Structural diagenesis

Structural diagenesis is the study of the relationships between deformation or deformational structures and chemical changes to sediments. The alliance of structural geology and metamorphic petrology is essential to an understanding of high-temperature deformation. But no such alliance supports rese...

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Published inJournal of structural geology Vol. 32; no. 12; pp. 1866 - 1872
Main Authors Laubach, S.E., Eichhubl, P., Hilgers, C., Lander, R.H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2010
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Coupled deformation-fluid flow-thermal transport-chemical reaction
Diagenesis
Fault
Fracture
Mechanics
Rate
Timing
Diagenesis
Rate
Coupled deformation-fluid flow-thermal transport-chemical reaction
Mechanics
Fault
Fracture
Timing
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Summary:Structural diagenesis is the study of the relationships between deformation or deformational structures and chemical changes to sediments. The alliance of structural geology and metamorphic petrology is essential to an understanding of high-temperature deformation. But no such alliance supports research on the increasingly important structural and diagenetic phenomena in sedimentary basins. As papers in this theme section and in recent literature show, such an alliance–structural diagenesis–can help unlock scientific knowledge about the low-temperature realm of sedimentary basins that is of great intrinsic and practical interest. ► Training in mechanical and chemical interaction essential for unconventional petroleum success. ► Low temperature mechanical/chemical interactions provide strain rate information. ► Diagenesis data provides structural timing information.
ISSN:0191-8141
1873-1201
DOI:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.10.001