Depositional processes, triggering mechanisms and sediment composition of carbonate gravity flow deposits: examples from the Late Cretaceous of the south-central Pyrenees, Spain

Drzewiecki, Peter; Simo, J. C.

doi:10.1016/s0037-0738(01)00171-3

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“…Although mass gravity flows and related deposits could be triggered by different processes (e.g., margin oversteepening during sea-level highstands, seismic activity, or erosion during sea level lowstands), the most common process for triggering mass gravity flow on the slope is a relative sea-level fall with erosion of the basin margins (Handford & Loucks 1993;Scheibner et al 2000Scheibner et al , 2003Drzewiecki & Simó 2002 and references therein; Warrlich et al 2002;Bosence & Wilson 2003). Debris flows related to sea-level falls have been identified from different basins, from the Cambrian up to the Miocene (Drzewiecki & Simó 2002 and references therein).…”

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“…Debris flows related to sea-level falls have been identified from different basins, from the Cambrian up to the Miocene (Drzewiecki & Simó 2002 and references therein). Scheibner et al (2000Scheibner et al ( , 2003, working on slope sediments of a Paleocene ramp-to-basin transition in NE Egypt, reported depositional facies quite similar to the facies recognized at the Olukpınar section, with hemipelagic marls and debris flow deposits that were related to transgressive/highstand and lowstand phases, respectively.…”

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Middle-Upper Miocene paleogeography of southern Turkey: insights from stratigraphy and calcareous nannofossil biochronology of the Olukpınar and Başyayla sections (Mut-Ermenek Basin)

Cipollari¹,

Halásová²,

Gürbüz³

et al. 2013

Turkish J Earth Sci

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"The age of the marine succession capping the basement rocks of the central Taurides in the Mut-Ermenek Basin is constrained. using calcareous nannofossil biochronology. The Olukpınar section, which correlates with the biozones between MNN5a and MNN6b. (late Langhian-late Serravallian), represents a deeper marine environment developed lateral to the Ermenek platform. The long-term. transgressive–regressive cycle of the Olukpınar section, which corresponds to the middle-upper part of the TB2 supercycle, can be. subdivided into 2 large-scale (106 years) cycles (TB2.4 and TB2.5) based on the occurrence of 2 major debris flow deposits linked. to sea-level drop. The younger late Tortonian Başyayla section represents a transgressive–regressive sedimentary cycle (TB3.2 cycle). responsible for the major transgressive event that occurred at the southern margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau during the Late. Miocene. This major transgressive event is responsible for the migration of the coastal onlap of the Mediterranean Sea towards the. interior of the Anatolian Peninsula, almost 100 km inland from the present Eastern Mediterranean coast line. The ~8 Ma age of the. younger marine sediments deposited during the TB3.2 cycle, which onlap the basement rocks of the central Taurides at an elevation of. ~2 km, represents a maximum age for the start of surface uplift of the Central Anatolian Plateau’s southern margin.

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Section: Interpretation Of Cyclicity In the Mut-ermenek Basinmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Interpretation Of Cyclicity In the Mut-ermenek Basinmentioning

confidence: 99%

Middle-Upper Miocene paleogeography of southern Turkey: insights from stratigraphy and calcareous nannofossil biochronology of the Olukpınar and Başyayla sections (Mut-Ermenek Basin)

Cipollari¹,

Halásová²,

Gürbüz³

et al. 2013

Turkish J Earth Sci

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“…Modern and ancient systems investigated throughout the world revealed significant differences when compared with their siliciclastic counterparts in terms of facies, morphology and dynamics. Among the characteristics of carbonate systems, common features are i) the "sheetlike" character of resedimented deposits (Crevello and Schlager, 1980;Schlager and Ginsburg, 1981;Mullins and Cook, 1986;Drzewiecki and Simó, 2002;Etienne, 2012), ii) the "line-source", or apron-like morphology of many carbonate slopes (Mullins and Cook, 1986;Playton et al, 2010), and iii) the "highstand shedding" of carbonate platforms basinward (Droxler and Schlager, 1985;Eberli, 1991;Schlager et al, 1994;Bernet et al, 2000). The Late Cretaceous paleogeography of the Neo-Tethys, dominated by a framework of carbonate platforms and basins (Channell et al, 1979;D' Argenio et al, 1980;Zapaterra, 1994), is adequate for the study of carbonate margin evolution.…”

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Contribution to the understanding of the Ionian Basin sedimentary evolution along the eastern edge of Apulia during the Late Cretaceous in Albania

Goff

Cérepi

Swennen

et al. 2015

Sedimentary Geology

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Integrated in the peri-Adriatic domain, the Ionian Basin extended along a NW-SE direction during the Late Cretaceous, limited on its sides by the Apulian and the Kruja platforms. The basinal/slope succession was studied in seven outcrops exposed in the Albanian fold-and-thrust belt. Sedimentological investigations, supported by bio-and chronostratigraphy were performed on calcareous Upper Cretaceous hemipelagites, gravity-flow deposits and slumps. The western part of the basin was studied, revealing a strong influence of the Apulian margin, alternatively shedding sediment basinward, by means of a tectonically controlled edge. The Late Albian to Cenomanian period is characterized by the settling of muddy debrites along the margin. A deep basinal environment characterizes this period which prolongs until the Santonian, with no significant influx of the platform basinward. This sedimentary setting abruptly changed at the end of the Santonian, with an important influx derived from both platforms. Coarsening and thickening upward sequences show a progressive increase in sediment shedding during the Campanian. The Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian period points out a major change on the resedimentation processes with the settling of several slumped units reworking thick sediment packages. The latter can be traced along the Apulian margin, testifying of instabilities along the edge of Apulia.

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“…Backstepping has been observed in various foredeep basin settings (Drzewiecki & Simó, 2002;Blanchon, 2011) and microbial carbonates (Whalen et al, 2002). This phenomenon has also been recognised in other Dinantian carbonate systems around the globe (Weber et al, 2003;Harris et al, 2008;Kombrink, 2008).…”

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Seismic stratigraphy of Dinantian carbonates in the southern Netherlands and northern Belgium

Reijmer

Veen²,

Jaarsma

et al. 2017

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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Due to their potential as a petroleum or geothermal system, the Dinantian carbonates of the Netherlands have recently attracted renewed interest because of the identified presence of excellent reservoir properties. This notion contrasts with the general assumption that these carbonates are tight. Therefore, in order to give the current knowledge state, this paper re-examines the sparse publicly available well and seismic data and literature to assess the distribution and reservoir properties of the Dinantian carbonates.Dinantian carbonate deposition occurred throughout the study area (southern onshore and offshore of the Netherlands and northern Belgium), which is situated on the northern margin of the London-Brabant Massif, progressively onlapping the latter structure. This study confirms the presence of three carbonate facies types in the study area: a Tournaisian low-gradient carbonate ramp system, succeeded by a succession in which the carbonate ramp system evolved to a rimmed shelf setting. Subsidence of the northern margin of the London-Brabant Massif resulted in a landward shift of the shallow-marine facies belts, while the formation of normal faults resulted in a 'staircase'-shaped shallow-water platform-slope-basin profile, associated with large-scale resedimentation processes. After deposition, the limestone deposits were frequently exhumed and reburied. A first period of regional exhumation occurred at the end of the Dinantian, which seems to be associated with porosity-enhancing meteoric karstification, possibly limited to the palaeo-shelf edge. The most intense alterations seem to be present as a deep leached horizon below the Cretaceous unconformity at the top of the Dinantian sequences. In addition, clear evidence for hydrothermal fluid migration is found locally, enhancing reservoir properties at some places while occluding porosity at others. The timing of these phases of hydrothermal fluid circulation is poorly understood.Whereas in the United Kingdom hydrocarbons have been produced from karstified Dinantian carbonates, this petroleum play has received little attention in the Netherlands. This paper shows that, also for the Netherlands, a karstic reservoir probably existed before the start of hydrocarbon generation from the onlapping basal Namurian shales. The hydrocarbon prospectivity of these sediments, however, is primarily controlled by the presence of both a karst-related reservoir and migration routes from a decent-quality source rock. Two geothermal projects producing from this reservoir in the southern onshore Netherlands have shown the potential of the Dinantian carbonates for ultra-deep geothermal projects. To conclude, the findings presented herein are relevant for studies of the hydrocarbon prospectivity and studies of the geothermal potential of Dinantian carbonates in the Dutch on-and offshore.

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Depositional processes, triggering mechanisms and sediment composition of carbonate gravity flow deposits: examples from the Late Cretaceous of the south-central Pyrenees, Spain

Cited by 70 publications

References 26 publications

Middle-Upper Miocene paleogeography of southern Turkey: insights from stratigraphy and calcareous nannofossil biochronology of the Olukpınar and Başyayla sections (Mut-Ermenek Basin)

Middle-Upper Miocene paleogeography of southern Turkey: insights from stratigraphy and calcareous nannofossil biochronology of the Olukpınar and Başyayla sections (Mut-Ermenek Basin)

Contribution to the understanding of the Ionian Basin sedimentary evolution along the eastern edge of Apulia during the Late Cretaceous in Albania

Seismic stratigraphy of Dinantian carbonates in the southern Netherlands and northern Belgium

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