Index Page numbers in italic denote Figures. Page numbers in bold denote Tables. Abarratia quarry 188, 190, 192 continental rift margins 1, 53–54, 172–176 accommodation space, rifted continental margins Bay of Biscay and Western Pyrenees 176–199 172–173, 174, 175, 181, 182, 192, 193, 197 Iberia–Newfoundland margin 54–84 Adelaide Supergroup 270, 271, 272–273, 273, 288 magma-poor 240, 243 Adria margin 207, 208, 209, 225 Cretaceous, Hegang Basin 91–114 Adriatic ocean–continent transition 205, 224, 230 Curnamona Craton 270, 271, 272 Alentejo Basin 55 Algarve Basin 55 Da’an Formation 92 Alpine Fault, New Zealand 47 Dampier Ridge 10, 11, 14 Alps, hyperextended margin models 2, 243, 246 de Greer Fault 144, 147 Antes black shale 126, 127, 133 Deep Galicia Margin Appalachian Basin 120 Barremian–Albian sediments 64, 67–68, 76,81 Appalachian margin, foreland basins 120–137 crustal thinning 82–83 Aptian, Iberia–Newfoundland margin 80 hyper-extension 57, 58, 63 Arrouy thrust system 190, 191, 192 Tithonian sediments 62, 64, 70, 72 Arzacq–Maule´on Basin 176, 186, 187–192 Valanginian–Hauterivian 62, 64, 67, 71, 74,81 sedimentary evolution 188–189 Deep-water Taranaki 36, 38, 39,46 see also Maule´on Basin Delamerian Fold Belt 270, 271 Avalonian terrane 54 Delamerian–Ross Orogeny 273, 274, 288, 289, 294 Denglouku Formation 92, 111, 112 Barail Group see Disang–Barail Flysch Belt Depotbugt Basin 148, 151, 152, 155, 163, 164–165 Barremian–Albian rift event 67–68, 76–77,81 Dergholm Granite 279 Bay of Biscay Dimboola Igneous Complex 273, 274, 282, 291, 294 geological setting 176 Disang–Barail Flysch Belt 302, 323, 324 Parentis Basin 176, 177, 183–185, 187 IMR 304, 305, 306, 322 plate kinematics 176–177 Dongshan Formation 93, 94, 95, 111 rifted continental margin 171–172, 176–199, 177 Dromledome Basin 151, 158, 163, 164 Western Approach margin 178–183 Dunken Basin 151, 157, 163, 164 Bedous–Mendibelza unit 190, 191 Dunken event 145, 148, 150 Beigua serpentinite 209, 210 Bellona Basin 44 East Greenland Fault Zone 144, 145, 146, 147 Black River carbonate platform 128, 130, 133, 136 ECORS Bay of Biscay seismic profile 183–185 Blackriverian, Appalachian foreland 127, 128, 130 Ellesmerian Orogeny see North Greenland Fold Belt Blountian tectophase 124–125, 126, 127, 128, 129 Emerald Basin 46, 47 Bounty Trough 40, 43, 44, 48 Emerald Sea 35 Bowers terrane 270, 291 Erguna Block 92–93 Brianc¸onnais microcontinent 208, 209 Erro-Tobbio peridotite 205, 209–234, 247–248 Bronson Hill arc 126, 128, 129, 137 mantle protolith 210–213, 216, 217–223, 224, 225 Bureya Block 92 mineral composition 216, 217–223, 224 percolating melt composition 213–214, Calcaire des Can˜ons platform 189, 190 215–216, 225, 226–234 Caledonia Fold Belt 143, 144, 145, 156 plagioclase enrichment 211, 214, 215, 216, Caledonian Orogeny 54 217–223, 224, 225 Caledonian suture, strike-slip boundary 143, 156–162 spinel dunite 214–216 Campbell Plateau 44 spinel-facies shear zones 212, 213, 215, 216, Capel Basin 9, 10, 11, 13 217–223, 224, 225, 247–248 basement structure and architecture 18–23, 26–27 reactive structures 213–214 basin evolution and stratigraphy 23–26, 27–29 structural features 209–216 Central Asian Orogenic Belt 92 tectonic-magmatic evolution 224–226, 232 Central Belt, Lord Howe Rise 18–22, 23, 24, 25, 27 thermal equilibration 228–230 Central Rift province, Lord Howe Rise 9, 12, 13,26 thermal state of lithosphere 229–230 Challenger Plateau, faults 46–47 Eurasian Plate Chatfieldian, Appalachian foreland 128, 129, 130, 131, interaction with Indian and Myanmar plates 318 132, 136–137 interaction with Laurentian Plate 143, 144, Chatham Rise 36, 37, 41, 44, 47 146–147 Chenaillet ophiolite 243, 246, 303 Eurekan Orogeny 144, 161 Chengzihe Formation 92, 93, 94, 95, 111 Europe–Adria extension 207, 208, 209, 247, 259 zircon analysis 97, 98–100, 101 evaporites, Arzacq–Maule´on Basin 188–189, 192, 193 Chindwin Basin 304 Exiles Thrust 291 334 INDEX Fairway Basin 10, 11, 14,24 Harder Fjord Fault Zone 144, 145–146, Faust Basin 9, 10, 11, 13 147, 148, 150, 152, 154, 157 basement structure and architecture 18–23, 26–27 Harvesters Creek Greywacke 273, 275, 277, 279, 288 basin evolution and stratigraphy 23–26, 27–29 Heatherdale Shale 276, 288 Flade Isblink Group 155 Hegang Basin 91, 92, 111 Flat Creek Shale 128, 132, 133, 134 connection to Songliao Basin 105, 111–112 Flemish Cap Basin 55, 63, 72, 74, 76 depositional model 112, 113 Flemish Pass Basin 55, 57, 62, 70 stratigraphy 93–94 flexural backstripping, Western Approach 181, 182, 183 structure 94 Flysch Noir deposits 189, 197 tectonic model 112, 113, 114 Foreland basins, Appalachian margin 120–137, 121 zircon analysis 91, 95–105, 106–108, 108–109 basement structures 119, 121, 133–134, 136, 137 provenance change 105 black shales 123–137 Heilongjiang Complex 93 loading and subsidence 121–122, 123, 125 Herlufsholm Strand Basin 148, 151, 152, Sevier Basin 122, 124–125, 129 157, 159, 163, 164 subduction polarity 135, 136, 137 Hikurangi Plateau 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 44 unconformity-bound tectophase sequences large igneous province 44 121–126, 124 Neogene plate-boundary development 47, 48 Frigg Fjord Basin 151, 152, 157, 163–164 Houshigou Formation 92, 93, 94, 96 Frigg Fjord Formation 148, 149, 156 zircon analysis 97, 101, 102–104, 105, 106–108, 109–110 Gakkel Ridge, melt–peridotite interaction 227, 253, Hummocks Serpentinite 275, 276, 277, 281, 257–258 282, 288, 289, 291, 292 Galena carbonate shelf 130, 135 Hummocks Shear Zone 290, 291, 293, 295 Galicia Bank–Flemish Cap seismic section 55, 56, 63, Huoshiling Formation 91 67–68, 70, 72, 74–76 Hyde Fjord Basin 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 157, 163 necking zone 56, 57,58 Hyde Fjord Event 148, 150, 151, 157, 158, 160 present-day architecture 56, 57,58 hydrothermal alteration, ophiolites 313–314 Galicia Interior Basin 55, 57, 63 hyper-extended margins 2, 53–54, 171, 174, 269, 271 Barremian–Albian sediments 67, 76 Arzacq–Maule´on Basin 187, 189, 191–192 Tithonian rifting 62, 70, 72 Glenelg River Complex 271, 288–289 Valanginian sediments 62, 71, 74 Iberia–Newfoundland 54–84 Ga˚seslette Basin 151, 163, 165–166 Parentis Basin 183–185, 187, 195 Gawler Craton 270, 271 Glenelg River Complex 270, 271, 273, 274 Iapetan structures, foreland basins 119, 121, deep seismic imaging 290, 293–294 133, 135, 136 geochemistry 280, 281, 282 Iapetus Ocean 119, 120 geochronology 276, 278–279, 280, 286–288 Iberia Abyssal Plain, southern geology and stratigraphy 274–276, 281 Barremian–Albian sediments 66, 67–68, 75, 77,81 metamorphosed mafic rocks 282–286 Berriasian–Valanginian sediments 67, 75 gabbro 285–288 Tithonian–Berriasian sediments 62, 66, 70, 73 metabasites 282–285, 291 Valanginian–Hauterivian sediments 75,81 tholeiitic metabasalts 282–283 Iberia Abyssal Plain–Flemish Pass seismic section 55, ultramafic rocks 277, 281–282, 291 56, 57, 63, 65,68 Gondwana Iberia–Newfoundland hyper-extended rifted back-arc rift basins, New Zealand 43 margin 1–2, 54–84, 176–199 break-up, Lord Howe Rise 9, 14,29 Barremian–Albian sediments 66, 67–68, 76–77,81 continental-margin evolution 271, 292, 294–295 basement 54, 56 non-volcanic margin 289, 291–293 basin subsidence 58–59 pre-break-up rifting 44, 46 Bay of Biscay and Western Pyrenees 176–199 subduction, New Zealand 35, 38, 40–44 Berriasian–Valanginian sediments 67 Gower Basin 10, 11, 21–22, 23, 24, 25, 26 geological setting 54–56 Grampians–Stavely terrane 272, 273, 274, 282, Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous 61–68, 70–81 289, 290, 294–295 Late Triassic–Early Jurassic 61, 69–70, 71 Grand Banks 56, 57, 65, 73, 75, 77 Permian post-orogenic event 60–61, 68–69, 70 Grand Rieu High 186, 187 present-day architecture 56–58 Great South Basin 36, 38, 43, 45,46 quantitative basin modelling 58–84, 59 Great Xing’an Range 91, 92 seismic cross-sections 55, 56, 57, 63, 65 Greenland see North Greenland Tithonian–Berriasian rift event 62, 66, 70, 72, 73, 78 Greenland Plate 143, 161, 162 Valanginian–Hauterivian rift event 62, 67, Greenland–Scandinavia, Laurentia–Eurasia 71, 74, 75, 79,81 break-up 143 Igountze Massif 191 Grenvillian structures, foreland basins 119, 121, Imphal Valley 304, 305 133–134, 136 Indian Castle Shale 128, 132, 134 INDEX 335 Indian Plate Lexington carbonate platform 121, 130, 135 kinematics 318–319, 324–325 Ligurian Ocean 242–243 subduction 303, 304, 323 Ligurian Tethys Domain 241–247 Indo-Myanmar Basin 306 Erro–Tobbio peridotite 205, 207–208, 231 closure and inversion 303–304 melt percolation 207, 213–214, 215–216, 225, Indo-Myanmar Ranges 301–328, 302 226–234, 241, 244, 246, 249, 252 crustal shortening calculation 315–318, 324 pre-rifting events 247 deformation mechanism 318–319, 323–324 spreading rate 208, 241–242, 245 geological and tectonic setting 303–306 thermal state of lithosphere 254 ophiolites 302–303, 306–315 Ligurian–Piemontese Basin, extension 208, orogenesis 303, 304 241–242, 245 palaeomagnetism 303, 319–320, 321, 322, 323, 324, Lingbei Coal Mine 91, 94 326–327 lithosphere plate kinematics 318–320, 324–325 Erro-Tobbio peridotite 225 stratigraphy 304, 305 Iberia-Newfoundland 58, 59, 60, 82–83, 181, 187 subduction 301, 303, 304 IMR 306 tectonic evolution 320, 322–324, 327 palaeobathymetry 82,83 ultramafics 306–308, 310–315 and subsidence history 82–83 Ingeborg Basin 148, 150, 151, 158, 159, 163, 164 Loftus Creek granodiorite 279 Ingeborg Event 145, 147, 148, 150, 151, 160 Lomonsov Ridge 147 Iver Pynt Basin 151, 163, 166 Lord Howe Platform 11, 12, 26 Lord Howe Rise Jaca foreland basin 191 basement structure and architecture 18–23, 26–27 Jeanne d’Arc Basin, Tithonian rift basins 62 basin evolution