Fluid Flow in Active Tectonic Settings

Dear Colleagues,

Crustal volumes affected by tectonic activity at shallow crustal levels are characterized by fracture networks that play a fundamental role in controlling fluid migration within the crust. For this reason, fractures are key structures for geo-resource exploration/exploitation but also for other applied uses. Understanding the parameters that control the fracture complexities and their impact on the fluid flow of both meteoric and geothermal fluids within damaged rock volumes is therefore a timely theme addressed to the understanding of crustal-scale processes including fluid flow and fluid–rock interactions, paleostress evolution and earthquake tectonics, and georesources formation, among others. The improvement of dating techniques has made an important contribution to reconstructing mineral crystallization and their role in controlling permeability and fluid evolution, with an impact on reservoir studies as well as earthquake evolution.

This Special Issue aims to bring together researchers working in the field and in labs, working on:

(1) Faults and fractures in the upper crust and their impact on fluid flow.

(2) New techniques for constraining age, geochemical properties and fluid–rock interaction during fluid flow within fault zones.

(3) Fracture sets analysis and permeability evolution in damaged rock volumes.

(4) Hydrothermal deposits in active tectonic settings as a tool for reconstructing active and paleotectonic activity.

Prof. Dr. Andrea Brogi
Prof. Dr. Karabacak Volkan
Dr. Kele Sándor
Dr. Miller Zambrano
Guest Editors

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