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| Chima, Kelvin I.; Do Couto, Damien; Leroux, Estelle; Gardin, Silvia; Hoggmascall, Nick; Rabineau, Marina; Granjeon, Didier; Gorini, Christian. |
| Located on a divergent margin dominated by gravity tectonics above overpressured marine shales, the Niger Delta slope has been described as having a stepped profile characterized by ‘filled ponded basins’ that are prone to erosion and sediment bypass. Previous studies based on 3D seismic data have described the depositional architecture of the western Niger Delta's upper slope, but calibration of the seismic facies is lacking and the timing of major changes in sedimentary record remains elusive. In this study, seismic sequence-stratigraphy, 3D geomorphological analyses of high-resolution 3D seismic data, and bio/chronostratigraphic analyses from four boreholes, enabled the identification and characterization of the depositional architecture in Neogene... |
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Palavras-chave: West Africa; Niger Delta; Seismic sequence stratigraphy; Filled ponded basins; Mass-transport deposits; Turbidite systems; Chronostratigraphy. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00503/61492/65302.pdf |
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| Gauchery, Tugdual; Rovere, Marzia; Pellegrini, Claudio; Cattaneo, Antonio; Campiani, Elisabetta; Trincardi, Fabio. |
| This study presents novel findings on the Pliocene and Quaternary evolution of the Gela Basin (Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea), an area recording the interaction between tectonics, climate change at a Milankovitch and sub-Milankovitch timescales, and dynamic water masses exchange between the eastern and western Mediterranean Sea. The calibration of seismic profiles with exploration boreholes allowed for the refining the chronostratigraphic framework of the Gela Basin and highlighted the main phases of margin growth. Since the Pliocene, the margin has recorded the deposition of 100 m high shelf-edge clinothems, accompanied by sediment drifts on the slope and mass-transport deposits (MTDs), possibly triggered by seismic activity. Through the... |
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Palavras-chave: Stratigraphy; Middle Pleistocene Transition; Plio-Quaternary; Contourites; Clinothems; Mass-transport deposits; Continental margin evolution; Glacio-eustatic variations. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00655/76739/77888.pdf |
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