Continental margin tectonics, stratigraphy, and petroleum systems

大陆边缘是地球上一些最突出的特征，主要由海相沉积和火山岩组成，它们是板块构造活动、风化和侵蚀以及大陆边缘油气聚集的地层记录。这项研究计划将集中在两个不同的板块构造环境中大陆边缘构造、地层学和油气系统之间的相互作用，并结合野外观察和基于实验室的测量，了解沉积盆地和火山盆地如何随着地质时代的演变以及常见的板块构造过程如何直接影响油气藏的埋藏热条件。实地研究将在育空地区和不列颠哥伦比亚省进行。该计划的综合领域和实验室方法将培养硕士学生，并创造高素质的人才(HQP)，他们将在加拿大的大学、政府或石油行业的工作岗位上取得成功。这项研究的目的是发展关于大陆边缘表层、浅层地壳和深层地球过程之间相互联系的新概念，并更好地描述加拿大西部板块构造和油气系统之间的关系。预计这项研究将对理解加拿大北部偏远地区的区域地质产生重大而积极的影响，并为大陆边缘演化提供新的、变革性的概念。

Continental margins are some of the most prominent features on Earth and consist primarily of marine sedimentary and volcanic rocks that are the stratigraphic records of plate tectonic activity, weathering and erosion, and hydrocarbon accumulation along the edges of continents. This research program will concentrate on the interplay between continental margin tectonics, stratigraphy, and petroleum systems in two different plate tectonic settings, and combine field observations and laboratory-based measurements to understand how sedimentary and volcanic basins evolve through geological time and how common plate tectonic processes can directly affect the burial-thermal conditions of hydrocarbon reservoirs. The field research will take place in areas of Yukon and British Columbia. The integrated field and laboratory approach of the program will train MSc students and create Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) who will succeed in university, government, or petroleum industry job positions within Canada. The goals of the research are to develop new ideas on the interconnectedness among surficial, shallow-crustal, and deep earth processes along continental margins and to better describe the relationships between plate tectonics and petroleum systems in western Canada. The research is expected to have a significant and positive impact on the understanding of regional geology in remote locations of Canada's North and provide new, transformative concepts for continental margin evolution.