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Probabilistic Determination of the Role of Faults and Intrusions in Helium‐Rich Gas Fields Formation (2024)
Journal Article
Halford, D. T., Karolytė, R., Andreason, M. W., Cathey, B., Cathey, M., Dellenbach, J. T., …Ballentine, C. J. (2024). Probabilistic Determination of the Role of Faults and Intrusions in Helium‐Rich Gas Fields Formation. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(6), Article e2024GC011522. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gc011522

Natural gas fields with economic helium (>0.3 He %) require the radioactive decay of crustal uranium (U) and thorium (Th) to generate He and tectonic/structural regimes favorable to releasing and concentrating He. An unknown is determining the role o... Read More about Probabilistic Determination of the Role of Faults and Intrusions in Helium‐Rich Gas Fields Formation.

Spatial migration of temporal earthquake clusters driven by the transfer of differential stress between neighbouring fault/shear-zone structures (2024)
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Roberts, G., Sgambato, C., Mildon, Z., Iezzi, F., Beck, J., Robertson, J., …Mitchell, S. (2024). Spatial migration of temporal earthquake clusters driven by the transfer of differential stress between neighbouring fault/shear-zone structures. Journal of Structural Geology, 181, Article 105096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105096

Uncertainty concerning the processes responsible for slip-rate fluctuations associated with temporal clustering of surface faulting earthquakes is a fundamental, unresolved issue in tectonics, because strain-rates accommodated by fault/shear-zone str... Read More about Spatial migration of temporal earthquake clusters driven by the transfer of differential stress between neighbouring fault/shear-zone structures.

Older than you think: using U–Pb calcite geochronology to better constrain basin-bounding fault reactivation, Inner Moray Firth Basin, western North Sea (2023)
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Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., Hardman, K., Bird, A., …Selby, D. (2023). Older than you think: using U–Pb calcite geochronology to better constrain basin-bounding fault reactivation, Inner Moray Firth Basin, western North Sea. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(5), https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2022-166

Like many rift basins worldwide, the Inner Moray Firth Basin (IMFB) is bounded by major reactivated fault zones, including the Helmsdale Fault and the Great Glen Fault (GGF). The Jurassic successions exposed onshore close to these faults at Helmsdale... Read More about Older than you think: using U–Pb calcite geochronology to better constrain basin-bounding fault reactivation, Inner Moray Firth Basin, western North Sea.

An onshore-offshore interpretation of structures in the Devonian rocks of the Pentland Firth, Scotland using high resolution bathymetry and drone-enabled field observations. (2023)
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Utley, T. A., Holdsworth, R. E., Walker, R. J., Dempsey, E. D., McCaffrey, K. J., Dichiarante, A., & Jones, T. L. (2023). An onshore-offshore interpretation of structures in the Devonian rocks of the Pentland Firth, Scotland using high resolution bathymetry and drone-enabled field observations. Journal of Structural Geology, 174, Article 104922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2023.104922

Strong tidal currents in the Pentland Firth separating NE Scotland and Orkney have stripped recent seafloor sediments revealing geological structures in parts of the Devonian Orcadian Basin that are otherwise limited to narrow coastal outcrops. Here... Read More about An onshore-offshore interpretation of structures in the Devonian rocks of the Pentland Firth, Scotland using high resolution bathymetry and drone-enabled field observations..

Andean-type, bivergent crustal shortening in the Rinkian orogen: New constraints on the tectonic evolution of Laurentia–West Greenland in the Paleoproterozoic (2023)
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Grocott, J., Thrane, K., McCaffrey, K. J., Sleath, P. R., & Dziggel, A. (2023). Andean-type, bivergent crustal shortening in the Rinkian orogen: New constraints on the tectonic evolution of Laurentia–West Greenland in the Paleoproterozoic. Geosphere, https://doi.org/10.1130/ges02614.1

The “Rinkian belt” of West Greenland is a metamorphic terrain of Paleoproterozoic age comprising: (1) the north Rinkian fold-thrust belt (FTB)—a pro- or fore-arc domain, highly deformed and metamorphosed with widespread anatexis; (2) the Prøven Igneo... Read More about Andean-type, bivergent crustal shortening in the Rinkian orogen: New constraints on the tectonic evolution of Laurentia–West Greenland in the Paleoproterozoic.

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, 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.

Strike-slip influenced stratigraphic and structural development of the Foula Sandstone Group, Shetland: implications for offshore Devonian basin development on the northern UK continental shelf (2023)
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Utley, T. A. G., Holdsworth, R. E., Blackbourn, G. A., Dempsey, E., Strachan, R. A., McCaffrey, K. J. W., …Walker, R. J. (2023). Strike-slip influenced stratigraphic and structural development of the Foula Sandstone Group, Shetland: implications for offshore Devonian basin development on the northern UK continental shelf. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(3), https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2022-148

The island of Foula, located 25 km SW of Shetland, preserves a gently folded, 1.6 km thick sequence of Middle Devonian sandstones spectacularly exposed in kilometre-long cliff sections >350 m high. These rocks unconformably overlie likely Precambrian... Read More about Strike-slip influenced stratigraphic and structural development of the Foula Sandstone Group, Shetland: implications for offshore Devonian basin development on the northern UK continental shelf.

Geology and evolution of fissure systems in fractured basement rocks, Calabria, southern Italy: implications for sub-unconformity reservoirs and aquifers (2023)
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Hardman, K., Holdsworth, R., Palladino, G., Prosser, G., Killingback, Z., & McCaffrey, K. (2023). Geology and evolution of fissure systems in fractured basement rocks, Calabria, southern Italy: implications for sub-unconformity reservoirs and aquifers. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(3), https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2022-085

Basement-hosted fissure-fill networks in sub-unconformity settings are increasingly recognized globally and have the potential to act as important subsurface reservoirs and/or migration pathways for hydrocarbons, geothermal fluids and groundwater. We... Read More about Geology and evolution of fissure systems in fractured basement rocks, Calabria, southern Italy: implications for sub-unconformity reservoirs and aquifers.

The influence of crustal strength on rift geometry and development – insights from 3D numerical modelling (2023)
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Phillips, T. B., Naliboff, J. B., McCaffrey, K. J., Pan, S., van Hunen, J., & Froemchen, M. (2023). The influence of crustal strength on rift geometry and development – insights from 3D numerical modelling. Solid Earth, 14(4), 369-388. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-369-2023

The lateral distribution of strength within the crust is non-uniform, dictated by crustal lithology and the presence and distribution of heterogeneities within it. During continental extension, areas of crust with distinct lithological and rheologica... Read More about The influence of crustal strength on rift geometry and development – insights from 3D numerical modelling.

Mid-crustal reactivation processes linked to frictional melting and deep void development during seismogenic slip: examples from the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland (2023)
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Hardman, K., Holdsworth, R., Scott, L., Dempsey, E., & McCaffrey, K. (2023). Mid-crustal reactivation processes linked to frictional melting and deep void development during seismogenic slip: examples from the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(2), https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2022-037

Exhumed examples of ancient fault voids formed during seismic slip at depths >10 km are well preserved in the Assynt Terrane of the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland. They are interpreted to have formed during regional Mesoproterozoic (c. 1.55 Ga; ‘Assyn... Read More about Mid-crustal reactivation processes linked to frictional melting and deep void development during seismogenic slip: examples from the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland.

Stranding continental crustal fragments during continent breakup: Mantle suture reactivation in the Nain Province of Eastern Canada (2023)
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Heron, P. J., Peace, A., McCaffrey, K., Sharif, A., Yu, A., & Pysklywec, R. (2023). Stranding continental crustal fragments during continent breakup: Mantle suture reactivation in the Nain Province of Eastern Canada. Geology, 51(4), 362-365. https://doi.org/10.1130/g50734.1

Earth’s continental crust has evolved through a series of supercontinent cycles, resulting in a patchwork of Archean cores surrounded by terranes, fragments, and slivers of younger crustal additions. However, the dispersal (and/or stranding) of conti... Read More about Stranding continental crustal fragments during continent breakup: Mantle suture reactivation in the Nain Province of Eastern Canada.

Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry Coupled with In Situ Fieldwork and U-Pb Geochronology to Decipher Multi-Phase Deformation Processes: A Case Study from Sarclet, Inner Moray Firth Basin, UK (2023)
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Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., Hardman, K., Bird, A., …Selby, D. (2023). Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry Coupled with In Situ Fieldwork and U-Pb Geochronology to Decipher Multi-Phase Deformation Processes: A Case Study from Sarclet, Inner Moray Firth Basin, UK. Remote Sensing, 15(3), Article 695. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030695

Constraining the age of formation and repeated movements along fault arrays in superimposed rift basins helps us to better unravel the kinematic history as well as the role of inherited structures in basin evolution. The Inner Moray Firth Basin (IMFB... Read More about Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry Coupled with In Situ Fieldwork and U-Pb Geochronology to Decipher Multi-Phase Deformation Processes: A Case Study from Sarclet, Inner Moray Firth Basin, UK.

Surface faulting earthquake clustering controlled by fault and shear-zone interactions (2022)
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Mildon, Z. K., Roberts, G. P., Faure Walker, J. P., Beck, J., Papanikolaou, I., Michetti, A. M., …Vittori, E. (2022). Surface faulting earthquake clustering controlled by fault and shear-zone interactions. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 7126. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34821-5

Surface faulting earthquakes are known to cluster in time from historical and palaeoseismic studies, but the mechanism(s) responsible for clustering, such as fault interaction, strain-storage, and evolving dynamic topography, are poorly quantified, a... Read More about Surface faulting earthquake clustering controlled by fault and shear-zone interactions.

No Unique Scaling Law for Igneous Dikes (2022)
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Gill, S., Walker, R., McCaffrey, K., & Greenfield, C. (2022). No Unique Scaling Law for Igneous Dikes. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 127(9), Article e2022JB024120. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jb024120

In linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM), veins, dikes, and sills grow in length when the stress intensity factor urn:x-wiley:21699313:media:jgrb55827:jgrb55827-math-0001 at the tip reaches a critical value: the host rock fracture toughness urn:x-... Read More about No Unique Scaling Law for Igneous Dikes.

The Central Ox Mountains (2022)
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Ryan, P. D., McCaffrey, K., Chew, D. M., Graham, J. R., & Long, B. (2022). The Central Ox Mountains. In P. D. Ryan (Ed.), A Field Guide to the Geology of Western Ireland (107-130). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97479-4_4

The Central Ox Mountains is a southwest—northeast trending inlier of Dalradian rocks, mostly attributed to the Argyll Group, that lie along a major fault, the Fair Head—Clew Bay Line (FCL). Deposition was associated with rift related magmatism. These... Read More about The Central Ox Mountains.

The Geology of Western Ireland: A Record of the ‘Birth’ and ‘Death’ of the Iapetus Ocean (2022)
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Ryan, P. D., Chew, D. M., Cliff, R. A., Costanzo, A., Daly, J. S., Dewey, J. F., …Yardley, B. W. (2022). The Geology of Western Ireland: A Record of the ‘Birth’ and ‘Death’ of the Iapetus Ocean. In P. D. Ryan (Ed.), A Field Guide to the Geology of Western Ireland (405-421). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97479-4_11

This chapter reviews the evidence found in the remarkable and varied geology of western Ireland (Fig. 1) for the opening and the closing of the Iapetus Ocean adjacent to the Laurentian margin. The geology visited is briefly reviewed along with a shor... Read More about The Geology of Western Ireland: A Record of the ‘Birth’ and ‘Death’ of the Iapetus Ocean.

Correlating deformation events onshore and offshore in superimposed rift basins: The Lossiemouth Fault Zone, Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland (2022)
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Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Underhill, J. R., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., McCarthy, D. J., …Selby, D. (2022). Correlating deformation events onshore and offshore in superimposed rift basins: The Lossiemouth Fault Zone, Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland. Basin Research, 34(4), 1314-1340. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12661

The separation and characterisation of different deformation events in superimposed basins can be challenging due to the effects of overprinting and/or fault reactivation, combined with a lack of detailed geological or geophysical data. This paper sh... Read More about Correlating deformation events onshore and offshore in superimposed rift basins: The Lossiemouth Fault Zone, Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland.

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.

New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland (2021)
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Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Underhill, J. R., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., Hardman, K., …Selby, D. (2022). New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 179(2), jgs2021-066. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2021-066

The Inner Moray Firth Basin (IMFB) forms the western arm of the North Sea trilete rift system that initiated mainly during the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous with the widespread development of major NE–SW-trending dip-slip growth faults. The IMFB is... Read More about New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland.

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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
Farangitakis, G., Sokoutis, D., McCaffrey, K., Willingshofer, E., Kalnins, L., Phethean, 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.

Variable fault geometry suggests detailed fault slip-rate profiles and geometries are needed for fault-based probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA) (2018)
Journal Article
Faure Walker, J., Visini, F., Roberts, G., Galasso, C., McCaffrey, K., & Mildon, Z. (2019). Variable fault geometry suggests detailed fault slip-rate profiles and geometries are needed for fault-based probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 109(1), 110-123. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120180137

It has been suggested that a better knowledge of fault locations and slip rates improves seismic hazard assessments. However, the importance of detailed along‐fault‐slip‐rate profiles and variable fault geometry has not yet been explored. We quantify... Read More about Variable fault geometry suggests detailed fault slip-rate profiles and geometries are needed for fault-based probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA).

Tectonic evolution of the Southern Negros Geothermal Field and implications for the development of fractured geothermal systems (2018)
Journal Article
Pastoriza, L., Holdsworth, R. E., McCaffrey, K., & Dempsey, E. (2018). Tectonic evolution of the Southern Negros Geothermal Field and implications for the development of fractured geothermal systems. Geofluids, 2018, Article 6025038. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6025038

Fluid flow pathway characterisation is critical to geothermal exploration and exploitation. In fractured geothermal reservoirs, it requires a good understanding of the structural evolution together with the fracture distribution and fluid flow proper... Read More about Tectonic evolution of the Southern Negros Geothermal Field and implications for the development of fractured geothermal systems.

Evidence for Basement Reactivation during the Opening of the Labrador Sea from the Makkovik Province, Labrador, Canada: Insights from Field Data and Numerical Models (2018)
Journal Article
Peace, A., Dempsey, E., Schiffer, C., Welford, J., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., & Phethean, J. (2018). Evidence for Basement Reactivation during the Opening of the Labrador Sea from the Makkovik Province, Labrador, Canada: Insights from Field Data and Numerical Models. Geosciences, 8(8), Article 308. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8080308

The onshore exposures adjacent to modern, offshore passive continental margins may preserve evidence of deformation from the pre-, syn-, and post-rift phases of continental breakup that allow us to investigate the processes associated with and contro... Read More about Evidence for Basement Reactivation during the Opening of the Labrador Sea from the Makkovik Province, Labrador, Canada: Insights from Field Data and Numerical Models.

Surface ruptures following the 30 October 2016 Mw 6.5 Norcia earthquake, central Italy (2018)
Journal Article
Civico, R., Pucci, S., Villani, F., Pizzimenti, L., De Martini, P., Nappi, R., …Group, T. O. E. W. (2018). Surface ruptures following the 30 October 2016 Mw 6.5 Norcia earthquake, central Italy. Journal of Maps, 14(2), 151-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1441756

We present a 1:25,000 scale map of the coseismic surface ruptures following the 30 October 2016 Mw 6.5 Norcia normal-faulting earthquake, central Italy. Detailed rupture mapping is based on almost 11,000 oblique photographs taken from helicopter flig... Read More about Surface ruptures following the 30 October 2016 Mw 6.5 Norcia earthquake, central Italy.

Andean surface uplift constrained by radiogenic isotopes of arc lavas (2018)
Journal Article
Scott, E., Allen, M., Macpherson, C., McCaffrey, K., Davidson, J., Saville, C., & Ducea, M. (2018). Andean surface uplift constrained by radiogenic isotopes of arc lavas. Nature Communications, 9, Article 969. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03173-4

Climate and tectonics have complex feedback systems which are difficult to resolve and remain controversial. Here we propose a new climate-independent approach to constrain regional Andean surface uplift. 87Sr/86Sr and 143Nd/144Nd ratios of Quaternar... Read More about Andean surface uplift constrained by radiogenic isotopes of arc lavas.

The Jan Mayen microplate complex and the Wilson cycle (2018)
Book Chapter
Schiffer, C., Peace, A., Phethean, J., Gernigon, L., McCaffrey, K., Petersen, K., & Foulger, G. (2018). The Jan Mayen microplate complex and the Wilson cycle. In R. Wilson, G. Houseman, K. McCaffrey, A. Dore, & S. Buiter (Eds.), Fifty years of the Wilson cycle concept in plate tectonics (393-414). The Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp470.2

The opening of the North Atlantic region was one of the most important geodynamic events that shaped the present day passive margins of Europe, Greenland and North America. Although well-studied, much remains to be understood about the evolution of t... Read More about The Jan Mayen microplate complex and the Wilson cycle.

Evolution of Labrador Sea–Baffin Bay: Plate or Plume Processes? (2017)
Journal Article
Peace, A. L., Foulger, G. R., Schiffer, C., & McCaffrey, K. J. (2017). Evolution of Labrador Sea–Baffin Bay: Plate or Plume Processes?. Geoscience Canada, 44(3), 91-102. https://doi.org/10.12789/geocanj.2017.44.120

Breakup between Greenland and Canada resulted in oceanic spreading in the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay. These ocean basins are connected through the Davis Strait, a bathymetric high comprising primarily continental lithosphere, and the focus of the We... Read More about Evolution of Labrador Sea–Baffin Bay: Plate or Plume Processes?.

Igneous sills record far-field and near-field stress interactions during volcano construction: Isle of Mull, Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Stephens, T., Walker, R., Healy, D., Bubeck, A., England, R., & McCaffrey, K. (2017). Igneous sills record far-field and near-field stress interactions during volcano construction: Isle of Mull, Scotland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 478, 159-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.003

Sill emplacement is typically associated with horizontally mechanically layered host rocks in a near-hydrostatic far-field stress state, where contrasting mechanical properties across the layers promote transitions from dykes, or inclined sheets, to... Read More about Igneous sills record far-field and near-field stress interactions during volcano construction: Isle of Mull, Scotland.

The role of pre-existing structures during rifting, continental breakup and transform system development, offshore West Greenland (2017)
Journal Article
Peace, A., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., van Hunen, J., Hobbs, R., & Wilson, R. (2018). The role of pre-existing structures during rifting, continental breakup and transform system development, offshore West Greenland. Basin Research, 30(3), 373-394. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12257

Continental breakup between Greenland and North America produced the small oceanic basins of the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay, which are connected via the Davis Strait, a region mostly comprised of continental crust. This study contributes to the deba... Read More about The role of pre-existing structures during rifting, continental breakup and transform system development, offshore West Greenland.

Evaluating roughness scaling properties of natural active fault surfaces by means of multi-view photogrammetry (2017)
Journal Article
Corradetti, A., McCaffrey, K., De Paola, N., & Tavani, S. (2017). Evaluating roughness scaling properties of natural active fault surfaces by means of multi-view photogrammetry. Tectonophysics, 717, 599-606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.08.023

Fault roughness is a measure of the dimensions and distribution of fault asperities, which can act as stress concentrators affecting fault frictional behaviour and the dynamics of rupture propagation. Studies aimed at describing fault roughness requi... Read More about Evaluating roughness scaling properties of natural active fault surfaces by means of multi-view photogrammetry.

A 667-year record of co-seismic and interseismic Coulomb stress changes in central Italy reveals the role of fault interaction in controlling irregular earthquake recurrence intervals (2017)
Journal Article
Wedmore, L., Faure Walker, J., Roberts, G., Sammonds, P., McCaffrey, K., & Cowie, P. (2017). A 667-year record of co-seismic and interseismic Coulomb stress changes in central Italy reveals the role of fault interaction in controlling irregular earthquake recurrence intervals. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 122(7), 5691-5711. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017jb014054

Current studies of fault interaction lack sufficiently long earthquake records and measurements of fault slip rates over multiple seismic cycles to fully investigate the effects of interseismic loading and coseismic stress changes on the surrounding... Read More about A 667-year record of co-seismic and interseismic Coulomb stress changes in central Italy reveals the role of fault interaction in controlling irregular earthquake recurrence intervals.

Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore Mw 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS (2017)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M., McCaffrey, K., Jones, R., Roberts, G., Holdsworth, R., Gregory, L., …Iezzi, F. (2017). Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore Mw 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 4612. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04917-w

The temporal evolution of slip on surface ruptures during an earthquake is important for assessing fault displacement, defining seismic hazard and for predicting ground motion. However, measurements of near-field surface displacement at high temporal... Read More about Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore Mw 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS.

Geometric scaling of tabular igneous intrusions: implications for emplacement and growth (2017)
Book Chapter
Cruden, A., McCaffrey, K., & Bunger, A. (2018). Geometric scaling of tabular igneous intrusions: implications for emplacement and growth. In C. Breitkreuz, & S. Rocchi (Eds.), Physical geology of shallow magmatic systems : dykes, sills and laccoliths (11-38). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14084-1_1000

The horizontal (L) and vertical (T) dimensions of broadly tabular, sub-horizontal intrusions of mafic to felsic composition emplaced into shallow to mid-crustal levels of continental crust reveal two well-defined and continuous curves in log L vs. lo... Read More about Geometric scaling of tabular igneous intrusions: implications for emplacement and growth.

Igneous sills as a record of horizontal shortening: The San Rafael subvolcanic field, Utah (2017)
Journal Article
Walker, R., Healy, T., Wright, K., England, R., McCaffrey, K., Bubeck, A., …Blenkinsop, T. (2017). Igneous sills as a record of horizontal shortening: The San Rafael subvolcanic field, Utah. GSA Bulletin, 129(9-10), 1052-1070. https://doi.org/10.1130/b31671.1

Igneous sills can facilitate significant lateral magma transport in the crust; therefore, it is important to constrain controls on their formation and propagation. Close spatial association between sills and dikes in layered (sedimentary) host rocks... Read More about Igneous sills as a record of horizontal shortening: The San Rafael subvolcanic field, Utah.

Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults (2017)
Journal Article
Cowie, P., Phillips, R., Roberts, G., McCaffrey, K., Zijerveld, L., Gregory, L., …Wilkinson, M. (2017). Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 44858. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44858

Many areas of the Earth’s crust deform by distributed extensional faulting and complex fault interactions are often observed. Geodetic data generally indicate a simpler picture of continuum deformation over decades but relating this behaviour to eart... Read More about Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults.

Basin evolution and destruction in an Early Proterozoic continental margin: the Rinkian fold–thrust belt of central West Greenland (2017)
Journal Article
Grocott, J., & McCaffrey, K. (2017). Basin evolution and destruction in an Early Proterozoic continental margin: the Rinkian fold–thrust belt of central West Greenland. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(3), 453-467. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2016-109

In central West Greenland, early Palaeoproterozoic siliciclastic and carbonate sequences of the Karrat Group (shelf sequences of the Rae craton margin) were deposited in sedimentary basins controlled by NW- and SW-trending linked extensional fault sy... Read More about Basin evolution and destruction in an Early Proterozoic continental margin: the Rinkian fold–thrust belt of central West Greenland.

Madagascar’s escape from Africa: A high-resolution plate reconstruction for the Western Somali Basin and implications for supercontinent dispersal (2016)
Journal Article
Phethean, J. J., Kalnins, L. M., van Hunen, J., Biffi, P. G., Davies, R. J., & McCaffrey, K. J. (2016). Madagascar’s escape from Africa: A high-resolution plate reconstruction for the Western Somali Basin and implications for supercontinent dispersal. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17(12), 5036-5055. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gc006624

Accurate reconstructions of the dispersal of supercontinent blocks are essential for testing continental breakup models. Here, we provide a new plate tectonic reconstruction of the opening of the Western Somali Basin during the breakup of East and We... Read More about Madagascar’s escape from Africa: A high-resolution plate reconstruction for the Western Somali Basin and implications for supercontinent dispersal.

Surface faulting during the August 24, 2016, Central Italy earthquake (Mw 6.0): preliminary results (2016)
Journal Article
Livio, F., Michetti, A., Vittori, E., Gregory, L., Wedmore, L., Piccardi, L., …Wilkinson, M. (2016). Surface faulting during the August 24, 2016, Central Italy earthquake (Mw 6.0): preliminary results. Annals of geophysics, 59(Fast Track 5), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-7197

We present some preliminary results on the mapping of coseismically-induced ground ruptures following the Aug. 24, 2016, Central Italy earthquake (Mw 6.0). The seismogenic source, as highlighted by InSAR and seismological data, ruptured across two ad... Read More about Surface faulting during the August 24, 2016, Central Italy earthquake (Mw 6.0): preliminary results.

A comparison of terrestrial laser scanning and structure-from-motion photogrammetry as methods for digital outcrop acquisition (2016)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M., Jones, R., Woods, C., Gilment, S., McCaffrey, K., Kokkalas, S., & Long, J. (2016). A comparison of terrestrial laser scanning and structure-from-motion photogrammetry as methods for digital outcrop acquisition. Geosphere, 12(6), 1865-1880. https://doi.org/10.1130/ges01342.1

Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has been used extensively in Earth Science for acquisition of digital outcrop data over the past decade. Structure-from-­motion (SfM) photogrammetry has recently emerged as an alternative and competing technology. The... Read More about A comparison of terrestrial laser scanning and structure-from-motion photogrammetry as methods for digital outcrop acquisition.

An evaluation of Mesozoic rift-related magmatism on the margins of the Labrador Sea: Implications for rifting and passive margin asymmetry (2016)
Journal Article
Peace, A., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Phethean, J., Nowell, G., Gerdes, K., & Dempsey, E. (2016). An evaluation of Mesozoic rift-related magmatism on the margins of the Labrador Sea: Implications for rifting and passive margin asymmetry. Geosphere, 12(6), 1701-1724. https://doi.org/10.1130/ges01341.1

The Labrador Sea is a small (∼900 km wide) ocean basin separating southwest Greenland from Labrador, Canada. It opened following a series of rifting events that began as early as the Late Triassic or Jurassic, culminating in a brief period of seafloo... Read More about An evaluation of Mesozoic rift-related magmatism on the margins of the Labrador Sea: Implications for rifting and passive margin asymmetry.

Occurrence and development of folding related to normal faulting within a mechanically heterogeneous sedimentary sequence: a case study from Inner Moray Firth, UK (2016)
Book Chapter
Lăpădat, A., Imber, J., Yielding, G., Iacopini, D., McCaffrey, K. J., Long, J. J., & Jones, R. R. (2016). Occurrence and development of folding related to normal faulting within a mechanically heterogeneous sedimentary sequence: a case study from Inner Moray Firth, UK. In C. Childs, R. E. Holdsworth, C. A. Jackson, T. Manzocchi, J. J. Walsh, & G. Yielding (Eds.), The geometry and growth of normal faults (373-394). The Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp439.18

Folds associated with normal faults are potential hydrocarbon traps and may impact the connectivity of faulted reservoirs. Well-calibrated seismic reflection data that image a normal fault system from the Inner Moray Firth basin, offshore Scotland, s... Read More about Occurrence and development of folding related to normal faulting within a mechanically heterogeneous sedimentary sequence: a case study from Inner Moray Firth, UK.

Active normal faulting during the 1997 seismic sequence in Colfiorito, Umbria: Did slip propagate to the surface? (2016)
Journal Article
Mildon, Z., Roberts, G., Faure Walker, J., Wedmore, L., & McCaffrey, K. (2016). Active normal faulting during the 1997 seismic sequence in Colfiorito, Umbria: Did slip propagate to the surface?. Journal of Structural Geology, 91, 102-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2016.08.011

In order to determine whether slip during an earthquake on the 26th September 1997 propagated to the surface, structural data have been collected along a bedrock fault scarp in Umbria, Italy. These collected data are used to investigate the relations... Read More about Active normal faulting during the 1997 seismic sequence in Colfiorito, Umbria: Did slip propagate to the surface?.

Fault and fracture patterns in low porosity chalk and their potential influence on sub-surface fluid flow—A case study from Flamborough Head, UK (2016)
Journal Article
Sagi, D., De Paola, N., McCaffrey, K., & Holdsworth, R. (2016). Fault and fracture patterns in low porosity chalk and their potential influence on sub-surface fluid flow—A case study from Flamborough Head, UK. Tectonophysics, 690(A), 35-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.07.009

To better understand fault zone architecture and fluid flow in mesoscale fault zones, we studied normal faults in chalks with displacements up to 20 m, at two representative localities in Flamborough Head (UK). At the first locality, chalk contains c... Read More about Fault and fracture patterns in low porosity chalk and their potential influence on sub-surface fluid flow—A case study from Flamborough Head, UK.

Deformation structures associated with the Trachyte Mesa intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: Implications for sill and laccolith emplacement mechanisms (2016)
Journal Article
Wilson, P., McCaffrey, K., Wilson, R., Jarvis, I., & Holdsworth, R. (2016). Deformation structures associated with the Trachyte Mesa intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: Implications for sill and laccolith emplacement mechanisms. Journal of Structural Geology, 87, 30-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2016.04.001

Deformation structures in the wall rocks of igneous intrusions emplaced at shallow crustal depths preserve an important record of how space was created for magma in the host rocks. Trachyte Mesa, a small Oligocene age intrusion in the Henry Mountains... Read More about Deformation structures associated with the Trachyte Mesa intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: Implications for sill and laccolith emplacement mechanisms.

New structural and Re–Os geochronological evidence constraining the age of faulting and associated mineralization in the Devonian Orcadian Basin, Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
Dichiarante, A., Holdsworth, R., Dempsey, E., Selby, D., McCaffrey, K., Michie, U., …Bonniface, J. (2016). New structural and Re–Os geochronological evidence constraining the age of faulting and associated mineralization in the Devonian Orcadian Basin, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 173(3), 457-473. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2015-118

The Devonian Orcadian Basin in northern Scotland belongs to a regionally linked system of post-Caledonian continental basins extending northwards to western Norway and eastern Greenland. Extensional fault systems that cut the Orcadian Basin sequences... Read More about New structural and Re–Os geochronological evidence constraining the age of faulting and associated mineralization in the Devonian Orcadian Basin, Scotland.

A new structural interpretation relating NW Libya to the Hun Graben, western Sirt Basin based on a new paleostress inversion (2015)
Journal Article
Abdunaser, K., & McCaffrey, K. (2015). A new structural interpretation relating NW Libya to the Hun Graben, western Sirt Basin based on a new paleostress inversion. Journal of Earth System Science, 124(8), 1745-1763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-015-0631-4

The present study is based on fault-slip data (striated fault planes with known sense of slip) measured in outcrops in two structural domains located along the Hun Graben, western Sirt Basin (150 fault-slip data) and the Jifarah Basin and Nafusah Upl... Read More about A new structural interpretation relating NW Libya to the Hun Graben, western Sirt Basin based on a new paleostress inversion.

3D characterization of fracture systems using Terrestrial Laser Scanning: an example from the Lewisian basement of NW Scotland (2015)
Book Chapter
Pless, J., McCaffrey, K., Jones, R., Holdsworth, R., Conway, A., & Krabbendam, M. (2015). 3D characterization of fracture systems using Terrestrial Laser Scanning: an example from the Lewisian basement of NW Scotland. In F. Richards, N. Richardson, S. Rippington, R. Wilson, & C. Bond (Eds.), Industrial structural geology : principles, techniques and integration (125-141). The Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp421.14

Fractured gneiss lithologies form a basement-cored high, the Rona Ridge in the Faroe–Shetland Basin. Basement structures are known to play an important role in the petroleum system for the overlying giant Clair Field. An onshore analogue exposure in... Read More about 3D characterization of fracture systems using Terrestrial Laser Scanning: an example from the Lewisian basement of NW Scotland.

Quantifying the influence of sill intrusion on the thermal evolution of organic-rich sedimentary rocks in non-volcanic passive margins: an example from ODP 210-1276, offshore Newfoundland, Canada (2015)
Journal Article
Peace, A., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Hobbs, R., Van Hunen, J., & Gerdes, K. (2015). Quantifying the influence of sill intrusion on the thermal evolution of organic-rich sedimentary rocks in non-volcanic passive margins: an example from ODP 210-1276, offshore Newfoundland, Canada. Basin Research, 29(3), 249-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12131

Intrusive magmatism is an integral and understudied component in both volcanic and non-volcanic passive margins. Here, we investigate the thermal effects of widespread (c. 20,000 km2) intrusive magmatism on the thermal evolution of organic-rich sedim... Read More about Quantifying the influence of sill intrusion on the thermal evolution of organic-rich sedimentary rocks in non-volcanic passive margins: an example from ODP 210-1276, offshore Newfoundland, Canada.

Natural fractures in a United Kingdom shale reservoir analog, Cleveland Basin, northeast England (2014)
Journal Article
Imber, J., Armstrong, H., Clancy, S., Daniels, S., Herringshaw, L., McCaffrey, K., …Warren, C. (2014). Natural fractures in a United Kingdom shale reservoir analog, Cleveland Basin, northeast England. AAPG Bulletin, 98(11), 2411-2437. https://doi.org/10.1306/07141413144

Faults and fractures within the well-exposed Lower Jurassic Cleveland Ironstone and Whitby Mudstone formations may provide insights into the tectonic history of gas-prospective, Mississippian shale in northern England. Sub-vertical opening mode fract... Read More about Natural fractures in a United Kingdom shale reservoir analog, Cleveland Basin, northeast England.

Slip distributions on active normal faults measured from LiDAR and field mapping of geomorphic offsets: an example from L'Aquila, Italy, and implications for modelling seismic moment release (2014)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M., Roberts, G., McCaffrey, K., Cowie, P., Faure Walker, J., Papanikolaou, I., …Watson, Z. (2015). Slip distributions on active normal faults measured from LiDAR and field mapping of geomorphic offsets: an example from L'Aquila, Italy, and implications for modelling seismic moment release. Geomorphology, 237, 130-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.04.026

Surface slip distributions for an active normal fault in central Italy have been measured using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), in order to assess the impact of changes in fault orientation and kinematics when modelling subsurface slip distribution... Read More about Slip distributions on active normal faults measured from LiDAR and field mapping of geomorphic offsets: an example from L'Aquila, Italy, and implications for modelling seismic moment release.

The tectonic geomorphology of bedrock scarps on active normal faults in the Italian Apennines mapped using combined ground penetrating radar and terrestrial laser scanning (2014)
Journal Article
Bubeck, A., Wilkinson, M., Roberts, G., Cowie, P., McCaffrey, K., Phillips, R., & Sammonds, P. (2015). The tectonic geomorphology of bedrock scarps on active normal faults in the Italian Apennines mapped using combined ground penetrating radar and terrestrial laser scanning. Geomorphology, 237, 38-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.011

Using combined datasets from ground penetrating radar (GPR) and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) we document the variety of tectono-geomorphic features that contribute to the morphology of bedrock scarps associated with active extensional faulting in... Read More about The tectonic geomorphology of bedrock scarps on active normal faults in the Italian Apennines mapped using combined ground penetrating radar and terrestrial laser scanning.

Linear volcanic segments in the central Sunda Arc, Indonesia, identified using Hough Transform analysis: Implications for arc lithosphere control upon volcano distribution (2013)
Journal Article
Pacey, A., Macpherson, C., & McCaffrey, K. (2013). Linear volcanic segments in the central Sunda Arc, Indonesia, identified using Hough Transform analysis: Implications for arc lithosphere control upon volcano distribution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 369-370, 24-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.040

Hough Transform analysis is used as an objective means to constrain volcano distribution in the central Sunda Arc, Indonesia. Most volcanoes in the arc define four en echelon, linear segments, each of 500–700 km length. Javan volcanoes that do not li... Read More about Linear volcanic segments in the central Sunda Arc, Indonesia, identified using Hough Transform analysis: Implications for arc lithosphere control upon volcano distribution.

Distribution and Magnitude of Post-seismic Deformation of the 2009 L’Aquila 1 Earthquake (M6.3) Surface Rupture Measured Using Repeat Terrestrial Laser Scanning (2012)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M., McCaffrey, K., Roberts, G., Cowie, P., Phillips, R., Degasperi, M., …Michetti, A. (2012). Distribution and Magnitude of Post-seismic Deformation of the 2009 L’Aquila 1 Earthquake (M6.3) Surface Rupture Measured Using Repeat Terrestrial Laser Scanning. Geophysical Journal International, 189(2), 911-922. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2012.05418.x

We captured post-seismic deformation close to the surface rupture of the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake (M6.3, central Italy) using repeat terrestrial laser scan (TLS) methods. From 8 to 126 d after the earthquake, we repeatedly laser scanned four road sur... Read More about Distribution and Magnitude of Post-seismic Deformation of the 2009 L’Aquila 1 Earthquake (M6.3) Surface Rupture Measured Using Repeat Terrestrial Laser Scanning.

Virtual fieldtrips for petroleum geoscientists (2010)
Book Chapter
McCaffrey, K., Hodgetts, D., Howell, J., Hunt, D., Imber, J., Jones, R., …Viseur, S. (2010). Virtual fieldtrips for petroleum geoscientists. In B. Vining, & S. Pickering (Eds.), Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers—Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference (19-26). Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/0070019

Partitioned postseismic deformation associated with the 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake surface rupture measured using a terrestrial laser scanner (2010)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M., McCaffrey, K., Roberts, G., Cowie, P., Phillips, R., Michetti, A., …Sileo, G. (2010). Partitioned postseismic deformation associated with the 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake surface rupture measured using a terrestrial laser scanner. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, Article L10309. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010gl043099

Using 3D terrestrial laser scan (TLS) technology, we have recorded postseismic deformation on and adjacent to the surface rupture formed during the 6th April 2009 L'Aquila normal faulting earthquake (Mw 6.3). Using surface modeling techniques and rep... Read More about Partitioned postseismic deformation associated with the 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake surface rupture measured using a terrestrial laser scanner.

Integration of regional to outcrop digital data: 3D visualisation of multi-scale geological models (2009)
Journal Article
Jones, R., McCaffrey, K., Clegg, P., Wilson, R., Holliman, N., Holdsworth, R., …Waggott, S. (2009). Integration of regional to outcrop digital data: 3D visualisation of multi-scale geological models. Computers and Geosciences, 35(1), 4-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2007.09.007

Multi-scale geological models contain three-dimensional, spatially referenced data, typically spanning at least six orders of magnitude from outcrop to regional scale. A large number of different geological and geophysical data sources can be combine... Read More about Integration of regional to outcrop digital data: 3D visualisation of multi-scale geological models.

Outcrop Data as an Analogue to HEX Lewisian Basement Acreage: Characterisation of Lewisian Fracturing in Scotland & the Møre-Trøndelag Fault Zone in Norway. Consultancy Report commissioned by Hurricane Exploration plc. (2007)
Report
Holdsworth, R., McCaffrey, K., Jones, R., & Imber, J. (2007). Outcrop Data as an Analogue to HEX Lewisian Basement Acreage: Characterisation of Lewisian Fracturing in Scotland & the Møre-Trøndelag Fault Zone in Norway. Consultancy Report commissioned by Hurricane Exploration plc. [No known commissioning body]

Geostatistical and multi-elemental analysis of soils to interpret land-use history in the Hebrides, Scotland (2007)
Journal Article
Entwistle, J., McCaffrey, K., & Dodgshon, R. (2007). Geostatistical and multi-elemental analysis of soils to interpret land-use history in the Hebrides, Scotland. Geoarchaeology, 22(4), 391-415

In the absence of documentary evidence about settlement form and agricultural practice in northwest Scotland before the mid-18th century, a geoarchaeological approach to reconstructing medieval land use and settlement form is presented here. This stu... Read More about Geostatistical and multi-elemental analysis of soils to interpret land-use history in the Hebrides, Scotland.

Faults and fractures in central West Greenland: onshore expression of continental break-up and sea-floor spreading in the Labrador – Baffin Bay Sea (2006)
Journal Article
Wilson, R., Klint, K., van Gool, J., McCaffrey, K., Holdsworth, R., & Chalmers, J. (2006). Faults and fractures in central West Greenland: onshore expression of continental break-up and sea-floor spreading in the Labrador – Baffin Bay Sea

The complex Ungava fault zone lies in the Davis Strait and separates failed spreading centres in the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay. This study focuses on coastal exposures east of the fault-bound Sisimiut basin, where the onshore expressions of these f... Read More about Faults and fractures in central West Greenland: onshore expression of continental break-up and sea-floor spreading in the Labrador – Baffin Bay Sea.

Numerical analysis of fold curvature using data acquired by high-precision GPS (2006)
Journal Article
Pearce, M., Jones, R., Smith, S., McCaffrey, K., & Clegg, P. (2006). Numerical analysis of fold curvature using data acquired by high-precision GPS. Journal of Structural Geology, 28(9), 1640-1646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2006.05.010

The maximum, minimum, Gaussian, and mean curvatures of a folded bedding surface are calculated from a high resolution data set. These data were collected using real-time kinematic (RTK) GPS and processed using commercially available software. The cur... Read More about Numerical analysis of fold curvature using data acquired by high-precision GPS.

Complex fault patterns, transtension and structural segmentation of the Lofoten Ridge, Norwegian Margin: using digital mapping to link onshore and offshore geology (2006)
Journal Article
Wilson, R., McCaffrey, K., Holdsworth, R., Imber, J., Jones, R., Welbon, A., & Roberts, D. (2006). Complex fault patterns, transtension and structural segmentation of the Lofoten Ridge, Norwegian Margin: using digital mapping to link onshore and offshore geology. Tectonics, 25(4), https://doi.org/10.1029/2005tc001895

An integrated onshore-offshore study involving regional to outcrop-scale fault analysis is used to develop a self-consistent structural model for transtension along the Lofoten Ridge. The Lofoten-Vesterålen archipelago (LVA) is a segmented basement h... Read More about Complex fault patterns, transtension and structural segmentation of the Lofoten Ridge, Norwegian Margin: using digital mapping to link onshore and offshore geology.

Recognition of strike-slip faulting from three-dimensional seismic reflection data: a study of late Cretaceous to early Teriary faulting on the Nyk High, Vøring Basin, offshore mid-Norway. (2005)
Journal Article
Imber, J., Holdsworth, R., McCaffrey, K., Wilson, R., Jones, R., England, R., & Freeman, S. (2005). Recognition of strike-slip faulting from three-dimensional seismic reflection data: a study of late Cretaceous to early Teriary faulting on the Nyk High, Vøring Basin, offshore mid-Norway. AAPG Bulletin, 89, 1043-1069

Towards the Virtual Outcrop. (2005)
Journal Article
Clegg, P., Trinks, I., McCaffrey, K., Holdsworth, R., Jones, R., Hobbs, R., & Waggott, S. (2005). Towards the Virtual Outcrop. Geoscientist, 15(1), 8-9

Unlocking the spatial dimension: digital technologies and the future of geoscience fieldwork (2005)
Journal Article
McCaffrey, K., Jones, R., Holdsworth, R., Wilson, R., Clegg, P., Imber, J., …Trinks, I. (2005). Unlocking the spatial dimension: digital technologies and the future of geoscience fieldwork. Journal of the Geological Society, 162(6), 927-938. https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-764905-017

The development of affordable digital technologies that allow the collection and analysis of georeferenced field data represents one of the most significant changes in field-based geoscientific study since the invention of the geological map. Digital... Read More about Unlocking the spatial dimension: digital technologies and the future of geoscience fieldwork.

Putting the geology back into Earth models (2005)
Journal Article
McCaffrey, K., Holdsworth, R., Imber, J., Clegg, P., De Paola, N., Jones, R., …Trinks, I. (2005). Putting the geology back into Earth models. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 86(46), 461-466. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005eo460001

New digital methods for data capture can now provide photorealistic, spatially precise, and geometrically accurate three-dimensional (3-D) models of rocks exposed at the Earth's surface [Xu et al., 2000; Pringle et al., 2001; Clegg et al., 2005]. The... Read More about Putting the geology back into Earth models.

Early Tertiary sinistral transpression and fault reactivation in the western Vøring Basin, Norwegian Sea: implications for hydrocarbon exploration and pre-break up deformation in ocean margin basins (2005)
Journal Article
Imber, J., Holdsworth, R., McCaffrey, K., Wilson, R., Jones, R., England, R., & Gjeldvik, G. (2005). Early Tertiary sinistral transpression and fault reactivation in the western Vøring Basin, Norwegian Sea: implications for hydrocarbon exploration and pre-break up deformation in ocean margin basins. AAPG Bulletin, 89(8), 1043-1069. https://doi.org/10.1306/02240504043

The Nyk High is an approximately northeast-trending, Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary structural high situated in the western Vøring Basin, offshore Norway. It is defined by a thick sequence of Upper Cretaceous to lower Tertiary sediments that dip t... Read More about Early Tertiary sinistral transpression and fault reactivation in the western Vøring Basin, Norwegian Sea: implications for hydrocarbon exploration and pre-break up deformation in ocean margin basins.

Scale dependence, strain compatibility and heterogeneity of three-dimensional deformation during mountain building: a discussion (2005)
Journal Article
Jones, R., Holdsworth, R., McCaffrey, K., Clegg, P., & Tavarnelli, E. (2005). Scale dependence, strain compatibility and heterogeneity of three-dimensional deformation during mountain building: a discussion. Journal of Structural Geology, 27(7), 1190-1204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2005.04.001

Plate motion at convergent margins causes crustal shortening and orogenic thickening. Relative motion that is oblique to the plate margins is an inevitable consequence of plate kinematics on a sphere and results in non-coaxial three-dimensional defor... Read More about Scale dependence, strain compatibility and heterogeneity of three-dimensional deformation during mountain building: a discussion.

The influence of lithology and pre-existing structures on reservoir-scale faulting patterns in transtensional rift zones (2005)
Journal Article
De Paola, N., Holdsworth, R., & McCaffrey, K. (2005). The influence of lithology and pre-existing structures on reservoir-scale faulting patterns in transtensional rift zones. Journal of the Geological Society, 162(3), 471-480. https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-764904-043

In transtensional and transpressional deformation zones, bulk 3D strains are often kinematically partitioned into regions of wrench- and extension- or shortening-dominated faulting. Most strain models assume ideal incompressible materials with a Pois... Read More about The influence of lithology and pre-existing structures on reservoir-scale faulting patterns in transtensional rift zones.

Partitioned transtension: an alternative to basin inversion models (2005)
Journal Article
De Paola, N., Holdsworth, R., McCaffrey, K., & Barchi, M. (2005). Partitioned transtension: an alternative to basin inversion models. Journal of Structural Geology, 27(4), 607-625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2005.01.006

‘Inversion structures’ (e.g. folds, reverse faults) spatially associated with basin-bounding faults are very widely recognised in rift basins in both onshore and offshore settings worldwide. The great majority of such structures are attributed to loc... Read More about Partitioned transtension: an alternative to basin inversion models.

Vertical coupling and decoupling in the lithosphere (2004)
Book Chapter
Grocott, J., McCaffrey, K., Taylor, G., & Tikoff, B. (2004). Vertical coupling and decoupling in the lithosphere. In J. M. Grocott, T. K.j.w., G. K., & B. Tikoff (Eds.), ‘Vertical coupling and decoupling in the lithosphere’ (1-7). Geological Society of London Special Publication

Attachment formation during partitioning of oblique convergence in the Ketilidian orogen, South Greenland (2004)
Book Chapter
McCaffrey, K., Grocott, J., Garde, A., & Hamilton, M. (2004). Attachment formation during partitioning of oblique convergence in the Ketilidian orogen, South Greenland. In J. Grocott, K. McCaffrey, G. Taylor, & B. Tikoff (Eds.), Vertical coupling & decoupling in the lithosphere (231-248). The Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.sp.2004.227.01.12

Subhorizontal attachment zones provide coupling between lithospheric layers in orogenic belts. A mid-crustal attachment zone is exposed in the Palaeoproterozoic Ketilidian orogen, south Greenland, which formed as a result of north-directed oblique co... Read More about Attachment formation during partitioning of oblique convergence in the Ketilidian orogen, South Greenland.

Inclined transpression (2004)
Journal Article
Jones, R., Holdsworth, R., Clegg, P., McCaffrey, K., & Tavarnelli, E. (2004). Inclined transpression. Journal of Structural Geology, 26(8), 1531-1548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2004.01.004

Inclined transpression can be defined in terms of simultaneous contraction and strike-slip and dip-slip shearing, and is illustrated here using a strain triangle in which the apices represent the three strain components. Strain matrix modelling shows... Read More about Inclined transpression.

Domainal deformation patterns and strain partitioning during transpression: an example from the Southern Uplands terrane, Scotland (2002)
Journal Article
Holdsworth, R., Tavarnelli, E., Clegg, P., Pinheiro, R., Jones, R., & McCaffrey, K. (2002). Domainal deformation patterns and strain partitioning during transpression: an example from the Southern Uplands terrane, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 159(4), 401-415. https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-764901-123

The partitioning of deformation into wrench- and contraction-dominated deformation domains is a widely reported but poorly described phenomenon in ancient transpression zones. This paper documents spectacularly exposed examples of such partitioning f... Read More about Domainal deformation patterns and strain partitioning during transpression: an example from the Southern Uplands terrane, Scotland.

A quantitative study of the influence of pre-existing heterogeneities upon fracture-zone development during basement reactivation. (2001)
Book Chapter
Beacom, L., Holdsworth, R., McCaffrey, K., & Anderson, T. (2001). A quantitative study of the influence of pre-existing heterogeneities upon fracture-zone development during basement reactivation. In R. Holdsworth, R. Strachan, J. Magloughlin, & R. Knipe (Eds.), The Nature and Tectonic Significance of Fault Zone Weakening (195-211). Spec. Publ. Geol. Soc

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Growth of plutons by floor subsidence: implications for rates of emplacement, intrusion spacing and melt-extraction mechanisms (2001)
Journal Article
Cruden, A., & McCaffrey, K. (2001). Growth of plutons by floor subsidence: implications for rates of emplacement, intrusion spacing and melt-extraction mechanisms. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 26(4-5), 303-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1464-1895%2801%2900060-6

Geophysical and field-based studies indicate that granitic phtons occur as either tabular (disk) or wedge (funnel) shapes whose length (L) to thickness (7) ratio is controlled by the empirical power law, T = 0.6(+0.15)L0.6(~.l). The dimensions of pht... Read More about Growth of plutons by floor subsidence: implications for rates of emplacement, intrusion spacing and melt-extraction mechanisms.

Fractures, fluid flow and Mineralisation: an Introduction. (1999)
Book Chapter
Lonergan, L., Wilkinson, J., & McCaffrey, K. (1999). Fractures, fluid flow and Mineralisation: an Introduction. In K. McCaffrey, L. Lonergan, & J. E. Wilkinson (Eds.), Fractures, Fluids Flow and Mineralisation (35-56). Geological Society Special Publication

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Influence of layering on vein systematics in line samples (1999)
Book Chapter
Gillespie, P., Loriga, L., Johnston, J., McCaffrey, K., Walsh, J., & Watterson, J. (1999). Influence of layering on vein systematics in line samples. In K. McCaffrey, L. Lonergan, & J. Wilkinson (Eds.), Fractures, Fluids Flow and Mineralisation (35-56). Geological Society Special Publication

Synmagmatic deformation patterns in the Old Woman Mountains, SE California. (1999)
Journal Article
McCaffrey, K., Miller, C., Karlstrom, K., & Simpson, C. (1999). Synmagmatic deformation patterns in the Old Woman Mountains, SE California. Journal of Structural Geology, 21(3), 335-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-8141%2898%2900107-2

Synmagmatic structures within granitic plutons may provide insight into the interplay between plutonism and regional deformation at mid-crustal levels. Within the Late Cretaceous Old Woman pluton (Mojave Desert, SE California), synmagmatic structures... Read More about Synmagmatic deformation patterns in the Old Woman Mountains, SE California..

Styles, origins, and implications of syndepositional deformation structures in Ediacaran microbial carbonates (Nama Basin, Namibia)
Book Chapter
Winterleitner, G., Le Heron, D., Mapani, B., Vining, B., & McCaffrey, K. Styles, origins, and implications of syndepositional deformation structures in Ediacaran microbial carbonates (Nama Basin, Namibia). In D. Bosence, K. Gibbons, D. Le Heron, W. Morgan, T. Pritchard, & B. Vining (Eds.), Microbial Carbonates in Space and Time. Implications for Global Exploration and Production. The Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp418.12