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Geological Structure and Prospects of the Oil-And-Gas-Bearing Mozambique Continental Margin
AbstractThe principal basins on the Mozambique continental margin are the Mozambique and Rovuma, on the passive continental margin with complex...
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Paleoarchean Continental Breakup of the Pilbara Craton
Following deformation and magmatic activity of the 3325–3290 Ma Emu Pool Event (Chap. 5 ), deposition of...
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Three-dimensional constrained gravity inversion of Moho depth and crustal structural characteristics at Mozambique continental margin
Mozambique’s continental margin in East Africa was formed during the break-off stage of the east and west Gondwana lands. Studying the geological...
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Thermochronometry constraints on south West Greenland passive continental margin development
Passive continental margins (PCMs) represent the interface between the marine and terrestrial realms. However, topographic evolution of PCMs is often...
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Geodynamics of a Breakup of Western Part of the Karelian Craton: Data on 2.1 Ga Mafic Magmatism
AbstractMafic intraplate magmatism is the main source of information about the geodynamics of processes that lead to the breakup of continental...
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Growth of continental crust in intra-oceanic and continental-margin arc systems: Analogs for Archean systems
Earth’s continental crust has grown and been recycled throughout geologic history along convergent plate margins. The main locus of continental...
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Tracing the Iceland plume and North East Atlantic breakup in the lithosphere
Plumes are domains where hotter material rises through Earth´s mantle, heating also the moving lithospheric plates that may experience thinning or...
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The seismic reflection Moho across the mid-Norwegian continental rifted margin
The Moho – defined as the boundary that separates the Earth’s crust from the underlying upper mantle at depths of about 5 to 7 km beneath the oceans...
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Formation of Gas Accumulation on the East African Continental Margins
AbstractAt present, the continental margin of the Southeast Africa is being actively prospected. However, unlike the continental margins of West...
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Neotectonics at the SE Continental Margin of the Korean Peninsula: Implications for the Back-Arc Region Behind the SW Japan Arc
The geological evolution of the SE continental margin of the Korean Peninsula resulted from crustal extension with back-arc rifting to spreading...
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An embayment in the East Antarctic basement constrains the shape of the Rodinian continental margin
East Antarctic provinces lay at the heart of both Rodinian and Gondwanan supercontinents, yet poor exposure and limited geophysical data provide few...
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Constraining the tectonic evolution of rifted continental margins by U–Pb calcite dating
We employ U–Pb calcite dating of structurally-controlled fracture fills within crystalline Caledonian basement in western Norway to reveal subtle...
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Fortescue Group: The Neoarchean Breakup of the Pilbara Craton
At 2775 Ma, the Neoarchean crust of the Pilbara Craton began to be extended and rifted resulting in the widespread eruption of basaltic lavas....
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Fragmentary records from the breakup of Rodinia to the closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean: new evidence from the Gicha Complex in the middle Sanjiang Tethyan Orogen, SW China
The Sanjiang Tethyan Orogen plays a pivotal role in elucidating the geodynamic processes related to the evolution of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean. Research...
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Complete transition from mantle plume to mantle exhumation on the Central Atlantic Guyana/Suriname margin
Modern data are clarifying tectonic transitions from continents to oceans. The importance of magmatic additions relative to mechanical extension...
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Thermo-Rheological Structure and Passive Continental Margin Rifting in the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea, China
To investigate the thermo-rheological structure and passive continental margin rifting in the Qiongdongnan Basin (QDNB), thermo-rheological models of...
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Geochronological results from the Zhela Formation volcanics of the Tethyan Himalaya and their implications for the breakup of eastern Gondwana
The relationship between the Kerguelen mantle plume and the breakup of eastern Gondwana is still debated. The new Zircon SHRIMP U–Pb dating of...
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Flexural uplift and magmatic underplating anomaly on the Argentine continental margin: profile at 43.5°S
Magmatic underplating can be defined as the addition of mafic magma to the lower crust and uppermost mantle around the Moho. This phenomenon plays an...
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Rift-related paleogeography of the European margin in the Eastern Alps (Central Tauern Window)
Continent-derived tectonic units in the Tauern Window of the Alps exhibit stratigraphic and structural traces of extension of continental margins...
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The sedimentary record of the Sanshui Basin: Implication to the Late Cretaceous tectonic evolution in the northern margin of South China Sea
Whether the South China continental margin had shifted from active subduction to passive extension in the Late Cretaceous remains controversial....