Beruflich Dokumente
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Dr Kevin C. Hill
University of Melbourne
Cape Liptrap field example
interpreted
A
Papua New Guinea Oilfields
Watchet, interpreted
Timor Sea
Overview
Monday Thursday
Introduction - Stress-Strain
FIRST-O Strike-Slip
Extension Salt
Tuesday Friday
Inversion Fractures
Wednesday
Compression
Components of an Extensional Fault
HEAVE
Footwall
P lip
Heave
Strike S Dip Throw
Sli (downthrow)
Net
p
Slip
Hangingwall
Dip
HW HW
FW
FW
B B
W E
F A
G C
B
D
E
G F
Cloos 1964
Folds - Terminology
Overturned
Anticline limb
axial
plane
Crest
Asymmetric Anticline
Folds - Terminology
xis
A
old
F
Plunge
Parallel Fold interbed slip,
constant bed thickness
Like folding
C a stack of
paper
A
Franklin Mountains parallel
(kink) fold
McKenzie Mountain Front
parallel fold
Similar fold + mixture
E H A D
t1 T1
T2
t2
t3
T3
t1 T1
T2
t2
T3
t3
F G B C
Similar fold + mixture
E H A D
t1 T1
T2
t2
t3
T3
t1 T1
T2
t2
T3
t3
Cape FLiptrap,
G
nearBMelbourne
C
Pyrenees isoclinal mixed
parallel and similar fold
Parallel, similar or mixture?
Parallel or similar fold?
Imbricate low angle
normal fault
Sea level
Growth
kn ess
Constant thic
c h m en t
Deta
Common erosion
on the crest
Sea level E
D
C
B E
D D
C RAMP C
HEIGHT
B B
A A A
llel to R egional
b ed s r etu rn para
HW
l D et achm ent
g ion a
Beds slidi ng along Re
Regional elevation
from footwall
Extension,
HW beds below
Regional
Detachment
Most faults are curved in section. Movement on a curved
extension fault produces a rollover to fill the hole
Compression,
HW beds above
Regional
Detachment
Fault-bend
ramp
Detachment Folding
ramp Fault-propagation
Detachment Folding
Detachment
Detachment
Folding
FOOTWALL
FLAT
RAMP
Detachment or
Flat
RAMP ANTICLINE
Fault termination at depth
Non-rotational
planar faulting
Keel
Rotational planar
Faulting
Space gap at
keystone block
Listric faulting
Asymmetrical listric
fault termination
Block fault model
SW Feiran Block NE
GG85
Miocene
Cretaceous
Nubian
Basement
0 1 2 km
SW NE
Pre-Mioc
ene
Basemen
t
GG85 Feiran Block Uneroded Deeply eroded
Block deeply eroded Block exposed block
down to basement
TI O N
SEC E
LI N
Sketch Section
LOCATION MAP
Illustrates an uneroded block
SINAI
sandwiched between deeply
FIELD
eroded blocks prior to collapse
EGYPT
of Feiran and GG85 blocks
Regional Kutubu - Wage - Nembi Section
SW NE
Iagifu Nembi
Wage Valley
Iorogabaiu Kutubu Mubi
km Omati Trough Hedinia
0
Bas
in T
5 oro
Shelf Toro
10
A
10
Ieru Formation(Cretaceous)
F.I.R.S.T. - O.
Factual interpretation
Internally consistent fault-fold shape and sediments
Regional detachments and FWC
Structural Style geometry, rheology
Test by Restoration