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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2169-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2169-2020
Research article
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19 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 19 Nov 2020

Structural control on fluid flow and shallow diagenesis: insights from calcite cementation along deformation bands in porous sandstones

Leonardo Del Sole, Marco Antonellini, Roger Soliva, Gregory Ballas, Fabrizio Balsamo, and Giulio Viola

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This study focuses on the impact of deformation bands on fluid flow and diagenesis in porous sandstones in two different case studies (northern Apennines, Italy; Provence, France) by combining a variety of multiscalar mapping techniques, detailed field and microstructural observations, and stable isotope analysis. We show that deformation bands buffer and compartmentalize fluid flow and foster and localize diagenesis, recorded by carbonate cement nodules spatially associated with the bands.