OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT OF3-2015

Richard D. Andrews, Interim Director Preliminary Fault Map of Oklahoma

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Inset Map showing all faults used to compile the preliminary fault map. 3,418 fault 9

segments from industry contributions and more than 6,000 fault segments from the C L E V E L A N D H A S K E L L 8

published literature were used. The complicated representation for some major faults 8
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is due to the large number of maps showing the same faults with each map showing a C A D D O
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different location. Additionally, fault intricacy may represent true fault complexity.
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Summary 4

This preliminary fault map is compiled from oil and gas industry data and published literature. Most of the faults from the published literature are documented in the
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supplement to this Open-File Report. This map is compiled from the Oklahoma fault database, which continues to be updated as additional fault information is available.
This map is being released in a timely manner and should be considered preliminary. The faults shown here represent one interpretation of all the faults in the Oklahoma 3

fault database being compiled by the OGS. This preliminary version identifies surface and subsurface faults on one map. 3
H A R M O N 3 P O N T O T O C
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Interpretation and Compilation Methods
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This fault map does not show additional information associated with the fault database such as the formation the fault was mapped in, method used to constrain fault J A C K S O N C O M A N C H E 2

location, etc. Faults mapped at the surface were given highest precedence and most were included on this map. Fault segments that are mapped close to each other are 1N
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interpreted as a single fault. Faults mapped using 3D seismic were given precedence over faults constrained from 2D seismic data, and subsurface faults not constrained by 100° 1N 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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seismic data were given the lowest precedence. 25W 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1W 1E 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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True fault complexity in some areas may be misrepresented by this effort of producing single fault locations for mapped faults. In areas with complex faults, individual fault 1S
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locations are uncertain and may be in error by as much as several kilometers. Some questionable faults and small parallel faults are omitted. Future efforts will document S T E P H E N S 2
the choices made in developing a final fault map of Oklahoma. P U S H M A T A H A
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3,418 fault segments from industry contributions and more than 6,000 fault segments from the published literature were used to make this map. All these fault segments are 3

shown on Inset Map and give an indication of where faulting is most complex. Future efforts will make more metadata available and will include such information as the C O T T O N 3 J O H N S T O N
fault slip-sense and dip direction.
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Acknowledgements 4
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We would like to acknowledge the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association for its leadership efforts in making the fault database contributions from industry possible. 5
In addition, I would like to thank all those who have worked and continue to work on the Oklahoma Fault Database including Stephen Marsh, Stephen Holloway, Dr. Randy M C C U R T A I N
Keller, Russell Standridge, Amberlee Darold, and Jacob Hernandez. This work was partially funded by Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America project number J E F F E R S O N
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Open-File Reports are used for the dissemination of information that fills a public need and are intended to make the results of research available at the earliest possible 98°
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date. Because of their nature and possibility of being superseded, an Open-File Report is intended as a preliminary report not as a final publication. Analyses presented in 7

this article are based on information available to the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, the University of Oklahoma, 8
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their employees, or the State of Oklahoma. The accuracy of the information contained herein is not guaranteed and any mention of trade names are not an endorsement by 97° 96°
the author, the Oklahoma Geological Survey, or the University of Oklahoma.
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