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Collot, Julien; Geli, Louis; Lafoy, Y; Vially, R; Cluzel, D; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Nouze, Herve. |
New, high-quality multichannel seismic reflection data from the western New Caledonia offshore domain allow for the first time the direct, continuous connection of seismic reflectors between the Deep Sea Drilling Project 208 drill hole on the Lord Howe Rise and the New Caledonia Basin. A novel seismic interpretation is hence proposed for the northern New Caledonia Basin stratigraphy, which places the Eocene/Oligocene unconformity deeper than previously thought and revisits the actual thickness of the pre-Oligocene sequences. A causal link is proposed between the obduction of the South Loyalty Basin over New Caledonia (NC) and the tectonic history of the northern New Caledonia Basin. Here it is suggested that as the South Loyalty Basin was being obducted... |
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Palavras-chave: New Caledonia; Seismics; Obduction. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4782.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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