Interactions between tectonic, magmatic, sedimentary and hydrothermal processes during
rifting and break-up of continental lithosphere lead to a variety of rifted margin types. As …

Improvements in seismic imaging, computing capabilities, and analytical methods, as well
as a number of industry deep-water wells sampling distal offshore settings, have …

Abstract The Shanxi Rift System (SRS) is a prominent intracontinental rift in eastern Eurasia.
However, its tectonic origin remains enigmatic, as the timing of rift initiation and its …

Movements of tectonic plates often induce oblique deformation at divergent plate
boundaries. This is in striking contrast with traditional conceptual models of rifting and rifted …

Synrift stratigraphy and the distribution of breakup‐related erosional unconformities vary
vastly between passive margins and cannot be explained by classical rifting models. Here …

The concepts of progressive and polyphase deformation have been widely applied by
structural geologists to explain complexly deformed rocks, particularly for ductile conditions …

Continental rifting is initiated by a dynamic interplay between tectonic stretching and mantle
upwelling. Decompression melting assists continental breakup through lithospheric …

Continental rifting is responsible for the generation of major sedimentary basins, both during
rift inception and during the formation of rifted continental margins. Geophysical and field …

Observations of rift and rifted margin architecture suggest that significant spatial and
temporal structural heterogeneity develops during the multiphase evolution of continental …

Observations in sedimentary basins affected by deformation show that the fault-induced
depositional accommodation, at various spatial and temporal scales, is closely linked to …