Early Carboniferous extension in East Avalonia: 350 My record of lithospheric memory

Smit, Jeroen; Wees, J.D. van; Cloetingh, S.A.P.L.

doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.01.004

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“…This is in line with the structure proposed by several studies indicating that the Ardenne basement is a distinct Precambrian block (Chacksfield et al, 1993) that can be considered as a prolongation of the Midlands microcraton (Sintubin, 1999;Sintubin and Everaerts, 2002). More recently, Smit et al (2018) proposed that the entire Rheno-Hercynian domain is located above an extension of the Midlands microcraton. Here, we propose further that this south-eastern portion of Eastern Avalonia is made of a metacratonic Gondwana basement (Fig.…”

Section: The Particular Situation Of the Rheno-hercynian Domain In Avalonia Microcontinentsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…This corresponds to the model of the Midlands microcraton being present below the Ardenne on geological (e.g. Sintubin et al, 2009) and geophysical (Smit et al, 2018) basis. The BM is located in a much more subsiding region belonging to a failed arm of the rift that led to the Rheic Ocean opening (Verniers et al, 2002;Sintubin and Everaerts, 2002;Linnemann et al, 2012).…”

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confidence: 62%

“…Geophysically, the Rheno-Hercynian domain (SE Avalonia) is limited to the N by the Midi-Aachen thrust Fault zone, by major faults to the W (Bray Fault; Lefort, 2010;Smit et al, 2018) and to the E (Elbe-Odra Fault; Guterch and Grad, 2006;Smit et al, 2016) and to the S by the Northern Phyllite Zone (Smit et al, 2018;Fig. 18).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Currently, the Northern Phyllite Zone, a major tectonic structure, is composed of both Avalonian and Armorican lithologies as a result of the Variscan orogeny (Franke, 2000;Stephan et al, 2016;Franke et al, 2017). Before the Variscan orogeny, this zone was a cold passive margin (Henk, 1995) of lithospheric scale (Smit et al, 2018) and existed earlier at least from Early Devonian (Anderle, 1987) and most probably since the early Ordovician (Anderle, 1998). We can thus propose that the Rheno-Hercynian domain constituted a south-eastern spur protruding from the southern margin of the Avalonia microcontinent (Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…The latter include the NW-trending Dowsing-South Hewett Fault Zone and the Elbe Lineament ( Fig. 1), which were probably initiated during closure of the Tornquist Sea (Cocks & Fortey 1982;Pharaoh et al 2010Pharaoh et al , 2011Smit et al 2018) in Late Ordovician time. Further reactivation of these structures occurred in Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic times (Badley et al 1989;Green et al 2018).…”

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Dolomitisation of carbonate platform margins by fault‐controlled geothermal convection: Insights from coupling stratigraphic and reactive transport models

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Reactive transport modelling is increasingly deployed to quantitatively evaluate conceptual models of diagenetic processes. However, construction of models of complex systems involves trade-offs between accuracy and simplification. This tension is explored for models of fault-associated dolomitisation by sea water convection in a syn-rift carbonate platform, evaluating the contribution of incorporating stratigraphic growth and fault propagation. Simulations of the high heat flux southern margin of the Derbyshire Platform (Northern England), with heterogeneous matrix permeability that reflects the evolving stratal architecture and burial compaction focusses dolomitisation in more permeable units at all depths.F I G U R E 2 Stratigraphic column of the Carboniferous with particular reference to the seismo-stratigraphic stages of the Pennine Basin defined by Fraser and Gawthorpe (2003). Periods EC2-EC6 are used as time stages for the reported simulations.

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Early Carboniferous extension in East Avalonia: 350 My record of lithospheric memory

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New insights on subsurface energy resources in the Southern North Sea Basin area

Dolomitisation of carbonate platform margins by fault‐controlled geothermal convection: Insights from coupling stratigraphic and reactive transport models

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