Rob Butler

Research output

Research output per year 2002 2006 2007 2010 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2024

• 84 Article
• 2 Book
• 2 Chapter
• 2 Comment/debate
• 4 More
  • 2 Editorial
  • 1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 1 Book/Film/Article review

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• Amphibole and lower crustal seismic properties

  Tatham, D. J., Lloyd, G. E., Butler, R. W. H. & Casey, M., 1 Mar 2008, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 267, 1-2, p. 118-128 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • amphiboles 100%
  • seismic property 79%
  • seismic anisotropy 73%
  • crusts 60%
  • amphibole 59%
  180 Citations (Scopus)

• Analyzing structural variations along strike in a deep-water thrust belt

  Totake, Y., Butler, R. W. H., Bond, C. E. & Aziz, A., Mar 2018, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 108, p. 213-229 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • thrust 100%
  • deep water 96%
  • fold 85%
  • heave 65%
  • train 48%
  34 Citations (Scopus)

  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Appraisal of fracture sampling methods and a new workflow to characterise heterogeneous fracturing at outcrop

  Watkins, H., Bond, C. E., Healy, D. & Butler, R. W. H., Mar 2015, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 72, p. 67-82 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • appraisal 100%
  • outcrop 86%
  • sampling 56%
  • fracture network 55%
  • attribute 27%
  122 Citations (Scopus)

  23 Downloads (Pure)

• Area balancing as a test of models for the deep structure of mountain belts, with specific reference to the Alps

  Butler, R. W. H., Jul 2013, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 52, p. 2-16 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • crust 100%
  • mountain 86%
  • restoration 74%
  • lower crust 65%
  • subduction 55%
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Basement-cover tectonics, structural inheritance, and deformation migration in the outer parts of orogenic belts: A view from the western Alps

  Butler, R. W. H., 11 Sept 2017, Linkages and Feedbacks in Orogenic Systems. Law, R. D., Thigpen, J. R., Merschat, A. J. & Stowell, H. H. (eds.). Geological Society of America, p. 55-74 20 p. (GSA Memoirs; vol. 213).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • orogenic belt 100%
  • tectonics 62%
  • subduction 40%
  • crustal shortening 31%
  • unconformity 23%
  56 Downloads (Pure)

• Co-axial horizontal stretching within extending orogens: The exhumation of HP rocks on Syros (Cyclades) revisited

  Bond, C. E., Butler, R. W. H. & Dixon, J. E., 2007, In: Geological Society Special Publications . 272, p. 203-222 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Stretching 100%
  • exhumation 97%
  • Rocks 80%
  • blueschist 62%
  • rock 45%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Constraints on the seismic properties of the middle and lower continental crust

  Lloyd, G. E., Butler, R. W. H., Casey, M., Tatham, D. J. & Mainprice, D., 2011, In: Geological Society Special Publications . 360, p. 7-32 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • seismic property 100%
  • lower crust 72%
  • continental crust 71%
  • fabric 59%
  • preferred orientation 55%
  59 Citations (Scopus)

• Constrictional extensional tectonics in the northern Oman mountains, its role in culmination development and the exhumation of the subducted Arabian continental margin

  Al-Wardi, M. & Butler, R. W. H., 2007, In: Geological Society Special Publications . 272, p. 188-202 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tectonics 100%
  • extensional tectonics 82%
  • exhumation 71%
  • continental margin 64%
  • Elongation 63%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Continent-Ocean Transition or Boundary? Crowd-sourced seismic interpretations of the East-India Passive Margin

  Bond, C., Alcalde, J., Butler, R., McDermott, K. & Carbonell, R., 8 Aug 2023, In: Tectonics. 42, 8, 16 p., e2022TC007624.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • continents 100%
  • ocean-continent transition 94%
  • India 80%
  • passive margin 73%
  • oceans 68%
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Decent exposure

  Butler, R. W. H., 2014, In: Geoscientist. 24, 6, p. 16-19 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Deep-water sand-fairway mapping as a tool for tectonic restoration: decoding Miocene central Mediterranean palaeogeography using the Numidian turbidites of southern Italy

  Butler, R. W. H., Pinter, P. R., Maniscalco, R. & Hartley, A. J., Jul 2020, In: Journal of the Geological Society . 177, 4, p. 766-783 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • paleogeography 100%
  • turbidite 91%
  • deep water 72%
  • Miocene 69%
  • restoration 66%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Depositional processes across the Sinu Accretionary Prism, offshore Colombia

  Vinnels, J. S., Butler, R. W. H., McCaffrey, W. D. & Paton, D. A., Apr 2010, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 27, p. 794–809 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Colombia 100%
  • accretionary prism 69%
  • prisms 56%
  • sediments 41%
  • basin 29%
  63 Citations (Scopus)

• Destructive sampling ethics

  Butler, R., 29 Oct 2015, In: Nature Geoscience. 8, 11, p. 817-818 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ethics 100%
  • legislation 75%
  • outcrop 72%
  • code 64%
  • science 54%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Discussion on ‘A reassessment of the proposed ‘Lairg impact structure’ and its potential implications for the deep structure of northern Scotland’ Journal of the Geological Society, London, 176, 817-829

  Butler, R. W. H. & Alsop, G. I., 13 Dec 2019, In: Journal of the Geological Society . 177, p. 443-446 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • impact structure 100%
  • crater 73%
  • thrust 32%
  • geology 29%
  • gravity 28%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Editorial: Source or sink? Erosional and depositional signatures of tectonic activity in deep-sea sedimentary systems

  McArthur, A. D., Gamberi, F., Maniscalco, R. & Butler, R., 29 Sept 2022, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 10, 4 p., 1042473.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • deep sea 100%
  • tectonics 70%
  • mass wasting 27%
  • geomorphic process 27%
  • turbidity current 25%

• Entrained sand generates fault plane reflections on a deep-water thrust zone

  Totake, Y., Butler, R. W. H., Bond, C. E., Tokunaga, H. & Aziz, A., Dec 2018, In: Geology. 46, 12, p. 1039-1042 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • fault plane 100%
  • thrust 80%
  • deep water 78%
  • sand 57%
  • sandstone 35%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Evaluating lateral compaction in deepwater fold and thrust belts: how much are we missing from “nature’s sandbox”?

  Butler, R. W. H. & Paton, D. A., Mar 2010, In: GSA Today. 20, 3, p. 4-10 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • fold and thrust belt 100%
  • compaction 73%
  • thrust 71%
  • fold 40%
  • submarine slope 40%
  106 Citations (Scopus)

• Exploring the seismic expression of fault zones in 3D seismic volumes

  Iacopini, D., Butler, R. W. H., Purves, S., McArdle, N. & De Freslon, N., Aug 2016, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 89, p. 54-73 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • fault zone 100%
  • disturbance 75%
  • seismic data 35%
  • attribute 32%
  • footprint 21%
  59 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Fabric anisotropy controls faulting in the continental crust

  Butler, R. W. H., Bond, C. E., Shipton, Z. K., Jones, R. R. & Casey, M., Mar 2008, In: Journal of the Geological Society . 165, 2, p. 449-452 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • foliation 100%
  • continental crust 89%
  • faulting 81%
  • anisotropy 77%
  • fabric 74%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Fold and thrust belts: structural style, evolution and exploration – an introduction

  Hammerstein, J. A., Di Cuia, R., Cottam, M. A., Zamora, G. & Butler, R. W. H., 2020, In: Geological Society Special Publications . 490, p. 1-8 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • fold and thrust belt 100%
  • structural geology 35%
  • hydrocarbon exploration 33%
  • Structural geology 31%
  • Caledonian orogeny 31%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Fold-related deformation bands in a weakly buried sandstone reservoir analogue: a multi-disciplinary case study from the Numidian (Miocene) of Sicily (Italy)

  Gambino, S., Fazio, E., Maniscalco, R., Punturo, R., Lanzafame, G., Barreca, G. & Butler, R. W. H., Jan 2019, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 118, p. 150-164 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Miocene 100%
  • sandstone 94%
  • fold 92%
  • folding 71%
  • thrust 43%
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Fold-thrust structures: where have all the buckles gone?

  Butler, R. W. H., Bond, C. E., Cooper, M. A. & Watkins, H., 20 Feb 2019, In: Geological Society Special Publications . 487, p. 21-44 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • buckling 100%
  • fold and thrust belt 98%
  • folding 77%
  • thrust 70%
  • fold 60%
  32 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• From crystal to crustal: petrofabric-derived seismic modelling of regional tectonics

  Lloyd, G. E., Halliday, J., Butler, R. W. H., Casey, M., Kendall, J-M., Wookey, J. & Mainprice, D., 2011, In: Geological Society Special Publications . 360, p. 49-78 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • petrofabric 100%
  • Tectonics 98%
  • Anisotropy 69%
  • Crystals 66%
  • anisotropy 57%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• From hot to cold - The temperature dependence on rock deformation processes: An introduction

  Gomez-Rivas, E., Butler, R. W. H., Healy, D. & Alsop, I., 1 Mar 2020, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 132, 9 p., 103977.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • cold 100%
  • rock 68%
  • deformation mechanism 53%
  • temperature 53%
  • rheology 47%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Geikie's field researches and their geological controversies

  Butler, R. W. H., Matthews, S. J. & Morgan, R. K., 2019, In: Geological Society Special Publications . 480, p. 149-178 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • anchor 100%
  • Anchors 94%
  • outcrop 80%
  • transect 79%
  • Earth (planet) 77%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Geochronological challenges posed by continuously developing tectonometamorphic systems: insights from Rb–Sr mica ages from the Cycladic Blueschist Belt, Syros (Greece)

  Cliff, R. A., Bond, C. E., Butler, R. W. H. & Dixon, J. E., Feb 2017, In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 35, 2, p. 197-211 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • blueschist 100%
  • mica 77%
  • blueschist facies 54%
  • Microstructure 50%
  • phengite 49%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Geological mapping of our world and others: an introduction

  H., B. R. W., Taija, T. & Lucy, W., 1 Jun 2024, In: Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 541, 1, SP541-2023-201.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • geological mapping 100%
  • world 48%
  • planetary evolution 46%
  • metamorphic facies 41%
  • Earth structure 36%

• Gravitational collapse at continental margins: processes and products; An introduction

  Butler, R. W. H. & Turner, JP., May 2010, In: Journal of the Geological Society . 167, 3, p. 569-570 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Henry Cadell’s Experimental Researches in Mountain Building: their lessons for interpreting thrust systems and fold-thrust structures

  Butler, R. W. H., Bond, C. E. & Cooper, M. A., 5 Mar 2020, In: Geological Society Special Publications . 490, p. 9-31 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • thrust 100%
  • fold 85%
  • mountain 76%
  • Experiments 41%
  • experiment 22%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• How weak are the continents?

  Butler, R. W. H., 2006, In: Geoscientist. 16, 8, p. 4-8

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Hutton’s Arse: 3 billion years of extraordinary geology in Scotland’s Northern Highlands (second edition) by Malcolm Rider and Peter Harrison, Dunedin Academic Press, Edinburgh (2019), x+226 pp., Pbk., ISBN: 9781780460406. £19.99

  Butler, R., 1 Apr 2020, In: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 131, 2, p. 227-228 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

  Open Access

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  • Earth science 100%
  • book 81%
  • student 78%
  • geology 72%
  • science 60%
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Identifying multiple detachment horizons and an evolving thrust history through cross-section restoration and appraisal in the Moine Thrust Belt, NW Scotland

  Watkins, H., Bond, C. E. & Butler, R. W. H., Sept 2014, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 66, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • appraisal 100%
  • thrust 85%
  • cross section 80%
  • restoration 75%
  • history 56%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  13 Downloads (Pure)

• Imaging deformation in submarine thrust belts using seismic attributes

  Iacopini, D. & Butler, R. W. H., 1 Feb 2011, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 302, 3-4, p. 414-422 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • thrust 100%
  • attribute 66%
  • Volume 51%
  • disturbances 45%
  • thrust fault 39%
  54 Citations (Scopus)

• Imaging thrust and fault zones using 3D seismic image processing techniques

  Iacopini, D., Butler, R. W. H. & Purves, S., 1 Jan 2015, In: Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana. 22, p. 112-114 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • image processing 100%
  • fault zone 97%
  • thrust 91%
  • seismic data 28%
  • deep water 19%

• Impact of seismic image quality on fault interpretation uncertainty

  Alcalde, J., Bond, C. E., Johnson, G., Ellis, J. F. & Butler, R. W. H., Feb 2017, In: GSA Today. 27, 2, p. 4-10 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • fault geometry 100%
  • heave 32%
  • image analysis 23%
  • tectonics 17%
  • prediction 12%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  17 Downloads (Pure)

• Implications of heterogeneous fracture distribution on reservoir quality; an analogue from the Torridon Group sandstone, Moine Thrust Belt, NW Scotland

  Watkins, H., Healy, D., Bond, C. E. & Butler, R. W. H., Mar 2018, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 108, p. 180-197 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • thrust 100%
  • sandstone 87%
  • distribution 41%
  • fold 32%
  • curvature 16%
  48 Citations (Scopus)

  19 Downloads (Pure)

• Influence of structural position on fracture networks in the Torridon Group, Achnashellach fold and thrust belt, NW Scotland

  Watkins, H., Butler, R. W. H., Bond, C. E. & Healy, D., May 2015, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 74, p. 64-80 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • fold and thrust belt 100%
  • fracture network 92%
  • curvature 76%
  • fold 50%
  • lithology 23%
  71 Citations (Scopus)

  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Influence of subtle inherited basement structures on thin-skinned thrust systems: The Caledonian Thrust Front in Lapland (CaTFLap)

  Torvela, T. & Butler, R., 11 May 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Structural Geology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Caledonian orogeny 100%
  • thrust 75%
  • fold 14%
  • geometry 13%
  • topography 9%

• Interpreting structural geometry in fold-thrust belts: Why style matters

  Butler, R. W. H., Bond, C. E., Cooper, M. A. & Watkins, H., Sept 2018, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 114, p. 251-273 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • thrust 100%
  • fold 85%
  • geometry 76%
  • fault propagation 32%
  • fold belt 27%
  62 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Interpreting syndepositional sediment remobilization and deformation beneath submarine gravity flows: a kinematic boundary layer approach

  Butler, R. W. H., Eggenhuisen, J. T., Haughton, P. & McCaffrey, W. D., Jan 2016, In: Journal of the Geological Society . 173, 1, p. 46-58 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • gravity flow 100%
  • remobilization 95%
  • kinematics 68%
  • boundary layer 63%
  • slumping 52%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Inversion structures in a foreland domain: Seismic examples from the Italian Adriatic Sea

  Pace, P., Scisciani, V., Calamita, F., Butler, R. W. H., Iacopini, D., Esestime, P. & Hodgson, N., Nov 2015, In: Interpretation. 3, 4, p. SAA161-SAA176 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adriatic Sea 100%
  • inversions 40%
  • inversion 35%
  • anticlines 29%
  • sea 27%
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• Kinematic reworking and exhumation of the convergent Alpine Orogen.

  Reddy, S., Wheeler, J., Butler, R. W. H., Cliff, R. A., Inger, S., Freeman, S., Pickles, C. & Kelley, S. P., 2003, In: Tectonophysics. 365, p. 77-102

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  95 Citations (Scopus)

• Knowledge Transfer in a digital world: field data acquisition, uncertainty, visualisation, and data management.

  Bond, C. E., Shipton, Z. K., Jones, R., Butler, R. W. H. & Gibbs, A. D., 2007, In: Geosphere. 3, 6, p. 568-576 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • data management 100%
  • data acquisition 85%
  • visualization 75%
  • world 52%
  • momentum 22%
  43 Citations (Scopus)

• Lewisian, Torridonian and Moine Rocks of Scotland

  Mendum, J. R., Barber, A. J., Butler, R. W. H., Flinn, D., Goodenough, K. M., Krabbendam, M., Park, R. G. & Stewart, A. D., 30 Apr 2009, Peterborough, United Kingdom: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 721 p. (Geological Conservation Review Series; no. 34)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Torridonian 100%
  • Lewisian 85%
  • continent 49%
  • rock 29%
  • ocean 17%

• LiDAR, UAV or compass-clinometer? Accuracy, coverage and the effects on structural models

  Cawood, A. J., Bond, C. E., Howell, J. A., Butler, R. W. H. & Totake, Y., May 2017, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 98, p. 67-82 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • outcrop 100%
  • structural analysis 77%
  • detection 67%
  • prediction 46%
  • bedding plane 27%
  155 Citations (Scopus)

  125 Downloads (Pure)

• Mapping faults in 3D seismic data: why the method matters  

  Robledo Carvajal, F., Butler, R. & Bond, C., 1 Dec 2023, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 177, 18 p., 104976.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • seismic data 100%
  • imagery 36%
  • method 27%
  • statistics 21%
  • fault geometry 19%

• Mica, deformation fabrics and the seismic properties of the continental crust

  Lloyd, G. E., Butler, R. W. H., Casey, M. & Mainprice, D., 30 Oct 2009, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 288, 1-2, p. 320-328 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • seismic property 100%
  • seismic anisotropy 91%
  • crusts 91%
  • mica 83%
  • foliation 79%
  96 Citations (Scopus)

• Mike Coward – portrait of a structural geologist

  Butler, R. W. H., Daly, M., Graham, R., Ries, A. & Spencer, R., 2007, In: Geological Society Special Publications . 272, p. vii-xii

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Structural geology 100%
  • Geology 67%
  • structural geology 33%
  • justice 33%
  • applied research 31%
  85 Downloads (Pure)

• Modelling approaches to understanding fold development: implications for hydrocarbon reservoirs.

  Casey, M. & Butler, R. W. H., 2004, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 21, p. 933-946

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • hydrocarbon reservoir 100%
  • hydrocarbons 82%
  • fold 64%
  • perturbation 43%
  • rocks 41%
  35 Citations (Scopus)

• Nature of thrust zones in deep water sand-shale sequences: outcrop examples from the Champsaur sandstones of SE France

  Butler, R. W. H. & McCaffrey, W., 2004, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 21, p. 911-921

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • outcrops 100%
  • shales 84%
  • sandstones 79%
  • deep water 79%
  • France 67%
  22 Citations (Scopus)