Regional geology and tectonics. Volume 2, Phanerozoic rift systems and sedimentary basins /
Regional Geology and Tectonics, Volume Two: Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins, Second Edition, the second volume in a three-volume series, covers Phanerozoic regional geology and tectonics. This new edition features summaries of analogue and theoretical models, with new chapters on dee...
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Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA :
Elsevier,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Regional Geology and Tectonics
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- References
- 1 The Pannonian Basin: regional geology of a back-arc basin
- Introduction
- Basin classifications: the Pannonian Basin is the type example of collision-associated back-arc basins on continental crust
- The Pannonian Basin in the framework of the Mediterranean basins
- Definition of the Pannonian Basin complex
- Tectonostratigraphic megasequences of the Pannonian Basin based on regional reflection seismic and other subsurface datasets
- Regional geology of the Pannonian Basin based on subsurface datasets
- Regional transect A
- Regional transect B
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 2 Structural control on syn-rift sedimentation in rift basins: outcrop analogs for fault architectures and fan-delta geomet...
- Introduction
- Stratigraphy and structure of the northwestern Red Sea
- Stratigraphy of the northwestern Red Sea margin
- Prerift strata
- Syn-rift strata of the northwestern Red Sea margin
- Structure of the northwestern Red Sea margin
- Stratigraphic architecture and sedimentology of the Miocene syn-rift strata
- Wadi Gassus-Wadi Guesis area
- Structural control on Miocene sedimentation in the Gassus and Guesis areas
- Wadi Quwyh area
- Structural control on Miocene sedimentation in the Wadi Quwyh area
- Wadi Sharm El Bahari area
- Structural control on Miocene sedimentation in the Wadi Sharm El Bahari area
- Discussion: models for the structural control on the Miocene fan-delta systems
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 3 The rifted margin of eastern North America: insights into rifting, igneous activity, and breakup
- Introduction
- Influence of prerift tectonics on rifting and breakup
- Rift-basin structure
- Timing of rifting in the southern and central segments
- Rift-basin evolution: evidence from the Newark Rift Basin
- Depositional patterns
- Igneous activity during rifting
- Timing of the transition from rifting to drifting
- Magmatic and tectonic activity during transition from rifting to drifting
- Predominantly offshore
- East Coast Margin Igneous Province
- Postrift unconformity and postrift basins
- Predominantly onshore
- White Mountain Magma Series
- Uplift and erosion landward of the basement hinge zone
- Deformation after synrift deposition
- Evolution of Eastern North America
- Paleozoic orogenic activity (Fig. 3.13A)
- Late Triassic rifting (Fig. 3.13B)
- Latest Triassic/earliest Jurassic (Fig. 3.13C)
- Early Jurassic (Fig. 3.13D)
- Early to Middle Jurassic (Fig. 3.13E)
- Present day (Fig. 3.13F)
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- References