The genesis of polygonal fault systems: A review

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 216, Issue , 2003, Pages 223-234

  Cartwright, Joe ^a   James, David ^a   Bolton, Al ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT; SYNERESIS;

EID: 0346020433     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.216.01.15     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. ANKETELL, J.M., CEGLA, J., & DZULYNSKI, S. 1970. On the deformational structures in systems with reversed density gradients. Annales of the Geological Society of Poland, 15, 1-29.
2. BARNETT, J.A.M., MORTIMER, J., RIPPON, J.H. & WALSH, J.J. & WATTERSON, J., 1987. Displacement geometry in the volume containing a single normal fault. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 71, 925-937.
3. BRINKER, C.J. & SCHERER, G.W. 1990. Sol-gel science: the physics and chemistry of gel processing. Academic press, San Diego, 908pp.
4. CARTWRIGHT, J.A. 1994a Episodic basin-wide hydrofracturing of overpressured Early Cenozoic mudrock sequences in the North Sea Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 11, 587-607.
5. CARTWRIGHT, J.A. 1994b. Episodic collapse of geopressured shale sequences in the North Sea Basin. Geology, 22, 447-450.
6. CARTWRIGHT, J.A. 1996. Polygonal Fault Systems: a new type of geological structure revealed by 3D seismic data. In: WEIMER, P. (ed.) Application of 3-D seismic Data to Exploration and Production, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Studies in Geology, 42, 225-231.
7. CARTWRIGHT, J.A. 1997. Polygonal Fault Systems in thick shale sequences. In: YARDLEY, B, & JAMTVEIT, B. (eds) Fluid Flow Processes in the Continental Crust. Chapman & Hall, London, 81-104.
8. CARTWRIGHT, J.A. & DEWHURST, D. 1998. Layer-bound compaction faults in fine-grained Sediments. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 110, 1242-1257.
9. CARTWRIGHT, J.A. & LONERGAN, L. 1996. Volumetric contraction during the compaction of mudrocks: a mechanism for the development of regional-scale polygonal fault systems. Basin Research, 8, 183- 193.
10. CARTWRIGHT, J. & LONERGAN, L. 1997. Polygonal fault Systems in the Eromanga and North Sea Basins: a comparison. Exploration Geophysics, 28, 323-331.
11. CLAUSEN, J.A. GABRIELSEN, R.H., REKSNES, P.A. & NYSETHER, E. 1999. Development of intraformational faults in the northern North Sea: influence of remote stresses and doming of Fennoscandia. Journal of Structural Geology, 21, 1457-1475.
12. DAVIES, R. CARTWRIGHT, J.A. & RANA, J. 1999. Polygonal density inversion structures from the Faerøe-Shetland Trough. Geology, 27, 798-802.
13. DEWHURST, D., CARTWRIGHT, J.A. & LONERGAN, L. 1999a. The development of polygonal fault systems by the syneresis of fine-grained sediments. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 16, 793-810.
14. DEWHURST, D., CARTWRIGHT, J.A. & LONERGAN, L. 1999b. Three-dimensional consolidation of clay-rich sediments. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 36, 355-362.
15. GOULTY, N.R. 2001. Polygonal fault networks in fine-grained sediments - an alternative to the syneresis mechanism. First Break, 19, 69-73.
16. HENRIET, J.P., DE BATIST, M., VAN VAERENBERGH, W. & VERSCHUREN, M. 1989. Seismic facies and clay tectonic features in the southern North Sea. Bulletin of the Belgian Geological Society, 97, 457-472.
17. HENRIET, J.P., DE BATIST, M. & VERSCHUREN, M. 1991. Early fracturing of Palaeogene clays, southernmost North Sea: relevance to mechanisms of primary hydrocarbon migration. In: SPENCER, A.M. (ed.) Generation, accumulation and production of Europe's hydrocarbons. Special Publication of the European Association of Petoleum Geologists, 1, 217-227.
18. HIGGS, W.G. & MCCLAY, K.R. 1993. Analogue sandbox modelling of Miocene extensional faulting in the Outer Moray Firth. In: WILLIAMS, G.D. & DOBB, A. (eds) Tectonics and Sequence Stratigraphy. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 71, 141-162.
19. JAMES, D.M.D. 2000. Discussion on geometry and origin of a polygonal fault system. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 157, 1261-1265.
20. JUNGST, H. 1934. Geological significance of syneresis. Geologische Rundschau, 25, 312-325.
21. LACHENBRUCH, A.H. 1962. Mechanics of thermal contraction cracks and ice-wedge polygons in permafrost. Geological Society of America, Special Paper, 70.
22. LAMBE, T.W. & WHITMAN, R.V. 1979. Soil Mechanics. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
23. LISTER, D. 2002. Computer modelling and characterisation of intersecting fault networks. Ph.D Thesis, University of London.
24. LONERGAN, L., CARTWRIGHT, J.A. & JOLLY, R. 1998. 3-D Geometry of Polygonal Fault Systems. Journal of Structural Geology, 20, 529-548.
25. LONERGAN, L. & CARTWRIGHT, J.A. 1999. The role of polygonal fault systems in the reservoir geology of the Alba Field, North Sea. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 83, 410-432.
26. MALTMAN, A. 1994. The geological deformation of sediments. Chapman & Hall, London. pp.362.
27. SCHERER, G.W. 1989. Mechanics of syneresis. I. Theory. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 108, 28-36.
28. STUEVOLD. L.M., FAERSETH, R.B., ARNESEN, N., MÖLLER, N. & CARTWRIGHT, J.A. 2003. Polygonal faults in the Ormen Lange Field, Offshore Mid Norway. In: VAN RENSBERGEN, P., HILLIER, R.R., MALTMAN, A.J. & MORLEY, C.K. (eds) Subsurface Sediment Mobilization. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 216, 263-281.
29. TERZHAGI K. & PECK, R.B. 1948. Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice. Chapman & Hall. London.
30. TURCOTTE, D. & SCHUBERT, 1982. Geodynamics. John Wiley & Sons, New York, pp 450.
31. VAN OLPHEN, H. 1977. An introduction to clay colloid chemistry. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
32. VERSCHUREN, M. 1992. An integrated 3D approach to clay tectonic deformation. Ph.D Thesis, Universiteit Ghent.
33. WALSH, J.J. & WATTERSON, J. 1987. Distribution of cumulative displacement and seismic slip ona single normal fault surface. Journal of Structural Geology, 9, 1039-1046.
34. WALSH, J.J., WATTERRSON, J., NICOI., A., NELL, P.R. & BRETAN, P.G. 2000. Discussion on geometry and origin of a polygonal fault system: reply. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 157, 1261-1265.
35. WATTERRSON, J., WALSH, J.J., NICOL, A., NELL, P.R. & BRETAN, P.G. 2000. Geometry and origin of a polygonal fault system. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 157, 151-162.
36. WHITE, W.A. 1961. Colloidal phenomena in sedimentation of argillaceous rocks. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 31, 560- 570.