Fracture analog of the sub-Andean Devonian of southern Bolivia: Lidar applied to Abra Del Condor, in G. Zamora, K. R. McClay, and V. A. Ramos, eds., Petroleum basins and hydrocarbon potential of the Andes of Peru and Bolivia

Tight fractured sandstones of the Devonian Huamampampa Formation are associated with large gas discoveries in the sub-Andean fold-and-thrust belt of southern Bolivia. A LIDAR-based fracture characterization of the Abra del Condor backlimb anticline, a structuralstratigraphic analog, is used as the b...

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Autores: Garcia Sellés, Albert, Gratacós Torrà, Òscar, Granado, Pablo, Carrera García de Cortázar, Núria, Muñoz, J. A., Sarmiento, S., Lakshmikantha, M.R., Cordova, J. C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/162341
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/162341
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Devonià
Bolívia
Geologia del petroli
Devonian
Bolivia
Petroleum geology
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Sumario:Tight fractured sandstones of the Devonian Huamampampa Formation are associated with large gas discoveries in the sub-Andean fold-and-thrust belt of southern Bolivia. A LIDAR-based fracture characterization of the Abra del Condor backlimb anticline, a structuralstratigraphic analog, is used as the basis for a fracture stratigraphy determination. Fracture characterization using LIDAR is integrated with outcrop scanlines and is framed by stratigraphy and structural positions within this thrust-related anticline. SEFL software was used to process LIDAR data, dividing the outcrop by orientations. A workflow to extract modeled fracture planes and their associated orientations, lengths, and heights results in five fracture sets, partially validated by fracture outcrop scanlines. Multiple virtual scanlines are used to measure fracture intensity, identify fracture stratigraphic units, and define fracture-associated parameters of abundance and size distribution.