Extensional deformation structures within a convergent orogen: The Val di Lima low-angle normal fault system (Northern Apennines,Italy) |
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| Institution: | 1. Centre for Tectonics, Resources and Exploration (TRaX), School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia;2. Petroleum Geophysics M.Sc. Program, Department of Geological Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;3. Dept. of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand;4. Lucid Microscopy, Frodsham, United Kingdom;5. Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia |
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| Abstract: | A low-angle extensional fault system affecting the non metamorphic rocks of the carbonate dominated Tuscan succession is exposed in the Lima valley (Northern Apennines, Italy). This fault system affects the right-side-up limb of a kilometric-scale recumbent isoclinal anticline and is, in turn, affected by superimposed folding and late-tectonic high-angle extensional faulting.The architecture of the low-angle fault system has been investigated through detailed structural mapping and damage zone characterization. Pressure-depth conditions and paleofluid evolution of the fault system have been studied through microstructural, mineralogical, petrographic, fluid inclusion and stable isotope analyses. Our results show that the low-angle fault system was active during exhumation of the Tuscan succession at about 180°C and 5 km depth, with the involvement of low-salinity fluids. Within this temperature - depth framework, the fault zone architecture shows important differences related to the different lithologies involved in the fault system and to the role played by the fluids during deformation. In places, footwall overpressuring influenced active deformation mechanisms and favored shear strain localization.Our observations indicate that extensional structures affected the central sector of the Northern Apennines thrust wedge during the orogenic contractional history, modifying the fluid circulation through the upper crust and influencing its mechanical behavior. |
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| Keywords: | Low-angle normal fault Fault permeability Fault zone architecture Calcite veins Stable isotopes Fluid inclusions |
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