First annual FAFF seminar and fieldtrip, 3rd July 2006
In July 2006 FAFF held our first annual seminar and field trip. We hosted a series of talks and discussion focussing on the question of fracture-dominated faults in basement and sedimentary rocks.
Talks included field studies, studies of present day flow using earthquakes and hydrological data, and studies of past flow using geochemical data, mineralogy and heat flow proxies. The workshop was attended by delegates from Shell, Total, BGS, SUERC, Heriot Watt University and by staff and students from both departments. Our first international guest speaker was Dr Jonathan Caine of the USGS whose travel was supported by the Blaxland fund.
Speakers:
Dr Zoe Shipton (University of Glasgow): "Characterising fault zone structure, permeability architecture and flow pathways from field data"
Dr Jonathan Caine (USGS): "Faults in dirt: low temperature, low pressure plastic deformation in the palaeo-saturated zone"
Aisling Soden (University of Glasgow): "Structural and permeability evolution of faults in ignimbrites, Gran Canaria"
Jamie Kirkpatrick (University of Glasgow): "The damage zone of faults from seismogenic depths: Sierra Nevada granites, California"
(Lunch)
Dr Rebecca Lunn (University of Strathclyde): "Approaches to predicting spatial and temporal permeability evolution in faults at all scales"
Dr Cristina Persano (University of Glasgow): "Novel uses of geochronology to track temperature changes in fault zones"
Dr Clare Bond (University of Glasgow): "Deformation controls on the distribution of elements and isotopes in calcite marble"
Dr Jonathan Caine (USGS): "Distributed deformation zones in hydrothermally altered Proterozoic rocks, Colorado Rocky mountain Front Range"
The seminar was followed by a four-day field seminar in the North-West Highlands.
Jonathan Caine meets the Moine thrust
