Fault Core Thickness: Insights from Siliciclastic and Carbonate Rocks

Figure 10

(a) Outcrop photo of the studied faults in scanline 3 in Vallone Santo Spirito (Maiella Mountain). The outcrop includes 6 normal and 3 strike-slip faults (right-lateral strike-slip (RLS)). (b) A closeup picture of the F1 internal core structure, indicating breccia and dissolution along the core. (c) A closeup picture of the F7 core, which shows breccia, dissolution features as well as fault gouge in the fault core. (d) Fault core thickness measurements performed both in the outcrop and on the photos along different heights of the faults.

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