应用包括构造模拟的多种技术,并现已由深地震反射剖面证实的联合王国陆上及近海盆地的分析表明,这些盆地发育在连锁断层系上。这些断层系包括陡倾和缓倾的断层,它们或有倾向滑动位移,或有走向滑动位移。尽管所有盆地中连锁断层系都很普遍,但它们发育程度不同,因此在盆地内和盆地间产生种种构造样式。这使得盆地既可按其主要构造单元划分,又可看成力学和地质上连续的。 The analysis of many onshore and offshore basins in the United Kingdom, including many of the techniques used to construct simulations, now confirmed by deep seismic reflection profiles, shows that these basins develop on interlocking faulting. These faults include steeply and gently tilted faults that either have a tendency to slip or have a tendency to slip. Although all of the interlocking fault systems in all the basins are common, they have different degrees of development and therefore produce a variety of structural styles within and between the basins. This allows the basin to be divided both by its main tectonic units and as mechanics and geology.