Fault transmissibility in clastic-argillaceous sequences controlled by clay smear evolution

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 705-731

  Giger, Silvio B ^a,b   Clennell, Michael B ^a   Bozkurt Ciftci N ^a   Harbers, Craig ^a   Clark, Peter ^a   Ricchetti, Mark ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NAGRA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SANDSTONE; SHEAR FLOW; SILICATES;

BRITTLE PROCESS; EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; INTACT SANDSTONE; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; NORMALIZED DISPLACEMENTS; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; SEALING LAYERS;

CLAY MINERALS;

ALGORITHM; CEMENT; CLAYSTONE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; MUDSTONE; NORMAL FAULT; PHYLLOSILICATE;

EID: 84877873500     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/10161211190     Document Type: Article

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