We welcome submission of full, regular or review papers to be collected within a coherent thematic volume of Tectonophysics dealing with the control exerted by faults and fractures on both migration and containment of fluids within upper crustal rocks, which is exemplified by the challenges posed by fractured carbonate reservoirs. We are seeking contributions about different aspects of the study of the co-evolution of fluids and brittle deformation, as well as of the fluid sources and fluid-rock interactions. We are also interested in innovative approaches that exploit new analysis techniques (for example, 3D numerical modelling, advanced imaging, or clumped isotope geochemistry) or methods combining traditional structural geology with geophysics, stratigraphy or hydrogeology. Through this thematic volume of Tectonophysics, we would like to address the progresses in the understanding of faulting and fracturing in upper crustal rocks as well as the role played by fault and fracture networks on subsurface fluid flow. The goal is to better comprehend the interplay between fluid flow and deformation from the micro- to the macro-scale in a variety of geologic settings.
F. Agosta, P.B. Luetkemeyer, J. Lamarche, J.G. Crider, O. Lacombe
Deadline for manuscript submission: October 31st, 2015
Completion of the review and revision process: May 31st, 2016
Preliminary titles and author information of some of the articles the special issue will include:
A review of fracture aperture models and their impact on fluid flow
K. Bisdom, G. Bertotti, H.M. Nick
Delft University of Technology, Holland
3D pore-network analysis of the inner structure of sheared bands in carbonate grainstones
M. Zambrano(1), E. Tondi(1), L. Mancini(2), F. Arzilli(2)
(1) Camerino University, Italy
(2) Elettra Sincrotrone, Italy
Fracture stratigraphy of shallow-water, layered limestone rocks: inferences on the fluid flow properties of fractured tight carbonate reservoirs
E. Panza(1), F. Agosta(1), A. Rustichelli(2), M. Zambrano(2), E. Tondi(2), G. Prosser(1), M. Giorgioni(3), J.M. Janiseck(4)
(1) University of Basilicata, Italy
(2) University of Camerino, Italy
(3) Shell Italia E&P, Italy
(4) Total E&P Italia, Italy
Fracture Corridors in carbonates: what controls their geometry and architecture ?
S. Chatelée(1), J. Lamarche(1), J.P. Petit(2), Y.M. Leroy(3), B.D.M. Gauthier(4)
(1) CEREGE, France
(2) University of Montpellier, France
(3) Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, France
(4) Total, France
Unraveling the structural diagenetic history along the Moab Fault, UT using carbonate clumped isotope paleothermometry
K.R. Hodson, J. G. Crider, K.W. Huntington
University of Washington, USA
Syn- and postkinematic cement textures in fractured carbonate rocks: Insights from advanced cathodoluminescence imaging
E.Ukar, E. Laubach
University of Texas, USA
Clumped-isotope geochemistry of carbonate veins and breccias from the San Andreas Fault at Depth Observatory (SAFOD)
P. Luetkemeyer(1), D.L. Kirschner(2), K.W. Huntington(3)
(1) Saint Louis University, USA
(2) Shell International Exploration and Production, USA
(3) University of Washington, USA
The impact of stylolites on brittle failure of carbonates
P. Baud(1), M.J. Heap(1), T. Xu(2), A. Rolland(1), T. Ferrand(3), M. Nicolé(1), T. Reuschlé(1), R. Toussaint(1), N. Conil(4)
(1)Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, France
(2) Northeastern University, China
(3) Ecole Normale Supérieure, France
(4) ANDRA, France
Fault and fluid interaction in the Bradano Trough, southern Italy
R. Sinisi(1), A.V. Petrullo(1), F. Agosta(1), M. Paternoster(1), C. Belviso(2), F. Grassa(3)
(1) Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, Italy
(2) National Research Council – Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Italy
(3) Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Palermo, Italy
Modelling of hydro-mechanical time-dependent creep and fracturing of brittle rocks
T. Xu(1), C.F. Chen(1), M. Heap(2), T.H Yang(1), P.G. Ranjith(3)
(1) Northeastern university, China
(2) University of Strasbourg, France
(3) Monash university, Australia
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