The Nature and Origin of Compression in Passive Margins - Special Publication no. 306

The tectonic evolution of passive continental margins is a topic not only of scientific interest, but also has relevance to the exploration and development of petroleum resources. Some passive margins have been considered to be 'anything but passive' and their structural and stratigraphic development records show evidence of complex phases of differential subsidence and/or exhumation and fold development. This volume concentrates on compressive structures formed on passive margins in the absence of a gravitational sliding regime.

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