Deep structure of the Porcupine Basin from wide-angle seismic data

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series
• Main Authors: Watremez, L., Prada, M., Minshull, T., O'reilly, B., Chen, Chen, Reston, T., Shannon, P., Wagner, G., Gaw, V., Klaeschen, D., Edwards, R., Lebedev, S.
• Other Authors: Bowman, M., Levell, B.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of London 2016
• Subjects: Median Ridge; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/412016/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/412016/1/PGC_Proceeding_revised.pdf

The Porcupine Basin, part of the frontier petroleum exploration province west of Ireland, has an extended history that commenced prior to the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean. Lithospheric stretching factors have previously been estimated to increase from <2 in the north to >6 in the south...