Conveners: Marco Mercuri (Sapienza Università di Roma), Barbara Marchesini (Sapienza Università di Roma), Giulia Schirripa Spagnolo (Sapienza Università di Roma), Simone Masoch (University of Nevada, Reno)
marco.mercuri@uniroma1.it
marco.mercuri@uniroma1.it
Faults and fractures control fault slip behavior, fluid flow, and fluid-rock interactions in the upper crust, affecting geofluids migration, storage, and exploitation (e.g., hydrocarbons, hydrogen, ore and geothermal fluids). Understanding the interplay between structural architecture, mechanics, and geochemical processes at the outcrop and microscale provides insights into the fault slip behavior and the spatial-temporal evolution of fault and fracture system permeability. Integrating structural, geochemical, and geochronological methods allows us to reconstruct the spatiotemporal evolution of fault permeability, analyze paleo-fluid properties, and constrain fault slip behavior and timing.
This session explores processes governing fault-fracture networks from meso- to micro-scale, combining structural field studies, fracture analysis, and virtual outcrop modeling with isotopic, fluid inclusion, and geochronological studies of fault-related mineralization.
We invite contributions using quantitative approaches to fault and fracture network characterization, including Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) modeling and structural data from field and digital outcrop, with implications for fluid flow pathways. Key topics include fault and fracture network architecture, mechanics and hydraulic connectivity at the outcrop scale, geochemical and isotopic signatures of fault-related mineralization, fluid-rock interaction processes, fault mechanical response to fluid circulation, and timing of faulting and mineralization.
This session explores processes governing fault-fracture networks from meso- to micro-scale, combining structural field studies, fracture analysis, and virtual outcrop modeling with isotopic, fluid inclusion, and geochronological studies of fault-related mineralization.
We invite contributions using quantitative approaches to fault and fracture network characterization, including Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) modeling and structural data from field and digital outcrop, with implications for fluid flow pathways. Key topics include fault and fracture network architecture, mechanics and hydraulic connectivity at the outcrop scale, geochemical and isotopic signatures of fault-related mineralization, fluid-rock interaction processes, fault mechanical response to fluid circulation, and timing of faulting and mineralization.