Basin Inversion Geological Society Special Publications Series Editor A.J. FLEET GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 88

Basin Inversion

EDITED BY

JAMES G. BUCHANAN British Gas Exploration and Production Ltd., Reading, UK

AND

PETER G. BUCHANAN Oil Search Ltd., Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

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Introduction vii

Mechanics, dynamics and geometry of basin inversion SmSON, R. H. Selective fault reactivation during basin inversion: potential for fluid redistribution through fault-valve action BRODIE, J. & WHITE, N. The link between sedimentary basin inversion and igneous 21 underplating LOWELL, J. D. Mechanics of basin inversion from worldwide examples 39 KNOTT, S. D., BEACH, A., WELBON, A. I. & BROCKBANK,P. J. Basin inversion in the Gulf of 59 Suez MACGREGOR, D. S. Hydrocarbon habitat and classification of inverted rift basins 83

Modelling of basin inversion MCCLAY, K. R. The geometrics and kinematics of inverted fault systems: a review of analogue 97 model studies EISENSTADT, G. & WlTHJACK, M. O. Estimating inversion: results from clay models 119 KELLER, J. V. A. & MCCLAY, K. R. 3D sandbox models of positive inversion 137

Recognition and measurement of basin inversion GREEN, P. F., DUDDY, I. R. & BRAY, R. J. Applications of thermal history reconstruction in 149 inverted basins HILLIS, R. R. Regional Tertiary exhumation in and around the United Kingdom 167 MENPES, R. J. & HILLIS, R. R. Quantification of tertiary exhumation from sonic velocity data, 191 Celtic Sea/South-Western Approaches

Case studies: Americas ULIANA, M. A., ARTEAGA, M. E., LEGARRETA, L., CERDAN, J. J. & PERONI, G. O. Inversion 211 structures and hydrocarbon occurence in Argentina HOMOVC, J. F., CONFORTO, G. A., LAFOURCADE,P. A. & CHELO3"rI, L. A. Fold belt in the San 235 Jorge Basin, Argentina: an example of tectonic inversion SINCLAIR, I. K. Transpressional inversion due to episodic rotation of extensional stresses in 249 Jean d'Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland

Case studies: Europe THOMAS, D. W. & COWARD, M. P. Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous inversion of the northern 275 East Shetland Basin, northern North Sea HOOPER, R. J., LENG SLANG GOH & DEWEY, F. The inversion history of the northeastern 307 margin of the Broad Fourteens Basin DEEKS, N. R. & THOMAS, S. A. Basin inversion in a strike-slip regime: the Tonquist Zone, 319 Southern Baltic Sea HUYGHE, P. & MUGNIER,J.-L. A comparison of inverted basins of the Southern North Sea and 339 inverted structures of the external Alps NEM~OCK, M., GAYER, R. & MILIORIZOS,R. Structural analysis of the inverted Bristol Channel 355 Basin: implications for the geometry and timing of fracture porosity DART, C. J., MCCLAY, K. R. & HOLLINGS, P. N. 3D analysis of inverted extensional fault 393 systems, southern Bristol Channel basin, UK BOND, R. M. G. & MCCLAY, K. R. Inversion of a Lower Cretaceous extensional basin, south 415 central Pyrenees, Spain GUIMERA, J., ALONSO, A. & RAM6N MAS, J. Inversion of an extensional-ramp basin by a newly 433 formed thrust: the Cameros Basin (N. Spain)

Case studies: Asia LAMBIASE,J. J. & BOSWORTH, W. P. Structural development and stratigraphy of the Kyokpo 457 Pull-Apart Basin, South Korea and tectonic implications for inverted extensional basins SAMUEL, M. A., HARBURY, N. A., JONES, M. E. ~; MATrHEWS, S. J. Inversion-controlled uplift 473 of an outer-arc ridge: Nias Island, offshore Sumatra WANG, G. M., COWARD, M. P., YUAN, W., LIU, S. • WANG, W. Fold growth during basin 493 inversion - example from the East China Sea Basin

Case studies: Australasia HILL, K. C., HILL, K. A., COOPER, G. T., O'SULLIVAN, A. J., O'SULLIVAN, P. B. & 525 RICHARDSON, M. J. Inversion around the Bass Basin, SE Australia BISHOP, D. J. & BUCHANAN, P. G. Development of structurally inverted basins: a case study 549 from the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand

TURNER, J. P. & CORBIN, S. G. Tertiary uplift of a deep rift-sag basin, Cardigan Bay, offshore 587 Wales, UK (extended abstract) Index 589 Mechanics, dynamics and geometry of basin inversion