A genetic link between transform and hyper-extended margins

L Le Pourhiet, DA May, L Huille, L Watremez… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The similarity between the geometry of the West African and South American coastlines is
among one of the strongest natural observations supporting the plate tectonic paradigm …

[PDF][PDF] A Review of the Geology and the Petroleum potential of the Cretaceous Tano Basin of Ghana

FK Bempong, BM Ozumba, V Hotor, B Takyi… - J Pet Environ …, 2019‏ - researchgate.net
This is a review of the geology and the petroleum potential of the Cretaceous Tano Basin of
Ghana, one of the coastal sedimentary basins in Ghana. It is located on the West African …

Southwest Barents Sea rift basin evolution: Comparing results from backstrip** and time‐forward modelling

SA Clark, E Glorstad‐Clark, JI Faleide, D Schmid… - Basin …, 2014‏ - earthdoc.org
We present tectonic models of progressive basin formation in the south‐west Barents Sea
derived as part of the PETROBAR project (Petroleum‐related studies of the Barents Sea …

Modes of propagation of continental breakup and associated oblique rift structures

A Jourdon, L Le Pourhiet… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Key Points Oblique kinematic boundary conditions control both the intracontinental rift
development and the oceanic ridge propagation The degree of obliquity leads to three ridge …

Cretaceous‐Paleocene evolution and crustal structure of the northern Vøring margin (offshore mid‐Norway): Results from Integrated Geological and Geophysical …

D Zastrozhnov, L Gernigon, I Gogin… - …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
We present results of a multidisciplinary study of the northern segment of the Vøring volcanic
rifted margin, offshore mid‐Norway. This segment represents a transitional margin domain …

Transform margins: development, controls and petroleum systems–an introduction

M Nemčok, S Rybár, ST Sinha, SA Hermeston… - 2016‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This paper provides an overview of the existing knowledge of transform margins including
their dynamic development, kinematic development, structural architecture and thermal …

Tectonic evolution and extension at the Møre Margin–Offshore mid-Norway

S Theissen-Krah, D Zastrozhnov, MM Abdelmalak… - Tectonophysics, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Lithospheric stretching is the key process in forming extensional sedimentary basins at
passive rifted margins. This study explores the stretching factors, resulting extension, and …

Interrelation between rifting, faulting, sedimentation, and mantle serpentinization during continental margin formation—including examples from the Norwegian Sea

LH Rüpke, DW Schmid… - Geochemistry …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
The conditions permitting mantle serpentinization during continental rifting are explored
within 2‐D thermotectonostratigraphic basin models, which track the rheological evolution of …

Thermochronological insights into reactivation of a continental shear zone in response to Equatorial Atlantic rifting (northern Ghana)

N Fernie, S Glorie, MW Jessell, AS Collins - Scientific Reports, 2018‏ - nature.com
West Africa was subjected to deformation and exhumation in response to Gondwana break-
up. The timing and extent of these events are recorded in the thermal history of the margin …

Crustal structure of the conjugate Equatorial Atlantic Margins, derived by gravity anomaly inversion

NJ Kusznir, AM Roberts, AD Alvey - 2020‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The crustal structure of the Equatorial Atlantic conjugate margins (South America and West
Africa) has been investigated using 3D gravity anomaly inversion, which allows for (1) the …