Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2000/01018
Quantifying fault zone evolution and basement reactivation in passive margins
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor RE Holdsworth, Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor K McCaffrey, Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor R England, University of Leicester, Sch of Geog, Geol & the Environment
- Grant held at:
- Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Science Topics:
- Earth Resources
- Tectonic Processes
- Abstract:
- Using examples from the NE Atlantic passive margin, accurate 3D digital maps of reactivated and non-reactivated basin-involved structures onshore will be constructed using new GPS and Laser Ranger equipment. These data will be compared, using GIS-based visualisation software, to images of equivalent offshore fault zones, derived from interpretation of 2D/3D seismic data. 1D,2D & 3D structural characterisation of digital fault data will be performed to determine the scaling relationships of individual fault zones and to quantify the amount of basement reactivation using known diagnostic spatial attributes. The methodology will then be applied to structures imaged in deep margin basins to assess the relative importance of basement reactivation in determining basin location and architecture.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2000/01018
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Ocean Margins LINK
This grant award has a total value of £97,313
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £43,687 | £14,871 | £5,200 | £30,445 | £3,110 |
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