Basic description of structural styles in rift and passive margin settings, including extension directions and key structural elements
Mechanics of rifting and transition to drift phases
Determination of unstretched continental, thinned continental, proto-oceanic and oceanic crustal boundaries
Determination of timing of rift and continental break-up events
The role of lithospheric composition and compositional variations on evolving rift margin architectural development and on breakup locations
The role of pre-existing anisotropy on structural styles of rifts and passive margins
The role of syn-extensional deposition and erosion on evolving structural styles of rifts and passive margins and the effects of tectonics on deposition and erosional patterns
Fluid flow systems associated with oceanic hot spots, oceanic transforms, continental transforms and rifts
The role of pre-rift heat flow on thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
The role of structural and stratigraphic architecture on thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
The role of syn-rift deposition and erosion on thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
The role of deformation on thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
The role of fluid flow on thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
Introduction to hydrocarbons in rift and passive margin settings
Models of source rock distribution, maturation and expulsion in rift and passive margin settings
Models of reservoir quality distribution
Sealing characteristics
Models of hydrocarbon migration
Trapping styles
Hydrocarbon preservation
Introduction
Wedge mechanics
Thrust sheet mechanics
Thin-skin struct 1Fold prop folds
Thin-skin struct 2Detach folds
Thin-skin struct 3Fold-bend folds
Thin-skin struct 4Duplexes
Thin-skin struct 5Triangle zones
Thick-skin struct 1Inversion structures
Thick-skin struct 2Basement uplifts
Deformation rates
Deformation timing
Role of mechanical stratigraphy
Role of pre-existing anisotropy
Role of syn-tectonic erosion and deposition
Role of fluid flow
Role of pre-orogenic heat flow
Role of stratigr architecture on T regime
Role of dep & eros on T regime
Role of deformation on T regime
Role of fluid flow on T regime
Source rock gen features
Source rock depos & preserv
Maturation migration
Seals and traps in thrustbelts
Reservoirs in thrustbelts destruction
Reservoirs in thrustbelts enhancement
Alteration and destruction of HC in thrustbelts