Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine fault, New Zealand

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1143-1146

  Sutherland, R ^a   Toy, V G ^b   Townend, J ^c   Cox, S C ^a   Eccles, J D ^d   Faulkner, D R ^e   Prior, D J ^b,c   Norris, R J ^b   Mariani, E ^e   Boulton, C ^f   Carpenter, B M ^g   Menzies, C D ^h   Little, T A ^c   Hasting, M ^d   De Pascale, G P ^f   Langridge, R M ^a   Scott, H R ^b   Reid Lindroos, Z ^b   Fleming, B ^b   Kopf, J ⁱ  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^g ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE FAULTS; ALTERATION ZONES; CATACLASITE; DAMAGE ZONES; DEEP FAULT; DRILLING PROJECTS; EARTHQUAKE SLIP; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT CORE; FAULT ZONE; FLUID CONTROL; FLUID MIGRATION; FLUID PRESSURE GRADIENT; FLUID PRESSURES; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC SEALS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LOW PERMEABILITY; NEW ZEALAND; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE RELAXATION; REGIONAL BARRIERS; REGIONAL LEVELS; ROCK DAMAGE; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; SLIP ZONES; SLUG TEST; SPONTANEOUS POTENTIALS;

BORING; CLAY ALTERATION; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; ROCK DRILLING;

FAULTING;

CATACLASITE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DRILLING; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; FLUID PRESSURE; MINERALIZATION; MYLONITE; PERMEABILITY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84872136908     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33614.1     Document Type: Article

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