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Marcellus Shale
A discussion of natural fractures, or joints, present in the Marcellus Shale
and the hydraulic fractures that are induced during unconventional gas
drilling to extract natural gas.
PA L E O N T O L O G I C A L R E S E A R C H I N S T I T U T I O N
T H E S C I E N C E B E N E A T H T H E S U R F A C E
M A R C E L L U S S H A L E I S S U E N U M B E R 5 A U G U S T 2 0 1 1
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D I D Y O U K N O W ?
Te diference between
joints and faults, like the
San Andreas system of
faults, is that faults have
experienced marked direc-
tional movement along the
fracture, whereas joints only
experience separation.