Post-breakup compression of a passive margin and its impact on hydrocarbon prospectivity: An example from the Tertiary of the FaeroendashShetland Basin, United Kingdom

Davies, Richard J.; Cloke, Ian; Cartwright, Joe; Robinson, A.; Ferrero, Charles

doi:10.1306/09030303008

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“…Finally, the hinterland loading -detachmentfoldbelt assemblage is not observed in the area, although as we shall see below, sedimentary loading enhanced the flanks of some structures. As also shown earlier, there is evidence of hinterland uplift and associated sedimentary input to the passive margin basins in the midMiocene (Stoker et al 2005b;Davies et al 2004). However, in the main areas where compressional structures are observed (Norwegian Sea and Faroes -Rockall) they do not seem to be associated with contemporaneous mid-Miocene progradation.…”

Section: Gravity Loading Spreading and Slidingsupporting

confidence: 61%

Potential mechanisms for the genesis of Cenozoic domal structures on the NE Atlantic margin: pros, cons and some new ideas

Doré¹,

Lundin

Kusznir

et al. 2008

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Section: Gravity Loading Spreading and Slidingsupporting

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Potential mechanisms for the genesis of Cenozoic domal structures on the NE Atlantic margin: pros, cons and some new ideas

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Lundin

Kusznir

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“…The Mid-Eocene event revealed in the NB (precisely Early Lutetian assuming the time scale of Cande and Kent (1995) matches now the poorly understood Lutetian compressional events described in the RockalleFaroe area (Tuitt et al, 2010) and the early phase of dome development recorded in the mid-Norwegian margin . The Mid-Eocene reorganisation of the NB is also contemporaneous with the onset of an important fan system development in the FaroeeShetland Basin (Portree, Caledonia and Strachan fans) (Davies et al, 2004;Sørensen, 2003) (Fig. 2).…”

Section: Correlation With Other Mid-eocene Events E Implications For mentioning

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The Norway Basin revisited: From continental breakup to spreading ridge extinction

Gernigon

Gaina

Olesen

et al. 2012

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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“…The sedimentary overburden has been grouped into the upper sediments, equivalent to post-Oligocene overburden, and the lower sediments, equivalent to an Eocene-Oligocene package (e.g. Davies et al 2004); this is indicated on the figures and aids in the gravity modelling. The following section studies the offshore interpretation of the volcanic rocks through the GFA-99 dataset: how the sequence is recognized in the seismic data, the facies interpretations and the estimated thicknesses present within this part of the NAIP flood basalts.…”

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Understanding the offshore flood basalt sequence using onshore volcanic facies analogues: an example from the Faroe–Shetland basin

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Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Abstract -Flood basalts in associated volcanic rifted margins, such as the North Atlantic Igneous Province, have a significant component of lavas which are preserved in the present day in an offshore setting. A close inspection of the internal facies architecture of flood basalts onshore provides a framework to interpret the offshore sequences imaged by remote techniques such as reflection seismology. A geological interpretation of the offshore lava sequences in the Faroe-Shetland Basin, using constraints from onshore analogues such as the Faroe Islands, allows for the identification of a series of lava sequences which have characteristic properties so that they can be grouped. These are tabular simple flows, compound-braided flows, and sub-aqueously deposited hyaloclastite facies. The succession of volcanic rocks calculated in this study has a maximum thickness in excess of 6800 m. Down to the top of the sub-volcanic sediments, the offshore volcanic succession has a thickness of about 2700 m where it can be clearly identified across much of the area, with a further 2700 m or more of volcanic rock estimated from the combined gravity and seismic modelling to the north and west of the region. A large palaeo-waterbody is identified on the basis of a hyaloclastite front/apron consisting of a series of clinoforms prograding towards the eastern part of the basin. This body was > 500 m deep, must have been present at the onset of volcanism into this region, and parts of the water body would have been present during the continued stages of volcanism as indicated by the distribution of the hyaloclastite apron.

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Post-breakup compression of a passive margin and its impact on hydrocarbon prospectivity: An example from the Tertiary of the FaeroendashShetland Basin, United Kingdom

Cited by 50 publications

References 23 publications

Potential mechanisms for the genesis of Cenozoic domal structures on the NE Atlantic margin: pros, cons and some new ideas

Potential mechanisms for the genesis of Cenozoic domal structures on the NE Atlantic margin: pros, cons and some new ideas

The Norway Basin revisited: From continental breakup to spreading ridge extinction

Understanding the offshore flood basalt sequence using onshore volcanic facies analogues: an example from the Faroe–Shetland basin

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