ABSTRACT. Several studies have tried to address the evolution of the Atlantic conjugate margins, including Brazil and West Africa. However, past research advances has been hindered by a lack of data for the marginal region in the eastern portion of northeastern Brazil, extending from the Pernambuco Shear Zone to the Touros High. This situation has imposed serious limitations on the development of a regional view of the paleotectonic and paleogeographic evolution of the margin in this area and on correlations with regional counterparts in Africa. Here, we present an investigation using regional seismic and potential field data. The results show that this region represents a basement high forming a narrow platform with a thin sedimentary cover (0.8-2.5 km) and an abrupt shelf break, which created a large bypass zone towards the slope. The analysis of a deep seismic section revealed that thinned continental crust (transitional crust) occupies a narrow zone and that the continentaloceanic boundary (COB) is located approximately 100 km to the east of the present coastline. Geophysical modeling integrated with interpretation of the seismic data suggests that this region is characterized by an abrupt thinning of continental crust, with an accompanying sudden rise of the Moho. There are also indications for the existence of a zone of extremely thinned continental crust, which was interpreted as proto-oceanic crust. Our findings suggest that the study area shows strong similarities to non-volcanic rifted margins.Keywords: Paraíba and Natal Platform Basins, continental-oceanic transition, northeastern Brazilian continental margin, Atlantic rift. RESUMO.Vários trabalhos têm tentado abordar a evolução das margens conjugadas do Atlântico, incluindo o nordeste do Brasil e o oeste daÁfrica. Entretanto, o avanço de pesquisas anteriores tem sido dificultado em razão da falta de dados na região marginal da porção oriental do nordeste do Brasil, aárea entre a Zona de Cisalhamento de Pernambuco e o Alto de Touros. Este fato tem imposto limitações ao desenvolvimento de modelos regionais sobre a evolução paleotectônica e paleogeográfica desta região, assim como na correlação com sua contraparte naÁfrica. Aquié apresentada uma investigação realizada com base em dados sísmicos e de métodos potenciais regionais. Os resultados mostraram que esta região representa um alto do embasamento que forma uma plataforma estreita com uma cobertura sedimentar pouco espessa (0,8-2,5 km) e uma quebra abrupta da plataforma, o que criou uma grande zona de bypass através do talude. A análise de uma seção sísmica profunda revelou que a crosta continental afinada (crosta transicional) representa uma estreita zona, e que o limite crosta continental-oceânica (COB) está localizado a aproximadamente 100 km a leste da atual linha de costa. A modelagem geofísica, integrada com a interpretação sísmica, indica que esta regiãoé caracterizada por um afinamento abrupto da crosta continental, com a consequente ascensão súbita da Moho. Também há evidências da existênci...
The Pernambuco Basin represents one of the most prominent regions for deep water oil and gas exploration off the Brazilian coast. This study aims to identify and describe the occurrence of carbonate buildups in the offshore regions of the basin. The study was based on an analysis of a set of 143 2D timemigrated seismic sections that cover the offshore region of the Pernambuco Basin. An interpretation of the seismic dataset was used to define the main seismic sequences related to the main regional pulses of deposition and to identify three main groups of carbonate buildups: 1) shelf margin reefs, 2) patch reefs, and 3) isolated carbonate buildups. The carbonate buildups formed in two main intervals during postrift sequences of the Santonian-Maastrichtian and Paleocene-Middle Miocene, which extend the known periods of carbonate deposit formation in the basin. The formation of carbonate buildups was controlled by the tectonic evolution of the Pernambuco Plateau, which created a series of paleotopographic highs that enabled the establishment of oceanographically and climatically favorable conditions for carbonate formation and deposition. These findings are important for understanding the evolution of the basin and for future evaluations of its petroleum potential.
An investigation of Curie point depths (CPD) based on spectral analysis of airborne magnetic data was carried out in the NE Brazilian continental margin. The studied region represents a narrow hyper-extended margin with three sedimentary basins. Regional geothermal gradient and heat flow were also calculated. CPD results were integrated with interpretation of 2D deep seismic data and with estimated isostatic Moho depths. The results reveal that the narrow hyper-extended crust is 150 km wide in the southern sector and 80 km wide in the north, with a narrow ocean-continental transition (OCT) zone that varies from 50 km wide in the south sector to 30 to 20 km wide in the north. The CPD isotherm showed the strong influence of the three main continental blocks of Borborema ́s Shield in the tectonic evolution of the three marginal basins. The CPD analysis corroborated models provided by gravimetric data and successfully demonstrated the sharp control of basement compartments on the thermal properties of the marginal basins domains
Seu conteúdo foi revisado pelo ComitêTécnico do V SimBGf, mas não necessariamente representa a opinião da SBGf ou de seus associados. É proibida a reprodução total ou parcial deste material para propósitos comerciais sem prévia autorização da SBGf. ____________________________________________________________________ ResumoDados gravimétricos e de poços tubulares foram utilizados para a análise da estruturação do embasamento na região central da planície costeira do Recife. A interpretação dos mapas gravimétricos Bouguer e Residual mostram três áreas com assinaturas gravimétricas distintas: uma anomalia positiva, alongada e alinhada na direção ENE-WSW que representa a zona de cisalhamento Pernambuco Leste, e duas depressões nas porções norte e sul da área, que representam as Bacias da Paraíba e de Pernambuco, respectivamente. Esta compartimentação está claramente associada com a zona de cisalhamento Pernambuco Leste, que é responsável por dividir essas duas bacias sedimentares. A integração dos mapas gravimétricos com o mapa de profundidade do topo do embasamento apresenta coerência, pois a comparação dos valores da profundidade do topo do embasamento obtidas a partir de poços e as anomalias observadas nos mapas gravimétricos Bouguer e Residual permitiu calibrar a interpretação, e as profundidades eficazes dos poços na região.
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