An experimental investigation of the development and permeability of clay smears along faults in uncemented sediments

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1850-1863

  Cuisiat, F ^a   Skurtveit, E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC MECHANISM; CATACLASIS; CLAY SMEAR; DEFORMATION PROCESS; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GRAIN REORIENTATION; GRAIN ROLLING; GRAIN-SIZE REDUCTION; HIGH STRESS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MULTI-LAYERED; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; RING SHEAR; RING SHEAR TESTS; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT; SHEAR ZONE; THIN SECTION; UNCEMENTED; VISUAL INSPECTION;

DEFORMATION; ROTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SAND;

DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULTING; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR TEST; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 78649783179     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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