Call number:
9/M 93.0904
;
9/M 92.0411
In:
Geological Society special publication
Description / Table of Contents:
During the 1980s the increasing availability of seismic reflection data prompted an upsurge of interest in extensional tectonics, early work concentrating on ‘listric’ thrust-belt type models and the concepts of section balancing. However, earthquake seismology and detailed fault studies have shown recently that faults involved in crustal extension may be essentially planar. This volume concerns the geological setting and interpretation of both listric and planar normal faults.
Normal faults are of particular importance in UK hydrocarbon exploration as they are directly or indirectly responsible for the majority of the pre-Tertiary oil and gas accumulations in the North Sea. As the economic size of fields reduces, the modern geologist will require an improved understanding of the origins, geometry and sealing capabilities of these faults.
The volume is divided into four sections, dealing with: the geometry and kinematics of large-scale, crustal-stretching faults which typically delimit major hydrocarbon accumulations; case studies ranging from the small-scale fractures associated with the movement of salt to the large-scale intra-plate kinematics of whole fault arrays; studies of detailed displacement patterns shown by individual faults and small fault arrays; and modelling studies of normal fault geometry.
The editors believe that this volume will clarify the circumstances in which the diverse models of normal fault geometry might be applicable and thus provide a useful source of reference for both industry- and academia-based research workers.
Another volume on extensional tectonics? Yes, but not only is this one very nicely put together, it is also very timely … The editors have wisely placed the emphasis on observations and data … Roberts et al. deserve a great deal of credit for the very high standard of presentation. Most of the contributions contain sensible stuff that is clearly written. Illustrations are excellent … and there are hardly any typos … Ican thoroughly recommend this book to both libraries and individuals.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
VIII, 264 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
0903317591
Series Statement:
Geological Society special publication 56
URL:
http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/56/1
Classification:
Tectonics
Language:
English
Note:
R. F. P. Hardman and J. E. Booth: The significance of normal faults in the exploration and production of North Sea hydrocarbons / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:1-13, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.01 ---
Seismic and Subsurface Studies ---
David Barr: Subsidence and sedimentation in semi-starved half-graben: a model based on North Sea data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:17-28, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.02 ---
Joseph Cartwright: The kinematic evolution of the Coffee Soil Fault / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:29-40, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.03 ---
N. J. Kusznir, G. Marsden, and S. S. Egan: A flexural-cantilever simple-shear/pure-shear model of continental lithosphere extension: applications to the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, Grand Banks and Viking Graben, North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:41-60, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.04 ---
Alan M. Roberts and Graham Yielding: Deformation around basin-margin faults in the North Sea/mid-Norway rift / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:61-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.05 ---
G. Yielding, M. E. Badley, and B. Freeman: Seismic reflections from normal faults in the northern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:79-89, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.06 ---
Field-Based Studies ---
M. P. Coward, R. Gillcrist, and B. Trudgill: Extensional structures and their tectonic inversion in the Western Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:93-112, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.07 ---
Andreas G. Koestler and Werner U. Ehrmann: Description of brittle extensional features in chalk on the crest of a salt ridge (NW Germany) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:113-123, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.08 ---
Steven Roberts and James Jackson: Active normal faulting in central Greece: an overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:125-142, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.09 ---
Rob Westaway: Continental extension on sets of parallel faults: observational evidence and theoretical models / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:143-169, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.10 ---
Fault-Displacement Studies ---
A. Beach and P. Trayner: The geometry of normal faults in a sector of the offshore Nile Delta, Egypt / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:173-182, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.11 ---
T. J. Chapman and A. W. Meneilly: The displacement patterns associated with a reverse-reactivated, normal growth fault / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:183-191, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.12 ---
John J. Walsh and Juan Watterson: Geometric and kinematic coherence and scale effects in normal fault systems / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:193-203, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.13 ---
Analogue-Modelling and Section-Balancing ---
G. Dresen, U. Gwildis, and Th. Kluegel: Numerical and analogue modelling of normal fault geometry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:207-217, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.14 ---
Robert W. Krantz: Normal fault geometry and fault reactivation in tectonic inversion experiments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:219-229, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.15 ---
K. R. McClay, D. A. Waltham, A. D. Scott, and A. Abousetta: Physical and seismic modelling of listric normal fault geometries / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:231-239, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.16 ---
Bruno Vendeville: Mechanisms generating normal fault curvature: a review illustrated by physical models / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:241-249, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.17 ---
Nicky White and Graham Yielding: Calculating normal fault geometries at depth: theory and examples / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 56:251-260, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1991.056.01.18
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GFZ Library
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