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| Jouet, Gwenael; Hutton, E; Syvitski, J; Berne, Serge. |
| Passive continental margin subsidence is initiated by the synrift mechanical stretching of the lithospheric upper brittle layer and continues during the postrift phase; the thermal cooling and contraction of the upwelled asthenosphere forces the margin to subside in addition to the overloads from sea water and sediments. Therefore, the total subsidence in stretched basins includes fault-controlled initial sinking, thermal subsidence and flexural isostatic compensations. Decoupling and estimating the different components of this subsidence from stratigraphic analysis and restricted geophysical and sedimentological databases remains problematic. In particular, backstripping the sediment layers requires a well-constrained geological framework. A method is... |
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Palavras-chave: Gulf of Lions; Continental shelf; Sedflux; Stratigraphic simulations; Isostasy; Subsidence. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4640.pdf |
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| Collot, Julien; Patriat, Martin; Etienne, S.; Rouillard, P.; Soetaert, F.; Juan, C.; Marcaillou, B.; Palazzin, G.; Clerc, C.; Maurizot, P.; Pattier, F; Tournadour, E.; Sevin, B.; Privat, A.. |
| Classically, deepwater fold-and-thrust belts are classified in two main types, depending if they result from near- or far-field stresses and the understanding of their driving and triggering mechanism is poorly known. We present a geophysical dataset off the western margin of New Caledonia (SW Pacific) that reveals deformed structures of a deepwater fold-and-thrust belt that we interpret as a near-field gravity-driven system, which is not located at a rifted passive margin. The main factor triggering deformation is inferred to be oversteepening of the margin slope by post-obduction isostatic rebound. Onshore erosion of abnormally-dense obducted material, combined with sediment loading in the adjacent basin, has induced vertical motions that have caused... |
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Palavras-chave: Deepwater fold-and-thrust belt; Obduction; Isostasy. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00405/51614/52162.pdf |
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| Rabineau, Marina; Leroux, Estelle; Aslanian, Daniel; Bache, F.; Gorini, Christian; Moulin, Maryline; Molliex, Stephane; Droz, Laurence; Dos Reis, Antonio; Rubino, J. L.; Guillocheau, Francois; Olivet, Jean-louis. |
| Passive margins are characterised by an important tectonic and thermal subsidence, which favours a good preservation of sedimentary sequences. This sedimentation in turn enhances the subsidence because of loading effects. We present here a direct method based on sedimentary markers seen on seismic data, to evaluate total subsidence rates from the coast to the outer shelf and to the deep basin in the Gulf of Lion, from the beginning of massive salt deposition up to present day (the last circa 6 Ma) with minimal theoretical assumptions. On the shelf, the Pliocene-Quaternary subsidence shows a seaward tilt reaching a rate of 240 m/Ma (±15 m/Ma) at the shelf break (70 km from the present day coastline) (i.e. a total angle of rotation of 0.88° (0.16°/Ma)). We... |
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Palavras-chave: Subsidence; Pliocene-quaternary; Messinian salinity crisis; Isostasy; Mediterranean Sea; Gulf of Lion. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00171/28176/32147.pdf |
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