Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol.17, No.3, pp. 301-316, 1994

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FORMATION OF NON-COMPRESSIONAL SEDlMENTARY BASINS ON CONTINENTAL CRUST: LIMITATIONS ON MODERN MODELS

H. V. Lyatsky*

* Research School of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, University College, London, and Birkbeck College, Gower Street, London WCIE 6BT.
Current Address: Lyatsky Geoscience Research and Consulting Ltd, 4827Nipawin Cr. NW, Calgary, Alta. T2K 2H8, Canada

Abstract

The evolution of non-compressional sedimentary basins can be modelled in many ways. A number of existing schemes rely on assuming mathematical relationships between such geodynamical parameters as subsidence and heating of a basin and the amount of presumably causative tectonic extension. The usual objective is to determine precisely the geological history of a sedimentary basin, and to predict the unknown parameters.