Control of tectonic setting and large-scale faults on the basin-scale distribution of deformation bands in porous sandstone (Provence, France)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-159

  Ballas, Gregory ^a   Soliva, Roger ^a   Benedicto, Antonio ^b   Sizun, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cataclasis; Deformation bands; Faulting; Permeability; Porous sandstone; Thrusting

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOMETRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; REDUCTION; SAND; SANDSTONE; SHEAR BANDS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CATACLASIS; DEFORMATION BAND; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MODERATE PERMEABILITY; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POROUS SANDSTONE; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; THRUSTING;

FAULTING;

BASIN ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; GRAIN SIZE; MICROSTRUCTURE; OUTCROP; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

FRANCE; PROVENCE;

ANDERSONIA;

EID: 84901651121     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.12.020     Document Type: Article

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