Layer parallel shortening and cataclastic flow by fractures in the Permian Kapp Starostin Formation, Mediumfjellet, Spitsbergen

The thesis addresses three fundamental questions related to fold-thrust belts of relevance to reservoir and cap rock studies; i. Can a link between LPS and small-scale fracture systems reflecting folding of layers by cataclastic flow (in line with Ismat and Mitra, 2005) within a pseudo-mechanical stratigraphic framework be identified? ii. In cross-section line-length balancing, mesoscopic layer-parallel shortening structures (LPS) are not included, how much layer-parallel shorting can be expected? ii i. How could the targeted fracture system have contributed to fluid flow in a subsurface reservoir setting?