Applied Structural Geology and Tectonics
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 2698
Special Issue Editor
Interests: structural geology; tectonics; microstructure; rheology; deformation bands; landslide
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Dear Colleagues,
The interplay between deformation, fluid flow and chemical reactions could control permeability in rocks at shallow levels of the crust and thus has a wide range of applications such as the exploration of hydrocarbon, groundwater and geothermal resources, and radioactive waste disposal and carbon dioxide storage. These combined processes also lead to weathering, which can cause rock mass movement such as landslides reducing the strength of rocks.
Considering that the geological processes near surfaces during human time scales are a snapshot of tectonic processes that occurred for a long geological time period, research that links these processes on vastly different time scales are necessary, which we call “Applied structural geology and tectonics” here. In this Special Issue, contributions related to natural observations, experiments and numerical simulations are all welcome.
Prof. Dr. Toru Takeshita
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fault
- fold
- deformation bands
- permeability
- friction angle
- water-rock interaction
- clay minerals
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