Abstract:<p>Normal faults are common in sedimentary basins and often associated with reservoirs in interbedded sands and clays. Fault rocks therefore also consist of some mixture of sand and clay. Outcrop studies have shown, that these fault rocks can occur as homogeneous mixtures, (multiple) parallel layers of sand and clay without intense grain-scale mixing, or complex structures with brittle clasts of one material embedded in a ductile sheared matrix of the other. Both, the composition and the structur… Show more
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