Fault zone architecture and permeability features in siliceous sedimentary rocks: Insights from the Rapolano geothermal area (Northern Apennines, Italy)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-256

  Brogi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fault zone architecture; Fractures; Geothermal areas; Permeability; Siliceous rocks

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE ARCHITECTURE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID PATHWAYS; SILICEOUS ROCKS;

FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERALOGY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HANGING WALL; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; NORMAL FAULT; PERMEABILITY; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LARDERELLO; MOUNT AMIATA; PISA [TUSCANY]; RAPOLANO TERME; SIENA [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 38949102323     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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