Volcanic passive margins (VPM) and non-volcanic passive margins are the two forms of transitional crust that lie beneath passive continental margins that... 10 KB (1,048 words) - 12:53, 30 December 2023 |
form a passive margin. In this case the sedimentary rocks of the rift basin phase are overlain by those rocks deposited during the passive margin phase... 47 KB (4,615 words) - 16:12, 8 January 2024 |
Extensional tectonics (section Passive margins) antiformal closures and these are known as metamorphic core complexes. Passive margins above a weak layer develop a specific set of extensional structures... 10 KB (1,111 words) - 08:13, 22 April 2024 |
Geology of North America (section Passive Margin) Atlantic Coast turned from an active margin into a passive one. Terranes were no longer accreted onto the margin; instead, sediment eroded off the Appalachians... 34 KB (3,370 words) - 20:16, 27 July 2023 |
Tectonic subsidence (section Passive margins) subsidence on a large scale in a variety of environments, including passive margins, aulacogens, fore-arc basins, foreland basins, intercontinental basins... 10 KB (1,159 words) - 18:24, 20 November 2023 |
Mountain formation (section Uplifted passive margins) no widely accepted geophysical model that explains elevated passive continental margins such as the Scandinavian Mountains, eastern Greenland, the Brazilian... 18 KB (1,603 words) - 06:41, 5 May 2024 |
Non-volcanic passive margins (NVPM) constitute one end member of the transitional crustal types that lie beneath passive continental margins; the other... 16 KB (2,102 words) - 11:58, 3 January 2023 |
Baltica (section Northern margin) Mesoproterozoic sediments. The margin became a passive margin facing the Ural Ocean in the Cambrian–Ordovician. The eastern margin stretches south through the... 23 KB (2,451 words) - 14:40, 18 October 2023 |
of the deep ocean basin proper, but the flooded margins of the continent. Passive continental margins such as most of the Atlantic coasts have wide and... 23 KB (2,595 words) - 17:21, 4 April 2024 |
comprising the continental cratons. The margins of geologic continents are either active or passive. An active margin is characterised by mountain building... 89 KB (8,748 words) - 11:20, 6 May 2024 |
Permian Basin (North America) (section Lower Paleozoic passive margin phase (late Precambrian–Mississippian, 850–310 Mya)) marine sedimentation onto the ancestral Tobosa Basin characterized the passive margin, shallow marine environment. The Tobosa Basin also contains basement... 59 KB (7,007 words) - 17:14, 31 March 2024 |
the passive margin of northeastern Laurussia (Baltica craton). The suture zone between the former island arc complex and the continental margin formed... 110 KB (11,562 words) - 12:52, 11 April 2024 |
have occurred within a rift basin that evolved into a largely marine passive margin setting. The glacial diamictite deposits within the Huronian are on... 14 KB (1,542 words) - 14:44, 22 April 2024 |
Syrian Arc (section Passive margin formation) by extensional tectonics, was associated with the development of a passive margin in northern Africa as the Neotethys Ocean was formed. The second, dominated... 6 KB (687 words) - 16:41, 29 March 2024 |
Gondwana was mostly a passive margin, hosting extensive marine deposits in areas such as northwest Africa and Tibet. The eastern margin, though warmer than... 69 KB (7,559 words) - 09:04, 6 May 2024 |
Thrust tectonics (section Passive margins) on strike-slip faults and as part of detached fault systems on some passive margins. In areas of thrust tectonics, two main processes are recognized: thin-skinned... 7 KB (831 words) - 07:32, 22 April 2024 |
fields exist in two characteristic tectonic settings—passive margin and rift environments. Passive margins are found along the edges of major ocean basins... 8 KB (1,073 words) - 15:42, 13 July 2023 |
Rub' al Khali Basin (category Passive margins) halite deposition. This tectonic regime gradually transitioned into a passive margin setting with the opening of the Neo-Tethys in the Early Triassic. During... 31 KB (1,831 words) - 06:17, 6 April 2024 |
Cesar-Ranchería Basin (section Passive margin) subdivided into six phases. The basin started as a passive margin in the Paleozoic, followed by a compressive margin in the Late Permian to Triassic, a phase of... 70 KB (4,861 words) - 23:37, 5 April 2024 |