Regional structural evolution of the North Sea: oblique slip and the reactivation of basement lineaments

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1109-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. D. BARTHOLOMEW ◽  
J. M. PETERS ◽  
C. M. POWELL
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Structural Evolution ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

Multi-phase reactivations and inversions of Paleozoic–Mesozoic extensional basins during the Wilson cycle: case studies from the North Sea (UK) and the Northern Apennines (Italy)

2019 ◽  
Vol 470 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Scisciani ◽  
Stefano Patruno ◽  
Enrico Tavarnelli ◽  
Fernando Calamita ◽  
Paolo Pace ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Sedimentary Cover ◽  
Structural Evolution ◽  
The North ◽  
Structural Framework ◽  
Field Evidence ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Wilson Cycle ◽  
Basement Structures ◽  
Multi Phase

AbstractThe Caledonian and Variscan orogens in northern Europe and the Alpine-age Apennine range in Italy are classic examples of thrust belts that were developed at the expense of formerly rifted, passive continental margins that subsequently experienced various degrees of post-orogenic collapse and extension. The outer zones of orogenic belts, and their adjoining foreland domains and regions, where the effects of superposed deformations are mild to very mild make it possible to recognize and separate structures produced at different times and to correctly establish their chronology and relationships. In this paper we integrate subsurface data (2D and 3D seismic reflection and well logs), mainly from the North Sea, and structural field evidence, mainly from the Apennines, with the aim of reconstructing and refining the structural evolution of these two provinces which, in spite of their different ages and present-day structural framework, share repeated pulses of alternating extension and compression. The main outcome of this investigation is that in both scenarios, during repeated episodes of inversion that are a characteristic feature of the Wilson cycle, inherited basement structures were effective in controlling stress localization along faults affecting younger sedimentary cover rocks.

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