Faults And Fluid Flow

A selected list of publications by FAFF members:

Willson, J.P., Lunn, R.J., Cowie, P.A. and Shipton, Z.K., 2005. Modelling hydraulic permeability evolution in fault damage zones. EUROCK 05, Brno, A.T. Balkema & G. Westers, pp 675-681.
Kirkpatrick, J. D., Shipton, Z. K, and Persano, C., 2009. Pseudotachylytes; rarely generated, rarely preserved or rarely reported? Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v.99, p. 382-388. doi:10.1785/0120080114 >>
Nelson S.T., Mayo A.L., Gilfillan S.M., Dutson S.J., Harris R.A., Shipton Z.K. and Tingey D.G. 2009. Enhanced fracture permeability and accompanying fluid flow in the footwall of a normal fault: The Hurricane fault at Pah Tempe hot springs, Washington County, Utah Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 121, 236-246. doi:10.1130/B26285.1 >>
Dempster T.J., Martin J.C. and Shipton Z.K. 2008. Zircon dissolution in a ductile shear zone, Monte Rosa granite gneiss, northern Italy. Mineralogical Magazine, v.72, 971-986.
Bond C.E., Shipton Z.K., Gibbs A.D., Jones S. 2008. Structural Models - optimizing risk analysis by understanding concept uncertainty. First Break, v. 26, 65-71.
Kirkpatrick J.D., Shipton Z.K., Evans J.P., Micklethwaite S., Lim S.J. and McKillop P. 2008. Strike-slip fault terminations at seismogenic depths; the structure and kinematics of the Glacier Lakes fault, Sierra Nevada, U.S.A. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth v. 113(B4), B04304 doi:10.1029/2007JB005311 >>
Lunn R.J., Shipton Z. K. and Bright A. M. 2008. How can we improve estimates of bulk fault zone hydraulic properties? In: C.A.J. Wibberley, W. Kurz, J. Imber, R.E. Holdsworth and C. Collettini. (Eds.) The Internal Structure of Fault Zones: Implications for Mechanical and Fluid-Flow Properties. Geological Society, London, Special Publication. 299 doi:DOI: 10.1144/SP299.13 >>
Fossen H., Schultz R.A., Shipton, Z.K. and Mair K. 2007. Deformation bands in sandstone - a review. Journal of the Geological Society, 164, 755-769.
Willson J.P., Lunn, R.J., and Shipton, Z.K. 2007. Simulating spatial and temporal evolution of multiple wing cracks around faults in crystalline basement rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B08408, doi:10.1029/2006JB004815.
Bond, C.E. Butler R.W.H. and Dixon J.E. 2007. Co-axial horizontal stretching within extending orogens: the exhumation of HP rocks Syros (Cyclades) revisited. In: Ries, A.C., Butler, R.W.H., & Graham R.H. (eds). Deformation of the Continental Crust: The legacy of Mike Coward. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 272, 205-224
Evans J.P., Shipton, Z.K., Pachell M.A., Lim S.J. and Robeson K. 2000. The structure and composition of exhumed faults, and their implications for seismic processes. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Tectonic Problems of the San Andreas Fault System. Bokelmann, G. and Kovach, R.L. (eds.) Stanford University Publications, Geological Sciences 21, 67-81. View full text
Lunn, R.J., Vickery, A., Hobbs, B., and Ngwenya, B., 2000. Identification of contaminant transport pathways beneath industrial sites. Land Contamination and Remediation, 8(4): 287-300.
Butler, R.W.H., Casey, M., Lloyd, G.E., Bond, C.E., McDade, P., Shipton, Z.K. and Jones, R., 2002. Vertical stretching and crustal thickening at Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Himalaya: a model for distributed continental deformation during mountain building. Tectonics doi:10.1029/2001TC901022. doi:10.1029/2001TC901022
Shipton, Z.K. and Cowie P.A. 2001. Damage zone and slip-surface evolution over micron to km scales in high-porosity Navajo sandstone, Utah. Journal of Structural Geology. 23, 1825-1844. doi:10.1016/S0191-8141(01)00035-9
Shipton, Z.K., Evans, J. P., Robeson, K., Forster, C. B. and Snelgrove, S. 2002. Structural heterogeneity and permeability in faulted eolian sandstone: implications for subsurface modelling of faults. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 86, 863-883.
Shipton, Z.K. and Cowie, P.A. 2003. A conceptual model for the origin of fault damage zone structures in high-porosity sandstone. Journal of Structural Geology, 25, 333-345. doi:10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00037-8
Heermance, R., Shipton, Z.K. and Evans, J. P. 2003. Fault structure control on fault slip and ground motion during the 1999 rupture of the Chelungpu fault, Taiwan. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 93, 1034-1050.
Kelling, G., Lunn, R.J.003. Geology and Hydrogeology. In: Radioactive Disposal Safety Assessment, The UK Regulators Approach 1987-1996. Volume II. Scientific and Engineering Basis. Published by The Environment Agency, 122pp.
Sloan, W.T., Kilsby, C and Lunn, R.J. 2004. Incorporating topographic variability into a simple regional snowmelt model. Hydrological Processes, 18(17):3371-3390.
Lunn, R.J., Nascimento, A.F.D. and Cowie, P., 2003. Investigating the relationship between fault permeability and effective stress using constraints from reservoir induced seismicity (RIS). International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C Proceses in Geo-Systems. Fundamentals, Modelling, Experiments and Applications, pp615-620.
Heal K.V., Hepburn D.A. and Lunn, R.J., May 2006. Sediment management in sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) ponds. Water Science and Technology. 53 (10), 219-227.
Wallis S.G., Morgan C.T., Lunn, R.J. & Heal K.V., May, 2006, Using mathematical modelling to inform on the ability of stormwater ponds to improve the water quality of urban runoff. Water Science and Technology. 53 (10): 229-236.
Shipton, Z.K., Evans J.P., Abercrombie R.E., Brodsky E.E. 2006, The missing sinks: Slip localization in faults, damage zones, and seismic energy budgets. In: Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 170, Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting. Editors: Rachel Abercrombie, Art McGarr, Hiroo Kanamori and Giulio Di Toro.
Nascimento, A.F.D., Lunn, R.J. and Cowie, P., 2005. Numerical modeling of pore-pressure diffusion in a reservoir-induced seismicity site in NE Brazil. Geophysical Journal International, 160:249-262.
Shipton, Z.K., Soden A.M., Kirkpatrick J.D., Bright A.M. and Lunn, R.J. 2006, How thick is a fault? Fault displacement-thickness scaling revisited. In: Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 170, Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting. Editors: Rachel Abercrombie, Art McGarr, Hiroo Kanamori and Giulio Di Toro
Cowie P.A. and Shipton, Z.K. 1998. Fault tip displacement gradients and process zone dimensions. Journal of Structural Geology. 20, 983-997. doi:10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00029-7
Shipton, Z.K., Evans, J. P., Dockrill B., Heath J., Williams A., Kirchner D. and Kolesar P. T. 2005. Natural leaking CO2-charged systems as analogs for failed geologic sequestration reservoirs. In: Thomas D. and Benson S.M (Eds). Carbon Dioxide Capture for Storage in Deep Geologic Formations Results from the CO2 Capture Project, Volume 2. Elsevier Science. 699-712.
Shipton, Z.K., Evans, J. P. and Thompson L.B. 2005, The geometry and thickness of deformation band fault core, and its influence on sealing characteristics of deformation band fault zones. In: Sorkhabi R. and Tusuji Y. (eds.) Faults, fluid flow and petroleum traps. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 85, p. 181 195.
Nascimento, A.F.D., Lunn, R.J. and Cowie, P., 2005. 3D numerical modelling of reservoir-induced seismicity: the impact of fault heterogeneity. Journal of Geophysical Research. 110: B09201.
Vrolijk. P., Myers, R., Sweet, M.L., Shipton, Z.K., Dockrill, B., Evans, J.P., Heath J., Williams A. 2005, Anatomy of reservoir-scale normal faults in central Utah: stratigraphic controls and implications for fault zone evolution and fluid flow. In: Pederson, J. and Dehler, C.M. (eds.) Interior Western United States: Geological Society of America Field Guide, v. 6, p. 261-282. doi:10.1130/2005.fld006(13)
Shipton, Z.K., Evans, J.P., Kirchner, D., Kolesar, P.T., Williams, A.P. and Heath, J. 2004. Analysis of CO2 leakage through low-permeability faults from natural reservoirs in the Colorado Plateau, southern Utah. In: Baines, S. J. & Worden, R. H. (eds.) Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 233, 43-58.
Nascimento, A.F.D., Lunn, R.J. and Cowie, P., 2000. Reservoir-induced seismicity: A demonstration of the importance of flow through faults using a 3d-flow model. 3rd Euroconference on Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics. Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupling in Fractured Rock, pp17(1-4).
Nascimento, A.F.D., Cowie, P., Lunn, R.J. 2004. Spatio-temporal evolution of induced seismicity at Acu Reservoir, NE Brazil. Geophysical Journal International, 158: 1041-1052.
Butler R.W.H., Bond C.E., Shipton Z.K., Jones R.R., and Casey M. 2008. Fabric anisotropy controls faulting in the continental crust. Journal of the Geological Society of London, v.165, p. 449-452.