Rifts and Passive Margins : Structural Architecture, Thermal Regimes, and Petroleum Systems (Paperback)

1. Basic description of structural styles in rift and passive margin settings, including extension directions and key structural elements; 2. Mechanics of rifting and transition to drift phases; 3. Determination of unstretched continental, thinned continental, proto-oceanic and oceanic crustal boundaries; 4. Determination of timing of rift and continental break-up events; 5. The role of lithospheric composition and compositional variations on evolving rift margin architectural development and on breakup locations; 6. The role of pre-existing anisotropy on structural styles of rifts and passive margins; 7. The role of syn-extensional deposition and erosion on evolving structural styles of rifts and passive margins and the effects of tectonics on deposition and erosional patterns; 8. Fluid flow systems associated with oceanic hot spots, oceanic transforms, continental transforms and rifts; 9. The role of pre-rift heat flow on thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins; 10. The role of structural and stratigraphic architecture on thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins; 11. The role of syn-rift deposition and erosion on thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins; 12. The role of deformation on thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins; 13. The role of fluid flow on thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins; 14. Introduction to hydrocarbons in rift and passive margin settings; 15. Models of source rock distribution, maturation and expulsion in rift and passive margin settings; 16. Models of reservoir quality distribution; 17. Sealing characteristics; 18. Models of hydrocarbon migration; 19. Trapping styles; 20. Hydrocarbon preservation; References; Index.