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Session No. 326
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)

T210. Structure and Evolution of Brittle Faults and Fault Rocks: Physical Properties, Geometry, and Geochemical Changes that Influence Water, Energy, and Mineral Resources

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; U.S. Geological Survey

 

Jonathan Saul Caine, Samuel H. Haines and Kelly Keighley Bradbury, Advocates
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8:00 AM
FAULT DAMAGE AS THE PRIMARY CONDUIT OF FLUID COMMUNICATION AND THE SOFT-LINKAGE OF FLUID RESERVOIRS
MICKLETHWAITE, Steven, Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6009, Australia, steven.micklethwaite@uwa.edu.au
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8:20 AM
DAMAGE, PERMEABILITY AND SEALING PROCESSES OF AN EXHUMED SEISMIC FAULT ZONE; THE GOLE LARGHE FAULT ZONE, ITALIAN ALPS
MITCHELL, Thomas M., Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, REMPE, Marieke, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Universita' di Padova, via G. Gradenigo, 6, Padova, 35137, Italy, SMITH, Steven A.F., Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Via di Vigna Murata 605, Rome, 00143, Italy, RENNER, Jörg, Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätstraße 150, Bochum, 44801, Germany and DI TORO, Giulio, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, University of Padova, via G. Gradenigo, 6, Padova, 35131, Italy, tom.mitchell@ucl.ac.uk
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8:35 AM
UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF LOW STRAIN FAULTS AND FAULT DAMAGE ZONES WITH MICROSCALE TRACE ELEMENT MAPPING
WALSH, Talor B., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, DARRAH, Thomas H., School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, POREDA, Robert, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627 and MITRA, Gautam, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 208A Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, talor.walsh@gmail.com
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8:50 AM
DENALI DAMAGE: BEDROCK DEFORMATION, KINEMATICS, AND FLUID FLOW IN THE BRITTLE REGIME ALONG THE DENALI FAULT ZONE, KLUANE LAKE, YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA
CAINE, Jonathan Saul, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225-0046, ISRAEL, Steve A., Yukon Geological Survey, 2099 2nd Ave, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada, SICARD, Karri R., Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709 and HULTS, Chad P., USGS, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, jscaine@usgs.gov
 
9:05 AM
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9:20 AM
SMOOTH OPERATORS? ANALYSIS OF THE WORK BUDGET OF ROUGH FRICTIONAL FAULTS SUGGESTS THAT IT IS MECHANICALLY EFFICIENT FOR FAULTS TO MAINTAIN SOME DEGREE OF SELF-AFFINE ROUGHNESS
NEWMAN, Patrick J., Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101 and GRIFFITH, W. Ashley, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Geoscience Building Room 107, 500 Yates St. Box 19049, Arlington, TX 76019, wagriff@uta.edu
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9:35 AM
MICRO-SCALE COMPOSITION AND TEXTURE OF FAULT ROCKS FROM SAFOD CORE: EVIDENCE FOR DEFORMATION PROCESSES AND FLUID-ROCK INTERACTIONS
BRADBURY, Kelly Keighley, Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, EVANS, James P., Dept. of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505 and SHERVAIS, J.W., Department of Geology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4505, kellykbradbury@gmail.com
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9:50 AM
REPEATING PATTERNS OF MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN CLAY GOUGES, WITH EXAMPLES FROM LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULT ROCKS IN THE WESTERN USA
HAINES, Samuel H., Chevron Energy Technology Corporation, 1500 Louisiana Street, Room 28092, Houston, TX 77019 and VAN DER PLUIJM, Ben, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, SHaines@chevron.com
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10:05 AM
SILICA LUBRICATION IN FAULTS
ROWE, Christie D., Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada, REMPE, Marieke, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Universita' di Padova, via G. Gradenigo, 6, Padova, 35137, Italy, LAMOTHE, Kelsey, Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, University, Montréal, QC H3A0E8, Canada, KIRKPATRICK, James D., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 1482 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, WHITE, Joseph Clancy, Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Dr, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, MITCHELL, Thomas M., Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, ANDREWS, Mark, Chemistry Department, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St W, Montréal, QC H3A2K6 and DI TORO, Giulio, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, University of Padova, via G. Gradenigo, 6, Padova, 35131, Italy, christie.rowe@mcgill.ca
 
10:25 AM
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10:40 AM
INDUCED EARTHQUAKES IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: VARIABILITY IN THE SEISMIC RESPONSE TO FLUID INJECTION
KERANEN, Katie1, HOGAN, Cullen2, SAVAGE, Heather3, ABERS, Geoff3, VAN DER ELST, Nicholas3 and COCHRAN, Elizabeth S.4, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 2122 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, (2)ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E Boyd St, Suite 710, Norman, OK 73019, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (4)United State Geological Survey, Pasadena, CA 91106, keranen@cornell.edu
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10:55 AM
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11:10 AM
MULTIPHASE FLOW MODELING OF CO2 INJECTED INTO DEEP SALINE FRACTURED RESERVOIRS IN KNOX GROUP, BLACK WARRIOR BASIN, ALABAMA
JIN, Guohai, Geological Survey of Alabama, 420 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486 and PASHIN, Jack C., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, gjin@gsa.state.al.us
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11:25 AM
FAULT ZONES PROPERTIES AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS
BOUR, Olivier, ROQUES, Clément, LERAY, Sarah and DE DREUZY, Jean-Raynald, Geosciences Rennes, Université Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes, 35042, France, Olivier.Bour@univ-rennes1.fr
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11:40 AM
CROSS-FAULT FLOW IN SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS
VROLIJK, Peter1, MYERS, Rodrick2, KETTERMANN, Michael3, KLEINE VENNEKATE, Gisa4, NOLLET, Sofie5, NOORSALEHI-GARAKANI, Sohrab3, SCHMATZ, Joyce6 and URAI, Janos L.7, (1)N/a, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, P. O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252-2189, (2)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, P. O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252-2189, (3)Geologie-Endogene Dynamik, RWTH-Aachen, Lochnerstr 4-20, Aachen, 52056, Germany, (4)Geotechnik im Bauwesen, Institut fuer Grundbau, Bodenmechanik, Felsmechanik, u. Verkehrswasserbau, Mies-van-der-Rohe-Str. 1, Aachen, 52074, Germany, (5)Petrel Exploration Geology - Product Analyst, Schlumberger Information Solutions, Ritterstr. 23, Aachen, 52072, Germany, (6)Lehrgebiet für Geologie-Endogene Dynamik, RWTH Aachen, Lochnerstrasse 4-20, Aachen, 52056, Germany, (7)Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics, RWTH Aachen, Lochnerstrasse 4-20, Aachen, 52056, Germany, peter.vrolijk@exxonmobil.com
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