How do pre‐existing normal faults influence rift geometry? A comparison of adjacent basins with contrasting underlying structure on the Lofoten Margin, Norway

• Published in: Basin Research
• Main Authors: Henstra, Gijs Allard, Berg Kristensen, Thomas, Rotevatn, Atle, Gawthorpe, Robert L.
• Other Authors: Norske Shell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Lofoten
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bre.12358; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fbre.12358; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bre.12358; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/bre.12358

Abstract Recent studies of natural, multiphase rifts suggest that the presence of pre‐existing faults may strongly influence fault growth during later rift phases. These findings compare well with predictions from recent scaled analogue experiments that simulate multiphase, non‐coaxial extension. Ho...