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Regional geology and tectonics : phanerozoic passive margins, cratonic basins and global tectonic maps, volume 1C.

Expert petroleum geologists David Roberts and Albert Bally bring you Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Passive Margins, Cratonic Basins and Global Tectonic Maps, volume three in a three-volume series covering Phanerozoic regional geology and tectonics. Its key focus is on both volcanic and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, D. G. (David G.)
Otros Autores: Bally, Albert W., 1925-2019
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Regional Geologyand Tectonics: Phanerozoic Passive Margins, Cratonic Basins and Global Tectonic Maps; Copyright; Contents; Table of Contents for Volumes 1A, 1B and 1C; Contributors for Volumes 1A, 1B and 1C; Foreword and Introduction; Acknowledgements; Section 1: Passive margins; Chapter 1: Regional geology and tectonics of sedimentary basins; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. A historical perspective; 1.3. Some remarks on regional geology and tectonics; 1.4. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: De Re Salica: Fundamental principles of salt tectonics; 2.1. Introduction; What is salt?
  • What makes salt tectonics unique?Why study salt tectonics?; 2.2. Mechanics of salt flow; Overview; Driving force: Differential loading; Factors resisting salt flow; 2.3. Processes of diapir growth; Overview; Diapir piercement during regional extension; Diapir amplification during regional shortening; 2.4. Salt and regional tectonics; Overview; Salt in regional extension; Salt in regional shortening; Salt in strike slip; 2.5. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Shale tectonics; 3.1. Introduction; What is shale?; Why study shale tectonics?
  • What makes shale-based systems unique from salt systems?3.2. Mechanics of shale movement; Overview; Driving force: Fluid pressures; Sediment strength in shale décollements; 3.3. Shale implacement and form; Overview; Mobile shale forms and stratigraphic relationships; Detachment folds; Diapir onlap; Diapir top drape or rollover rims; Radial faults and tilted fault blocks; Erosional truncation and associated unconformity traps; Anticlinal development through subsidence; 3.4. Shale and regional tectonics; Shale in regional tectonics; 3.5. Conclusions; References.
  • Chapter 4: The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden basins4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Afar; African margin; Neoproterozoic basement; Pre-rift sequence; Oligocene plume volcanism; Syn-rift Miocene volcanism; Pliocene-Pleistocene volcanism; Quaternary geology and neotectonics; Arabian margin; Precambrian basement; Pre-rift sequence; Pre-rift Oligocene plume volcanism; End Oligocene to Miocene syn-rift; Syn-drift Pliocene-Pleistocene sediments; Quaternary geology and neotectonics; 4.3. Gulf of Aden; Pre-rift setting; Basement and Paleozoic-Mesozoic cratonal strata; Mesozoic rifting; Cenozoic pre-rift strata.
  • Oligocene-Miocene continental riftingRift initiation; Syn- to post-rift deposition; Miocene initiation of seafloor spreading; Propagation of seafloor spreading to the Gulf of Tadjoura; 4.4. Red Sea; Pre-rift setting; Neoproterozoic basement lithologies and structure; Structures related to the evolution of Neotethys; Pre-rift stratigraphy and proto-Red Sea embayments; Syn-rift evolution; Rift initiation; Main rift subsidence; Onset of Aqaba-Levant transform boundary; Mid-ocean spreading and drift phase evolution; Quaternary geology and neotectonics; 4.5. Plate scale considerations.