Outputs (8)

Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic (2019)
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Schiffer, C., Doré, A. G., Foulger, G. R., Franke, D., Geoffroy, L., Gernigon, L., Holdsworth, R., Kusznir, N., Lundin, E., McCaffrey, K., Peace, A., Petersen, K. D., Phillips, T., Stephenson, R., Stoker, M. S., & Welford, K. (2020). Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic. Earth-Science Reviews, 206, Article 102975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102975

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 inheritance and an exemplar for the Wilson-cycle concept. This paper examines differen... Read More about Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic.

The Iceland Microcontinent and a continental Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge (2019)
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Foulger, G. R., Doré, T., Emeleus, C. H., Franke, D., Geoffroy, L., Gernigon, L., Hey, R., Holdsworth, R. E., Hole, M., Höskuldsson, Á., Julian, B., Kusznir, N., Martinez, F., McCaffrey, K. J., Natland, J. H., Peace, A., Petersen, K., Schiffer, C., Stephenson, R., & Stoker, M. (2020). The Iceland Microcontinent and a continental Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge. Earth-Science Reviews, 206, Article 102926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102926

The breakup of Laurasia to form the Northeast Atlantic Realm was the culmination of a long period of tectonic unrest extending back to the Late Palaeozoic. Breakup was prolonged and complex and disintegrated an inhomogeneous collage of cratons suture... Read More about The Iceland Microcontinent and a continental Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge.

Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle concept in plate tectonics: an overview (2019)
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Wilson, R., Houseman, G., Buiter, S., McCaffrey, K., & Doré, A. (2019). Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle concept in plate tectonics: an overview. Geological Society Special Publications, 470(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp470-2019-58

It is now more than 50 years since Tuzo Wilson published his paper asking ‘Did the Atlantic close and then re-open?’. This led to the ‘Wilson Cycle’ concept in which the repeated opening and closing of ocean basins along old orogenic belts is a key p... Read More about Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle concept in plate tectonics: an overview.

Magma-driven accommodation structures formed during sill emplacement at shallow crustal depths: The Maiden Creek sill, Henry Mountains, Utah (2019)
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Wilson, P., McCaffrey, K., & Holdsworth, R. (2019). Magma-driven accommodation structures formed during sill emplacement at shallow crustal depths: The Maiden Creek sill, Henry Mountains, Utah. Geosphere, 15(4), 1368-1392. https://doi.org/10.1130/ges02067.1

In areas of exceptional exposure, upper-crustal intrusions and their immediate wall rocks commonly preserve direct evidence of the emplacement, magma flow pathways, and strains associated with the intrusion process. Such excellent exposure is display... Read More about Magma-driven accommodation structures formed during sill emplacement at shallow crustal depths: The Maiden Creek sill, Henry Mountains, Utah.

Natural fracture propping and earthquake-induced oil migration in fractured basement reservoirs (2019)
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Holdsworth, R., McCaffrey, K., Dempsey, E., Roberts, N., Hardman, K., Morton, A., Feely, M., Hunt, J., Conway, A., & Robertson, A. (2019). Natural fracture propping and earthquake-induced oil migration in fractured basement reservoirs. Geology, 47(8), 700-704. https://doi.org/10.1130/g46280.1

The geological processes that create fluid storage capacity and connectivity in global fractured basement reservoirs are poorly understood compared to conventional hydrocarbon plays. Hosting potentially multibillion barrels of oil, the upfaulted Prec... Read More about Natural fracture propping and earthquake-induced oil migration in fractured basement reservoirs.

Partitioned off-fault deformation in the 2016 Norcia earthquake captured by differential terrestrial laser scanning (2019)
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Wedmore, L., Gregory, L., McCaffrey, K., Goodall, H., & Walters, R. (2019). Partitioned off-fault deformation in the 2016 Norcia earthquake captured by differential terrestrial laser scanning. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(6), 3199-3205. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl080858

Field measurements of co‐seismic fault slip often differ from surface slip models derived from satellite geodesy. Quantifying these differences is challenging as many geodetic techniques inadequately image near‐fault deformation. We use an iterative... Read More about Partitioned off-fault deformation in the 2016 Norcia earthquake captured by differential terrestrial laser scanning.

Complex geometry and kinematics of subsidiary faults within a carbonate-hosted relay ramp (2019)
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Mercuri, M., McCaffrey, K. J., Smeraglia, L., Mazzanti, P., Collettini, C., & Carminati, E. (2019). Complex geometry and kinematics of subsidiary faults within a carbonate-hosted relay ramp. Journal of Structural Geology, 130, Article 103915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103915

Minor fault geometry and kinematics within relay ramps is strongly related to the stress field perturbations that can be produced when two major fault segments overlap and interact. Here we integrate classical fieldwork and interpretation of a virtua... Read More about Complex geometry and kinematics of subsidiary faults within a carbonate-hosted relay ramp.

Analogue modeling of plate rotation effects in transform margins and rift-transform intersections (2019)
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Farangitakis, G., Sokoutis, D., McCaffrey, K., Willingshofer, E., Kalnins, L., Phethean, J., van Hunen, J., & van Steen, V. (2019). Analogue modeling of plate rotation effects in transform margins and rift-transform intersections. Tectonics, 13(3), 823-841. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018tc005261

Transform margins are first‐order tectonic features that accommodate oceanic spreading. Uncertainties remain about their evolution, genetic relationship to oceanic spreading, and general structural character. When the relative motion of the plates ch... Read More about Analogue modeling of plate rotation effects in transform margins and rift-transform intersections.