Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9536176 | Journal of Structural Geology | 2005 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
The clay fabrics in fault rocks are poorly developed, indicating that fluids were not confined to the fault zone by preferentially oriented clays; rather we propose that fluids in the illite-rich gouge were isolated by adjacent lower permeability, illite-smectite-bearing rocks in the damage zone.
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Authors
John G. Solum, Ben A. van der Pluijm, Donald R. Peacor,