Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins

Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins
Title Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins PDF eBook
Author Cathy Busby
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 1034
Release 2011-12-07
Genre Science
ISBN 1444347144

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Investigating the complex interplay between tectonics and sedimentation is a key endeavor in modern earth science. Many of the world's leading researchers in this field have been brought together in this volume to provide concise overviews of the current state of the subject. The plate tectonic revolution of the 1960's provided the framework for detailed models on the structure of orogens and basins, summarized in a 1995 textbook edited by Busby and Ingersoll. Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances focuses on key topics or areas where the greatest strides forward have been made, while also providing on-line access to the comprehensive 1995 book. Breakthroughs in new techniques are described in Section 1, including detrital zircon geochronology, cosmogenic nuclide dating, magnetostratigraphy, 3-D seismic, and basin modelling. Section 2 presents the new models for rift, post-rift, transtensional and strike slip basin settings. Section 3 addresses the latest ideas in convergent margin tectonics, including the sedimentary record of subduction intiation and subduction, flat-slab subduction, and arc-continent collision; it then moves inboard to forearc basins and intra-arc basins, and ends with a series of papers formed under compessional strain regimes, as well as post-orogenic intramontane basins. Section 4 examines the origin of plate interior basins, and the sedimentary record of supercontinent formation. This book is required reading for any advanced student or professional interested in sedimentology, plate tectonics, or petroleum geoscience. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/busby/sedimentarybasins.

Sedimentation and Tectonics in Rift Basins Red Sea:- Gulf of Aden

Sedimentation and Tectonics in Rift Basins Red Sea:- Gulf of Aden
Title Sedimentation and Tectonics in Rift Basins Red Sea:- Gulf of Aden PDF eBook
Author B.H. Purser
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 700
Release 2012-12-06
Genre Science
ISBN 9401149305

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Sedimentation and Tectonics in Rift Basins: Red Sea - Gulf of Aden presents new case studies and synthesises the results of recent research on the sedimentological evolution of the Red Sea - Gulf of Aden rift system. This rift basin is generally regarded as the best natural geological laboratory in the world in which to study the processes of rift formation. Uplift of the rift margins in an arid climate results in extensive three-dimensional exposures of pre- and syn-rift strata and associated structures. These serve as analogues for the understanding and hydrocarbon exploration of deeper buried rift-systems on continental margins such as the North Sea and the Atlantic margins. The Red Sea - Gulf of Aden rift is also exceptional in that its stratigraphy spans all stages from pre-rift environments, syn-rift continental to marine environments through the rift to drift transition to post-rift sea-floor spreading. The work is arranged in eight sections: following a review of the sedimentology and stratigraphy of rift basins, the magmatism and structural evolution of the Red Sea - Gulf of Aden rift is reviewed. Subsequently, new case studies are presented of the early rifting environment, syn-rift sedimentation, tectonics and diagenesis, evaporites and salt tectonics. Post-rift sediments of the axial trough are then discussed along with studies of reefs, coastal zone and shelf sediments, and the tectonic geomorphology of the rift margin escarpment. This work results from extensive new research in the rift basin largely carried out under collaborative research projects by European and Middle Eastern geologists. It will be an invaluable reference work for geoscientists in the hydrocarbon, groundwater and mineral extraction industries, as well as for researchers in university departments of earth sciences, mining and physical geography.

Tectonics and Sedimentation

Tectonics and Sedimentation
Title Tectonics and Sedimentation PDF eBook
Author Dengliang Gao
Publisher AAPG
Pages 429
Release 2013-02-20
Genre Science
ISBN 0891813810

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Sedimentation, Tectonics and Eustasy

Sedimentation, Tectonics and Eustasy
Title Sedimentation, Tectonics and Eustasy PDF eBook
Author David I. M. Macdonald
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 368
Release 2009-04-15
Genre Science
ISBN 1444303902

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Over the last ten years, seismic and sequence stratigraphic studies have emphasized the role of worldwide fluctuations in sea level in controlling patterns of sedimentation. Widely recognized cycles of coastal onlap are thought to have been caused by such global changes. This postgraduate and reference text contains contributions from an international team of specialists. The book is based upon an IAS meeting which focused attention on the situation at active plate margins, covering three major themes: the underlying mechanics and rates of relative sea-level change at active plate margins; the interaction of eustatic and tectonic processes at modern margins; recognition of the products in the sedimentary record and possible criteria for distinguishing global eustatic from local tectonic effects. This book is intended for those studying and working in sedimentology, basin analysis, exploration geophysics and petroleum geology.

Salt Tectonics, Sediments and Prospectivity

Salt Tectonics, Sediments and Prospectivity
Title Salt Tectonics, Sediments and Prospectivity PDF eBook
Author G. Ian Alsop
Publisher Geological Society of London
Pages 648
Release 2012
Genre Nature
ISBN 9781862393417

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In this timely volume, geoscientists from both industry and academia present a contemporary view of salt at a global scale. The studies examine the influence of salt on synkinematic sedimentation, its role in basin evolution and tectonics, and ultimately in hydrocarbon prospectivity. Recent improvements in seismic reflection, acquisition and processing techniques have led to significant advances in the understanding of salt and sediment interactions, both along the flanks of vertical or overturned salt margins, and in subsalt plays such as offshore Brazil. The book is broadly separated into five major themes covering a variety of geographical and process-linked topics. These are: halokinetic sequence stratigraphy, salt in passive margin settings, Central European salt basins, deformation within and adjacent to salt, and salt in contractional settings and salt glaciers.

The Great American Carbonate Bank

The Great American Carbonate Bank
Title The Great American Carbonate Bank PDF eBook
Author James Derby
Publisher AAPG
Pages 1229
Release 2013-01-20
Genre Science
ISBN 0891813802

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Tracing Tectonic Deformation Using the Sedimentary Record

Tracing Tectonic Deformation Using the Sedimentary Record
Title Tracing Tectonic Deformation Using the Sedimentary Record PDF eBook
Author Tom McCann
Publisher Geological Society of London
Pages 372
Release 2003
Genre Nature
ISBN 9781862391291

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The study of sediments and sedimentary basins in terms of their tectonic environment requires a multidisciplinary approach and has increasingly drawn both techniques and objectives from fields outside sedimentology. Studies presented in this volume range across a wide spectrum from the analysis of sedimentary sequence architecture at basin scale down to the chemical properties of individual grains, and include studies from a range of tectonic settings.