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Geomorphic expressions of active rifting reflect the role of structural inheritance: a new model for the evolution of the Shanxi Rift, northern China (2024)
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Froemchen, M., McCaffrey, K. J. W., Allen, M. B., van Hunen, J., Phillips, T. B., & Xu, Y. (2024). Geomorphic expressions of active rifting reflect the role of structural inheritance: a new model for the evolution of the Shanxi Rift, northern China. Solid Earth, 15(10), 1203-1231. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1203-2024

Many rifts are influenced by pre-existing structures and heterogeneities during their evolution, a process known as structural inheritance. During rift evolution, these heterogeneities may aid rift nucleation, rift growth, and the segmentation of fau... Read More about Geomorphic expressions of active rifting reflect the role of structural inheritance: a new model for the evolution of the Shanxi Rift, northern China.

Negation Invariant Representations of 3D Vectors for Deep Learning Models applied to Fault Geometry Mapping in 3D Seismic Reflection Data (2023)
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Kluvanec, D., McCaffrey, K. J., Phillips, T. B., & Al Moubayed, N. (2023). Negation Invariant Representations of 3D Vectors for Deep Learning Models applied to Fault Geometry Mapping in 3D Seismic Reflection Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2023.3273329

We can represent the orientation of a plane in 3D by its normal vector. However, every plane has two normal vectors that are negatives of each other. We propose four novel representations of vectors in 3D that are negation invariant and can be used b... Read More about Negation Invariant Representations of 3D Vectors for Deep Learning Models applied to Fault Geometry Mapping in 3D Seismic Reflection Data.

Structural geometry and evolution of the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania: Implications for helium potential (2021)
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Mulaya, E., Gluyas, J., McCaffrey, K., Phillips, T., & Ballentine, C. (2022). Structural geometry and evolution of the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania: Implications for helium potential. Basin Research, 34(2), 938-960. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12646

The Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania is regarded as a modern example of a cratonic rift zone despite complex polyphase extensional and episodic inversion structures. We interpret 2D seismic reflection data tied to wells to identify and describe structures... Read More about Structural geometry and evolution of the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania: Implications for helium potential.

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.

Structural Inheritance Controls Strain Distribution During Early Continental Rifting, Rukwa Rift (2021)
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Kolawole, F., Phillips, T. B., Atekwana, E. A., & Jackson, C. A.-L. (2021). Structural Inheritance Controls Strain Distribution During Early Continental Rifting, Rukwa Rift. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.707869

Little is known about rift kinematics and strain distribution during the earliest phase of extension due to the deep burial of the pre-rift and earliest rift structures beneath younger, rift-related deposits. Yet, this exact phase of basin developmen... Read More about Structural Inheritance Controls Strain Distribution During Early Continental Rifting, Rukwa Rift.

Pre-inversion normal fault geometry controls inversion style and magnitude, Farsund Basin, offshore southern Norway (2020)
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Phillips, T. B., Jackson, C. A.-L., & Norcliffe, J. R. (2020). Pre-inversion normal fault geometry controls inversion style and magnitude, Farsund Basin, offshore southern Norway. Solid Earth, 11(4), 1489-1510. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1489-2020

Compressional strains may manifest along pre-existing structures within the lithosphere, far from the plate boundaries along which the causal stress is greatest. The style and magnitude of the related contraction is expressed in different ways, depen... Read More about Pre-inversion normal fault geometry controls inversion style and magnitude, Farsund Basin, offshore southern Norway.

Structural controls on the location, geometry and longevity of an intraplate volcanic system: the Tuatara Volcanic Field, Great South Basin, New Zealand (2020)
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Phillips, T. B., & Magee, C. (2020). Structural controls on the location, geometry and longevity of an intraplate volcanic system: the Tuatara Volcanic Field, Great South Basin, New Zealand. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(5), 1039-1056. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-050

Intraplate volcanism is widely distributed across the continents, but the controls on the 3D geometry and longevity of individual volcanic systems remain poorly understood. Geophysical data provide insights into magma plumbing systems, but, as a resu... Read More about Structural controls on the location, geometry and longevity of an intraplate volcanic system: the Tuatara Volcanic Field, Great South Basin, New Zealand.

The influence of structural inheritance and multiphase extension on rift development, the northern North Sea (2019)
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Phillips, T. B., Fazlikhani, H., Gawthorpe, R. L., Fossen, H., Jackson, C. A., Bell, R. E., Faleide, J. I., & Rotevatn, A. (2019). The influence of structural inheritance and multiphase extension on rift development, the northern North Sea. Tectonics, 38(12), 4099-4126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019tc005756

The northern North Sea rift evolved through multiple rift phases within a highly heterogeneous crystalline basement. The geometry and evolution of syn‐rift depocentres during this multiphase evolution, and the mechanisms and extent to which they were... Read More about The influence of structural inheritance and multiphase extension on rift development, the northern North Sea.

Terrane boundary reactivation, barriers to lateral fault propagation and reactivated fabrics - Rifting across the Median Batholith Zone, Great South Basin, New Zealand (2019)
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Phillips, T. B., & McCaffrey, K. J. (2019). Terrane boundary reactivation, barriers to lateral fault propagation and reactivated fabrics - Rifting across the Median Batholith Zone, Great South Basin, New Zealand. Tectonics, 38(11), 4027-4053. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019tc005772

Prominent pre‐existing structural heterogeneities within the lithosphere may localise or partition deformation during tectonic events. The NE‐trending Great South Basin, offshore New Zealand, formed perpendicular to a series of underlying crustal ter... Read More about Terrane boundary reactivation, barriers to lateral fault propagation and reactivated fabrics - Rifting across the Median Batholith Zone, Great South Basin, New Zealand.

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.

Rivers, reefs and deltas: geomorphological evolution of the Jurassic of the Farsund Basin, offshore southern Norway (2019)
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Phillips, T. B., Jackson, C. A.-L., Bell, R. E., & Valencia, A. A. (2020). Rivers, reefs and deltas: geomorphological evolution of the Jurassic of the Farsund Basin, offshore southern Norway. Petroleum Geoscience, 26(1), 81-100. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2018-056

In many petroleum-bearing, data-poor ‘frontier’ basins, source, reservoir and seal distribution is poorly constrained, making it difficult to identify petroleum systems and play models. However, 3D seismic reflection data provide an opportunity to di... Read More about Rivers, reefs and deltas: geomorphological evolution of the Jurassic of the Farsund Basin, offshore southern Norway.

Oblique reactivation of lithosphere-scale lineaments controls rift physiography – the upper-crustal expression of the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, offshore southern Norway (2018)
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Phillips, T. B., Jackson, C. A.-L., Bell, R. E., & Duffy, O. B. (2018). Oblique reactivation of lithosphere-scale lineaments controls rift physiography – the upper-crustal expression of the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, offshore southern Norway. Solid Earth, 9(2), 403-429. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-403-2018

Pre-existing structures within sub-crustal lithosphere may localise stresses during subsequent tectonic events, resulting in complex fault systems at upper-crustal levels. As these sub-crustal structures are difficult to resolve at great depths, the... Read More about Oblique reactivation of lithosphere-scale lineaments controls rift physiography – the upper-crustal expression of the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, offshore southern Norway.

Determining the three-dimensional geometry of a dike swarm and its impact on later rift geometry using seismic reflection data (2017)
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Phillips, T. B., Magee, C., Jackson, C. A.-L., & Bell, R. E. (2017). Determining the three-dimensional geometry of a dike swarm and its impact on later rift geometry using seismic reflection data. Geology, 46(2), 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1130/g39672.1

Dike swarm emplacement accommodates extension during rifting and large igneous province (LIP) formation, with ancient dike swarms serving to localize strain during later tectonic events. Deciphering three-dimensional (3-D) dike swarm geometry is crit... Read More about Determining the three-dimensional geometry of a dike swarm and its impact on later rift geometry using seismic reflection data.

Reactivation of intrabasement structures during rifting: A case study from offshore southern Norway (2016)
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Phillips, T. B., Jackson, C. A., Bell, R. E., Duffy, O. B., & Fossen, H. (2016). Reactivation of intrabasement structures during rifting: A case study from offshore southern Norway. Journal of Structural Geology, 91, 54-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2016.08.008

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 their degree of influence over the overlying rift is poorly und... Read More about Reactivation of intrabasement structures during rifting: A case study from offshore southern Norway.