Sedimentary Basins and Crustal Processes at Continental Margins: From Modern Hyper-extended Margins to Deformed Ancient Analogues
Continental margins and their fossilized analogues are important repositories of natural resources. With better processing techniques and increased availability of high-resolution seismic and potential field data, imaging of present-day continental margins and their embedded sedimentary basins has reached unprecedented levels of refinement and definition, as illustrated by examples described in this volume. This, in turn, has led to greatly improved geological, geodynamic and numerical models for the crustal and mantle processes involved in continental margin formation from the initial stages of rifting through continental rupture and break-up to development of a new ocean basin. Further informing these models, and contributing to a better understanding of the features imaged in the seismic and potential field data, are observations made on fossilized fragments of exhumed subcontinental mantle lithosphere and ocean–continent transition zones preserved in ophiolites and orogenic belts of both Palaeozoic and Mesozoic age from several different continents, including Europe, South Asia and Australasia.
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Sedimentary basins and continental margin processes – from modern hyper-extended margins to deformed ancient analogues: an introductionAuthor(s)George M. Gibson;George M. Gibson1Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:Francois Roure;Francois Roure2IFP Energies Nouvelles, 1-4 Av. de Bois Préau, F-92852, Rueil-Malmaison, France3Tectonic Group, Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, The NetherlandsSearch for other works by this author on:Gianreto ManatschalGianreto Manatschal4Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, CNRS-UMR 7516, EOST, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, F-67084 Strasbourg cedex, FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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Extensional continental margins: their architecture, basins and evolution
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Structural analysis of extended Australian continental crust: Capel and Faust basins, Lord Howe RiseAuthor(s)Karen Higgins;Karen HigginsResources Division, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:Takehiko Hashimoto;Takehiko HashimotoResources Division, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:Nadège Rollet;Nadège RolletResources Division, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:Jim Colwell;Jim ColwellResources Division, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:Ron Hackney;Ron HackneyResources Division, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:Peter MilliganPeter MilliganResources Division, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:
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The contribution of offshore seismic data to understanding the evolution of the New Zealand continentAuthor(s)Chris UruskiChris UruskiPresent address: OMV New Zealand Limited, Level 10, Deloitte House, 10 Brandon Street, Wellington, New ZealandSearch for other works by this author on:
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Structural and stratigraphic evolution of the Iberia–Newfoundland hyper-extended rifted margin: a quantitative modelling approachAuthor(s)Geoffroy Mohn;Geoffroy Mohn1CNRS-EOST, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, F-67084 Strasbourg, France2GEC, Université Cergy-Pontoise, F-95000 Cergy, FranceSearch for other works by this author on:Garry D. Karner;Garry D. Karner3ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, PO Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252, USASearch for other works by this author on:Gianreto Manatschal;Gianreto Manatschal1CNRS-EOST, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, F-67084 Strasbourg, FranceSearch for other works by this author on:Christopher A. JohnsonChristopher A. Johnson3ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, PO Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Cretaceous provenance change in the Hegang Basin and its connection with the Songliao Basin, NE China: evidence for lithospheric extension driven by palaeo-Pacific roll-backAuthor(s)Mingdao Sun;Mingdao Sun1Department of Earth Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China2Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia3Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Hanlin Chen;Hanlin Chen1Department of Earth Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Fengqi Zhang;Fengqi Zhang1Department of Earth Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Simon A. Wilde;Simon A. Wilde2Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:A. Minna;A. Minna1Department of Earth Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Xiubin Lin;Xiubin Lin1Department of Earth Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Shufeng YangShufeng Yang1Department of Earth Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Sedimentary basin formation in other plate tectonic settings
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Using black shales to constrain possible tectonic and structural influence on foreland-basin evolution and cratonic yoking: late Taconian Orogeny, Late Ordovician Appalachian Basin, eastern USAAuthor(s)Frank R. Ettensohn;Frank R. Ettensohn1Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USASearch for other works by this author on:R. Thomas LiermanR. Thomas Lierman2Department of Geography & Geology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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A healed strike-slip plate boundary in North Greenland indicated through associated pull-apart basinsAuthor(s)Eckart Håkansson;Eckart Håkansson1UWA Centre for Energy Geoscience, School of Earth and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:Stig A. Schack PedersenStig A. Schack Pedersen2GEUS, The Geological Surveys of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350, København K, DenmarkSearch for other works by this author on:
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Characterizing and identifying structural domains at rifted continental margins: application to the Bay of Biscay margins and its Western Pyrenean fossil remnantsAuthor(s)J. Tugend;J. Tugend1Institut de physique du Globe de Strasbourg, CNRS-UMR 7516, EOST, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, F-67084 Strasbourg cedex, FranceSearch for other works by this author on:G. Manatschal;G. Manatschal1Institut de physique du Globe de Strasbourg, CNRS-UMR 7516, EOST, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, F-67084 Strasbourg cedex, FranceSearch for other works by this author on:N. J. Kusznir;N. J. Kusznir2Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UKSearch for other works by this author on:E. MasiniE. Masini1Institut de physique du Globe de Strasbourg, CNRS-UMR 7516, EOST, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, F-67084 Strasbourg cedex, FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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Fossilized ancient analogues of rifted continental margins and their mantle substrate
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Tectonic and magmatic evolution of the mantle lithosphere during the rifting stages of a fossil slow–ultraslow spreading basin: insights from the Erro–Tobbio peridotite (Voltri Massif, NW Italy)Author(s)Matteo Padovano;Matteo Padovano1Via XXV Aprile 37, 16012, Bargagli, Genova, ItalySearch for other works by this author on:Giovanni B. Piccardo;Giovanni B. Piccardo2Via Sturla 33/4, 16131 Genova, ItalySearch for other works by this author on:Reinoud L. M. VissersReinoud L. M. Vissers3Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80021, 3508TA Utrecht, The NetherlandsSearch for other works by this author on:
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Preservation of a fragmented late Neoproterozoic–earliest Cambrian hyper-extended continental-margin sequence in the Australian Delamerian OrogenAuthor(s)G. M. Gibson;G. M. Gibson1Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia2Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:D. C. Champion;D. C. Champion1Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:T. R. IrelandT. R. Ireland2Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Ophiolitic rocks of the Indo-Myanmar Ranges, NE India: relicts of an inverted and tectonically imbricated hyper-extended continental margin basin?Author(s)I. Soibam;I. Soibam1Department of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal-795003, Manipur, IndiaSearch for other works by this author on:M. Ch. Khuman;M. Ch. Khuman2Department of Geology, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema, Kohima-797001, Nagaland, IndiaSearch for other works by this author on:S. S. SubhamenonS. S. Subhamenon1Department of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal-795003, Manipur, IndiaSearch for other works by this author on:
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