Book contents
- Rifts and Passive MarginsStructural Architecture, Thermal Regimes, and Petroleum Systems
- Rifts and Passive Margins
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Book part
- Introduction
- 1 Basic description of structural styles in rift and passive margin settings, including extension directions and key structural elements
- 2 Mechanics of rifting and transition to drift phases
- 3 Determination of unstretched continental, thinned continental, proto-oceanic, and oceanic crustal boundaries
- 4 Determination of timing of rift and continental breakup events
- 5 The role of lithospheric composition and compositional variations in evolving rift margin architectural development and in breakup locations
- 6 The role of preexisting anisotropy in structural styles of rifts and passive margins
- 7 The role of syn-extensional deposition and erosion in evolving structural styles of rifts and passive margins and the effects of tectonics on deposition and erosional patterns
- 8 Fluid flow systems associated with oceanic hot spots, oceanic transforms, continental transforms, and rifts
- 9 The role of pre-rift heat flow in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
- 10 The role of structural and stratigraphic architecture in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
- 11 The role of syn-rift deposition and erosion in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
- 12 The role of deformation in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
- 13 The role of fluid flow in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
- 14 Introduction to hydrocarbons in rift and passive margin settings
- 15 Models of source rock distribution, maturation, and expulsion in rift and passive margin settings
- 16 Models of reservoir quality distribution
- 17 Sealing characteristics
- 18 Models of hydrocarbon migration
- 19 Trapping Styles
- 20 Hydrocarbon Preservation
- References
- Index
Dedication
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2016
Book contents
- Rifts and Passive MarginsStructural Architecture, Thermal Regimes, and Petroleum Systems
- Rifts and Passive Margins
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Book part
- Introduction
- 1 Basic description of structural styles in rift and passive margin settings, including extension directions and key structural elements
- 2 Mechanics of rifting and transition to drift phases
- 3 Determination of unstretched continental, thinned continental, proto-oceanic, and oceanic crustal boundaries
- 4 Determination of timing of rift and continental breakup events
- 5 The role of lithospheric composition and compositional variations in evolving rift margin architectural development and in breakup locations
- 6 The role of preexisting anisotropy in structural styles of rifts and passive margins
- 7 The role of syn-extensional deposition and erosion in evolving structural styles of rifts and passive margins and the effects of tectonics on deposition and erosional patterns
- 8 Fluid flow systems associated with oceanic hot spots, oceanic transforms, continental transforms, and rifts
- 9 The role of pre-rift heat flow in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
- 10 The role of structural and stratigraphic architecture in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
- 11 The role of syn-rift deposition and erosion in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
- 12 The role of deformation in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
- 13 The role of fluid flow in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
- 14 Introduction to hydrocarbons in rift and passive margin settings
- 15 Models of source rock distribution, maturation, and expulsion in rift and passive margin settings
- 16 Models of reservoir quality distribution
- 17 Sealing characteristics
- 18 Models of hydrocarbon migration
- 19 Trapping Styles
- 20 Hydrocarbon Preservation
- References
- Index
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- Rifts and Passive MarginsStructural Architecture, Thermal Regimes, and Petroleum Systems, pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016