Tectono-sedimentary evolution of active extensional basins

Gawthorpe, R. L. and Leeder, M. R. (2000) Tectono-sedimentary evolution of active extensional basins. Basin Research, 12 (3-4). pp. 195-218. ISSN 0950-091X

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Abstract

dimensional evolution of basin linkage through fault propagation, the evolution of drainage and drainage catchments and the effects of changes in climate and sea/lake level. In particular, the processes of fault propagation, growth, linkage and death are major tectonic controls on basin architecture. Current theoretical and experimental models of fault linkage and the direction of fault growth can be tested using observational evidence from the earliest stages of rift development. Basin linkage by burial or breaching of crossover basement ridges is the dominant process whereby hydrologically closed rifts evolve into open ones. Nontectonic effects arising from climate, sea or lake level change are responsible for major changes in basin-scale sedimentation patterns. Major gaps in our understanding of rift basins remain because of current inadequacies in sediment, fault and landscape dating.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2011 13:41
Last Modified:	16 May 2023 14:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/32628
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-2117.2000.00121.x

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