Table of Contents
1 Cover
4 Preface
5 PART 1: Rifting and Rifted Margins 1 What is Rifting? Introduction and Basic Definitions 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Rift classifications 1.3. Structural features associated with continental rifting 1.4. Subsidence 1.5. Rift-related materials 1.6. References 2 What is a Rifted Margin? From the Early Models to Modern Views and Future Challenges 2.1. What is interesting about studying rifted margins? 2.2. Morphological definition 2.3. Classification schemes for rifted margins 2.4. Historical review of how our understanding of rifted margins evolved 2.5. Continental rifted margins 2.6. Future research 2.7. References
6 PART 2: How Do We Study Rifted Margins? Summary of Contributions 3 How Can We Identify and Study Remnants of Rifted Margins in Orogens? 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Brief considerations on orogens 3.3. Identifying fossil-rifted margins in orogenic systems: principles and criteria 3.4. Application to case studies 3.5. Conclusion 3.6. Acknowledgments 3.7. References 4 What Can We Learn from Marine Geophysics to Study Rifted Margins? 4.1. Geophysical methods 4.2. Understanding continental rifted margins using geophysics 4.3. Conclusion 4.4. Acknowledgment 4.5. References 5 Numerical Modeling of Rifting: An Overview 5.1. Introduction 5.2. A brief historical introduction to numerical modeling of rifting 5.3. Dynamic modeling: description and formulation 5.4 Dynamic modeling: applications 5.5. Summary and future perspectives 5.6. References 6 Analogue Modeling of Continental Rifting: An Overview 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Methodology 6.3. Model application 6.4. Summary, challenges and future opportunities 6.5. Acknowledgments 6.6. References
8 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 4Table 4.1. Thermal properties for the possible material composing HVDB
List of Illustrations
1 PrefaceFigure P.1. Topographic map of the world with the major ocean basins, rifted mar...Figure P.2. Color code used in most figures of this book if not specified otherw...Figure P.3. Geological timescale
2 Chapter 1Figure 1.1. Schematic representation of the main layers constituting the EarthFigure 1.2. Schematic representation of the Wilson Cycle in eight steps illustra...Figure 1.3. Schematic illustration of the two main theoretical categories of rif...Figure 1.4. Illustration of the “narrow rift mode” introduced by Buck (1991). In...Figure 1.5. Topographic map of the East African Rift system with indication of s...Figure 1.6. Schematic representation of an Aulacogen: a typically narrow intraco...Figure 1.7. Maps locating the Benue Trough