Faults and Fluid flow in Loosely Consolidated Sediments

I am working to describe the impact of fault zones on groundwater flow patterns in the Lower Rhine Embayment located in the southern parts of the Netherlands and flanking areas in Belgium and the Netherlands [Bense and Person, 2006; Bense et al., 2008]. Currently, research is ongoing in an international in a collaboration between UEA, US Geological Survey and Indiana University, Bloomington. Recently work started in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece in the framework of the PhD project of Sian Loveless which will also be contributing to the Fault Facies II project directed from the University of Bergen starting summer 2009.

Small-scale faulting in loosely consolidated delta conglomerates and interbedded marls near Zemenos, Gulf of Corinth area, Greece. How will these structures affect fluid flow?

Bense, V.F., M.A. Person, K. Chaudhary, Y. You, N. Cremer, and S.Simon (2008), Thermal anomalies as indicator of preferential flow along faults in an unconsolidated sedimentary aquifer system, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L24406, doi:10.1029/2008GL036017.

Bense, V.F., and M.A. Person (2006), Faults as conduit-barrier systems to fluid flow in siliciclastic sedimentary aquifers, Water Resources Research, 42, W05421, doi:10.1029/2005WR004480.