Deconvoluting complex structural histories archived in brittle fault zones

G Viola, T Scheiber, O Fredin, H Zwingmann… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Brittle deformation can saturate the Earth's crust with faults and fractures in an apparently
chaotic fashion. The details of brittle deformational histories and implications on, for …

Constraints upon fault zone properties by combined structural analysis of virtual outcrop models and discrete fracture network modelling

A Ceccato, G Viola, M Antonellini, G Tartaglia… - Journal of Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
The permeability structure of a fault zone is strongly dependent on the occurrence of meso-
scale fracture patterns within the damage zone. Here, structural analyses of Virtual Outcrop …

Hot versus cold orogenic behavior: Comparing the Araçuaí‐West Congo and the Caledonian orogens

H Fossen, GC Cavalcante, RP de Almeida - Tectonics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Observations and modeling show that temperature controls crustal rheology and therefore
also the orogenic evolution of continent‐continent collision zones and the associated …

[HTML][HTML] The brittle evolution of Western Norway–A space-time model based on fault mineralizations, K–Ar fault gouge dating and paleostress analysis

Å Hestnes, D Gasser, T Scheiber, J Jacobs… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Basement fracture and fault patterns on passive continental margins control the onshore
landscape and offshore distribution of sediment packages and fluid pathways. In this study …

Multiscale lineament analysis and permeability heterogeneity of fractured crystalline basement blocks

A Ceccato, G Tartaglia, M Antonellini, G Viola - Solid Earth, 2022 - se.copernicus.org
The multiscale analysis of lineament patterns helps define the geometric scaling laws and
the relationships between outcrop-and regional-scale structures in a fracture network. Here …

The inheritance of a Mesozoic landscape in western Scandinavia

O Fredin, G Viola, H Zwingmann, R Sørlie… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
In-situ weathered bedrock, saprolite, is locally found in Scandinavia, where it is commonly
thought to represent pre-Pleistocene weathering possibly associated with landscape …

Complex bedrock fracture patterns: A multipronged approach to resolve their evolution in space and time

T Scheiber, G Viola - Tectonics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The complex fault and fracture patterns commonly observed in metamorphic terranes are the
cumulative expression of repeated episodes of brittle deformation. The temporal sequence …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructurally-constrained versus bulk fault gouge K-Ar dating

T Scheiber, G Viola, R van der Lelij, A Margreth… - Journal of Structural …, 2019 - Elsevier
Structural, mineralogical and geochronological data were collected from two brittle fault
zones (Fault I and II) deforming the Ordovician Rolvsnes granodiorite in SW Norway …

In–situ quantification of mechanical and permeability properties on outcrop analogues of offshore fractured and weathered crystalline basement: Examples from the …

A Ceccato, G Viola, G Tartaglia, M Antonellini - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fractured and weathered crystalline basement units below erosional unconformities
potentially represent unconventional reservoirs for georesources (oil, mineral and water) …

[HTML][HTML] Shear zone evolution during core complex exhumation–Implications for continental detachments

JD Wiest, H Fossen, J Jacobs - Journal of Structural Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The formation of low-angle detachments involves exhumation of previously ductile material
and fault zone weakening. To better understand this relationship, we studied a deeply …