Strike-Slip Terrains and Transform Margins : Structural Architecture, Thermal Regimes and Petroleum Systems

Many continents are bounded or traversed by vast fault networks that move laterally. As well as being major tectonic features, these strike-slip regimes are vital for the world's natural resources – petroleum, water, and geothermal energy. This volume provides a comprehensive overview and critical reference of these settings.

Many of the world''s continents are bounded or traversed by vast fault networks that move laterally, like the well-known San Andreas Fault. As well as being major tectonic features of the Earth''s surface, these strike-slip regimes are vitally important to the world''s natural resources – petroleum, water, and geothermal energy. This book covers all aspects of these regimes; how they initiate; how they develop; and the natural resources associated with them. Numerous global case studies illustrate structural development, thermal and fluid flow implications, and commercial applicability. No other book provides such a comprehensive overview of these settings, and this volume will stand as a critical reference of the state of knowledge of strike-slip terrains and transform margins. It will be invaluable for a broad range of readers, from advanced students of geology and researchers specializing in strike-slip regimes to geoscientists and managers involved in natural resources and energy solutions.