[HTML][HTML] Multi-scale depositional successions in tectonic settings

LC Matenco, BU Haq - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Observations in sedimentary basins affected by deformation show that the fault-induced
depositional accommodation, at various spatial and temporal scales, is closely linked to …

Role of Large Igneous Provinces in continental break-up varying from “Shirker” to “Producer”

A Koptev, S Cloetingh - Communications Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Traditionally, the emplacement of the Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) is considered to have
caused continental break-up. However, this does not always seem to be the case, as …

Plume‐induced sinking of intracontinental lithospheric mantle: An overlooked mechanism of subduction initiation?

S Cloetingh, A Koptev, I Kovács, T Gerya… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although many different mechanisms for subduction initiation have been proposed, only few
of them are viable in terms of consistency with observations and reproducibility in numerical …

A tectono-stratigraphic review of continental breakup on intraplate continental margins and its impact on resultant hydrocarbon systems

T Alves, M Fetter, C Busby, R Gontijo, TA Cunha… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Intraplate Continental Margins comprise fully rifted areas of continents and cratons
recording the tectonic events associated with plate breakup and subsequent continental …

Genesis and evolution of the South Atlantic volcanic islands offshore Brazil

W Mohriak - Geo-Marine Letters, 2020 - Springer
The Brazilian continental margin includes several volcanic islands, submerged volcanic
seamounts, and a unique non-volcanic archipelago located in a transform segment of the …

Continental interior and edge breakup at convergent margins induced by subduction direction reversal: A numerical modeling study applied to the South China Sea …

F Li, Z Sun, H Yang, J Lin, JM Stock, Z Zhao, H Xu… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The dynamics of continental breakup at convergent margins has been described as the
results of backarc opening caused by slab rollback or drag force induced by subduction …

Longevity of small-scale ('baby') plumes and their role in lithospheric break-up

A Koptev, S Cloetingh, TA Ehlers - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Controversy between advocates of 'active'(plume-activated) versus 'passive'(driven by
external tectonic stresses) modes of continental rifting and break-up has persisted for …

Plume-induced continental rifting and break-up in ultra-slow extension context: Insights from 3D numerical modeling

A Koptev, E Burov, T Gerya, L Le Pourhiet, S Leroy… - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Breaking the lithosphere in extension without exceeding the driving far-field forces available
on Earth is a tough quantitative modeling problem. One can tear it apart by propagation of …

Multistage rifting evolution of the Colorado basin (offshore Argentina): Evidence for extensional settings prior to the South Atlantic opening

JP Lovecchio, S Rohais, P Joseph, ND Bolatti… - Terra …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The identification of three independent rifting events in the Colorado basin area highlights
the complexity of its Mesozoic rifting history, which ended in the Early Cretaceous with the …

Controls on asymmetric rift dynamics: Numerical modeling of strain localization and fault evolution in the Kenya Rift

MJEA Richter, S Brune, S Riedl, A Glerum… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Complex, time‐dependent, and asymmetric rift geometries are observed throughout the East
African Rift System (EARS) and are well documented, for instance, in the Kenya Rift. To …