Anomalous patterns of clay minerals in fault zones

XU Zhenhao, YU Tengfei, LIN Peng, LI Shucai - Engineering Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
The anomalous enrichment of clay minerals in fault zones is considered a key factor
affecting the seismic behavior of faults, fault permeability, and mineralization. This process …

The relationship between magmatism and deformation along the intra‐arc strike‐slip Atacama fault system, northern Chile

NM Seymour, JS Singleton, SP Mavor, R Gomila… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Magmatic arcs may play a major role in the initiation, behavior, and abandonment of intra‐
arc strike‐slip systems. Here we present zircon U‐Pb and (U‐Th)/He geochronology …

Fluid–rock interactions in seismic faults: Implications from the structures and mineralogical and geochemical compositions of drilling cores from the rupture of the 2008 …

Q Duan, X Yang, S Ma, J Chen, J Chen - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
We describe the structural features and mineralogical and geochemical compositions of the
fault rocks recovered from boreholes at the Golden River site on the Yingxiu–Beichuan fault …

Hydrothermal activity along a strike-slip fault zone and host units in the São Francisco Craton, Brazil–Implications for fluid flow in sedimentary basins

CL Cazarin, R Van Der Velde, RV Santos… - Precambrian …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study combines multiscale analyses of geological, fault, fracture, and stable isotope
data to investigate strike-slip deformation and channeling of hydrothermal fluids along the …

Palaeopermeability structure within fault-damage zones: A snap-shot from microfracture analyses in a strike-slip system

R Gomila, G Arancibia, TM Mitchell… - Journal of Structural …, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding fault zone permeability and its spatial distribution allows the assessment of
fluid-migration leading to precipitation of hydrothermal minerals. This work is aimed at …

Fracturing, fluid-rock interaction and mineralisation during the seismic cycle along the Alpine Fault

JN Williams, VG Toy, SAF Smith, C Boulton - Journal of Structural Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Alpine Fault has a< 50 m wide geochemically distinct hanging-wall alteration
zone. Using a combination of petrological and cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy …

Characterizations of geothermal springs along the Moxi deep fault in the western Sichuan plateau, China

J Qi, M Xu, C An, M Wu, Y Zhang, X Li, Q Zhang… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abundant geothermal springs occur along the Moxi fault located in western Sichuan
Province (the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau), highlighted by geothermal water …

The geometry, kinematics, and timing of deformation along the southern segment of the Paposo fault zone, Atacama fault system, northern Chile

R Ruthven, J Singleton, N Seymour, R Gomila… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Paposo fault zone is a major brittle-ductile strand of the Atacama fault system (AFS),
which records sinistral shear associated with Cretaceous oblique subduction beneath …

Frictional melting in Hydrothermal fluid‐rich faults: Field and experimental evidence from the Bolfín fault zone (Chile)

R Gomila, M Fondriest, E Jensen… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tectonic pseudotachylytes are thought to be unique to certain water‐deficient seismogenic
environments and their presence is considered to be rare in the geological record. Here, we …