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Deformation of intrasalt competent layers in different modes of salt tectonics
Rowan Consulting, Inc., Boulder, CO 80302, USA
Janos L. Urai
Institute for Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics, RWTH
Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
J. Carl Fiduk
Fiduk Consulting LLC, Houston, TX 77063, USA
Peter A. Kukla
Geological Institute, Energy and Mineral Resources, RWTH Aachen
University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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Ben Laurich, Janos L. Urai, and Christophe Nussbaum
Solid Earth, 8, 27–44, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-27-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-27-2017, 2017
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Scaly clay is a well-known rock fabric that can develop in tectonic systems and that can alter the physical rock properties of a formation. However, the internal microstructure and evolution of this fabric remain poorly understood. We examined the scaly microstructure of progressively faulted Opalinus Clay using optical as well as scanning electron microscopy. We show that as little as 1 vol.% in scaly clay aggregates is strained and present an evolutionary model for this.
A. F. Raith, F. Strozyk, J. Visser, and J. L. Urai
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3D seismic and well data were used to study the evolution of salt pillows with extreme mechanical stratification to gain a better understanding of layered evaporite deposits. During evaporation an active basement graben caused the local accumulation of thick K-Mg salts. The resulting structure after the following extensional and compressional salt flow was strongly influenced by folding of the ruptured ZIII-AC stringer, leading to thickening and internal deformation of the soft K-Mg salt layers.
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Short summary
Ancient evaporite sequences were deposited as interlayered rocksalt, other evaporites, and non-evaporite rocks that have enormous differences in strength. Whereas the ductile layers flow during deformation, strong layers are folded and/or torn apart, with the intrasalt deformation dependent on the mode and history of salt tectonics. This has important implications for accurately imaging and interpreting subsurface seismic data and for drilling wells through evaporite sequences.
Ancient evaporite sequences were deposited as interlayered rocksalt, other evaporites, and...
