Structural Analysis: Folds Classification of metasedimentary rock in the Peninsular Malaysia

Understanding shear zone characteristics of deformation are a crucial part in the oil and gas industry as it might increase the knowledge of the fracture characteristics and lead to the prediction of the location of fracture zones or fracture swarms. This zone might give high influence on reservoir...

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Main Author: Shamsuddin, A.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2017
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spelling utp-eprints.199292018-04-22T13:18:49Z Structural Analysis: Folds Classification of metasedimentary rock in the Peninsular Malaysia Shamsuddin, A. Understanding shear zone characteristics of deformation are a crucial part in the oil and gas industry as it might increase the knowledge of the fracture characteristics and lead to the prediction of the location of fracture zones or fracture swarms. This zone might give high influence on reservoir performance. There are four general types of shear zones which are brittle, ductile, semibrittle and brittle-ductile transition zones. The objective of this study is to study and observe the structural geometry of the shear zones and its implication as there is a lack of understanding, especially in the subsurface area because of the limitation of seismic resolution. A field study was conducted on the metasedimentary rocks (shear zone) which are exposed along the coastal part of the Peninsular Malaysia as this type of rock resembles the types of rock in the subsurface. The analysis in this area shows three main types of rock which are non-foliated metaquartzite and foliated rock which can be divided into slate and phyllite. Two different fold classification can be determined in this study. Layer 1 with phyllite as the main type of rock can be classified in class 1C and layer 2 with slate as the main type of rock can be classified in class 1A. This study will benefit in predicting the characteristics of the fracture and fracture zones. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Institute of Physics Publishing 2017 Article PeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85033229176&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f88%2f1%2f012008&partnerID=40&md5=d76c7e4fd5cb85bcf81d4214dfdca4db Shamsuddin, A. (2017) Structural Analysis: Folds Classification of metasedimentary rock in the Peninsular Malaysia. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 88 (1). http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19929/
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description Understanding shear zone characteristics of deformation are a crucial part in the oil and gas industry as it might increase the knowledge of the fracture characteristics and lead to the prediction of the location of fracture zones or fracture swarms. This zone might give high influence on reservoir performance. There are four general types of shear zones which are brittle, ductile, semibrittle and brittle-ductile transition zones. The objective of this study is to study and observe the structural geometry of the shear zones and its implication as there is a lack of understanding, especially in the subsurface area because of the limitation of seismic resolution. A field study was conducted on the metasedimentary rocks (shear zone) which are exposed along the coastal part of the Peninsular Malaysia as this type of rock resembles the types of rock in the subsurface. The analysis in this area shows three main types of rock which are non-foliated metaquartzite and foliated rock which can be divided into slate and phyllite. Two different fold classification can be determined in this study. Layer 1 with phyllite as the main type of rock can be classified in class 1C and layer 2 with slate as the main type of rock can be classified in class 1A. This study will benefit in predicting the characteristics of the fracture and fracture zones. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
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Structural Analysis: Folds Classification of metasedimentary rock in the Peninsular Malaysia
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title Structural Analysis: Folds Classification of metasedimentary rock in the Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Structural Analysis: Folds Classification of metasedimentary rock in the Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Structural Analysis: Folds Classification of metasedimentary rock in the Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Structural Analysis: Folds Classification of metasedimentary rock in the Peninsular Malaysia
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title_sort structural analysis: folds classification of metasedimentary rock in the peninsular malaysia
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