| Natural fractures in the Barnett Shale and their importance for hydraulic fracture treatments JFW Gale, RM Reed, J Holder AAPG bulletin 91 (4), 603-622, 2007 | 1325 | 2007 |
| Natural fractures in shale: A review and new observationsNatural Fractures in Shale: A Review and New Observations JFW Gale, SE Laubach, JE Olson, P Eichhubl, A Fall AAPG bulletin 98 (11), 2165-2216, 2014 | 789 | 2014 |
| Screening criteria for shale-gas systems FP Wang, JFW Gale GCAGS Transactions, 2009 | 448 | 2009 |
| Are open fractures necessarily aligned with maximum horizontal stress? SE Laubach, JE Olson, JFW Gale Earth and Planetary Science Letters 222 (1), 191-195, 2004 | 269 | 2004 |
| The interaction of propagating opening mode fractures with preexisting discontinuities in shale HP Lee, JE Olson, J Holder, JFW Gale, RD Myers Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 120 (1), 169-181, 2015 | 179 | 2015 |
| Natural fractures in some US shales and their importance for gas production JFW Gale, J Holder Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference Series 7 (1), 1131-1140, 2010 | 159 | 2010 |
| Hydraulic fractures in core from stimulated reservoirs: core fracture description of HFTS slant core, Midland Basin, West Texas JFW Gale, SJ Elliott, SE Laubach Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, 23-25 July …, 2018 | 147 | 2018 |
| Aperture-size scaling variations in a low-strain opening-mode fracture set, Cozzette Sandstone, Colorado JN Hooker, JFW Gale, LA Gomez, SE Laubach, R Marrett, RM Reed Journal of Structural Geology 31 (7), 707-718, 2009 | 111 | 2009 |
| Predicting and characterizing fractures in dolostone reservoirs: Using the link between diagenesis and fracturing JFW Gale, SE Laubach, RA Marrett, JE Olson, J Holder, RM Reed Geological Society, London, Special Publications 235 (1), 177-192, 2004 | 95 | 2004 |
| Modeling fracture porosity evolution in dolostone JFW Gale, RH Lander, RM Reed, SE Laubach Journal of Structural Geology 32 (9), 1201-1211, 2010 | 94 | 2010 |
| Geomechanical analysis of fluid injection and seismic fault slip for the Mw4.8 Timpson, Texas, earthquake sequence Z Fan, P Eichhubl, JFW Gale Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 121 (4), 2798-2812, 2016 | 89 | 2016 |
| Natural fractures in the Barnett Shale: Constraints on spatial organization and tensile strength with implications for hydraulic fracture treatment in shale-gas reservoirs JFW Gale, J Holder The 42nd US Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), 2008 | 84 | 2008 |
| Quantifying diagenetic and stratigraphic controls on fracture intensity in platform carbonates: An example from the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeast Mexico OJ Ortega, JFW Gale, R Marrett Journal of Structural Geology 32 (12), 1943-1959, 2010 | 68 | 2010 |
| Correlation analysis of fracture arrangement in space R Marrett, JFW Gale, LA Gómez, SE Laubach Journal of Structural Geology 108, 16-33, 2018 | 64 | 2018 |
| Natural sealed fractures in mudrocks: A case study tied to burial history from the Barnett Shale, Fort Worth Basin, Texas, USA M Gasparrini, W Sassi, JFW Gale Marine and Petroleum Geology 55, 122-141, 2014 | 62 | 2014 |
| Effects of diagenesis (cement precipitation) during fracture opening on fracture aperture-size scaling in carbonate rocks JN Hooker, LA Gomez, SE Laubach, JFW Gale, R Marrett Geological Society, London, Special Publications 370 (1), 187-206, 2012 | 54 | 2012 |
| Obtaining fracture information for low‐permeability (tight) gas sandstones from sidewall cores SE Laubach, JFW Gale Journal of petroleum geology 29 (2), 147-158, 2006 | 51 | 2006 |
| Quantifying opening-mode fracture spatial organization in horizontal wellbore image logs, core and outcrop: application to Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation tight gas … JZ Li, SE Laubach, JFW Gale, RA Marrett Journal of Structural Geology 108, 137-156, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| Specifying lengths of horizontal wells in fractured reservoirs JFW Gale SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering 5 (03), 266-272, 2002 | 45 | 2002 |
| Late opening-mode fractures in karst-brecciated dolostones of the Lower Ordovician Ellenburger Group, west Texas: Recognition, characterization, and implications for fluid flow JFW Gale, LA Gomez AAPG bulletin 91 (7), 1005-1023, 2007 | 44 | 2007 |
Stephen E. LaubachBureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of TexasVerified email at beg.utexas.edu
