Regional seismic stratigraphy and controls on the Quaternary evolution of the Cape Hatteras region of the Atlantic passive margin, USA

Mallinson, David J.; Culver, Stephen J.; Riggs, Stanley R.; Thieler, E. Robert; Foster, David S.; Wehmiller, John F.; Farrell, Kathleen M.; Pierson, Jessica

doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.007

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“…Using geophysics, biofacies, stratigraphy, and geochronology, coupled with hydrodynamic modeling, this study enables an understanding of the evolution of Currituck Sound (Figure 1). This interpretation of the paleoshoreline, paleoinlets and tidal ranges, in response to Holocene regional climate events and sealevel change, is then compared with other studies (e.g., Riggs et al, 1992;Dalrymple et al, 1992;Oertel et al, 1992;Mallinson et al, 2005Mallinson et al, , 2010andCulver et al, 2008, 2011).…”

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“…Previous studies using seismic-reflection data, foraminiferal distribution, and lithofacies analysis have been fundamental in understanding the stratigraphy and evolution of the North Carolina coastal system (eg., Riggs et al, 1992;Boss et al, 2002;Mallinson et al, 2005Mallinson et al, , 2010Culver et al, 2008). Riggs et al (1992) found as many as 18 Quaternary sea-level highstand events within the 60 m of preserved Quaternary deposits in northeastern North Carolina.…”

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“…These studies provide the initial geologic framework, both behind the barrier islands and offshore, which several other studies have since built upon. Mallinson et al (2005) Foraminiferal and sedimentological data are commonly used for Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction (e.g., Hippensteel and Martin, 1999;Abbene et al, 2006;Culver et al, 2006;Robinson and McBride, 2006;Vance et al, 2006;Smith et al, 2009;Mallinson et al, 2010;Grand Pre et al, 2011;Leorri and Cearreta, 2004).…”

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“…Banks have employed this methodology Abbene et al, 2006;Culver et al, 2006Culver et al, , 2007Robinson and McBride, 2006;Mallinson et al, 2010;Grand Pre, 2011). …”

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“…Quaternary sequence that fills a regional depositional basin called the Albemarle Embayment; this embayment runs under the northern Pamlico Sound through the eastern Albemarle Sound (Riggs et al, 1995;Mallinson et al, 2005Mallinson et al, , 2010 (Figure 1). …”

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“…Banks have employed this methodology Abbene et al, 2006;Culver et al, 2006Culver et al, , 2007Robinson and McBride, 2006;Mallinson et al, 2010;Grand Pre, 2011). …”

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Quaternary seismic facies of the South Yellow Sea shelf: depositional processes influenced by sea‐level change and tectonic controls

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The South Yellow Sea (SYS) is a semi-closed epicontinental sea, where voluminous material input and regional tectonic subsidence facilitate preservation of depositional strata, making it an ideal place for studying the regional responses to global sea-level changes during the Quaternary. Based on high-resolution single-channel seismic data, we conducted a detailed study of the SYS shelf in terms of its stratigraphic architecture and seismic facies. In combination with borehole data, we analysed the depositional processes of the SYS shelf since the Quaternary. A minimum of 14 seismic sequences were identified on the seismic profiles, which primarily show four typical seismic reflection facies: progradational reflection facies, parallel reflection facies, chaotic reflection facies and incised valley facies, with the former two seismic facies usually alternating with the latter two vertically. Borehole and seismic data revealed that the SYS shelf has been basically controlled by global sea-level changes since the Quaternary, and three significant transgression events had occurred over the SYS shelf since the Middle Pleistocene (ca. 730 ka BP-Present), taking place in the early Middle Pleistocene, the early Late Pleistocene and at the end of the Late Pleistocene-Holocene, respectively, with their products corresponding to seismic sequences U90, U50 and U10, respectively. Seismic data showed that, in a previous division of the main boundaries for holes EY02-2, NHH01 and QC2, the Holocene and the Upper Pleistocene bottom boundaries are concordant, while the Middle Pleistocene bottom boundary is discordant, and our study indicated that the division scheme for the Middle Pleistocene bottom boundary related to holes EY02-2 and NHH01 is more reasonable. The turning point of variation in the depositional environment of the SYS is at the end of the Middle Pleistocene, before which global sea-level change and tectonic subsidence controlled the shelf deposition. The shelf was inclined westwards and the tectonic topography of the southern margin of the shelf-forced seawater to invade via passages during sea-level rise. This resulted in a limited stratigraphic distribution formed by shortduration transgression events with low-amplitude sea-level rise; thereafter, the shelf deposition was predominated by global sea-level and rivers, and the shelf sediments were mainly derived from mainland China on the west of the shelf and were primarily accumulated on the middle and western parts of the shelf.

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Regional seismic stratigraphy and controls on the Quaternary evolution of the Cape Hatteras region of the Atlantic passive margin, USA

Cited by 55 publications

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Late Holocene Evolution of Currituck Sound, North Carolina, USA: Environmental Change Driven by Sea-Level Rise, Storms, and Barrier Island Morphology

Late Holocene Evolution of Currituck Sound, North Carolina, USA: Environmental Change Driven by Sea-Level Rise, Storms, and Barrier Island Morphology

Quaternary seismic facies of the South Yellow Sea shelf: depositional processes influenced by sea‐level change and tectonic controls

Buried Secrets of the North Carolina Coast, USA

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