The aim of this review is to characterize the role of pressure solution creep in the ductility of
the Earth's upper crust and to describe how this creep mechanism competes and interacts …

Stylolites are ubiquitous geo-patterns observed in rocks in the upper crust, from geological
reservoirs in sedimentary rocks to deformation zones, in folds, faults, and shear zones …

Carbonates are major sedimentary materials found in many upper layers of the Earth's crust.
Understanding their compaction behavior is important for porosity prediction in sedimentary …

We modeled the geometrical roughening of bedding-parallel, mainly layer-dominated
stylolites in order to understand their structural evolution, to present an advanced …

Depositional and diagenetic processes profoundly control the structural evolution of shallow-
water carbonates through time. We focus on the Lower Jurassic platform carbonates …

Bed-parallel stylolites are a widespread diagenetic feature in Lower Cretaceous limestone
reservoirs, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Diagenetic calcite, dolomite, kaolin and …

The Oligo-Miocene carbonates pertaining to the Bolognano Formation, crop** out at the
Majella Mountain, Italy, are diffusely crosscut by bed-parallel structural elements such as …

Pore size is usually thought to control the rate of crystal growth in porous geological media
by determining the ratio of mineral surface area to fluid volume. However, theory suggests …

Pressure solution processes taking place during diagenesis deeply modify the hydraulic
properties of carbonates, affecting their mechanical layering and hence the dimension …

Abstract: The vertical distribution of bedding-parallel stylolites in cores from the
approximately 50-m-thick Thamama-B reservoir zone of the Lower Cretaceous Kharaib …