Research Data
Data Publication
Faulted samples from the Groningen gas field, the Netherlands
Job Arts
Utrecht University
(2025)
Descriptions
Gas production from the Groningen gas field in the northeast of the Netherlands caused compaction and induced seismicity on pre-existing faults within the Rotliegend reservoir. Knowledge on the fault zone composition diagenetic features, and internal structure is required to provide constraints for friction experiments, microphysical models on fault frictional behaviour, and models that simulate fault reactivation, nucleation and seismic slip in the Groningen field. The dataset Faulted samples from the Groningen gas field, the Netherlands contains (micro)structural data, obtained from selected wells in the Groningen gas field. Wells were selected based on proximity to major fault structures previously interpreted in the Groningen field (NAM, 2020; https://public.yoda.uu.nl/geo/UU01/1QH0MW.html) and based on the presence of deformation features visible in available core photographs (NAM, 2022; https://public.yoda.uu.nl/geo/UU01/6JHXY9.html). Microstructural data comprise full thin section digital scans (plane polarized and cross polarized light) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images including secondary electron (SE), backscatter (BSE), cathodoluminescence (CL) and electron dispersive X-ray (EDX) maps. The data accompanies the paper entitled: Interaction between diagenesis and faulting in deep buried reservoirs: inferences from the Groningen gas field (Arts et al., submitted).
Keywords
MSL enriched keywords
sedimentary rock
sandstone
wacke
Slochteren sandstone
tectonic deformation structure
tectonic fault
induced seismicity
minerals
silicate minerals
tectosilicates
quartz
sulfate minerals
anhydrite
carbonate minerals
siderite
measured property
iron
siderite
dolomite
dolomite
Technique
imaging (2D)
backscatter electron (BSE) imaging
secondary electron (SE) imaging
cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging
subsurface energy production
hydrocarbon energy production
gas field
Measured property
friction - controlled slip rate
friction coefficient
strain
Inferred deformation behavior
deformation behaviour
frictional deformation
Measured property
friction - controlled slip rate
friction coefficient
strain
equipment
x-ray spectrometer
energy-dispersive x-ray spectrometer
Apparatus
electron microscopy
MSL vocabulary keywords corresponding to originally assigned keywords
Slochteren sandstone
tectonic fault
induced seismicity
quartz
anhydrite
siderite
siderite
dolomite
dolomite
backscatter electron (BSE) imaging
secondary electron (SE) imaging
cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging
Originally assigned keywords
FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
Groningen
Rotliegend
Slochteren sandstone
Silverpit formation
Ameland Member
diagenesis
healing
cement
fault zone
fault core
damage zone
microstructure
reactivation
induced seismicity
quartz
anhydrite
siderite
dolomite
clay smear
thin section
scanning electron microscopy
backscatter electron
secondary electron
energy dispersive X-ray
cathodoluminescence
Metadata
MSL enriched sub domains
geochemistry
microscopy and tomography
rock and melt physics
analogue modelling of geologic processes
Resource Type
Source publisher
| Utrecht University |
Creators
| Job Arts |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3717-7920 |
| Utrecht University |
Contributors
| Rodrigues, Dallyn |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6937-4016 |
| Utrecht University |
| Nader, Fadi |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4379-0175 |
| IFPEN |
| Drury, Martyn |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2246-2009 |
| Utrecht University |
| Matenco, Liviu |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7448-6929 |
| Utrecht University |
| Willingshofer, Ernst |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9119-5557 |
| Utrecht University |
| Niemeijer, André |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3983-9308 |
| Utrecht University |
Citation
Arts, J. (2025). Faulted samples from the Groningen gas field, the Netherlands (Version 1) [Dataset]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.24416/UU01-9R3193
Dates
| Issued | 2025-05-13T11:25:02 |
| Updated | 2025-05-13T11:25:07 |
| Collected | 2022-01-01/2025-05-12 |
Language
en
Funding References
| Funder Name | NWO |
Rights
| Name | Open - freely retrievable |
| URI | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Name | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| URI | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| Identifier | cc-by-4.0 |
| Identifier Scheme | SPDX |
| Scheme URI | https://spdx.org/licenses/ |
Locations
Geo location(s)
Groningen gas field