Evolution of cataclastic faulting in high-porosity sandstone, Bassin du Sud-Est, Provence, France

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1590-1608

  Saillet, Elodie ^a   Wibberley, Christopher A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

" Bassin du Sud Est"; Cataclastic Deformation Bands (CDBs); Porous sandstones; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

''BASSIN DU SUD-EST''; BACKGROUND DENSITY; CATACLASTIC DEFORMATION; CATACLASTIC DEFORMATION BANDS (CDBS); CRITICAL STATE LINES; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH-LOW; MIOCENE; NETWORK DEVELOPMENT; OLIGOCENE; POROUS SANDSTONE; RESERVOIRS; SLIP ZONES; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STUDY AREAS; TECTONIC LOADING; ZONE GROWTH;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); GRAIN GROWTH; SANDSTONE; TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; STRAIN RATE;

FRANCE; PROVENCE;

EID: 78649504316     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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