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Geoscience
Compressional and Transpressional Structural Styles
Compressional and transpressional structures hold some of the largest hydrocarbon accumulations and remain important frontier targets. Using outcrop, seismic, subsurface and model analogues, this course teaches participants to recognise these structural forms and validate interpretations through restoration and balancing.
- Discipline
- Geoscience
- Level
- Intermediate
- Duration
- Flexible length
- Formats
- Classroom, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Geologists, geophysicists, engineers and managers who interpret and drill compressional and transpressional structures.
What participants will be able to do
- Distinguish thin-skinned and basement-involved compressional deformation
- Identify wrench assemblages and inversion structures
- Validate cross sections using area-depth relationships
- Apply mechanical stratigraphy to predict structural evolution
Topics covered
- Fold-thrust belts
- Wrench systems
- Inversion structures
- Area-depth analysis
- Section restoration
- Structural analogues