Publications with application of Poly3D

1. WILLEMSE, E. J. M., POLLARD, D. D., AND AYDIN, A., 1996, Three-dimensional analyses of slip distributions on normal fault arrays with consequences for fault scaling: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 18, p. 295-309.

2. WILLEMSE, E. J. M., 1997, Segmented normal faults: Correspondence between three-dimensional mechanical models and field data: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 102, p. 675-692.

3. CRIDER, J. G., AND POLLARD, D. D, 1998, Fault linkage: Three-dimensional mechanical interaction between echelon normal faults: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 103, p. 24,373-24,391.

4. OKUBO, C. H., AND MARTEL, S. J, 1998, Pit crater formation on Kilauea volcano, Hawaii: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 86, p. 1-18.

5. MARTEL, S. J, AND BOGER, W. A, 1998, Geometry and mechanics of secondary fracturing around small three-dimensional faults in granitic rock: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 103, p. 21,299-21,314.

6. MAERTEN, L., WILLEMSE, E. J. M., POLLARD, D.D., AND RAWNSLEY, K., 1999, Slip distributions on intersecting normal faults. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 21, p. 259-271

7. KATTENHORN, S. A., AND POLLARD, D. D, 1999, Is lithostatic loading important for the slip behavior and evolution of normal faults in the Earth’s crust: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 104, p. 28,879-28,898.

8. KATTENHORN, S. A., AYDIN, A., AND POLLARD, D. D., 2000, Joints at high angles to normal fault strike: an explanation using 3D numerical models of fault-perturbed stress fields. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 22, p. 1-23. (pdf)

9. WILLEMSE, E. J. M., POLLARD, D. D., 2000, Normal fault growth: evolution of tipline shapes and slip distribution: in Lehner, F.K. & Urai, J.L. (eds.), Aspects of Tectonic Faulting, Springer -Verlag , Berlin, p. 193-226.

10. MAERTEN, L., POLLARD, D. D., AND KARPUZ, R., 2000, How to constrain 3-D fault continuity and linkage using reflection seismic data: a geomechanical approach: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 84, p. 1311-1324.

11. CRIDER, J. G., 2001, Oblique slip and the geometry of normal-fault linkage: mechanics and a case study from the Basin and Range in Oregon: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 23, p. 1997-2009. (pdf)

12. MAERTEN, L., 2000, Variation in slip on intersectiong normal faults: Implications for paleostress inversion: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 105, p. 25,553-25,565. (pdf)

13. MAERTEN, L., POLLARD, D. D., AND MAERTEN, F., 2001, Digital mapping of three-dimensional structures of the Chimney Rock fault system, central Utah: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 23, p. 585-592. (pdf)

14. CRIDER, J.G., SCHAFF, D.P., POLLARD, D.D. AND, BEROZA, G.C., 2001, Considering the third dimension in stress-triggering of aftershocks: 1993 Klamath Falls (OR) earthquake sequence. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 28, p. 2739-2742.

15. KATTENHORN, S. A., AND POLLARD, D. D., 2001, “Integrating 3D seismic data, field analogs and mechanical models in the analysis of segmented normal faults in the Wytch Farm oil field, southern England: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 85, p. 1183-1210. (pdf)

16. BOURNE, S. J., RIJKELS, L., STEPHENSON, B. J., AND WILLEMSE, E.J.M., 2001, Predictive modeling of naturally fractured reservoirs using geomechanics and flow simulation: GeoArabia, v. 6, p. 27-42. (pdf)

17. BOURNE, S. J., AND WILLEMSE, E. J. M., 2001, Elastic stress control on the pattern of tensile fracturing around a small fault network at Nash Point, UK: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 23, p. 1753-1770. (pdf)

18. MAERTEN, L., GILLESPIE, P., AND POLLARD, D. D., 2002, Effect of local stress perturbation on secondary fault development: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 24, p. 145-153. (pdf)

19. BAI, T., MAERTEN, L., GROSS, M. R., AND AYDIN, A., 2001, Orthogonal cross joints: do they imply a regional stress rotation?: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 24, p. 77-88. (pdf)

20. WILLSEY, S. P., UMHOEFER, P. J., AND HILLEY, G. E., 2002, Early evolution of an extensional monocline by a propagating normal fault: 3D analysis from combined field study and numerical modeling: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 24, p. 651-669. (pdf)

21. YOUNG, S. S., AND POLLARD, D. D, in review (2002), Constraining fault geometries with elastic dislocation models: methodology and application to faults interpreted in 3D seismic data: Bulletin American Association of Petroleum Geologist.

22. MAERTEN, L., GILLESPIE, P., DANIEL, J.-M., AND YIELDING, G., in review (2002), 3-D geomechanical modeling for constraint of subseismic fault simulation: AAPG Special Publication.

Conference presentations with application of Poly3D

1. MAERTEN, L., MAERTEN, F., AND GILLESPIE, P., 2000, Poly3D: a 3D geomechanical program used to solve fault related problems in petroleum reservoirs: Hydrocarbon Seal Quantification, Stavanger, Norway, October 16-18 2000.

2. TAYLOR, W. L., AND GAUTHIER, F.,2001, Structural reductivism: evolving perspectives of Paleozoic tectonics on the North African Continental Margin: 2001 AAPG Annual Convention: Late-Breaking E&P Activities around the World, June 3-6, Denver, CO., p. 25.

3. BOURNE, S.J, ITA, J. J.,, KAMPMAN-REINHARTZ, B. E., RIJKELS, L., STEPHENSON, B. J. AND WILLEMSE, E.J.M., 2000, Integrated fractured reservoir modelling using geomechanics and flow simulation: AAPG Bulletin , p. 1395-1518.