Abstract
This paper systematically explores the controls on the preferred orientation of clay minerals. Fabric development in mudstones occurs as a result of mechanical consolidation and mineral reactions. The magnitude of the effect of these actions on fabric is variable across temperature/depth space. It is possible to be partly predictive concerning fabric development when some geological information is available. This has implications for predictive modeling, e.g. permeability anisotropy in basin modeling packages, velocity modeling in seismic inversion.
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