Strike-slip terrains and transform margins : structural architecture, thermal regimes and petroleum systems / Michal Nemčok, Anthony G. Doré, Andreas Henk, Helen Doran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nemčok, Michal, author.

Doré, A. G. (Anthony G.), author.

Henk, Andreas, author.

Doran, Helen, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrocarbon reservoirs.

Structural control (Engineering).

Continental margins.

Strike-slip faults (Geology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 744 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Many of the world's continents are bounded or traversed by vast fault networks that move laterally, like the well-known San Andreas Fault. As well as being major tectonic features of the Earth's surface, these strike-slip regimes are vitally important to the world's natural resources - petroleum, water, and geothermal energy. This book covers all aspects of these regimes; how they initiate; how they develop; and the natural resources associated with them. Numerous global case studies illustrate structural development, thermal and fluid flow implications, and commercial applicability. No other book provides such a comprehensive overview of these settings, and this volume will stand as a critical reference of the state of knowledge of strike-slip terrains and transform margins. It will be invaluable for a broad range of readers, from advanced students of geology and researchers specializing in strike-slip regimes to geoscientists and managers involved in natural resources and energy solutions.

Contents:

Basic description of structural architecture in transform margin settings

Mechanics of strike-slip faulting and transition to drift phases

Determination of continental, proto-oceanic and oceanic crustal boundaries

Determination of timing of strike-slip events and continental breakup along transforms

Role of lithospheric composition and compositional variations in evolving structural styles

Role of pre-existing anisotropy in evolving strike-slip structural styles

Role of syn-tectonic deposition and erosion in evolving structural styles

Fluid flow systems and magmatism

Role of pre-tectonic heat flow in thermal regimes

Role of stratigraphic and structural architecture in thermal regimes

Role of syn-tectonic deposition and erosion in thermal regimes

The role of deformation on thermal regimes of transform margins

Role of fluid flow on thermal regime

Models of source rock distribution, maturation and expulsion

Models of reservoir quality distribution

Sealing characteristics

Models of hydrocarbon migration

Trapping styles.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Jan 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108653121

110865312X

9781108645942

1108645941

9781108686631

110868663X