Category: In the field

September 6, 2021

Teasing the tectonic subsidence from total basin subsidence Sedimentary basins are defined as regions of

September 6, 2021

Decompacting a stratigraphic column to determine basin subsidence The analysis of a sedimentary basin begins

August 19, 2021

The changing fortunes of fault permeability and fluid flow Faults can act as conduits or

July 6, 2021

Sediment routing systems – or how sediment is dispersed between source and sink Earth scientists

June 20, 2021

Allochthonous terranes, suspect terranes, exotic terranes. In 1972 James Helwig introduced the concept of orogenic

June 6, 2021

By the early 1970s, the new tectonics (the plate kind) had established a firm grip

May 21, 2021

In 1940 Harold Wellman and Dick Willett proposed that two groups of rocks at

May 13, 2021

Companion glossaries Abyssal plain: The deepest parts of the oceans at 4000-8000 m, covering 83%

April 30, 2021

Forearc basins are kinematically linked to accretionary prisms. Forearc basins and accretionary prisms are

April 16, 2021

Some terminology for Thrust faults, duplexes, imbricate fans, and fold-thrust belts. Thrusts are reverse faults