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Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
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Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
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18 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 18 Nov 2020

The growth of faults and fracture networks in a mechanically evolving, mechanically stratified rock mass: a case study from Spireslack Surface Coal Mine, Scotland

Billy James Andrews, Zoe Kai Shipton, Richard Lord, and Lucy McKay

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Through geological mapping we find that fault zone internal structure depends on whether or not the fault cuts multiple lithologies, the presence of shale layers, and the orientation of joints and coal cleats at the time of faulting. During faulting, cementation of fractures (i.e. vein formation) is highest where the fractures are most connected. This leads to the counter-intuitive result that the highest-fracture-density part of the network often has the lowest open-fracture connectivity.
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Faults, fractures, and fluid flow in the shallow crust