Applied Three-Dimensional Subsurface Geological Mapping: With Structural Methods, 3rd Edition

Chapter 11. Extensional Structures: Balancing and Interpretation^*

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Introduction

In the first edition of this text, we mentioned that the balancing of extensional structures was in the initial stages of development. Since then, several major oil companies have successfully applied extensional balancing concepts in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Nigeria, Indonesia, Brazil, and elsewhere (Dula 1991; Nunns 1991; Withjack et al. 1995; Shaw et al. 1997; Shaw et al. 2005). Accordingly, we now have a higher degree of confidence in extensional structural and balancing ...