Clay fabrics in SAFOD core samples

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-127

  Janssen, C ^a   Kanitpanyacharoen, W ^b   Wenk, H R ^b   Wirth, R ^a   Morales, L ^a   Rybacki, E ^a   Kienast, M ^a   Dresen, G ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay fabric, texture; Phyllosilicate; SAFOD; San andreas fault; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

CLAY FABRICS; CLAY PARTICLES; FAULT ROCK; FLUID PRESSURES; INTERGRANULAR PORES; MICRO FABRIC; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; ORIENTED MATRIX; PHYLLOSILICATE; SAFOD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEM OBSERVATION; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION; SYNCHROTRON X RAYS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM;

CLAY MINERALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CORE SAMPLES;

CLAY MINERAL; CORE (PLANETARY); FAULT GOUGE; FLUID FLOW; PETROFABRIC; PHYLLOSILICATE; POROSITY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84866268607     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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