Regional Geology and Tectonics
Volume 2: Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins
- 2nd Edition, Volume 2 - November 1, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Domenico Chiarella, Nicola Scarselli, Jürgen Adam
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 4 1 3 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 4 1 3 7 - 3
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Request a sales quoteRegional 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 deepwater foldbelts and lithospheric extension as well as case studies on volcanic and passive margin basins. Experience in analyzing and assessing rifts— locations where the Earth’s outer shell and crust have been stretched over time by seismic activity—is critical for identifying Earth’s most lucrative hydrocarbon locations in which extraction is both efficient and safe, hence this updated volume is a necessary guide.
Vast compilations of related industry data presented include regional seismic lines and cross sections and summaries of analogue and theoretical models, making this an essential backdrop to the structure and stratigraphy of various geological settings.
Vast compilations of related industry data presented include regional seismic lines and cross sections and summaries of analogue and theoretical models, making this an essential backdrop to the structure and stratigraphy of various geological settings.
- Provides a practical reference for petroleum geologists that discusses the importance of rift systems and the structural evolution of the Earth
- Includes analyses of active rifts in East Africa, China, Siberia, the Gulf of Suez, and the Russian Arctic that provide immediately implementable petroleum exploration applications in regions heavily targeted by oil & gas companies
- Presents overviews of sequence stratigraphy in rifts and structural controls on clastic and carbonate sedimentation that are critical to the exact mapping of the most lucrative hydrocarbon locations by exploration geologists
Geologists, geophysicists, and marine geologists globally in academia and petroleum exploration with a focus on tectonics, basin analysis, sedimentary processes and petroleum systems. The secondary market includes undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as instructors in Geosciences
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. The Pannonian Basin: regional geology of a back-arc basin
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Regional geology of the Pannonian Basin based on subsurface datasets
- Regional transect A
- Regional transect B
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 2. Structural control on syn-rift sedimentation in rift basins: outcrop analogs for fault architectures and fan-delta geometries, northwestern margin of the Red Sea, Egypt
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Stratigraphy and structure of the northwestern Red Sea
- Stratigraphic architecture and sedimentology of the Miocene syn-rift strata
- Discussion: models for the structural control on the Miocene fan-delta systems
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3. The rifted margin of eastern North America: insights into rifting, igneous activity, and breakup
- Abstract
- 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
- Evolution of Eastern North America
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 4. Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic rifting in central southern Laurentia–Zircon U-Pb geochronological evidence from the Devils River Uplift, West Texas, United States
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Regional tectonic setting
- Zircon U/Pb geochronology
- Devils River Uplift—Cuyania correlatives
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 5. Observations, predictions, and implications of dynamic topography through space and time
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Observational estimates
- Predictions
- Case study: Africa
- Implications for basin evolution
- Summary and outlook
- References
- Chapter 6. The Songliao basin, China
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Geological setting
- Prerift and syn-rift tectonostratigraphic units
- Thermal subsidence tectonostratigraphic unit
- Foreland foredeep to wedgetop tectonostratigraphic unit
- Tectonic drivers of Songliao tectonostratigraphic units
- Relationship between tectonostratigraphic units and hydrocarbon occurrence
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7. Sequence stratigraphy of rift basins
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Tectonism of rift basins
- Stratigraphy of rift basins
- Discussion: three-dimensional stratigraphic variability
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 8. Rift basin carbonate platforms
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Gulf of Suez–Red Sea–Gulf of Aden rift system
- Lacustrine carbonates in South Atlantic rift margins
- Lacustrine carbonates in northeast Atlantic rift basin
- Synthesis and conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9. Dniepr-Donets Basin
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Tectono-stratigraphic successions of the Dniepr-Donets Basin
- Salt tectonics in the Dniepr-Donets Basin
- Hydrocarbon occurrence in the Dniepr-Donets Basin
- Regional tectonic setting of the Dniepr-Donets Basin
- References
- Chapter 10. Sedimentary basins of the late Mesozoic extensional domain of China and Mongolia
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Basins and structures associated with low-strain extension
- Basins and structures associated with high-strain extension
- Implications
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 11. Xialiao basin arm of the North China basin: a Paleogene rift basin modified by strike-slip deformation
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Geologic setting
- Xialiao basin
- Discussion
- Failure of the composite pull-apart basin model and the role of TLF in the NCB formation
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Volume: 2
- Published: November 1, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 256
- No. of pages (eBook): 1000
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780444641366
- eBook ISBN: 9780444641373
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Domenico Chiarella
Dr. Domenico Chiarella is a senior lecturer in sedimentary geology and Director of the MSc in Petroleum Geoscience at the Royal Holloway, University of London. He holds a Ph.D. in sedimentology from the University of Basilicata, Italy. He worked as senior geologist in Norwegian exploration and production companies for 5 years. His expertise is in clastic facies analysis and sedimentology. He has experience from international projects at appraisal, development, and production. His current research interests lies in the understanding of depositional systems and in applying this knowledge to reservoir characterization.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UKNS
Nicola Scarselli
Nicola Scarselli, PhD, is lecturer at Royal Holloway University. He has over ten years of experience in industry-related research on deepwater passive margins. His expertise includes advanced seismic interpretation from regional studies to reservoir level, mapping of complex 3D structural and stratigraphic traps, calculation and interpretation of seismic attributes as well as post-stack seismic filtering. Dr. Scarselli routinely delivers training courses and lectures in seismic interpretation and petroleum geology to the industry and to postgrad & undergrad students. His research interests comprise structural geology, gravity-driven deformation, seismic geomorphology as well as igneous intrusions and seal bypass systems from analysis of seismic and well data.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UKJA
Jürgen Adam
Dr. Jürgen Adam has 27 years of professional experience as researcher and lecturer in structural geology, salt tectonics, basin modelling, neotectonics, and geomechanics. Study areas include modern and ancient continental margins, fold-and-thrust belts, and related sedimentary basins. His research focuses on the mechanics of brittle continental deformation at basin-, fault- and fracture scales, on coupled tectonic, climate and sedimentation/erosion processes, on basin modelling and salt tectonics at passive margins, and on the development of innovative physical modelling methods and strain monitoring techniques to support petroleum exploration. He is a member of the Continental Margins Research Group at RHUL and his industry research projects are centered on the simulation of tectonics and sedimentary basin evolution to support hydrocarbon exploration in complex structured sedimentary basins of the North Sea, Atlantic and East Africa margin basins.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UKRead Regional Geology and Tectonics on ScienceDirect