Cenozoic Sequence Stratigraphy in the Eastern North Sea

Michelsen, Olaf; Thomsen, Erik; Danielsen, Mette; Heilmann‐Clausen, Claus; Jordt, Henrik; Laursen, Gitte V.

doi:10.2110/pec.98.02.0091

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“…This tectonic uplift might have been a basin-wide phenomenon as it is also documented by a short hiatus in the eastern North Sea and the Danish onshore (Michelsen et al, 1998, fig. 23; Huuse, 2002, Fig.…”

Section: Selandian and Thanetian Sequences And The Transition To The mentioning

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Stratigraphic architecture of the Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic along the southern border of the North Sea Basin in Belgium

Vandenberghe¹,

Simaeys²,

Steurbaut

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Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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The Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic sedimentary record in the Campine Basin along the southern border of the North Sea Basin is analysed in terms of sequence stratigraphy. All available biostratigraphic, and in some cases, magnetostratigraphic data are used to constrain the sequence chronostratigraphy. The relative geographic extent of the strata is used as an indication of the relative sea level. Tectonic and eustatic components could be distinguished in several cases using regional geological information. Generally, sequences consist of transgressive and highstand systems tracts only and have flat, abrasiontype lower boundaries. Lowstand deposits are only identified as infill of erosional space, which generally implies marked tectonic uplift. Several eustatic and tectonic events can be correlated with similar events known elsewhere in the North Sea Basin. The time intervals spanned by the different sequences vary considerably, pointing out different control mechanisms.

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Section: Selandian and Thanetian Sequences And The Transition To The mentioning

confidence: 74%

Stratigraphic architecture of the Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic along the southern border of the North Sea Basin in Belgium

Vandenberghe¹,

Simaeys²,

Steurbaut

et al. 2004

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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“…up the southern North Sea delta across southern Scandinavia (Sørensen et al, 1997;Michelsen et al, 1998;Huuse et al, 2001;Overeem et al, 2001). This delta was characterized by an extensive distributary system that supplied large amounts of freshwater and sediment to the shelf sea during the Neogene and early Pleistocene (Overeem et al, 2001), resulting in a sediment infill of ∼ 1500 m in the central North Sea Basin (Fig.…”

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Land–sea coupling of early Pleistocene glacial cycles in the southern North Sea exhibit dominant Northern Hemisphere forcing

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Abstract. We assess the disputed phase relations between forcing and climatic response in the early Pleistocene with a spliced Gelasian ( ∼ 2.6-1.8 Ma) multi-proxy record from the southern North Sea basin. The cored sections couple climate evolution on both land and sea during the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation (NHG) in NW Europe, providing the first well-constrained stratigraphic sequence of the classic terrestrial Praetiglian stage. Terrestrial signals were derived from the Eridanos paleoriver, a major fluvial system that contributed a large amount of freshwater to the northeast Atlantic. Due to its latitudinal position, the Eridanos catchment was likely affected by early Pleistocene NHG, leading to intermittent shutdown and reactivation of river flow and sediment transport. Here we apply organic geochemistry, palynology, carbonate isotope geochemistry, and seismostratigraphy to document both vegetation changes in the Eridanos catchment and regional surface water conditions and relate them to early Pleistocene glacial-interglacial cycles and relative sea level changes. Paleomagnetic and palynological data provide a solid integrated timeframe that ties the obliquity cycles, expressed in the borehole geophysical logs, to Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 103 to 92, independently confirmed by a local benthic oxygen isotope record. Marine and terrestrial palynological and organic geochemical records provide high-resolution reconstructions of relative terrestrial and sea surface temperature (TT and SST), vegetation, relative sea level, and coastal influence.During the prominent cold stages MIS 98 and 96, as well as 94, the record indicates increased non-arboreal vegetation, low SST and TT, and low relative sea level. During the warm stages MIS 99, 97, and 95 we infer increased stratification of the water column together with a higher percentage of arboreal vegetation, high SST, and relative sea level maxima. The early Pleistocene distinct warm-cold alterations are synchronous between land and sea, but lead the relative sea level change by 3000-8000 years. The record provides evPublished by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. 398T. H. Donders et al.: Land-sea coupling of early Pleistocene glacial cycles idence for a dominantly Northern Hemisphere-driven cooling that leads the glacial buildup and varies on the obliquity timescale. Southward migration of Arctic surface water masses during glacials, indicated by cool-water dinoflagellate cyst assemblages, is furthermore relevant for the discussion on the relation between the intensity of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and ice sheet growth.

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“…eastern North Sea was mainly characterized by clastic sedimentation during the Cenozoic, dominated in the Paleocene and Eocene by a northern and westerly sourced marine drape of hemipelagic finegrained clay stones (Michelsen et al, 1998;Clausen et al, 1999;. Mass flow processes during the Paleogene led to deposition of deep-water sandstones in the North Sea, such as the sandy infill of the late Paleocene submarine Siri Canyon in the Danish North Sea (Ahmadi et al, 2003;Jones et al, 2003;Hamberg et al, 2005).…”

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Fluid flow features in hydrocarbon plumbing systems: What do they tell us about the basin evolution?

Andresen

2012

Marine Geology

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Cenozoic Sequence Stratigraphy in the Eastern North Sea

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Stratigraphic architecture of the Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic along the southern border of the North Sea Basin in Belgium

Stratigraphic architecture of the Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic along the southern border of the North Sea Basin in Belgium

Land–sea coupling of early Pleistocene glacial cycles in the southern North Sea exhibit dominant Northern Hemisphere forcing

Fluid flow features in hydrocarbon plumbing systems: What do they tell us about the basin evolution?

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