Strike–Slip Fault-Associated Paleokarst Systems: A Comparison Between the Tarim Basin, NW China, and Monts de Vaucluse, SE France
Important hydrocarbon resources are preserved in deeply buried (>6500 m), intensely karstified Ordovician carbonates of the Tarim Basin, where reservoir development is closely associated with strike–slip fault systems. However, the links among faulting, karstification, reservoir formation, and subsequent diagenetic mod...