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dc.contributor.authorSalomon, Eric
dc.contributor.authorRotevatn, Atle
dc.contributor.authorKristensen, Thomas Berg
dc.contributor.authorGrundvåg, Sten-Andreas
dc.contributor.authorHenstra, Gijs Allard
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-23T10:09:30Z
dc.date.available2021-11-23T10:09:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-14
dc.description.abstractFaults commonly form loci for high fluid flux in sedimentary basins, where fluids, rocks and deformation processes frequently interact. Here, we elucidate the interaction of fluid flow, diagenesis and deformation near basin-bounding faults in sedimentary basins through a study in the vicinity (0–3.5 km) of the Dombjerg Fault in the NE Greenland rift system. Due to fault-controlled fluid circulation, fault-proximal syn-rift clastics underwent pervasive calcite cementation, whereas uncemented clastics at some distance from the fault remained highly porous and friable. Correspondingly, two distinct deformation regimes developed to accommodate continued deformation: discrete brittle fractures formed in calcite cemented rocks, whereas cataclastic deformation bands formed in uncemented deposits. We show that low-permeable deformation bands forming in highly porous rocks were associated with localized host rock alteration, and chemical reduction of porosity along bands. In rocks with cementation-induced low porosity, brittle fractures created new pathways for fluids, but were subsequently filled with calcite. Occasionally, veins comprise multiple generations of microcrystalline calcite, likely precipitated from rapidly super-saturated fluids injected into the fractures. This suggests cemented deposits sealed uncemented compartments, where fluid overpressure developed. We conclude that compartmentalized flow regimes may form in fault-bounded basins, which has wide implications for assessments of potential carbon storage, hydrocarbon, groundwater, and geothermal sitesen_US
dc.identifier.citationSalomon, Rotevatn, Kristensen, Grundvåg, Henstra. Microstructure and fluid flow in the vicinity of basin bounding faults in rifts – The Dombjerg Fault, NE Greenland rift system. Journal of Structural Geology. 2021;153:1-17en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1950678
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104463
dc.identifier.issn0191-8141
dc.identifier.issn1873-1201
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/23130
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Structural Geology
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 228107en_US
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/PETROSENTR/228107/Norway/Research Centre for Arctic Petroleum Exploration/ARCEx/en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450en_US
dc.titleMicrostructure and fluid flow in the vicinity of basin bounding faults in rifts – The Dombjerg Fault, NE Greenland rift systemen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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