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STUDY OUTLINE
CHAPTER 1 – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 2 – OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY STATISTICS
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.1.1 Definition of fold and thrust belts
- 2.1.2 Classification of fold and thrust belts
- Tables of FTB parameters
- Tables of field parameters
- 2.2 Plate tectonic settings
- 2.3 Foreland fold and thrust belt stratigraphy: tectono-stratigraphic megasequences
- 2.4 Typical structures of fold and thrust belts
- 2.4.1 Folds, thrusts and duplexes
- 2.4.2 Basement-involved structures
- 2.4.3 Role of mechanical stratigraphy
- 2.4.4 Thrusting sequence and deformation rates
- 2.4.5 Role of pre-deformation structures
- 2.4.6 Role of syn-tectonic erosion and deposition
- 2.4.7 Role of syn- and post-tectonic uplift
- 2.4.8 Role of strike-slip faulting
- 2.4.9 Role of strain partitioning
- 2.4.10 Role of normal faulting
- 2.4.11 Best practice structural interpretation techniques and pitfalls
- 2.4.12 Type examples for the evolution of foreland FTBs: the Pyrenean FTBs
- 2.5 Petroleum systems and trapping styles
- 2.5.1 Source rocks
- 2.5.2 Maturation and generation
- 2.5.3 Migration
- 2.5.4 Seals and traps
- 2.6 Reservoir characteristics
- 2.6.1 Depositional settings and megasequences
- .6.2 Reservoir destruction mechanisms
- 2.6.3 Reservoir enhancement mechanisms: dissolution & fracturing
- 2.6.4 Reservoir quality
- 2.7 Plays and production characteristics
- 2.8 Exploration in foreland FTBs
- 2.8.1 FTB reserves
- 2.8.2 Field sizes
- 2.8.3 Historical perspectives
- 2.8.4 Technology implementation
- 2.8.5 Success factors
- 2.8.6 Current exploration status
- 2.8.7 Idealised exploration work flow for FTBs
CHAPTER 3 – USA & CANADA FTBs
- 3.1 Alberta Rocky Mountains, Western Canada
- 3.1.1 Executive summary
- 3.1.2 Exploration history
- 3.1.3 Basin evolution and stratigraphy
- 3.1.4 Fold thrust belt evolution
- 3.1.5 Source rocks, maturation and migration
- 3.1.6 Reservoirs
- 3.1.7 Traps
- 3.1.8 Play Synthesis
- Key references
- Table of FTB parameters
- 3.2 British Columbia Rocky Mountains, Western Canada (as 3.1)
- 3.3 Sevier and Rocky Mountains, USA (as 3.1)
- 3.4 Brooks Range-Arctic Foothills, USA (as 3.1)
- 3.5 Appalachians, Eastern USA and Canada (as 3.1)
- 3.6 Parry Islands, Canadian Arctic Islands (as 3.1)
CHAPTER 4 – CENTRAL AMERICAN FTBs (as 3.1)
- 4.1 Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico (as 3.1)
- 4.2 Zongolica-Veracruz, Mexico (as 3.1)
- 4.3 Chiapas-Reforma Fold and Thrust Belt, SE Mexico and N. Guatemala (as 3.1)
CHAPTER 5 – SOUTH AMERICAN FTBs
- 5.1 Circum-Maracaibo, Western Venezuela (as 3.1)
- 5.2 Western-Central Venezuela (as 3.1)
- 5.3 Eastern Venezuela (as 3.1)
- 5.4 Trinidad (as 3.1)
- 5.5 Llanos Foothills, Columbia (as 3.1)
- 5.6 Madre de Dios-Alto Beni, Sub-Andean Zone, Bolivia and SE Peru (as 3.1)
- 5.7 Santa Cruz-Tarija, Bolivia, Sub-Andean Zone, Bolivia and NW Argentina (as 3.1)
- 5.8 Neuquen Foothills, Sub-Andean Zone, Argentina (as 3.1)
- 5.9 Cuyo, Sub-Andean Zone, Argentina (as 3.1)
CHAPTER 6 – RUSSIAN FTBs
- 6.1 Timan-Pechora, Western Arctic Russia (as 3.1)
- 6.2 Baikal-Predpatom, SE Siberia, Russia (as 3.1)
CHAPTER 7: ALPINE/HIMALAYAN FTBs
- 7.1 Alps/Carpathians, Central & Eastern Europe (as 3.1)
- 7.2 Pyrenees, NE Spain and SW France (as 3.1)
- 7.3 Northern Apennines, Adriatic and Po Basin, Italy (as 3.1)
- 7.4 Southern Apennines-Sicily, Italy (as 3.1)
- 7.5 Atlas, Northwest Africa (as 3.1)
- 7.6 Salt Range-Potwar Plateau, Northen Pakistan (as 3.1)
- 7.7 Zagros Mountains, Iran and Iraq (as 3.1)
- 7.8 Assam/Arakan, NE India and Bangladesh (as 3.1)
- 7.9 North and South Caucasus, southern Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (as 3.1)
CHAPTER 8 – FAR EAST FTBs
- 8.1 Taiwan Western Foothills, Taiwan (as 3.1)
- 8.2 New Guinea, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (as 3.1)
- 8.3 Circum-Sichuan, Central China (as 3.1)
- 8.4 Tarim Basin, Northwest China (as 3.1)
GLOSSARY OF FOLD-THRUST BELT TERMINOLOGY
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