Mechanisms of clay smear formation in unconsolidated sediments – insights from 3-D observations of excavated normal faults
Clay smears in normal faults can form seals for hydrocarbons and groundwater, and their prediction in the subsurface is an important problem in applied and basic geoscience. However, neither their complex 3-D structure, nor their processes of formation or destruction are well understood, and outcrop...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-05-01
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| Series: | Solid Earth |
| Online Access: | http://www.solid-earth.net/7/789/2016/se-7-789-2016.pdf |