Types of Brittle Deformation
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Fractures : Finite Element Pluijm & Marshak (2004) shddin © 2012 Types of Brittle Deformation
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Types of Brittle Deformation common during shallow deformation of occurs during deformation of well- porous rocks and sediments consolidated sedimentary rocks and non-porous rocks
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Intergranular fractures (extend across a Intragranular fractures (restricted to number of grains) in metamorphic rock single grains) in cataclastically deformed porous sandstone
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Tensile Cracks
A crack in a crystal lattice. The crack is a plane of finite extent across which all atomic bonds are broken.
Griffith cracks : preexisting microcracks and flaws in a rock, which include grain-scale fractures, pores, and grain boundaries. Pluijm & Marshak (2004) shddin © 2012 Tensile Cracks
The importance of preexisting cracks in creating stress concentrations.
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Tensile Cracks
Development of a throughgoing crack in a block under tension.
) is applied, When tensile stress (σ • Griffith cracks open up. t
- The largest, properly oriented cracks propagate to form a throughgoing crack. Pluijm & Marshak (2004)
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Modes of Crack Displacement
Mode IV (closing mode) is sometimes used for contractional features such as stylolites Fossen (2010) shddin © 2012
Modes of Crack Displacement
Extension fractures:
- Joints; have little or no macroscopically detectable displacement.
- Fissure; when filled with air or fluid.
- Veins; mineral-filled extension fractures.
- Dikes; magma-filled fractures.
Stylolites: contraction
fractures or closing fractures
(anticracks) Fossen (2010)
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Propagating shear-mode crack and the formation of wing cracks. Pluijm & Marshak (2004) shddin © 2012 Fracture Growth
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Fault Surface Veins
Stepped calcite slip fibers on a fault surface; pencil indicates displacement direction.
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Joints Joints
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The dimple of a joint origin, controlled by an inclusion.
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Joint Morphology Arrest lines and plumose structures Fossen (2010) shddin © 2012 Joint Morphology Elliptically arranged arrest lines Fossen (2010) shddin © 2012
Joint Morphology En-echelon hackle fringes Fossen (2010) shddin © 2012 Plumose Structures
Straight plume Curvy plume
Multiple arrest Pluijm & Marshak (2004)
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Joints form in a random sequence, but with regular spacing.
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Stress Shadow Stress shadow defines the joint interval.
Stress shadow formation.
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Joint Origins: Fault-related Joints
Formation of joints in the hanging-wall block of a region in which normal faulting is taking place.
Formation of joints above an irregularity in a (reverse) fault surface.
Pinnate joints along a fault. Pluijm & Marshak (2004)
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Horsetailing at the end of a shear
fracture in gneiss.
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Compressive stress Extenxional stress
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Joint Termination
Joints terminating without curving when they approach one another.
Joints curving into each other and linking.
Map view sketch illustrating how joint spacing is fairly constant because joints that grow too close together cannot pass each other. Pluijm & Marshak (2004) Vein Arrays shddin © 2012 Pluijm & Marshak (2004) Simple en echelon array.
Sigmoidal en echelon veins.
Vein Fills shddin © 2012 Pluijm & Marshak (2004) Blocky vein fill Fibrous vein fill.
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Deformation Bands shddin © 2012 Fossen (2010)
Cataclastic deformation band, Navajo Sandstone Cataclastic deformation band, Nubian Sandstone
Thin section of cataclastic deformation band, Nubian Sandstone Deformation Bands shddin © 2012 Fossen (2010)
Very dense cluster of cataclastic deformation bands in the Entrada Sandstone, Utah. shddin © 2012 Deformation Bands
Mechanism of Deformation Bands shddin © 2012 Fossen (2010)
- Develop by shear-related disaggregation of
grains by means of grain rolling, grain
boundary sliding and breaking of grain
bonding cements. - Disaggregation bands can be almost invisible in clean sandstones, but may be detected
where they cross and offset laminae.
Conjugate (simultaneous and oppositely dipping) sets of cataclastic deformation bands in Entrada Sandstone, Utah.
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Fault Terminology
Fault splay Fault Anastomosing fault
Fault zone Shear zone Pluijm & Marshak (2004)
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Fault Terminology Fossen (2010) shddin © 2012 Fault Sets shddin © 2012
Normal Fault Characteristics
- Older rocks in HW over younger rocks in the FW.
- Stratigraphic omission
Hangingwall Footwall
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Reverse (Thrust) Fault Characteristics
- Younger rocks in HW over older rocks in the FW.
- Stratigraphic repetition
Footwall Hangingwall
Reverse (thrust fault)
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Slip and Separation
- Slip - actual relative displacement between two points that occupied the same location before faulting
- Separation - apparent relative displacement between two points that may have occupied the same location before faulting
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Reverse/thrust faults
Map symbols:
Normal faults Strike- slip faults
Profile symbols:
Normal faults Sinistral faults Pluijm & Marshak (2004) shddin © 2012
Normal Fault Zone
Normal fault sense of drag
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Duplexes are imbricate fault systems linked on both sides by major faults, all faults must have been active synchronously
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Fault Geometry shddin © 2012 Pluijm & Marshak (2004)
Fault Bends shddin © 2012 Pluijm & Marshak (2004)
Restraining bend Releasing bend
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Fault Anatomy D=1000CT and D=10CT, meaning that the fault core is statistically around 1/100 of the fault displacement for faults with displacements up to 100 meters
Fossen (2010) shddin © 2012 Fault Displacement Fault displacement is about 3% of fault length. Pluijm & Marshak (2004) shddin © 2012
Stick-Slip Behaviour Laboratory frictional sliding experiment on granite, showing stick-slip behavior. The stress drops (dashed lines) correspond to slip events.
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Fault Terminations shddin © 2012 Pluijm & Marshak (2004)
A. Fault merging
B. Fault horsetailing
C. Transfer onto ductile deformation
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Ramp merging on a basal detachment shddin © 2012 Fault Terminations
Tip line: boundary between the slipped and unslipped region at the end of a fault. Pluijm & Marshak (2004)
shddin © 2012 Damage Zone A fault is contained within a damage zone, which means that there is a (process) zone ahead of the tip where the rock is “processed” prior to fault Propagation.
Fossen (2010) shddin © 2012 Damage Zone Hanging-wall rollover (fault-bend fold) related to bend in the main fault. The damage zone is unusually wide due to the complications posed by the fault bend. Synthetic and antithetic shear bands are separated by color.
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Damage Zone Schematic illustration of how a damage zone can grow periodically. This repeats itself as the fault grows.
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Imbricate Duplex
Fault Systems shddin © 2012 Pluijm & Marshak (2004) shddin © 2012 Fault Population The development of curved fault systems in unconsolidated sand. Fossen (2010) shddin © 2012
Fault Population Fossen (2010) shddin © 2012 Fault Population
- The Wasatch fault zone near Salt Lake City, Utah, crudely indicated by white dashed line.
- Note the curved fault geometry, indicating a history of segment linkage.
- Sketches of various stages of plaster extension experiment indicate how such fault zones can form.
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Overlap Zones Fossen (2010)
Fault Rocks shddin © 2012 Sibson (1977)
Fault-related Folds shddin © 2012 Pluijm & Marshak (2004) shddin © 2012 Fault-related Folds Folding in a fault zone Folding in a fault zone Detachment fold Drape fold over faulted basement
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Change with Depth Pluijm & Marshak (2004)
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Anderson’s theory of faulting
(high-angle) normal faults (low-angle) reverse faults (vertical) strike-slip faults Conjugate Faults Conjugate Faults Conjugate Fractures shddin © 2012 Norway
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Listric Faults Listric Faults
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- Faulting preferentially initiated in sandstone unit.
- Mechanical contrasts due to changes in lithology are enormously important to understanding structural style in numerous ways.
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Two end members for fault growth:
- Radial tip propagation (a)
- Segment linkage (b) early stage and (c) late stage
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