Fault-controlled fluid circulation and diagenesis along basin-bounding fault systems in rifts – insights from the East Greenland rift system

• Published in: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: E. Salomon, A. Rotevatn, T. B. Kristensen, S.-A. Grundvåg, G. A. Henstra, A. N. Meckler, R. Albert, A. Gerdes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: Geology; QE1-996.5; Stratigraphy; QE640-699; Dombjerg; Greenland; Kristensen; Wollaston; Wollaston Forland; East Greenland; Wollaston forland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1987-2020; https://doaj.org/article/f2f6b66475ee439a9e987182a1ac3fad

In marine rift basins, deep-water clastics ( >200 m) in the hanging wall of rift- or basin-bounding fault systems are commonly juxtaposed against crystalline “basement” rocks in the footwall. A distinct feature of such fault systems is therefore the juxtaposition of relatively highly permeable, u...