Facies Modelling in Fault Zones

The Scottish Caledonides have grown by the accretion of terranes generated somewhere along the Laurentian margin. By the time these terranes had been emplaced along the Scottish sector, they were structurally truncated then reassembled to form an incomplete collage of indirectly related tectonic elements of a destructive margin. The basement to some of these tectonic elements and the basement blocks belonging to the previously accreted Precambrian are of uncertain provenance and a source in the Pan-African craton is possible. As terranes migrate along the orogen they generate in the fault zones and on their periphery a reservoir of mature sediment. This mature sediment is produced because of the recycling produced during the generation and destruction of sedimentary basins developing during terrane translation. At each period of recycling the mature sediments are mixed with less mature sediments yielded from local uplifts generated by the new basin formation. If a large part of the orogen suffers orthogonal closure, giant river systems may form and disperse sediment across terranes. This is likely to have happened during the Devonian-Carboniferous of parts of N. Europe.

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Research on groundwater seepage through fault zones in coal mines

Hydrogeology Journal ◽

10.1007/s10040-021-02336-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Haitao Yu ◽

Shuyun Zhu ◽

Xianhui Wang

Keyword(s):

Coal Mines ◽

Fault Zones ◽

Groundwater Seepage

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Studying the Depth Structure of the Kyrgyz Tien Shan by Using the Seismic Tomography and Magnetotelluric Sounding Methods

Geosciences ◽

10.3390/geosciences11030122 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 122

Author(s):

Irina Medved ◽

Elena Bataleva ◽

Michael Buslov

Keyword(s):

Seismic Tomography ◽

High Velocity ◽

Fault Zones ◽

Magnetotelluric Sounding ◽

Tien Shan ◽

High Resistivity ◽

Low Velocity ◽

Low Resistivity ◽

Velocity Models ◽

Fluid Saturation

This paper presents new results of detailed seismic tomography (ST) on the deep structure beneath the Middle Tien Shan to a depth of 60 km. For a better understanding of the detected heterogeneities, the obtained velocity models were compared with the results of magnetotelluric sounding (MTS) along the Kekemeren and Naryn profiles, running parallel to the 74 and 76 meridians, respectively. We found that in the study region the velocity characteristics and geoelectric properties correlate with each other. The high-velocity high-resistivity anomalies correspond to the parts of the Tarim and Kazakhstan-Junggar plates submerged under the Tien Shan. We revealed that the structure of the Middle Tien Shan crust is conditioned by the presence of the Central Tien Shan microcontinent. It manifests itself as two anomalies lying one below the other: the lower low-velocity low-resistivity anomaly, and the upper high-velocity high-resistivity anomaly. The fault zones, limiting the Central Tien Shan microcontinent, appear as low-velocity low-resistivity anomalies. The obtained features indicate the fluid saturation of the fault zones. According to the revealed features of the Central Tien Shan geological structure, it is assumed that the lower-crustal low-velocity layer can play a significant role in the delamination of the mantle part of the submerged plates.

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Laboratory-Scale Modeling of Trigger Effects due to Gas Filtration in Fault Zones in Rocks

Journal of Mining Science ◽

10.1134/s1062739118054808 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 54 (5) ◽

pp. 716-720 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. P. Bobryakov ◽

A. F. Revuzhenko

Keyword(s):

Fault Zones ◽

Laboratory Scale ◽

Gas Filtration ◽

Scale Modeling

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