A model of strain localization in porous sandstone as a function of tectonic setting, burial and material properties; new insight from Provence (southern France)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-63

  Soliva, Roger ^a   Schultz, Richard A ^b   Ballas, Gregory ^a   Taboada, Alfredo ^a   Wibberley, Christopher ^c   Saillet, Elodie ^d   Benedicto, Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^c CSTJF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Burial; Deformation band; Sandstone; Strain localization; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BURIAL; DEFORMATION BAND; DISTRIBUTED STRAIN; MATERIAL PROPERTY; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

COMPACTION; SANDSTONE; SHEAR BANDS; STRAIN HARDENING; TECTONICS;

STRESSES;

DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MODELING; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SHEAR BAND; STRAIN; TECTONIC SETTING;

FRANCE; PROVENCE;

EID: 84875219528     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Ackermann R.V., Schlische R.W. Anticlustering of small normal faults around large faults. Geology 1997, 25:1127-1130.
2. Antonellini M.A., Aydin A., Pollard D.D. Microstructure of deformation bands in porous sandstones at Arches National Park, Utah. J. Struct. Geol. 1994, 16:941-959.
3. Arthaud F., Séguret M. Les structures pyrénéennes du Languedoc et du Golfe du Lion (Sud de la France). Bull. Soc. Géol. Fr. 1981, XXlII:51-63.
4. Aydin A., Borja R.I., Eichhubl P. Geological and mathematical framework for failure modes in granular rock. J. Struct. Geol. 2006, 28:83-98.
5. Ballas G., Soliva R., Sizun J.-P., Benedicto A., Cavailhes T., Raynaud S. The importance of the degree of cataclasis in shear bands for fluid flow in porous sandstone, Provence, France. Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull. 2012, 96:2167-2186.
6. Ballas G., Soliva R., Sizun J.-P., Fossen H., Benedicto A., Skurtveit E. Shear-enhanced compaction bands formed at shallow burial conditions; implications for fluid flow (Provence, France). J. Struct. Geol. 2013, 47:3-15.
7. Baud P., Kein E., Wong T.-F. Compaction localization in porous sandstones: spatial evolution of damage and acoustic emission activity. J. Struct. Geol. 2004, 26:603-624.
8. Benedicto A., Labaume P., Séguret M., Séranne M. Low-angle crustal ramp and basin geometry in the Gulf of Lion passive margin: Oligocene-Aquitanian Vistrenque graben, SE France. Tectonics 1996, 15(6):1192-1212.
9. Bésuelle P. Compacting and dilating shear bands in porous rock: theoretical and experimental conditions. J. Geophys. Res. 2001, 106:13,435-13,442.
10. Buck W.R. Modes of continental lithospheric Extension. J. Geophys. Res. 1991, 96:20161-20178.
11. Champenois A., Desoignies J. Carte Géologique de la France au 1/50 000. Feuille d'Orange 1971, Bureau de Recherches Géologique et Minièe, France.
12. Chemenda A.I., Wibberley C., Saillet E. Evolution of compactive shear localization bands: numerical models and geological data. Tectonophysics 2012, 526-529:56-66. 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.10.003.
13. Cowie P.A., Sornette D., Vanneste C. Multifractal scaling properties of a growing fault population. Geophys. J. Int. 1995, 122:457-469.
14. Cuss R.J., Rutter E.H., Holloway R.F. The application of critical state soil mechanics to the mechanical behaviour of porous sandstones. International J. Rock Mechanics Mining Sci. 2003, 40:847-862. 10.1016/S1365-1609(03)00053-4.
15. Earl R. Assessment of the behaviour of field soils during compression. J. Agric. Eng. Res. 1997, 68:147-157.
16. Eichhubl P., Hooker J.N., Laubach S.E. Pure and shear-enhanced compaction bands in Aztec sandstone. J. Struct. Geol. 2010, 32:1873-1886.
17. Estrada N., Azéma E., Radjaï F., Taboada A. Identification of rolling resistance as a shape parameter in sheared granular media. Phys. Rev. E 2011, 84:011306.
18. Ferry S. Apport des forages ANDRA de Marcoule à la connaissance de la marge crétacée rhodanienne. Etude du Gard Rhodanien 1997, 63-91. EDP sciences, Bagnols-sur-Cèze. Actes des Journées Scientifiques CNRS/ANDRA (Ed.).
19. Fletcher R., Hallet B. Unstable extension of the lithosphere: a mechanical model for Basin-and-Range structure. J. Geophys. Res. 1983, 88(B9):148-227. 10.1029/0JGREA0000880000B9007457000001.
20. Ford M., Stahel U. The geometry of a deformed carbonate slope-basin transition: the Ventoux-Lure fault zone, SE France. Tectonics 1995, 14:1393-1410. 10.1029/95TC02522.
21. Fortin J., Shubnel A., Guégen Y. Elastic wave velocities and permeability evolution during compaction of Bleurswiller Sandstone. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. 2005, 42:873-889.
22. Fossen H. Structural Geology 2010, Cambridge University Press, p. 480.
23. Fossen H., Rotevatn A. Characterization of deformation bands associated with normal and reverse stress states in the Navajo Sandstone, Utah: discussion. Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull. 2012, 96:869-876.
24. Fossen H., Schultz R.A., Shipton Z.K., Mair K. Deformation bands in sandstone: a review. J. Geol. Soc. London 2007, 164:755-769. 10.1144/0016-76492006-036.
25. Fossen H., Schultz R.A., Torabi A. Conditions and implications for compaction band formation in the Navajo Sandstone, Utah. J. Struct. Geol. 2011, 33:1477--1490. 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.08.001.
26. Grueschow E., Rudnicki J.W. Elliptic yield cap constitutive modeling for high porosity sandstone. Int. J. Solids Struct. 2005, 42:4574-4587.
27. Issen K.A. The influence of constitutive models on localization conditions for porous rock. Eng. Fract. Mech. 2002, 69:1891-1906.
28. Jaeger J.C., Cook N.G.W. Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics 1979, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla, p. 585.
29. Karner S.,L., Chester J.S., Chester F.M., Kronenberg A.K., Hajash A. Laboratory deformation of granular quartz sand: implications for the burial of clastic rocks. Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull. 2005, 89:603-625.
30. Klimczak C., Soliva R., Schultz R.A., Chéry J. Growth of deformation bands in a multilayer sequence. J. Geophys. Res. 2011, 116:B09209. 10.1029/2011JB008365.
31. Le Pichon X., Rangin C., Hamon, Loget N., Ying L.-J., Andreani L., Flotté N. Geodynamics of the France Southeast Basin (in Geodynamics of the France Southeast Basin; importance of gravity tectonics ). Bull. Soc. Geol. France 2010, 181(6):477-501.
32. Mitchell J.K., Soga K. Fundamentals of Soil Behavior 2005, John Wiley and Sons, p. 577. third ed.
33. Narr W., Suppe J. Joint spacing in sedimentary rocks. J. Struct. Geol. 1991, 13:1037-1048.
34. Nova R. A simple elastoplastic model for soils and soft rocks. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng. Geotech. Spec. Publ. 2005, vol. 128:380-399. J.A. Yamamuro, V.N. Kaliakin (Eds.).
35. Oda M., Konishi J., Nemat-Nasser S. Experimental micromechanical evaluation of strength of granular materials: effects of particle rolling. Mechanics Mater. 1982, 1(4). 269e283.
36. Radjai F., Wolf D.E., Jean M., Moreau J.J. Bimodal character of stress transmission in granular packings. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1998, 80:61-64.
37. Roure F., Brun J.P., Colletta B., Van den Driessche J. Geometry and kinematics of extensional structures in the Alpine Foreland Basin of southeastern France. J. Struct. Geol. 1992, 14:503-519.
38. Rudnicki J.W. Shear and compaction band formation on an elliptic yield cap. J. Geophys. Res. 2004, 109:B03402. 10.1029/2003JB002633.
39. Rudnicki J.W. Models for compaction band propagation. Rock Physics and Geomechanics in the Study of Reservoirs and Repositories 2007, vol. 284:107-125. Geological Society of London Special Publication.
40. Rudnicki J.W., Sternlof K.R. Energy release model of compaction band propagation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2005, 32:L16303. 10.1029/2005GL023602.
41. Rutter E.H., Glover C.T. The deformation of porous sandstones; are Byerlee friction and the critical state line equivalent?. J. Struct. Geol. 2012, 44:129-140.
42. Saillet, E., 2009. La localisation de la déformation dans les grès poreux: caractérisation d'un analogue de réservoir gréseux et faillé dans le Bassin du Sud-Est, Provence, France. Unpublished Docteur en Sciences thesis, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis.
43. Saillet E., Wibberley C.A.J. Evolution of cataclastic faulting in high-porosity sandstone, Bassin du Sud-Est, Provence, France. J. Struct. Geol. 2010, 32:1590-1608.
44. Sanchis E., Seranne M. Structural style and tectonic evolution of a polyphase extensional basin of the Gulf of Lion passive margin: the Tertiary Ales basin, southern France. Tectonophysics 2000, 322:219-242.
45. Scholz C.A. Mechanics of Earthquake and Faulting 1990, Cambridge University Press.
46. Scholz C.H., Cowie P.A. Determination of total strain from faulting using slip measurements. Nature 1990, 346:837-839.
47. Schultz R.A., Siddharthan R. A general framework for the occurrence and faulting of deformation bands in porous granular rocks. Tectonophysics 2005, 411:1-18.
48. Schultz R.A., Soliva R. Propagation energies inferred from deformation bands in sandstone. Int. J. Fracture 2012, 176:135-149. 10.1007/s10704-012-9730-2.
49. Schultz R.A., Soliva R., Fossen H., Okubo C., Reeves D.M. Dependence of displacement-length scaling relations for fractures and deformation bands on the volumetric changes across them. J. Struct. Geol. 2008, 30:1405-1411. 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.08.001.
50. Schultz R.A., Okubo C.H., Fossen H. Porosity and grain size controls on compaction band formation in Jurassic Navajo Sandstone. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2010, 37:L22306. doi: 2010GL044909.
51. Séguret M., Benedicto A., Séranne M. Gard Rhodanien, reconnaissance géologique. Analyse et interprétation structurale préliminaire du profil sismique FSH (82 SE 4B) 1996, B RP 1 UMO 96 001, ANDRA.
52. Séranne M., Benedicto A., Labaume P., Truffert C., Pascal G. Structural style and evolution of the gulf of Lion Oligo-miocene rifting: role of the Pyrenean orogeny. Mar. Petrol. Geol. 1995, 12(8):809-820.
53. Sibson R.H. Fault rocks and fault mechanisms. J. Geol. Soc. 1977, 133:191-213.
54. Skurtveit E., Torabi A., Gabrielsen R.H., Alikarami R., Ballas G., Fossen H., Soliva R. Deformation Mechanisms in Uncemented Sandstone, Examples from Triaxial Tests 2012, Third Intl. Conf. Fault & Top seals, EAGE, extended abstract.
55. Soliva R., Schultz R.A. Distributed and localized faulting in extensional settings: insight from the North Ethiopian Rift - Afar transition area. Tectonics 2008, 27:TC2003. 10.1029/2007TC002148.
56. Solum J.G., Brandenburg J.P., Kostenko O.V., Wilkins S.J., Schultz R.A. Characterization of deformation bands associated with normal and reverse stress states in the Navajo Sandstone. Utah Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull. 2010, 94:1453-1475.
57. Sornay, J., 1950. Etude stratigraphique sur le Crétacé supérieur de la vallée du Rhône entre Valence et Avignon et des régions voisines. Ph.D. thesis. University of Grenoble.
58. Sternlof K.R., Rudnicki J.W., Pollard D.D. Anticrack inclusion model for compaction bands in sandstone. J. Geophys. Res. 2005, 110:B11403. 10.1029/2005JB003764.
59. Taboada A., Estrada N., Radjai F. Additive decomposition of shear strength in cohesive granular media from grain-scale interactions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2006, 97(9). 098,302 p. 4. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.098302.
60. Tembe S., Vajdova V., Wong T.-F., Zhu W. Initiation and propagation of strain localization in circumferentially notched samples of two porous sandstones. J. Geophys. Res. 2006, 111:B02409. 10.1029/2005JB003611.
61. Tembe S., Baud P., Wong T.-f. Stress conditions for the propagation of discrete compaction bands in porous sandstone. J. Geophys. Res. 2008, 113:B09409. 10.1029/2007JB005439.
62. Tempier C. Modèle nouveau de mise en place des structures provençales. Bull. Soc. Géol. Fr. 8, T 1987, III(3):409-628.
63. Tikoff B., Wojtal S.F. Displacement control of geologic structures. J. Struct. Geol. 1999, 21:959-967. 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00045-0.
64. Voznesensky E.A., Nordal S. Dynamic instability of clays: an energy approach. Soil Dyn. Earthquake Eng. 1999, 18:125-133.
65. Wibberley C.A.J., Petit J.-P., Rives T. Mechanics of cataclastic 'deformation band' faulting in high-porosity sandstone, Provence. C. R. Acad. Sci. 2000, 331:419-425.
66. Wibberley C.A.J., Petit J.-P., Rives T. The mechanics of fault distribution and localization in high-porosity sands, provence, France. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007, vol. 164:599-608. H. Lewis, G.D. Couples (Eds.).
67. Wong T.-f., Baud P. Mechanical compaction of porous sandstone. Oil Gas Sci. Technol. - Revue de l'Institu Français du Pétrole 1999, 54:715-727.
68. Wong T.-f., Baud P. The brittle-ductile transition in porous rock: a review. J. Struct. Geol. 2012, 44:25-53.
69. Wong T.-f., David C., Zhu W. The transition from brittle faulting to cataclastic flow in porous sandstones: mechanical deformation. J. Geophys. Res. 1997, 102:3009-3025.
70. Zhang J., Wong T.-f., Davis D.M. Micromechanics of pressure-induced grain crushing in porous rocks. J. Geophys. Res. 1990, 95:341-352.