• Experimental study of the evolution of fault gouge in layered sand–clay sequences 

      Schmatz, Joyce; Vrolijk, Peter; Urai, Janos L.ORCIDiD; Giese, Steffen; Ziegler, Martin; Zee, Wouter van der (11. Symposium "Tektonik, Struktur- und Kristallingeologie", 2006-03)
      This study focuses on clay smear processes during fault gouge evolution in sand-clay sequences at depths up to 2 km. A clay-rich fault gouge can dramatically lower the fault’s permeability, and prediction of this process ...