North Sea rift system

E187039
geological rift system tectonic province

The North Sea rift system is a major geological rift complex underlying the North Sea, formed by extensive Mesozoic and Cenozoic crustal extension that created numerous sedimentary basins important for hydrocarbon resources.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
North Sea rift system canonical 2
North Sea Basin succession 1
North Sea petroleum province 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological rift system ⓘ
tectonic province ⓘ
associatedWith North Atlantic rifting ⓘ
opening of the North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
boundedBy normal faults ⓘ
contains Central Graben ⓘ
Moray Firth Basin ⓘ
Paleogene rift basins of the North Sea ⓘ
Permian–Mesozoic sedimentary basins ⓘ
Viking Graben ⓘ
controls distribution of Mesozoic sediments in the North Sea ⓘ
structural traps for hydrocarbons in the North Sea ⓘ
developedDuring Cretaceous ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ
Triassic ⓘ
extendsBeneath Danish sector of the North Sea ⓘ
Dutch sector of the North Sea ⓘ
German sector of the North Sea ⓘ
Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian sector of the North Sea

United Kingdom sector of the North Sea ⓘ
formedBy crustal extension ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance carbon storage potential ⓘ
hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
hasGeologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
hasProcess post-rift thermal subsidence ⓘ
syn-rift subsidence ⓘ
hasStructuralStyle full grabens ⓘ
half-grabens ⓘ
tilted fault blocks ⓘ
hostRockType sedimentary basins ⓘ
influences present-day bathymetry of the North Sea ⓘ
regional stress field in the North Sea region ⓘ
locatedIn North Sea ⓘ
locatedOn continental shelf of northwestern Europe ⓘ
overlies Caledonian basement ⓘ
Precambrian basement ⓘ
partOf European Cenozoic Rift System ⓘ
reactivatedDuring Paleogene ⓘ
relatedTo North Sea petroleum system ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline basin analysis ⓘ
petroleum geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting extensional tectonic regime ⓘ
underlies North Sea ⓘ
surface form: North Sea basin

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Instruction
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Input
Subject: North Sea rift system
Description of subject: The North Sea rift system is a major geological rift complex underlying the North Sea, formed by extensive Mesozoic and Cenozoic crustal extension that created numerous sedimentary basins important for hydrocarbon resources.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moray Firth Basin → partOf → North Sea rift system ⓘ
Petoro → locatedIn → North Sea rift system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian continental shelf petroleum province
Witch Ground Graben → partOf → North Sea rift system ⓘ
Central Graben → partOf → North Sea rift system ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea petroleum province
Central Graben → playsRoleIn → North Sea rift system ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea petroleum systems
Peter A. Ziegler → notableWork → North Sea rift system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tectonic and palaeogeographic development of the North Sea rift system
Maastricht Formation in the Netherlands → partOf → North Sea rift system ⓘ
subject surface form: Maastricht Formation
this entity surface form: North Sea Basin succession