Duration - 01/05/2021 - 30/04/2022
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Gael Lymer
Principal Investigator - Conrad Childs
Funding - iCRAG (Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences) project funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI),
and cofunded by the European Regional Development Fund and iCRAG industry partners.
Project description
The main objectives of this project are to 1) define the geometry and evolution of the
Porcupine Basin fault system and 2) relate the fault system geometry and evolution to the
different amounts of crustal stretching and variations in crustal structure along the length of
the basin. The project will build on, and synthesise, a large body of work carried out by
researchers during iCRAG1. These will be combined with observations from a very large area
of newly available 3D seismic reflection data to develop a new understanding of the
Porcupine Basin and it’s lessons for basin evolution in general.
The research will address a number of fundamental issues in the evolution of basins,
including the changes in geometry and style of faulting with variable extension and the
impact of inherited structure on basin development and rift propagation.
Contact: Gael Lymer
Tel: +353 1 7162611
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