Fault development through fractured pelagic carbonates of the Cingoli anticline, Italy: Possible analog for subsurface fluid-conductive fractures

► Cingoli anticline contains background closely-spaced stratabound fractures and rare late-stage faults. ► Pressure solution is the dominant deformation mechanisms within folded strata. ► Late-stage faults form through coalescence of previously formed stratabound fractures.