Intraplate stresses and the stratigraphic evolution of the North Sea Central Graben

Tectonic Models for the Evolution of Sedimentary Basins

“…The example of the PliocenePleistocene evolution of the North Sea shows that the buildup of regional compressional stresses can cause a sharp acceleration of postrift subsidence ( Figure 16; Cloetingh, 1988;Cloetingh et al, 1990;Kooi and Cloetingh, 1989;Kooi et al, 1991;Van Wees and Cloetingh, 1996). Similar contemporaneous effects are recognized in North Atlantic passive margin basins as well as in the Pannonian Basin (Horváth and Cloetingh, 1996).…”

Origin of anomalous subsidence along the Northern South China Sea margin and its relationship to dynamic topography

“…Anomalous subsidence during the late post-rift stage appears to be unrelated to earlier crustal extension. A number of mechanisms for generating anomalous post-rift subsidence in extensional settings have been proposed (Kooi and Cloetingh, 1989;Lithgow-Bertelloni and Gurnis, 1997;Burgess et al, 1997;Ziegler and Cloetingh, 2004). Among these, relevant mechanisms for the northern South China Sea area include intra-basin regional subsidence related to dynamic topography and late magmatic events after the cessation of syn-rifting.…”

Tectonic history along the South Gabon Basin: Anomalous early post-rift subsidence

“…In particular, the post-rift history can be sometimes controlled by compressive intraplate stresses, e.g. along the Norwegian or Australian margins (Cloetingh and Kooi, 1990;Kooi and Cloetingh, 1989;Reemst, 1995). Along the studied South Gabon Margin, the most striking event is the anomalous extra subsidence recorded during the early post-rift period, associated with high sedimentation rates reaching on average 100 m/Myr (Figs.…”