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Lithospheric folding and sedimentary basin evolution: a review and analysis of formation mechanisms

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Lithospheric folding is an important mode of basin formation in compressional intraplate settings. Basins formed by lithospheric folding are characterized by distinct features in subsidence history. A comparison with extensional basins, foreland basins, intracratonic basins and pull-apart basins provides criteria for the discrimination between these modes of basin formation. These findings are important in deciphering the feed-backs between tectonics and surface processes. In addition, inferences on accommodation space and thermal regime have important consequences for hydrocarbon maturity. Lithospheric folding is coupled to compressional basin and fault reactivation and, therefore, strongly affects reservoir characteristics of sedimentary basins.
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hal-00640964 , version 1 (24-11-2011)

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Sierd Cloething, Evgenii E.B. Burov. Lithospheric folding and sedimentary basin evolution: a review and analysis of formation mechanisms. Basin Research, 2011, 23 (3), pp.257-290. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00490.x⟩. ⟨hal-00640964⟩
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