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Basin geodynamics:
the fundamental framework –

Bridging the gap between high resolution reservoir system models and classical simplified lithospheric models, we employ data-based regional 3D models of sedimentary basins. We utilise geological and geophysical data, field-based structural analysis, fault-slip data inversion and structural restoration, structural modelling and potential field modelling to assess the present state of basin systems as well as to reconstruct how different basins have evolved.

Main topics are:

• First order thermal and structural description of sedimentary basins in different plate-tectonic settings using crustal to lithosphere-scale, data-based 3D models
• Relation of structures of the basin fill to structures of the underlying
• Chronological and genetic relationship between subsidence/accomodation in the basin and uplift/erosion in the adjacent area
• Analysis of deformation mechanisms including internal deformation as the impact of salt-tectonics
• Assessment of present contributions to thermal and potential fields from shallow basin structures and deeper lithospheric heterogeneities as a base for reconstructing basin evolution
• Discrimination between processes relevant for basins in general from such that are typical for particular tectonic settings