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Fault-controlled fluid circulation and diagenesis along basin-bounding fault systems in rifts – insights from the East Greenland rift system
Eric Salomon
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Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
now at: GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Atle Rotevatn
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Thomas Berg Kristensen
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
now at: Equinor, Bergen, Norway
Sten-Andreas Grundvåg
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Gijs Allard Henstra
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
now at: AkerBP, Fornebu, Norway
Anna Nele Meckler
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Richard Albert
Department of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt Isotope and Element Research Center (FIERCE), Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Axel Gerdes
Department of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt Isotope and Element Research Center (FIERCE), Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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Short summary
This study focuses on the impact of major rift border faults on fluid circulation and hanging wall sediment diagenesis by investigating a well-exposed example in NE Greenland using field observations, U–Pb calcite dating, clumped isotope, and minor element analyses. We show that fault-proximal sediments became calcite cemented quickly after deposition to form a near-impermeable barrier along the fault, which has important implications for border fault zone evolution and reservoir assessments.
This study focuses on the impact of major rift border faults on fluid circulation and hanging...
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