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Structural control on the alteration and fluid flow in the lithocap of the Allumiere-Tolfa epithermal system

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Structural control on the alteration and fluid flow in the lithocap of the Allumiere-Tolfa epithermal system
المؤلفون: Barbara Marchesini, Stefano Tavani, Marco Mercuri, Nicola Mondillo, Mattia Pizzati, Fabrizio Balsamo, Luca Aldega, Eugenio Carminati
المساهمون: Marchesini, Barbara, Tavani, Stefano, Mercuri, Marco, Mondillo, Nicola, Pizzati, Mattia, Balsamo, Fabrizio, Aldega, Luca, Carminati, Eugenio
بيانات النشر: Elsevier
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Sapienza Università di Roma: CINECA IRIS
مصطلحات موضوعية: fracturing, fluid-rock interaction, argillization, epithermal systems
الوصف: Zones of advanced argillic alteration with general low permeability (i.e., lithocaps) are common place in the shallow parts of porphyry and epithermal ore deposits and active geothermal systems. The study of structural control on alteration distributions is of paramount importance for exploitation purposes as it really influences the caprock efficiency. We present the results of a structural-mineralogical study carried out in the lithocap of the Allumiere-Tolfa epithermal system (Northern Apennines). We characterized the composition, textures and physical properties (i.e., in-situ permeability; relative rock strength) of alteration facies. We then integrated field structural analysis with analysis of a virtual outcrop model to reconstruct the geometry of principal fluid-corridors. It resulted that advanced argillic alteration was promoted by circulation of highly reactive fluid(s) along a complex network of NE- and NW-striking faults and fractures dissecting the acidic volcanic dome. Such structures likely developed in response to a local disturbance of the regional stress field due to the extrusion of the Tolfa dome, which controlled the syn-extensional mineralization of the Allumiere-Tolfa area.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
Relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:001152819500001; volume:179; numberofpages:16; journal:JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1700852; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85181721264
الاتاحة: https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1700852
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.42E33749
قاعدة البيانات: BASE