Fluid flow during accretion in sediment-dominated margins: Evidence of a high-permeability fossil fault zone from the Internal Ligurian accretionary units of the Northern Apennines, Italy

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 515-529

  Meneghini, Francesca ^a   Marroni, Michele ^a,b   Pandolfi, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

D collement zone; Fluid overpressure; Internal Ligurian Units; Northern Apennines; Syn tectonic veins

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; HYDROFRACTURING; SUBDUCTION;

DEHYDRATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIAGENESIS; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; OCEAN BASIN; PERMEABILITY; STRESS; SUBDUCTION; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947126452     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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