. 88, 947-970.

Davatzes, N. C., Eichhubl, Peter, and Aydin, A., 2005, Structural evolution of fault zones in sandstone by multiple deformation mechanisms: Moab fault, SE Utah: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 117, no. 1/2, 135-148.

Eichhubl, Peter, and Flodin, E., 2005, Brittle deformation, fluid flow, and diagenesis in sandstone at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, in Pederson, J., and Dehler, C. M., eds., Interior Western United States: Geological Society of America Field Guides, v. 6, 151-167, doi: 10.1130/2005.fld006(07).

Eichhubl, Peter, D'Onfro, P., Aydin, A., Waters, J., and McCarty, D. K., 2005, Structure, petrophysics, and diagenesis of shale entrained along a normal fault, Black Diamond Mines, California-implications for fault seal: AAPG Bulletin, v. 89, no. 9, 1113-1137.

2004 Selected Publications

Laubach, S.E., Olson, J.E., and Gale, J.F.W., 2004, Are open fractures necessarily aligned with maximum horizontal stress? Earth & Planetary Science Letters, v. 222, no. 1, 191-195. | view at publisher

Laubach, S. E., Reed, R. M., Olson, J. E., Lander, R. H., and Bonnell, L. M., 2004, Coevolution of crack-seal texture and fracture porosity in sedimentary rocks: cathodoluminescence observations of regional fractures : Journal of Structural Geology, v. 26, no. 5, 967-982. | view at publisher

Laubach, S., Lander, R., Bonnell, L., Olson, J., and Reed, R., 2004, Opening histories of fractures in sandstone: in Cosgrove, J.W., and Engelder, T., editors, The initiation, propagation, and arrest of joints and other fractures, Geological Society of London Special Publication 231, 1-9. | view at publisher

Olson, Jon, 2004, Predicting fracture swarms – the influence of subcritical crack growth and the crack-tip process zone on joint spacing in rock , in Cosgrove, J.W., and Engelder, T., editors, The initiation, propagation, and arrest of joints and other fractures, Geological Society of London Special Publication 231, 73-87.

Gale, J. F. W., Laubach, S. E., Marrett, R. A., Olson, J. E., Holder, J. & Reed, R. M., 2004, Predicting and characterizing fractures in dolostone reservoirs: using the link between diagenesis and fracturing. In: Braithwaite, C. J. R., Rizzi, G. & Darke, G., eds., The Geometry and Petrogenesis of Dolomite Hydrocarbon Reservoirs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 235, 177-192. | view at publisher

Eichhubl, P., Taylor, W. L., Pollard, D. D. and Aydin, A., 2004, Paleo-fluid flow and deformation in the Aztec Sandstone at the Valley of Fire, Nevada-Evidence for the coupling of hydrogeologic, diagenetic, and tectonic processes. Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 116, no. 9/10, p 1120-1136.

Eichhubl, Peter, 2004, Growth of ductile opening-mode fractures in geomaterials. In Cosgrove, J.W., and Engelder, T., editors, The initiation, propagation, and arrest of joints and other fractures, Geological Society of London Special Publication 231, 11-24.

Eichhubl P, Taylor WL, Pollard DD, et al., 2004, Paleo-fluid flow and deformation in the Aztec Sandstone at the Valley of Fire, Nevada – Evidence for the coupling of hydrogeologic, diagenetic, and tectonic processes. Geological Society of America Bulletin 116, 1120-1136.

2003 Selected Publications

Laubach, S. E., 2003, Practical approaches to identifying sealed and open fractures , AAPG Bulletin, v. 87, No. 4, (April 2003) 561-579. | request reprint | view at publisher | for a slide set

• Reprinted in Fractured reservoirs: A compendium of influential papers (2008), AAPG.
• Reprinted in Understanding diagenetic controls on sandstone reservoir quality: A compendium of influential papers (2006), AAPG.
• No. 3 'Most-Cited' article in AAPG Bulletin, December 2014, according to GeoscienceWorld.

Olson, J. E., 2003, Sublinear scaling of fracture aperture versus length: An exception or the rule?Journal of Geophysical Research (American Geophysical Union), v. 108, no. B9, 2413, doi:10.1029/2001JB000419.

Makowitz A, Milliken KL, 2003, Quantification of brittle deformation in burial compaction, Frio and Mount Simon Formation sandstones: Journal of Sedimentary Research, 73 (6), 1007-1021.

Reed, R. M., and Milliken, K. L., 2003. How to overcome imaging problems associated with carbonate minerals on SEM-based cathodoluminescence systems : Journal of Sedimentary Research, 73 (2), 328-332.

Eichhubl P, Aydin A, 2003, Ductile opening-mode fracture by pore growth and coalescence during combustion alteration of siliceous mudstone. Journal of Structural Geology, 25 (1): 121-134.

2002 Selected Publications

Gale, J. F. W., 2002 Specifying lengths of horizontal wells in fractured reservoirs: Society of Petroleum Engineers Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, v. 5, no. 3, p. 266–272.

Montoya, P., Fisher, W., Marrett, R., and Tatham, R., 2002, Estimation of fracture orientation and relative intensity using azimuthal variation of P-wave AVO responses and oriented core data in the Tacata Field, Venezuela , SEG Expanded Abstracts, 2002, AVO2 Case History Section, Salt Lake City, 261-264.

Rijken, P., Holder, J., Olson, J.E., and Laubach, S.E., 2002, Predicting fracture attributes in the Travis Peak Formation using quantitative mechanical modeling and structural diagenesis, GCAGS Transactions, 52, 837-847.

Liu, X., Srinivasan, S. and Wong, D.W., 2002, Geological characterization of naturally fractured reservoirs using multiple point geostatistics , SPE 75246, SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, April 2002.

Hooker, J. N., Marrett, Randall, and Laubach, S. E., 2002, Timing of faults and extension fractures in the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeastern Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, 52, 421-428.

2001 Selected Publications

Marrett, R., ed., 2001, Genesis and controls of reservoir-scale carbonate deformation, Monterrey salient, Mexico : The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Guidebook 28.

Olson, J.E., Qiu, Y., Holder, J., and Rijken, P., 2001, Constraining the spatial distribution of fracture networks in naturally fractured reservoirs using fracture mechanics and core measurements : SPE 71342.

Holder, J., Olson, J.E., and Philip, Z., 2001, Experimental determination of subcritical crack growth parameters in sedimentary rock: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 28, no. 4, 599-602.

Laubach, S. E., Reed, R. M., Olson, J., Ortega, Orlando, and Gale, J. F. W., 2001, Fracture-surrogate analysis methods applied to Spraberry, Bone Spring, and Canyon cores: preliminary results, in The Permian Basin: microns to satellites, looking for oil and gas at all scales: West Texas Geological Society Fall Symposium, West Texas Geological Society Publication 01-110, 75-79.

2000 Selected Publications

Milliken, K.L., and Laubach, S.E., 2000, Brittle deformation in sandstone diagenesis as revealed by scanned cathodoluminescence imaging with application to characterization of fractured reservoirs : Chapter 9, Cathodoluminescence in Geosciences, New York, Springer Verlag, 225-243.

Ortega, O.O. and Marrett, R., 2000, Prediction of macrofracture properties using microfracture information, Mesaverde Group sandstones, San Juan Basin, New Mexico : Journal of Structural Geology, 22, 571-588. | view at publisher

Laubach, S. E., Marrett, R., and Olson, J. O., 2000, New directions in fracture characterization, The Leading Edge 19, July, 704-711. doi: 10.1190/1.1438694 | request reprint | view at publisher

Hennings, P.H., Olson, J.E., and Thompson, L.B., 2000, Combining outcrop data and three-dimensional structural models to characterize fractured reservoirs: An example from Wyoming. AAPG Bulletin 84/6, 830-849. | AAPG Notable Paper

Other Selected Publications

Laubach, S. E., and Tinker, S. W., eds., 2009, Earth's art: celebrating the Centennial of the Bureau of Economic Geology, 1909–2009: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, 142 p.

Lander, R.H., and Walderhaug, O., 1999, Porosity prediction through simulation of sandstone compaction and quartz cementation: AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, 433-449. More about Geocosm

Marrett, R., Ortega, O.O., and Kelsey, C., 1999, Power-law scaling of natural fractures in rock: Geology, v. 27, 799-802. | view at publisher

Blanton, T.L., Olson, J.E. 1999. Stress magnitudes from logs: effects of tectonic strains and temperature. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, v. 2, no. 1, 62-68. doi:10.2118/54653-PA

Laubach, S. E., Marrett, R., Olson, J., and Scott, A. R., 1998,Characteristics and origins of coal cleat: a review: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 35, 175-207. | view at publisher

Eichhubl, Peter, ed., 1998, Diagenesis, deformation, and fluid flow in the Miocene Monterey Formation of coastal California: SEPM Pacific Section Special Publication, v. 83, 98 p. | view at publisher

Laubach, S. E., 1997, A method to detect natural fracture strike in sandstones: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, no. 4, 604-623. | view at publisher

Marrett, Randall, 1997, Permeability, porosity, and shear-wave anisotropy from scaling of open fracture populations: in Hoak, T.E., Klawitter, A., and Blomquist, P.K., eds., Fractured Reservoirs: Characterization and Modeling: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p. 217-226.| view at publisher

Marrett, Randall, 1996, Aggregate properties of fracture populations: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 18, No. 2/3, 169-178. | view at publisher

Nelson, P., and Laubach, S. E., 1994, Rock mechanics models and measurements, challenges from industry: Rotterdam, Proceedings of the First North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, 1155 p.

Marrett, R. and Almendinger, R.W., 1991, Estimates of strain due to brittle faulting-sampling of fault populations, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 13, no. 6, p. 735-738. | view at publisher

• As of July, 2014, Web of Science #46 most cited paper in Journal of Structural Geology since inception of the journal

Marrett, R. and Almendinger, R.W., 1990, Kinematic analysis of fault-slip data, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 12, no. 8, p. 973-986. | view at publisher

• As of July, 2014, Web of Science #18 most cited paper in Journal of Structural Geology since inception of the journal

Withjack, M.O., Olson, J.E., and Peterson, E., 1990, Experimental-models of extensional forced folds: AAPG Bulletin 74/7, 1038-1054. | AAPG Notable Paper.

Laubach, S. E., 1989, Paleostress directions from the preferred orientation of closed microfractures (fluid-inclusion planes) in sandstone, East Texas basin, U.S.A.: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 11, no. 5, p. 603-611. | view at publisher

Laubach, S. E., 1988, Fractures generated during folding of the Palmerton Sandstone, eastern Pennsylvania: Journal of Geology, v. 96, no. 4, p. 495–503. | view at publisher

Laubach, S. E., 1988, Subsurface fractures and their relationship to stress history in East Texas Basin sandstone: Tectonophysics, v. 156, p. 37-49. | view at publisher

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