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'This programme presents two models of basin formation and development and shows how the case for each has been argued. It begins by considering the nature of the Noth Sea sedimentary basin with ma...ps and cross sections showing: total thickness of post Zechstein; rift and sag phase; thickness geometry and refraction evidence for crustal thinning. There follows a detailed discussion of the McKenzie model (Pure shear model) of crustal extension and the research carried out by Dr Penny Barton and Dr Rosie Wood who applied it to subsidence across the Central Graben of the North Sea. in contrast, the Wernicke Model for crustal extension is described and its application to the Viking Graben of the North sea. Dr Alan Gibbs interprets the deep seismic line NSDP '84 and shows how such an interpretation can be tested by computer simulated section balancing.'
'This programme presents two models of basin formation and development and shows how the case for each has been argued. It begins by considering the nature of the Noth Sea sedimentary basin with ma...ps and cross sections showing: total thickness of post Zechstein; rift and sag phase; thickness geometry and refraction evidence for crustal thinning. There follows a detailed discussion of the McKenzie model (Pure shear model) of crustal extension and the research carried out by Dr Penny Barton and Dr Rosie Wood who applied it to subsidence across the Central Graben of the North Sea. in contrast, the Wernicke Model for crustal extension is described and its application to the Viking Graben of the North sea. Dr Alan Gibbs interprets the deep seismic line NSDP '84 and shows how such an interpretation can be tested by computer simulated section balancing.'
| Module code and title: | S339, Understanding the continents |
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| Item code: | S339; 13 |
| First transmission date: | 1990 |
| Published: | 1990 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:29:25 |
| Note: | Loan copy available on compilation video S339/20,13,2,14 |
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| Producer: | David Jackson |
| Contributors: | Dan Mackenzie; Barry Paine |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Basin and range; Oil; Reflection seismics; Solway Firth; Tectonics; Uniform shear; Viking graben; Wernicke Model |
| Subject terms: | Basins (geology)--North Sea; Plate tectonics--North Sea Region; Sedimentary basins--North Sea basin |
| Master spool number: | HOU6427 |
| Production number: | FOUS588P |
| Videofinder number: | 3179 |
| Available to public: | no |
