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FRACTURE DENSITY AND BRITTLENESS OF THE MESOZOIC FORMATIONS EXPOSED ON THE CANADIAN ESCARPMENT OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO
(2018-07-02)
Production of hydrocarbons from tight and unconventional reservoirs has become so prevalent, the need to understand rock fracture mechanics has become increasingly important. A specific research goal is the need to understand ...
The Negative Impacts of Lead- Contaminated Superfund Sites and the Toxicological Effects on Children in Dallas County
(2018-06-11)
This Study was conducted to investigate the toxicological effects of lead on children, from the age of 0 years old to 18 years old, that reside or attend schools, located within the 5-mile radius, of lead contaminated ...
Middle Permian (Late Guadalupian) back-reef carbonate of Panther Canyon, Apache Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas
(2018-06-22)
In the Apache Mountains of West Texas, Middle Permian (Guadalupian) strata a portion of the Delaware Basin part of the Capitan Reef is well exposed in many canyons that cut through the northern escarpment in the eastern ...
LINKING PETROPHYSICAL AND GEOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION TO PRODUCTION BEHAVIOR IN THE HAYNESVILLE SHALE
(2018-08-08)
In recent years, the Haynesville shale has become a target for natural gas exploitation, especially with the advent of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Located in East Texas and Northwest Louisiana, it is ...
An Integrated Evaluation Of Potential Petroleum Systems Of The Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia
(2018-07-10)
The Southern Carnarvon Basin is an elongate basin in Western Australia covering approximately 200,000km2. There are two main regions: a western platform (Gascoyne Platform) with a Cambrian to Lower Carboniferous succession ...
Fusulinid and conodont biostratigraphy of the Upper Pennsylvanian–Cisuralian Riepe Spring Limestone, Spruce Mountain Ridge, Elko County, Nevada, U.S.A.
(2018-12-06)
The Upper Pennsylvanian-Cisuralian (lower Permian) mixed carbonate-siliciclastic strata exposed at Spruce Mountain Ridge, Elko County, Nevada, record the shallow-marine microfauna and oscillating depositional history of ...
REMOVAL OF PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID USING ZEROVALENT IRON BASED MATERIALS
(2018-09-12)
Perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) are highly persistent organic contaminants that have become a global health concern. Few studies so far have demonstrated successful decomposition of PFASs under ambient condition. ...
BENEFITS AND OBSTACLES TO INSTALLING WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES: A TEXAS STUDY
(2018-08-13)
There is much known about renewable energy including solar and wind. However, there is little information available regarding the use of wind and solar energy on college and university campuses. As educators and shapers ...
Simulation Of Climate Across the Permian-Triassic Boundary with a Focus on Phytogeographical Data Analysis
(2018-12-06)
The present study aims at reconstructing the paleoclimate across the Permian-Triassic Boundary (PTB, 251.9 ± 0.024 Ma) which encompasses one of the major mass extinction events of the Earth’s history. Results are analyzed ...
Seismic Analysis and Petrophysical Evaluation of the Pennsylvanian Rasberry Reef Phylloid Algal Carbonate Mounds in the Knox-Baylor Trough, Knox County, Texas
(2018-02-27)
The Ellis Ranch Wildcat field in Knox County, Texas produces from an isolated carbonate platform located on the northern flank of the Knox-Baylor Trough. The platform is composed of the Desmoinesian aged Caddo Limestone ...