Fault sealing
- Autor(en)
- Michael Kettermann, Luca Smeraglia, Christopher K. Morley, Christoph von Hagke, David C. Tanner
- Abstrakt
This chapter deals with fault sealing and permeability. Faults can have a strong impact on the fluid flow in the lithosphere. The basic concepts of fault seal processes and their impact on the permeability are explained. This is flanked by a wide range of case studies that allow the reader to connect the theoretical foundations with field examples. The reader will learn about the effect that the different host rock types (clastic rocks, carbonates, evaporites) can have on the structure and composition of a fault that develops within these rocks. Understanding fault seal processes has a strong practical application, especially in hydrocarbon exploration projects and in the growing field of geothermal play assessment.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Geologie
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Chiang Mai University, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Leibniz-Institut für Angewandte Geophysik (LIAG)
- Seiten
- 283-350
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 68
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815985-9.00008-4
- Publikationsdatum
- 2020
- ÖFOS 2012
- 105106 Geodynamik
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Allgemeine Erdkunde und Planetologie
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/b5c800da-47fd-4de0-bcf5-a8d65acd2d3c