Basic description of structural styles in rift and passive margin settings, including extension directions and key structural elements
Mechanics of rifting and transition to drift phases
Determination of unstretched continental, thinned continental, proto-oceanic, and oceanic crustal boundaries
Determination of timing of rift and continental breakup events
The role of lithospheric composition and compositional variations in evolving rift margin architectural development and in breakup locations
The role of preexisting anisotropy in structural styles of rifts and passive margins
The role of syn-extensional deposition and erosion in evolving structural styles of rifts and passive margins and the effects of tectonics on deposition and erosional patterns
Fluid flow systems associated with oceanic hot spots, oceanic transforms, continental transforms, and rifts
The role of pre-rift heat flow in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
The role of structural and stratigraphic architecture in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
The role of syn-rift deposition and erosion in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
The role of deformation in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
The role of fluid flow in thermal regimes of rifts and passive margins
Introduction to hydrocarbons in rift and passive margin settings
Models of source rock distribution, maturation, and expulsion in rift and passive margin settings
Models of reservoir quality distribution
Sealing characteristics
Models of hydrocarbon migration
Trapping styles
Hydrocarbon preservation.