Research Article

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

Table 3

Table of average porosity, and pore size of the 7 main facies and 2 faults that produced different types of fault core along the same plane.

SampleLithologyStructural domainPorosity (%)Pore size (μm)Average permeability (D)

BDF_1ASiltstone/medium sandstoneHost14.740.0870.0162
BDF_1BSiltstone/medium sandstoneHost12.550.0720.2925
BDF_1CFine sandstoneHost5.620.260.0661
SM_AFine sandstone w/heavy lithicsHost17.850.420.145
SM_LMedium sandstoneHost18.390.220.1126
SM_DMedium sandstoneHost8.990.210.1668
SM_FCoarse sandstoneHost10.141.220.0979
SSI_HBCFault breccia clastFault14.890.550.0351
SSI_HBVVein inside fault brecciaMineralized breccia10.620.280.0024
SM1_2SShale gougeFault4.460.0330.0039
SM1_2Sandy brecciaFault4.2919.480.1577