Publication Name: Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference 2018
Authors: Natalie Debenham, Natalie J. C. Farrell, Simon P. Holford, Rosalind C. King, David Healy
Date Published: February 2018
Number of Pages: 4
Abstract:
An understanding of fault zone structure and transmissibility can have significant implications for reservoir appraisal and development within petroleum systems. Studies tend to focus on low porosity host rocks that have experienced simple tectonic histories while the influence of complex fault systems (that have undergone multiple phases of deformation) on porous rocks within fault damage zones have not been investigated. We present results from a detailed mineralogical and geomechanical investigation of the Castle Cove Fault within the Otway Basin at Castle Cove, southeast Australia.