A review of the global polygonal faults: are they playing a big role in fluid migration?

Y **a, J Yang, Y Chen, S Lu, M Wang, S Deng… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Polygonal faults (PFs) have been widely found in over 100 sedimentary basins worldwide,
mainly in marine setting on continental margins and intracratonic sedimentary basins. PFs …

The role of pre‐existing structures during rifting, continental breakup and transform system development, offshore West Greenland

A Peace, K McCaffrey, J Imber, J van Hunen… - Basin …, 2018 - earthdoc.org
Continental breakup between Greenland and North America produced the small oceanic
basins of the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay, which are connected via the Davis Strait, a …

Stratigraphic evolution of a long-lived submarine channel system in the Late Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, British Columbia, Canada

HA Bain, SM Hubbard - Sedimentary Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Submarine canyons and slope channel systems are important conveyers of sediment from
uplifted catchments to oceanic sedimentary sinks. Long-lived conduits can be established …

Dynamics of dikes versus cone sheets in volcanic systems

O Galland, S Burchardt, E Hallot… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Igneous sheet intrusions of various shapes, such as dikes and cone sheets, coexist as parts
of complex volcanic plumbing systems likely fed by common sources. How they form is …

Interaction between propagating basaltic dikes and pre-existing fractures: A case study in hyaloclastite from Dyrfjöll, Iceland

SHM Greiner, S Burchardt, F Sigmundsson… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Magma in the Earth's crust is commonly transported through dikes. Fractures and faults,
which are common in the shallow crust, form structural weaknesses that can act as energy …

Use of a new artificial cohesive material for physical modelling: Application to sandstone intrusions and associated fracture networks

D Bureau, R Mourgues, J Cartwright - Journal of Structural Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Sandstone intrusions are formed by fluidisation and injection of sand into hydraulic fractures.
To experimentally reproduce sandstone intrusion emplacement and to understand …

Seismic characteristics and evolution of post-rift igneous complexes and hydrothermal vents in the Lingshui sag (Qiongdongnan basin), northwestern South China …

L Wang, Z Sun, J Yang, Z Sun, J Zhu, H Zhuo, J Stock - Marine Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
The study of morphology, distribution, and characteristics of igneous complexes has great
significance to the understanding of magma plumbing processes, geodynamics, and …

Evidence for massive emission of methane from a deep‐water gas field during the Pliocene

M Foschi, JA Cartwright… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Geologic hydrocarbon seepage is considered to be the dominant natural source of
atmospheric methane in terrestrial and shallow‐water areas; in deep‐water areas, in …

Quaternary and Neogene Reservoirs of the Norwegian continental shelf and the Faroe-Shetland basin

B Bellwald, S Planke, S Vadakkepuliyambatta, S Buenz… - First Break, 2022 - earthdoc.org
Glaciogenic reservoirs host important hydrocarbon resources across the globe. Examples
such as the Peon and Aviat discoveries in the North Sea show that Quaternary and …

Continental-scale structural heritage from rift extension to postrift inversion: Implications for the central Brazilian Equatorial Margin evolution

AC Tavares, DL de Castro, OR Clausen, FHR Bezerra… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
The link between major basement anisotropies and basin evolution is crucial for
understanding the role of tectonic inheritance on continental margins. However, it is still a …