Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic

C Schiffer, AG Doré, GR Foulger, D Franke… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The North Atlantic, extending from the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone to the north
Norway-Greenland-Svalbard margins, is regarded as both a classic case of structural …

Structural inheritance in amagmatic rift basins: Manifestations and mechanisms for how pre-existing structures influence rift-related faults

A Samsu, S Micklethwaite, JN Williams… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of rift basin formation, structural inheritance describes the influence of pre-
existing structures on new rift-related structures, including faults. Pre-existing structures in …

The influence of structural inheritance and multiphase extension on rift development, the NorthernNorth Sea

TB Phillips, H Fazlikhani, RL Gawthorpe, H Fossen… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The northern North Sea rift evolved through multiple rift phases within a highly
heterogeneous crystalline basement. The geometry and evolution of syn‐rift depocenters …

Reactivation of intrabasement structures during rifting: A case study from offshore southern Norway

TB Phillips, CAL Jackson, RE Bell, OB Duffy… - Journal of Structural …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pre-existing structures within crystalline basement may exert a significant influence over the
evolution of rifts. However, the exact manner in which these structures reactivate and thus …

Fault growth and interactions in a multiphase rift fault network: Horda Platform, Norwegian North Sea

OB Duffy, RE Bell, CAL Jackson, RL Gawthorpe… - Journal of Structural …, 2015 - Elsevier
Physical models predict that multiphase rifts that experience a change in extension direction
between stretching phases will typically develop non-colinear normal fault sets …

[HTML][HTML] Structural analysis of the Smeaheia fault block, a potential CO2 storage site, northern Horda Platform, North Sea

MJ Mulrooney, JL Osmond, E Skurtveit… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Smeaheia, a prominent fault block located on the Horda Platform, northern North Sea is
identified as a potential subsurface CO 2 storage site. We utilise the GN1101 3D seismic …

Significance of fault seal in assessing CO2 storage capacity and containment risks–an example from the Horda Platform, northern North Sea

L Wu, R Thorsen, S Ottesen, R Meneguolo… - Petroleum …, 2021 - earthdoc.org
An understanding of fault seal is crucial for assessing the storage capacity and containment
risks of CO2 storage sites, as it can significantly affect the projects on across-fault and along …

Basement structure and its influence on the structural configuration of the northern North Sea rift

H Fazlikhani, H Fossen, RL Gawthorpe, JI Faleide… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The northern North Sea rift basin developed on a heterogeneous crust comprising
structures inherited from the Caledonian orogeny and Devonian postorogenic extension …

Post-Caledonian extension in the West Norway–northern North Sea region: the role of structural inheritance

H Fossen, HF Khani, JI Faleide… - Geological Society …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The northern North Sea region has experienced repeated phases of post-
Caledonian extension, starting with extensional reactivation of the low-angle basal …

Rapid spatiotemporal variations in rift structure during development of the Corinth Rift, central Greece

CW Nixon, LC McNeill, JM Bull, RE Bell… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Corinth Rift, central Greece, enables analysis of early rift development as it is
young (< 5 Ma) and highly active and its full history is recorded at high resolution by …