 Pull-apart basins represent an important exploration target for oil and gas, porphyry copper mineralisation, and geothermal fields.The Matzen fault system in the Matzen Oil field has been recast as extensional grabens produced by pull-apart basins.The Dead Sea has been studied extensively and thinning of the crust in pull-aparts may generate differential loading and instigate salt-diapirs to rise, a frequent trap for hydrocarbons.