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ANALYZING DEFORMATION WITHIN A NORMAL FAULT TRANSFER ZONE USING SFM 3D MODELING

Segmented normal fault systems increase the complexity and development of subsidiary structures such as joints, minor faults, and deformation bands. Where fault segments overlap, shear stresses are highest near the segment tips (e.g., Cowie and Shipton, 1998; Schiefelbein, 2002;), and as fault segments propagate and begin to interact, their paths may be deflected by local stress fields associated with other segments (e.g., Reber, 2001; Schiefelbein, 2002). Prior to linking, the structural discontinuity between the faults’ propagating tips is a zone of distributed strain, a transfer zone (e.g., Taylor and Stewart, 1996; Ferrill and others, 1999), that commonly alters the mechanical and hydrologic properties of the rock (e.g., Davatzes, 2005). In many cases, these zones of amplified stress display fracturing (e.g. Davis, 1999) that may vary significantly depending on factors such as thickness of the beds, the weak or strong nature of the contact between beds, and other material properties of each layer (e.g., Cooke et al., 2000; McGinnis et al., 2015).