A Review of the Global Polygonal Faults: Are They Playing a Big Role in Fluid Migration?

Polygonal faults (PFs) have been widely found in over 100 sedimentary basins worldwide, mainly in marine setting on continental margins and intracratonic sedimentary basins. PFs are characterized by layer-bound minor normal faults arranged in polygonal patterns and multi-direction strikes, most of w...

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Main Authors: Ying Xia, Jinxiu Yang, Yong Chen, Shuangfang Lu, Min Wang, Shaogui Deng, Zhiguang Yao, Mingyue Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.786915/full