Subsurface Fault Traces for the Delaware Basin and Central Basin Platform, Permian Basin

Geographic Information System shapefiles for subsurface fault traces interpreted by Horne et al. (2021). The data represents the hanging wall intersection line of fault surfaces with the top-Ellenburger Group regional surface and was used to produce figures in the associated manuscript. The working fault set is continuously updated, with the latest version superseding the original publication.

Use Cases

• Modeling subsurface fault networks based on the interpreted GIS shapefiles.
• Integrating fault geometry into regional geological models based on the top-Ellenburger Group surface.
• Validating seismic interpretations using the published fault trace dataset.
• Tracking updates to fault interpretations using the dataset's version history.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific peer-reviewed manuscript and Report of Investigations No. 286.
• The working fault set is continuously updated, with a version history (e.g., V4) provided.
• Data is provided in a standard GIS shapefile format for interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology.

Collection Method

Interpreted by the authors following methods described in the manuscript.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2024-03 18 10:52:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Delaware Basin and Central Basin Platform, Permian Basin, West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.