Sessions
8 technical modules including:
- Arc-parallel tension, segmentation, and structural variability.
- Arc perpendicular structures and their typical distribution.
- Propagating rifts.
- Distribution of elements of petroleum systems in backarc and retro-arc foreland basins.
7 detailed case studies around the world where opposite rotations are well established:
- The West Mediterranean.
- Southwest Gondwana breakup.
- North Fiji Basin, and Vanuatu Fiji Island Arc.
- Gibraltar Arc, Betics in Spain, Rif in Morocco.
- Japanese Island Arc, Japan Sea, Fossa Magna.
- Calabrian Arc, and Tyrrhenian Basin.
- East African Rift.
5 mini cases based on 5 of the other 10 identified examples of opposite rotations:
- Caribbean.
- Far east China / Russia, Songliao Basin.
- Central Andes Bend.
- Indonesian Arc.
- Kuril Arc / Sakhalin.
10 tectono-sedimentary models are established for 10 basins in this study.
Using this analysis, common factors are established, including a typical evolution of facies distribution, the distribution of structures, and the significance to oil and gas exploration is presented and discussed