Strike-Slip Terrains and Transform Margins

Michal Nemčok was a research professor at the Energy and Geoscience Institute of the University of Utah, USA for twenty-two years, until 2022. Now he runs his own company, RM Geology, and has a part-time position in the Faculty of Mining and Geology at the Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic. He is the co-author of Thrustbelts: Structural Architecture, Thermal Regimes and Petroleum Systems (2005, Cambridge University Press) and author of Rifts and Passive Margins: Structural Architecture, Thermal Regimes, and Petroleum Systems (2016, Cambridge University Press). Anthony G. Doré held leadership positions with Equinor (formerly Statoil) for twenty-five years, including Vice President, Exploration Americas. He is currently Global Chief Scientist with the Energy and Geoscience Institute of the University of Utah, based in London. He has extensive experience with global petroleum provinces including offshore NW Europe, the Arctic and the Americas. He is a recipient of several major awards for services to geology, including the Petroleum Group medal (2006), Order of the British Empire (OBE, 2010) and William Smith Medal of the Geological Society (2015). Andreas Henk is Professor of Engineering Geology in the Institute of Applied Geosciences at Technical University, Darmstadt. Andreas has a strong interest in the numerical modeling of geodynamic processes. With respect to transform margins, he has performed several thermomechanical and thermokinematic studies focusing on the Equatorial Atlantic. Helen Doran is a consultant geologist with 25 years of experience. She has extensive expertise in modeling variations in heat flow, pressure, and fluid flow across sedimentary basins, including those developed along strike-slip and transform margins. Her career began in the oil and gas industry before transitioning to the geothermal sector. Helen has held leadership roles at Causeway GT, bp, Ophir Energy, and Project InnerSpace, where she currently leads an international research program aimed at enhancing the understanding of the lithosphere to improve thermal inversion models for geothermal prospecting.

• Introduction; 1. Basic description of structural architecture in transform margin settings; 2. Mechanics of strike-slip faulting and transition to drift phases; 3. Determination of continental, proto-oceanic and oceanic crustal boundaries; 4. Determination of timing of strike-slip events and continental breakup along transforms; 5. Role of lithospheric composition and compositional variations in evolving structural styles; 6. Role of pre-existing anisotropy in evolving strike-slip structural styles; 7. Role of syn-tectonic deposition and erosion in evolving structural styles; 8. Fluid flow systems and magmatism; 9. Role of pre-tectonic heat flow in thermal regimes; 10. Role of stratigraphic and structural architecture in thermal regimes; 11. Role of syn-tectonic deposition and erosion in thermal regimes; 12. The role of deformation on thermal regimes of transform margins; 13. Role of fluid flow on thermal regime; 14. Models of source rock distribution, maturation and expulsion; 15. Models of reservoir quality distribution; 16. Sealing characteristics; 17. Models of hydrocarbon migration; 18. Trapping styles; References; Index.