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Influence of variable decoupling between vertically separated fault populations on structural inheritance – The Laminaria High, NW Shelf of Australia (2021)
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Phillips, T. B., McCaffrey, K., & Magarinos, L. (2022). Influence of variable decoupling between vertically separated fault populations on structural inheritance – The Laminaria High, NW Shelf of Australia. Basin Research, 34(1), 440-456. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12626

When extension events are greatly separated in time, older faults may be buried and stratigraphically separated from newly developing faults at shallower depths. During rifting, the buried structures may reactivate and propagate upwards to be express... Read More about Influence of variable decoupling between vertically separated fault populations on structural inheritance – The Laminaria High, NW Shelf of Australia.

Determining Histories of Slip on Normal Faults With Bedrock Scarps Using Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Data (2021)
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Goodall, H., Gregory, L., Wedmore, L., McCaffrey, K., Amey, R., Roberts, G., …Hooper, A. (2021). Determining Histories of Slip on Normal Faults With Bedrock Scarps Using Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Data. Tectonics, 40(3), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020tc006457

Cosmogenic exposure data can be used to calculate time-varying fault slip rates on normal faults with exposed bedrock scarps. The method relies on assumptions related to how the scarp is preserved, which should be consistent at multiple locations alo... Read More about Determining Histories of Slip on Normal Faults With Bedrock Scarps Using Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Data.

Analysis of deformation bands associated with the Trachyte Mesa intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: implications for reservoir connectivity and fluid flow around sill intrusions (2021)
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Wilson, P. I., Wilson, R. W., Sanderson, D. J., Jarvis, I., & McCaffrey, K. J. (2021). Analysis of deformation bands associated with the Trachyte Mesa intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: implications for reservoir connectivity and fluid flow around sill intrusions. Solid Earth, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-95-2021

Shallow-level igneous intrusions are a common feature of many sedimentary basins, and there is increased recognition of the syn-emplacement deformation structures in the host rock that help to accommodate this magma addition. However, the sub-seismic... Read More about Analysis of deformation bands associated with the Trachyte Mesa intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: implications for reservoir connectivity and fluid flow around sill intrusions.

The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion (2021)
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Farangitakis, G., McCaffrey, K., Willingshofer, E., Allen, M., Kalnins, L., van Hunen, J., …Sokoutis, D. (2021). The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion. Basin Research, 33(2), 1603-1625. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12528

Pull‐apart basins are structural features linked to the interactions between strike‐slip and extensional tectonics. Their morphology and structural evolution are determined by factors such as extension rate, the basin length/width ratio, and changes... Read More about The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion.

Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity in the Devonian Orcadian Basin with implications for geologically equivalent sub-surface fractured reservoirs (2020)
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Dichiarante, A. M., McCaffrey, K. J., Holdsworth, R. E., Bjørnarå, T. I., & Dempsey, E. D. (2020). Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity in the Devonian Orcadian Basin with implications for geologically equivalent sub-surface fractured reservoirs. Solid Earth, 11(6), 2221-2244. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2221-2020

Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity datasets from analogue systems are widely used to inform sub-surface fractured reservoir models in a range of geological settings. However, significant uncertainties are associated with the determination of... Read More about Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity in the Devonian Orcadian Basin with implications for geologically equivalent sub-surface fractured reservoirs.

The Humbly Grove, Herriard and Hester’s Copse Fields, UK onshore (2020)
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Gluyas, J., De-Paola, N., Imber, J., Jezierski, T., Jones, R., Jordan, P., …Moors, A. (2020). The Humbly Grove, Herriard and Hester’s Copse Fields, UK onshore. Memoirs, 52, 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1144/m52-2018-78

The Humbly Grove Field has, for the UK, a unique development history. It was discovered as an oilfield in May 1980 and produced as an oilfield until 2000 along with small satellite fields Herriard (developed) and Hester's Copse (not developed). Peak... Read More about The Humbly Grove, Herriard and Hester’s Copse Fields, UK onshore.

Outcrop-scale manifestations of reactivation during multiple superimposed rifting and basin inversion events: the Devonian Orcadian Basin, northern Scotland (2020)
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Dichiarante, A., Holdsworth, R., Dempsey, E., McCaffrey, K., & Utley, T. (2020). Outcrop-scale manifestations of reactivation during multiple superimposed rifting and basin inversion events: the Devonian Orcadian Basin, northern Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 178(1), https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-089

The Devonian Orcadian Basin in Scotland hosts extensional fault systems assumed to be related to the initial formation of the basin, with only limited post-Devonian inversion and reactivation. However, a recent detailed structural study across Caithn... Read More about Outcrop-scale manifestations of reactivation during multiple superimposed rifting and basin inversion events: the Devonian Orcadian Basin, northern Scotland.

Basement reservoir plumbing: Fracture aperture, length and topology analysis of the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland (2020)
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McCaffrey, K., Holdsworth, R., Pless, J., Franklin, B., & Hardman, K. (2020). Basement reservoir plumbing: Fracture aperture, length and topology analysis of the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(6), 1281-1293. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-143

Upfaulted ridges of Neoarchean crystalline basement rocks formed in the Faeroe-Shetland basin as a consequence of Mesozoic rift processes and are an active target for oil exploration. We carried out a comprehensive fault and fracture attribute study... Read More about Basement reservoir plumbing: Fracture aperture, length and topology analysis of the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland.

The nature and significance of rift-related, near-surface fissure fill networks in fractured carbonates below regional unconformities (2020)
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Hardman, K., Holdsworth, R. E., Dempsey, E., & McCaffrey, K. (2020). The nature and significance of rift-related, near-surface fissure fill networks in fractured carbonates below regional unconformities. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(6), 1168-1185. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-074

Fissure-fill networks are a widely recognized, but relatively little described, near-surface phenomenon (

Fracture Attribute and Topology Characteristics of a Geothermal Reservoir: Southern Negros, Philippines (2020)
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Pastoriza-Primaleon, L., McCaffrey, K. J., & Holdsworth, R. E. (2020). Fracture Attribute and Topology Characteristics of a Geothermal Reservoir: Southern Negros, Philippines. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(5), 1092-1106. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-126

The characterization of fracture networks using attribute and topological analyses has not been widely applied to the understanding and prediction of the secondary porosity, permeability and fluid flow characteristics of geothermal resources. We acqu... Read More about Fracture Attribute and Topology Characteristics of a Geothermal Reservoir: Southern Negros, Philippines.

Lithological and structural control on fracture frequency distribution within a carbonate-hosted relay ramp (2020)
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Mercuri, M., Carminati, E., Tartarello, M. C., Brandano, M., Mazzanti, P., Brunetti, A., …Collettini, C. (2020). Lithological and structural control on fracture frequency distribution within a carbonate-hosted relay ramp. Journal of Structural Geology, 137, Article 104085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104085

Understanding the factors controlling fracture frequency distribution can greatly improve the assessment of fluid circulation in fault damage zones, with evident implications for fault mechanics, hydrogeology and hydrocarbon exploration. This is part... Read More about Lithological and structural control on fracture frequency distribution within a carbonate-hosted relay ramp.

Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain (2020)
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Franzel, M., Jones, S. J., Meadows, N., Allen, M. B., McCaffrey, K., & Morgan, T. (2021). Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain. Basin Research, 33(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12451

The relationships between large‐scale depositional processes and the stratigraphic record of alluvial systems, e.g. the origin and distribution of channel stacking patterns, changing architecture and correlation of strata, are still relatively poorly... Read More about Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain.

Upper Plate Stress Controls the Distribution of Mariana Arc Volcanoes (2020)
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Andikagumi, H., Macpherson, C., & McCaffrey, K. (2020). Upper Plate Stress Controls the Distribution of Mariana Arc Volcanoes. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 125(2), Article e2019JB017391. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jb017391

We present a spatial analysis of volcano distribution and morphology in the young, intraoceanic Mariana Arc. Both the quality of fit to idealised models and the divergence from those ideals indicate that Mariana Arc volcanoes are arranged into five g... Read More about Upper Plate Stress Controls the Distribution of Mariana Arc Volcanoes.

The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland (2020)
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Holdsworth, R., Trice, R., Hardman, K., McCaffrey, K., Morton, A., Frei, D., …Rogers, S. (2020). The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(5), 1057-1073. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-142

Hosting up to 3.3 billion barrels of oil in place, the upfaulted Precambrian crystalline rocks of the Lancaster Field, offshore west of Shetland, give key insights into how fractured hydrocarbon reservoirs can form in such old rocks. The Neoarchaean... Read More about The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland.

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., …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., …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., …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.