Large seismogenic faults consist of approximately meter-thick fault cores surrounded by
hundreds-of-meters-thick damage zones. Earthquakes are generated by rupture …

This volume describes progress in understanding brittle structures in deep and ultra-deep (>
4 km to> 7 km) sedimentary basins. Under deep conditions in sandstone, carbonate rocks …

We combined structural data collected in the field and those obtained from a virtual outcrop
model constructed from drone imagery, to perform Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) …

Ultra-deep carbonate reservoirs buried over 7000 m are distributed around strike-slip faults,
which control hydrocarbon accumulation and enrichment in the Tarim Basin, China. This …

This work focuses on the nature, relative timing, and multi-scale dimensional properties of
both background and fault-related fracture networks that crosscut the Lower Cretaceous …

Understanding the behavior of fluids in seismically active faults and their chemical-physical
(dis) equilibrium with the host rock is important to understand the role of fluids upon …

Several parameters steer the modes of shortening of carbonate-dominated fold-and-thrust
belts from incipient-(layer parallel shortening, buckle folds) to evolved deformation stages …

The microscale mechanisms of hydrocarbons movement along faults and fault zones, the
potential carriers of hydrocarbons toward the productive geological traps, remain largely …

Understanding the factors that control fracture patterns in fault damage zones is fundamental
to predicting fault zone permeability in the subsurface. In this contribution, we present …

This study examines how centimeter-to meter-long fracture sets propagate, link and form m-
long structures, which are then karstified in the vadose (aerated) zone in the upper parts of …