Seismic geomorphology and growth architecture of a Miocene barrier reef, Browse Basin, NW-Australia

Rosleff-Soerensen, Beke; Reuning, Lars; Back, Stefan; Kukla, Peter A.

doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.11.001

Cited by 63 publications

(83 citation statements)

References 62 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…These discontinuity zones can be traced laterally in NE–SW direction across the study area, forming an elongate belt of up to 250 km length and locally up to 13 km width. Core and wireline data of well Brecknock 1 in the very north of the study area (Rosleff‐Soerensen et al ., ; Fig. ) document that the observed seismic discontinuity belt corresponds to tropical carbonates forming an extensive Miocene barrier reef (Fig.…”

Section: Seismic Interpretationmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…Limited Miocene carbonate build‐ups were also identified based on 2D seismic reflection data in the Carnarvon and Roebuck Basin (Romine et al ., ; Cathro et al ., ; Ryan et al ., ; Liu et al ., ), whereas Rosleff‐Soerensen et al . () described in detail the 3D architecture of a major tropical Miocene barrier reef above the Brecknock‐Buffon Fault of the central Browse Basin (Fig. ).…”

Section: Geological Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The detailed three‐dimensional (3D) geometry of a Miocene tropical barrier reef system in the Caswell Sub‐basin, the northern part of the Browse Basin offshore West Australia (Fig. ), was recently documented on high‐resolution 3D‐seismic reflection data (Rosleff‐Soerensen et al ., ). In this paper, the southward extension of this reef system into the Barcoo Sub‐basin, southern Browse Basin (Fig.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

See 2 more Smart Citations

The response of a basin‐scale Miocene barrier reef system to long‐term, strong subsidence on a passive continental margin, Barcoo Sub‐basin, Australian North West Shelf

et al. 2015

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Miocene sedimentary succession of the southern Browse Basin records the response of a tropical reef system to long‐term, strong subsidence on a passive continental margin. Geological interpretation of a comprehensive two‐dimensional (2D) seismic reflectivity data set documents for the first time the development of a continuous Miocene barrier reef on the Australian North West Shelf. With a length of over 250 km, this barrier reef is among the Earth's largest in the Neogene record. A sequence stratigraphic analysis tied to well data shows that the main controls for the evolution, growth and demise of the reef system were subsidence, third‐order global‐scale eustatic variations and antecedent topography. The generally very high Miocene subsidence rates estimated for the study area cannot be explained by typical passive‐margin subsidence controlled by lithospheric cooling and sedimentary loading alone. Additional dynamic subsidence induced by mantle convection, though documented as unusually large on the northern margin of Australia during the Neogene, can be also regarded as being of only minor importance. Therefore, accelerated tectonic subsidence related to the collision of the Australian and Eurasian Plates 250–500 km north of the study area seems to exert an important influence on reef development and demise, complicated by local tectonic inversion. The Miocene tectonic reactivation and inversion of an older structural grain is interpreted to have controlled the reef development considerably by providing localized topographic highs along transpressional anticlines above basement‐rooted faults that served as preferential sites for reef growth and retreat during times of rapidly rising sea level. This exemplarily shows that the far‐field effects of collision‐induced tectonic subsidence can significantly influence carbonate systems on passive margins.

show abstract

Section: Seismic Interpretationmentioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Geological Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The response of a basin‐scale Miocene barrier reef system to long‐term, strong subsidence on a passive continental margin, Barcoo Sub‐basin, Australian North West Shelf

et al. 2015

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Located at the fringes of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool, this margin is therefore an ideal region in which to study tropical oceanography (Rosleff-Soerensen et al, 2012) and the history of the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF). The ITF also helps drive the Leeuwin Current, which is the only southward-flowing eastern boundary current in the Southern Hemisphere (Cresswell, 1991;Pearce, 2009).…”

Section: Indonesian Throughflow Leeuwin Current and Reef Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Untitled

2017

International Ocean Discovery Program Preliminary Report

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Located at the fringes of the IndoPacific Warm Pool, this margin is therefore an ideal region in which to study tropical oceanography (Rosleff-Soerensen et al, 2012) and the history of the Indonesian Throughflow (Gallagher et al, 2009). The Indonesian Throughflow drives the Leeuwin Current, which is the only southward flowing eastern boundary current in the Southern Hemisphere.…”

Section: Tropical Carbonate Platform and Reef Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

IODP Expedition 356: Drilling to reveal a 5 million year carbonate and subsidence history on the Northwest Shelf of Australia

Gallagher¹,

Fulthorpe²,

Bogus³

et al. 2015

ASEG Extended Abstracts

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Seismic geomorphology and growth architecture of a Miocene barrier reef, Browse Basin, NW-Australia

Cited by 63 publications

References 62 publications

The response of a basin‐scale Miocene barrier reef system to long‐term, strong subsidence on a passive continental margin, Barcoo Sub‐basin, Australian North West Shelf

The response of a basin‐scale Miocene barrier reef system to long‐term, strong subsidence on a passive continental margin, Barcoo Sub‐basin, Australian North West Shelf

Untitled

IODP Expedition 356: Drilling to reveal a 5 million year carbonate and subsidence history on the Northwest Shelf of Australia

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About