Tectonic Inheritance in Continental Rifts and Passive Margins

• Main Authors: Misra, Achyuta Ayan (Author), Mukherjee, Soumyajit (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Structural geology.; Sedimentology.; Geophysics.; Earth Sciences.; Structural Geology.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

This work reviews the mechanism of rifting with a focus on pre-existing tectonic weaknesses in pre-rift and/or basement rocks, i.e., on tectonic inheritance. The passive margins that are studied in this book are the Norwegian Continental Shelf, the Eastern North America and the East and West Indian...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• General aspects
• Effect of pre‐existing anisotropies on fault propagation
• Preexisting fabrics
• Role of lithosphere rheology on rift architecture
• Discussions and Conclusions.