Publication Name: Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference 2018
Authors: Sam McHarg, Amy I’Anson, Chris Elders
Date Published: February 2018
Number of Pages: 8
Abstract:
The North-West Shelf of Australia is a marginal rift system related principally to the fragmentation of Gondwana. PermianCarboniferous structures along the margin have long been recognised as fundamental events responsible for the formation of the offshore basins that comprise the prolific hydrocarbon producing region. However, the tectonic setting in which this rifting occurred remains unclear