Conjugate divergent margins
By: edited by W. U. Mohriak, University of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, A. Danforth, Consulting Exploration Geologist, USA, P. J. Post, U. S. Department of the Interior, USA, D. E. Brown, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, G. C. Tari, OMV Exploration and Production GmbH, Austria, M. Nemčok, University of Utah, USA, and S. T. Sinha, Reliance Industries Ltd., India
Series: Geological Society special publication -- no. 369; Geological Society special publication -- no. 369.
Publisher: Geological Society
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9781862393493
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Sedimentary basins; Continental margins; Structural Geology; Sedimentation and deposition
Description: The main focus of the book is the geological and geophysical interpretation of sedimentary basins along the South, Central and North Atlantic conjugate margins, but concepts derived from physical models, outcrop analogues and present-day margins are also discussed in some chapters. There is an encompassing description of several conjugate margins worldwide, based on recent geophysical and geological datasets. An overview of important aspects related to the geodynamic development and petroleum geology of Atlantic-type sedimentary basins is also included. Several chapters analyse genetic mechanisms and break-up processes associated with rift-phase structures and salt tectonics, providing a full description of conjugate margin basins based on deep seismic profiles and potential field methods.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Conjugate divergent margins: an introduction / W.U. Mohriah, A. Danforth, P.J. Post, D.E. Brown, G.C. Tari, M. Nemčok and S.T. Sinha; title: Pre-rift tectonic scenario of the Eo-Cretaceous Gondwana break-up along SE Brazil-SW Africa: insights from tholeiitic mafic dyke swarms / J. Almeida, F. Dios, W.U. Mohriak, C.D.M. Valeriano, M. Heilbron, L.G. Eirado and E. Tomazzoli; title: Geochronology (Ar/Ar and K-Ar) of the South Atlantic post-break-up magmatism / M.C. Geraldes, A. Motoki, A. Costa, C.E. Mota and W.U. Mohriak; title: Palaeogeographic consequences of conservational models in the South Atlantic Ocean / D. Aslanian and M. Moulin; title: Kinematic keys of the Santos-Namibe basins / M. Moulin, D. Aslanian, M. Rabineau, M. Patriat and L. Matias; title: Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic sediment and turbidite reservoir supply to South Atlantic margins/ D.S. Macgregor; title: Origin of the Rio Grande Rise; title: Walvis Ridge reviewed integrating palaeogeographic reconstruction, isotope geochemistry and flexural modelling / N. Ussami, C.A.M. Chaves, L.S. Marques and M. Ernesto; title: From oceanic crust to exhumed mantle: a 40 year (1970-2010) perspective on the nature of crust under the Santos Basin, SE Brazil / N. Kumar, A. Danforth, P. Nuttall, J. Helwig, D.E. Bird and S. Benkatraman; title: Crustal-scale architecture and segmentation of the South Atlantic volcanic margin / O.A. Blaich, J.I. Faleide, F. Tsikalas, A.C. Gordon and W. Mohriak; title: Rifting, subsidence and continental break-up above a mantle plume in the central South Atlantic / D.G. Quirk, M. Hertle, J.W. Jeppesen, M. Raven, W.U. Mohriak, D.J. Kann, M. Nørgaard, M.J. Howe, D. Hsu, B. Coffey and M.P. Mendes; title: Crustal architecture of the Almada Basin NE Brazil: an example of a non-volcanic rift segment of the South Atlantic passive margin / A.C. Gordon, W.U. Mohriak and V.C.F. Barbosa; title: Exploration for Cretaceous stratigraphic traps in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa and the discovery of the Jubilee Field: a play opening discovery in the Tano Basin, Offshore Ghana / P. Dailly, T. Henderson, E. Hudgens, K. Kanschat and P. Lowry; title: The Namibian and Brazilian southern South Atlantic petroleum systems: are they comparable analogues? / M.R. Mello, N.C. De Azamubuja Filho, A.A. Bender, S.M. Barbanti, W. Mohriak, P. Schmitt and C.L.C. De Jesus; title: Systematic variations in basement morphology and rifting geometry along the Nova Scotia and Morocco conjugate margins / K. Louden, Y. Wu and G. Tari; title: Variations in rifting style and structure of the Scotian margin, Atlantic Canada, from 3D gravity inversion / S.A. Dehler and J.K. Welford; title: Rift-basin development: lessons from the Triassic-Jurassic Neward Basin of eastern North America / M.O. Withjack, R.W. Schlische, M.L. Malinconico and P.E. Olsen; title: US central Atlantic: new plays and petroleum prospectivity / P.J. Post, E.T. Elliott, R.J. Klazynski, E.S. Klocek, T.M. Decort, T.J. Riches Jr. and K. Li; title: Salt tectonics along the Atlantic margin of Morocco / G. Tari and H. Jabour; title: Pre-discovery seimic modelling and prediction of the Deep Panuke Lake Jurassic carbonate bank gas discovery, offshore Nova Scotia / P.J. Harvey and D.J. Macdonald; title: Continental break-up mechanism; lessons from intermediate; title: and fast-extension settings / M. Nemčok, C. Stuart, B.R. Rosendahl, C. Welker, S. Smith, C. Sheya, S.T. Sinha, M. Choudhuri, R. Allen, C. Reeves, S.P. Sharma, S. Venkatraman and N. Sinha; title: A tectonic model for hyperextension at magma-poor rifted margins: an example from the West Iberia-Newfoundland conjugate margins / M.A. Pérez-Gussinyé; title: The geodynamic province of transitional lithosphere adjacent to magma-poor continental margins / J.-C. Sibuet and B.E. Tucholke; title: Variations in rift symmetry: cautionary examples from the Southern Rift System (Australia-Antarctica) / N.G. Direen, H.M.J. Stagg, P.A. Symonds and I.O. Norton; title: East Indian margin evolution and crustal architecture: integration of deep refectionn seismic interpretation and gravity modelling / M. Nemčok, S.T. Sinha, C.J. Stuart, C. Welker, M. Choudhuri, S.P. Sharma, A.A. Misra, N. Sinha and S. Venkatraman; title: Architecture of rifted continental margins and break-up evolution: insights from the South Atlantic, North Atlantic and Red Sea-Gulf of Aden conjugate margins / W.U. Mohriak and S. Leroy; title: Continental break-up along strike-slip fault zones; observations from the Equatorial Atlantic / M. Nemčok, A. Henk, P.J. Sikora and C. Stuart.