Petroleum Geological Atlas of the Southern Permian Basin Area - overview SPB-Atlas Project – Organisation and Results

Doornenbal, J.C.; Abbink, O.A.; Pagnier, H.; Wees, J.D. van

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“…The north of the Schillgrund High is characterised by thin Zechstein deposits. In this area low initial thicknesses between 0 and 300 m of the Zechstein salt in combination with a change in the overall rock lithology (Doornenbal & Stevenson, 2010) prevented the formation of salt diapirs. Within the German Central Graben and the Step Graben System where the Zechstein thickness varies between 300 and 1400m thin-skinned tectonics is the dominant structural style (Fig.…”

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“…These basins are separated by the Mid-North Sea- and Ringkøbing-Fyn-High (Vejbæk, 1990; Gemmer et al, 2002b; Geluk, 2007). Within the Southern Permian Basin the Upper Permian Zechstein Group comprises a complex of cyclic marine evaporites, which are preserved and occur at present-day depths of more than 5500 m (Doornenbal & Stevenson, 2010). The German North Sea including the Entenschnabel covers the western offshore part of the Southern Permian Basin (Figs 1 and 2C).…”

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“…Missing Triassic and Early to Middle Jurassic sediments were probably deposited in the area because these sediments are preserved in surrounding grabens and basins, and point to major regional depositional trends across the Schillgrund High (Doornenbal & Stevenson, 2010). On the Schillgrund High these sediments were eroded due to an interplay of Late Jurassic structural evolution of the Central Graben, including its eastern graben shoulder and local thermal uplift related to the North Sea Dome (Fig.…”

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“…The Millennium Atlas published by Evans et al (2003) constitutes the results of geological investigations of the central and northern North Sea and brings together the offshore geology and expertise of the Norwegian Petroleum Society, the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland as well as the Geological Society of London. In the Southern Permian Basin Atlas (SPBA; Doornenbal & Stevenson, 2010), a comprehensive overview is provided based on more than 150 years of petroleum exploration and research in the Southern Permian Basin area. Within the framework of the SPBA, maps covering the German offshore sector are generalised to a scale of 1:1,000,000.…”

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Late Palaeozoic to Early Cenozoic geological evolution of the northwestern German North Sea (Entenschnabel): New results and insights

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Lutz

et al. 2014

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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The results of a detailed seismic mapping campaign of 13 horizons in the northwestern German North Sea, covering Late Permian to Palaeogene sedimentary successions, are presented. Based on the interpretation of four 3D and two 2D seismic surveys, thickness and depth maps of prominent stratigraphic units were constructed. These maps provide an overview of key structural elements, the sedimentation and erosion, and give insights into the evolution of the German Central Graben. The base of the Zechstein Group reaches a maximum depth of 7800 m within the German Central Graben. Lateral thickness variations in the Zechstein reflect the extensive mobilisation of Zechstein salt. Complex rift-related structures, with the Central Graben as the main structural element, were found not later than the Early Triassic. Up to 3000-m thick Triassic sediments are preserved in the eastern German Central Graben of which 1800 m consist of Keuper sediments. The Lower Buntsandstein unit shows increasing thicknesses towards the southeastern study area, likely related to distinct lateral subsidence. As a consequence of uplift of the North Sea Dome, Middle Jurassic sediments were eroded in large parts of the northwestern German North Sea and are only preserved in the German Central Graben. The NNW–SSE oriented John Basin is another important structural element, which shows maximum subsidence during the Late Jurassic. In most parts of the study area Lower Cretaceous sediments are absent due to either erosion or non-deposition. Lower Cretaceous deposits are preserved in the Outer Rough Basin in the northwest and within the German Central Graben. Upper Cretaceous sediments are found at depths between 1500 and 3600 m, reaching a maximum thickness of approximately 1600 m on the Schillgrund High. Contraction and inversion of pre-existing Mesozoic faults during the Late Cretaceous is distinct at the Schillgrund Fault, i.e. the eastern border fault of the Central Graben. The Palaeogene is predominantly a period of strong basin subsidence. Within 37 Myrs, up to 1400 m of Palaeogene sediments were deposited in the northwesternmost part of the study area. Detailed mapping of salt structures enables a reconstruction of halokinetic movements over time and a deciphering of the influence of the Zechstein salt on the sedimentary evolution during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Increasing sediment thicknesses in rim-synclines indicate that most of the salt structures in the German Central Graben had their main growth phase during the Late Jurassic.

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“…Because local geological records are rich in information, they have been compiled preferably as chronostratigraphic charts (e.g. Ziegler, 1990, stratigraphic correlation charts, enclosures 44–52; Scotese & Golonka, 1997; Evans, 2003; Burke & Gunnell, 2008; Doornenbal & Stevenson, 2010; Green et al . 2013; Hopper et al .…”

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Palaeogeological hiatus surface mapping: a tool to visualize vertical motion of the continents

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2018

Geol. Mag.

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Dynamic topography is a well-established consequence of global geodynamic models of mantle convection with horizontal dimensions of >1000 km and amplitudes up to 2 km. Such physical models guide the interpretation of geological records on equal dimensions. Continent-scale geological maps therefore serve as reference frames of choice to visualize erosion/non-deposition as a proxy for long-wavelength, low-amplitude vertical surface motion. At a resolution of systems or series, such maps display conformable and unconformable time boundaries traceable over hundreds to thousands of kilometres. Unconformable contact surfaces define the shape and size of time gap (hiatus) in millions of years based on the duration of time represented by the missing systems or series. Hiatus for a single system or series base datum diminishes laterally to locations (anchor points) where it is conformable at the mapped resolution; it is highly dependent upon scale. A comparison of hiatus area between two successive system or series boundaries yields changes in location, shape, size and duration, indicative of the transient nature of vertical surface motion. As a single-step technique, it serves as a quantitative proxy for palaeotopography that can be calibrated using other geological data. The tool magnifies the need for geological mapping at the temporal resolution of stages, matching process rates. The method has no resolving power within conformable regions (basins) but connects around them. When applied to marine seismic sections that relate to rock record, not to time, biostratigraphic and radiometric data from deep wells are needed before hiatus areas – that relate to time – can be mapped.

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Dynamics of prolonged salt movement in the Glückstadt Graben (NW Germany) driven by tectonic and sedimentary processes

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Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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Petroleum Geological Atlas of the Southern Permian Basin Area - overview SPB-Atlas Project – Organisation and Results

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Late Palaeozoic to Early Cenozoic geological evolution of the northwestern German North Sea (Entenschnabel): New results and insights

Late Palaeozoic to Early Cenozoic geological evolution of the northwestern German North Sea (Entenschnabel): New results and insights

Palaeogeological hiatus surface mapping: a tool to visualize vertical motion of the continents

Dynamics of prolonged salt movement in the Glückstadt Graben (NW Germany) driven by tectonic and sedimentary processes

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