02-05e Double saloon door tectonics

8 technical modules including:

1. Arc-parallel tension, segmentation, and structural variability.
2. Arc perpendicular structures and their typical distribution.
3. Propagating rifts.
4. Distribution of elements of petroleum systems in backarc and retro-arc foreland basins.

7 detailed case studies around the world where opposite rotations are well established:

1. The West Mediterranean.                 ii. Japanese Island Arc, Japan Sea, Fossa Magna.
2. Southwest Gondwana breakup.                   iv. Calabrian Arc, and Tyrrhenian Basin.
3. North Fiji Basin, and Vanuatu Fiji Island Arc.            vi. East African Rift.
4. Gibraltar Arc, Betics in Spain, Rif in Morocco.

5 mini cases based on 5 of the other 10 identified examples of opposite rotations:

1. Caribbean.                                         Ii. Indonesian Arc.
2. Far east China / Russia, Songliao Basin.        iv. Kuril Arc / Sakhalin.
3. Central Andes Bend.

10 tectono-sedimentary models are established for 10 basins in this study.

Using this analysis, common factors are established, including a typical evolution of facies distribution, the distribution of structures, and the significance to oil and gas exploration is presented and discussed