Petrophysical Properties and Microstructural Analysis of Faulted Heterolithic Packages: A Case Study from Miocene Turbidite Successions, Italy

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X-ray microCT images of some analyzed fault cores: (a) BDF_2a, sand-rich and affected by dissolution, (b) BDF_6a; silty sand fault core affected by both microfracturing and dissolution, (c) BDF_7a; sand-rich affected both microfracturing and dissolution, (d) BDF_9a; highly cemented sample, (e) SS_1b; sand-rich fault core highly affected by dissolution and microfracturing, and (f) SS_3b; clay-rich fault core with evidence of grain alignment. Description of the samples in Table 2.

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