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Extensive deposition of marine evaporites occurred during the Early–Middle Eocene in the South‐eastern Pyrenean basin (north‐east Spain). This study integrates stratigraphic and geochemical analyses of subsurface data (oil wells, seismic profiles and gravity data) together with field surveys to characterize this sedimentation in the foredeep and adjacent platform. Four major evaporite units were identified. The oldest was the Serrat Evaporites unit, with a platform‐slope‐basin configuration. Thick salina and sabkha sulphates accumulated on the platform, whereas resedimented and gravity‐derived sulphates were deposited on the slope, and salt and sulphates were deposited in the deep basin. In the subsequent unit (Vallfogona evaporites), thin sulphates formed on the platform, whereas very thick siliciclastic turbidites accumulated in the foredeep. However, some clastic gypsum coming from the platform (gypsarenites and gypsum olistoliths) was intercalated in these turbidites. The following unit, the Beuda Gypsum Formation developed in a sulphate platform‐basin configuration, where the topography of the depositional surface had become smooth. The youngest unit, the Besalú Gypsum, formed in a shallow setting. This small unit provides the last evidence of marine influence in a residual basin. Sulphur and oxygen isotope compositions are consistent with a marine origin for all evaporites. However, δ34S and δ18O values also suggest that, except for the oldest unit (Serrat Evaporites), there was some sulphate recycling from the older into the younger units. The South‐eastern Pyrenean basin constitutes a fine example of a foreland basin that underwent multiepisodic evaporitic sedimentation. In the basin, depositional factors evolved with time under a structural control. Decreasing complexity is observed in the lithofacies, as well as in the depositional models, together with a diminishing thickness of the evaporite units. 相似文献
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《Sedimentary Geology》2002,146(1-2):133-154
The Catalan Coastal ranges are the alpine structural unit parallel to the Mediterranean coast in the NE of the Iberian Peninsula. They shape the southeastern margin of the Ebro Foreland basin (the latest stage of the South Pyrenean Foreland trough). The Paleogene sedimentary evolution of this basin margin is closely related to the tectonic evolution of the adjoining Catalan Coastal ranges, a transpressive chain characterized mainly by contractional structures (NNW-verging folds and thrusts).The syntectonic condition of the Paleogene deposits of the Ebro basin is evidenced by facies directly related to the growth of specific structures, thinning, fanning and truncation of the sedimentary units towards the growing structures, as well as to abrupt changes in the composition of the coarse-grained sediments caused by tectonic activity or landslides in the catchment area.A tectonosedimentary evolution of approximately 17 Ma has been deduced: (a) folds and thrusts involving Mesozoic rocks were developed during Ypresian (resulting in the deposition of Mesozoic cover derived breccias); (b) large-scale fold growth mostly from Lutetian to early Bartonian (leading to progressive unconformities, fanning and growth strata); and (c) out-of-sequence basement-involving thrusting during Lutetian and Bartonian (development of large alluvial fans). These events did not take place simultaneously along the 30-km long basin margin studied. There is a clear NE to SW migration of the deformation, as observed along the whole Catalan Coastal ranges and the South Pyrenean Foreland basin. 相似文献
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Evidence of multiple evaporite recycling processes in a salt‐tectonic context,Sivas Basin,Turkey 
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下载免费PDF全文 Alexandre Pichat Guilhem Hoareau Jean‐Paul Callot Etienne Legeay Kaan Sevki Kavak Sidonie Révillon Corinne Parat Jean‐Claude Ringenbach 《地学学报》2018,30(1):40-49
The isotopic composition of evaporites can shed light on their environment of precipitation and their subsequent recycling processes. In this study, we performed Sr, O and S isotopic analyses on evaporitic sulphates in the halokinetic Sivas Basin. The main objectives were to decipher the age and origin of the evaporites responsible for the salt tectonics, and to test whether diapir dissolution acts as the source of younger evaporitic layers in continental mini‐basins. The Sr isotopes demonstrate that the first evaporites precipitated from seawater during the Middle–Late Eocene. The similar isotopic values measured in the halokinetic domain confirm that the Eocene evaporites triggered the salt tectonics and were continuously recycled in Oligo‐Miocene mini‐basins as lacustrine to sabkha evaporites. Modern halite precipitates suggest that the dissolution and recycling of diapiric halite is ongoing. This study demonstrates the efficiency of isotopic analyses in constraining evaporite recycling processes in continental halokinetic domains. 相似文献
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WANG Mili LIU Chenglin JIAO Pengcheng YANG Zhichen Institute of Mineral Resources Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Baiwanzhuang Ro Beijing Department of Environment Physical Geography School of Environment Peking University Beijing 《《地质学报》英文版》2005,79(1):53-65
Located in the eastern part of the Tarim basin, Xinjiang, the Lop Nur was an ultimate water catchment area of the Tarim basin during the Quaternary. Through nearly ten years of investigation and research, the authors have found a superlarge brine potash deposit in the Luobei subbasitv—a secondary basin of the Lop Nur depression. The deposit has been mined now. On that basis, the authors propose new theories on the genesis of the potash rock deposit. In the tectonic and geomorphologic contexts, the Tarim basin lies in a “high mountain-deep basin” environment. At the beginning of the Quaternary, influenced by the neotectonic movement, the Lop Nur evolved into a “deep basin” in the Tarim basin. At the end of the middle Pleistocene, neotectonic migration began to take place in the interior of the Lop Nur and a new secondary deep basin—the Luobei subbasin—formed gradually. Despite its small area, it is actually the deepest subbasin in the Lop Nur depression, where brines of the Lop Nur Salt Lake gather and evaporate, thus providing materials for the formation of a superlarge brine potash rock deposit. With respect to the phenomenon of brine concentration and change with deepening of the lake, the authors propose a model of “high mountain-deep basin” tectonic migration for potash concentration. In the sedimentological context, the honeycomb-shaped voids developed in glauberite rock in the subbasin are good space for potash-rich brine accumulation. Study indicates that the deposition of glauberite requires recharge of calcium-rich water.In the Tarim area the calcium-rich water might come from deep formation water or oilfield water, and the river water recharging the Lop Nur Salt Lake was rich in sulfate radicals and other components; in addition, the climate in the area was very dry and the brine evaporated steadily, thus resulting in deposition of substantial amount of glauberite, potash accumulation in intercrystal brine and final formation of the potash deposit. Generally, potash formation in a salt lake undergoes a three-stage process of “carbonates→sulfates (gypsum and glauberite)→chlorides (halite etc.)”, but in the study area there only occurred a two-stage process of “carbonates→sulfates (gypsum and glauberite)”. The authors call this new geological phenomenon the “two-stage potash formation” model. In conclusion, the superlarge Lop Nur potash deposit is the result of combined “high mountain-deep basin” tectonism and “two-stage potash formation”. 相似文献
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东天山博格达地区经历了古生代长期俯冲增生与中—新生代多期陆内变形改造作用,但对于博格达山石炭纪构造属性与演化阶段等问题始终存在争议,制约了对北疆晚古生代构造格局的认识。利用博格达山露头及其两侧盆地钻井、地震资料,运用盆地构造分析思路与方法从盆-山尺度开展了石炭系地层格架及岩浆活动特征综合对比研究,划分博格达地区石炭系构造-地层单元并分析石炭纪构造背景。研究结果显示:博格达山相邻的准噶尔盆地和吐哈盆地发育下石炭统与下伏地层(C1/AnC)不整合,而上、下石炭统之间(C2/C1)、二叠系与上石炭统(P/C2)不整合在博格达山及相邻盆地普遍存在,由此将博格达地区石炭系划分为下石炭统和上石炭统2个主要构造层,揭示研究区经历了两个主要的构造演化阶段。进一步结合构造变形演化、盆地构造沉降特征及构造环境分析结果,认为博格达山石炭纪为俯冲相关伸展背景下的弧后盆地,经历了早、晚石炭世两阶段伸展裂陷作用,并在裂陷晚期均明显遭受了周缘块体碰撞拼贴事件的影响。 相似文献
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我国钾盐找矿规律新认识和进展 总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5
本文通过对比研究国内外钾盐矿床成钾特征,总结出了我国海、陆相成盐盆地和成盐成钾特性:成盐具有多期性、成盐时代差异性、成盐作用迁聚性、物质成分多样性、后期盐盆地的变动性和多液态矿的特点;厘定了3个盐类成矿域和1个成矿带;提出了我国找钾策略——以海相蒸发盐盆地为主攻方向、兼探陆相盐湖及含钾地下卤水;提出了我国主要的古代盐盆地多产于“准克拉通(陆块)”,特别是海相盐盆地均发育于前寒武纪为基底的陆块中,以及钾盐沉积于构造稳定区中相对活动的亚稳定区和在构造亚稳定区中聚集于相对稳定区的新认识;发展了适合中国地质特点的找钾理论认识,有效地推动了油钾兼探工作.发现滇西南—羌北中上侏罗统若干钾盐显示,特别是指导和部署滇西南深部侏罗纪找钾,并取得超常规的进展;进一步缩小陕北奥陶系找钾包围圈;引领“油钾兼探”实施,实现了塔里木盆地库车凹陷古近系找钾的重大实质性进展;在柴达木盆地西部发现新的早第四纪富钾层位;指导和取得青藏高原特种盐湖综合找锂、钾和评价的重要进展,新发现一批大中型锂、钾特种盐湖(特别是多格错仁大型锂、硼(钾)盐湖)和取得综合利用工艺新进展. 相似文献
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前陆盆地钾盐矿床成因及模式——以西班牙北部埃布罗盆地为例 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
前陆盆地蕴藏有巨量的钾盐资源,而对于其内的钾盐矿床成因和模式还欠缺系统的总结。西班牙埃布罗盆地是由于伊比利亚和欧亚块体碰撞而形成的前陆盆地。始新世晚期(约36 Ma)海水完全从盆地退出后,在极端干旱气候作用下,由于碰撞造山导致盆地的封闭作用,在南比利牛斯前陆盆地系统的前渊带(即埃布罗盆地北部)形成了典型的厚层含钾石盐_光卤石的正常海相蒸发岩序列。后期受到构造挤压作用,钾盐地层以盐底劈的形式出露在背斜核部。埃布罗盆地钾盐成因是构造、气候和物源三者耦合作用的结果,与中国库车前陆盆地有很大的相似性。据此,作者建议可重点关注盆地南北盐丘地带苏维依组蒸发岩以及卤水的迁移方向。 相似文献
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宁蒗盆地地处扬子古陆块的活动边缘,在构造上亦属吸纳和调节印度-欧亚大陆碰撞应力应变的构造转化带。为了研究云南宁蒗地区新生代盆地形成、演化与区域构造的关系及盆地类型,通过对宁蒗地区开展的数幅1∶5万区域地质调查,分析了宁蒗盆地内部及相邻地区的构造格架特征,认为盆地的形成及演化均受控于断裂;通过对宁蒗新生代盆地的沉积建造、控盆构造的时空演化及区域地质背景的研究,认为宁蒗盆地是比较典型的走滑拉分盆地,其演化经历了3个阶段古新世末至始新世初盆地拉分打开阶段、始新世初至始新世末拉分盆地沉积阶段、始新世末至中新世盆地改造阶段。 相似文献
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地球卤素元素含量相对稀少,相对而言氯为最常见的卤素元素。氯是一种挥发性元素,具有强烈的亲水性。自然界氯两个稳定同位素35Cl和37Cl,其相对丰度分别为75.76%和24.24%。文章综述了氯在各个地质储库的特征、稳定氯同位素分馏的控制因素以及氯同位素的地质应用三大方面的研究进展。地球主要储库中蒸发岩、海水、岩浆岩、沉积物、变质岩、地幔的氯同位素组成分别为-0.5‰~+0.8‰、0.00±0.05‰、-1.12‰~+0.79‰、-3.0‰~+2.0‰、-3.6‰~0、-1.9‰~+7.2‰。地外(月球、火星及其他小行星4-Vesta)氯同位素组成变化范围分别为-4‰~+81.1‰、-5.6‰~+8.6‰、-3.8‰~+7.7‰。相对地球上氯同位素(δ37Cl)的变化范围(-14‰~+16‰),月球和火星δ37Cl的变化范围可达-5.6‰~+81‰,表明挥发分氯在地内和地外迁移循环过程中有显著不同同位素分馏主控机制。已经探明氯同位素分馏受控于物理过程(如扩散、离子过滤、沉淀溶解作用、火山作用)和化学作用(如水岩作用、变质作用,尤其是蛇纹石化作用)等。扩散作用、淋滤作用和火山作用富集重同位素,沉淀作用结晶盐δ37Cl先减小后上升,而蛇纹石化过程中多种因素共同影响。与其他指标结合,氯同位素地球化学可用于有效指示钾盐矿床远景区,评估示踪地下水的来源和演化路径、示踪污染物源区和量化生物修复、探究矿化流体来源、指示行星演化岩浆海洋脱气等过程。 相似文献
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北黄海盆地构造演化特征分析 总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8
依据最新油气资源调查资料,在简述北黄海盆地区域构造特征的基础上,重点分析了盆地的沉降史与构造演化特征。研究表明:(1)北黄海盆地的基本沉降曲线型式为7段折线状,其中晚侏罗世、早白垩世、始新世、渐新世、新近纪为曲线下降段,代表盆地5幕较明显的沉降;晚白垩世—古新世以及中新世早期为曲线上升段,反映盆地的抬升剥蚀。(2)盆地沉降作用自中生代至新生代总体由东向西迁移,东部坳陷以中生代沉降作用最为显著,中部坳陷主沉降期为始新世,而西部坳陷的快速沉降主要发生在始新世,并一直持续到渐新世。(3)盆地构造演化大致可划分为中生代断陷盆地、古近纪叠加断陷盆地以及新近纪坳陷盆地等3大发展阶段,其中,中生代断陷盆地发育阶段是北黄海盆地油气勘探研究的重点。 相似文献
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Stratigraphic responses to a major tectonic event in a foreland basin: the Ecuadorian Oriente Basin from Eocene to Oligocene times 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
The Eocene to Oligocene sediments of the Ecuadorian Oriente Basin record two kinds of second-order stratigraphic response to the tectonic evolution. Lower Eocene shows evidences of local scale syntectonic deposits. This tectonic activity can be related to right lateral convergent movements inverting pre-cretaceous extensional structures. Upper Eocene and Oligocene sediments are integrated as the expression of an isostatic rebound characterizing a basin scale syntectonic deposition. This response is evidenced by a reciprocal architecture of the depositional sequences identified in the sedimentary formations. These data have allowed us to propose a new geodynamic model for the Paleogene evolution of the Oriente Basin. 相似文献
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古气候和古卤水温度条件与盐湖成钾有着密切的联系,定量化重建库车盆地早始新世成盐期古卤水温度演化特征对评价盆地成钾潜力具有重要的科学意义.因此,首次以库车盆地西部QL1井下始新统石盐岩为研究对象,在详细的岩相学研究的基础上,开展石盐原生流体包裹体均一温度的定量分析工作.分析结果显示,来自钻孔不同深度的6个样品共有135个均一温度数据,介于21.2~57.8℃,平均值为31.8℃,剖面垂向上自底向顶整体上呈现一个稍微升温的趋势.本研究测定的温度范围、平均温度以及最高温度特征均与同时期特提斯海水温度数据吻合,进一步说明温度数据的可靠性和合理性.另外,高温条件有利于水体发生强烈的蒸发浓缩作用,这点与库车盆地始新世初期沉积的巨厚蒸发岩系和钾盐矿物相符. 相似文献
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鲁北济阳坳陷沾化凹陷东部潜山的发育及油气成藏控制因素 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
通过对沾化凹陷东部主要断裂发育演化的特征和主要地震测线的平衡剖面、伸展率分析,对该地区潜山发育过程及其与盆地演化的关系进行了研究,并就潜山油气成藏的控制因素进行了分析.结果表明,沾化凹陷东部潜山发育可以划分为早-中三叠世、晚三叠世、早-中侏罗世的潜山发育前期,晚侏罗世-白垩纪的潜山发育期,古近纪的潜山改造、定型期和新近纪-第四纪的潜山成藏期,断裂活动是本区潜山形成演化的主控因素.沾化凹陷东部潜山油气成藏主要受控于该区中、新生代盆地的叠合关系,中生代凸起和古近纪凹陷的叠合部位是最有利的潜山油气成藏区,中生代凸起和古近纪凸起的叠合部位不利于潜山成藏,往往形成潜山披覆背斜油气藏. 相似文献
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通过对沾化凹陷东部主要断裂发育演化的特征和主要地震测线的平衡剖面、伸展率分析,对该地区潜山发育过程及其与盆地演化的关系进行了研究,并就潜山油气成藏的控制因素进行了分析。结果表明,沾化凹陷东部潜山发育可以划分为早—中三叠世、晚三叠世、早—中侏罗世的潜山发育前期,晚侏罗世—白垩纪的潜山发育期,古近纪的潜山改造、定型期和新近纪—第四纪的潜山成藏期,断裂活动是本区潜山形成演化的主控因素。沾化凹陷东部潜山油气成藏主要受控于该区中、新生代盆地的叠合关系,中生代凸起和古近纪凹陷的叠合部位是最有利的潜山油气成藏区,中生代凸起和古近纪凸起的叠合部位不利于潜山成藏,往往形成潜山披覆背斜油气藏。 相似文献
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海洋沉积物有机质碳氮稳定同位素(δ13C、δ15N)广泛用于有机质来源示踪、古生产力和古海洋环境重建。日本海沉积物δ13C和δ15N值一个显著特征是在末次冰盛期(LGM)同步负偏,但是对这一现象产生的原因以及他们的演化过程的认识仍然存在明显不足。在本研究中,我们详细调查了37 ka以来日本海中部LV53-23-1岩心沉积物δ13C和δ15N演化历史。结果显示,沉积物δ13C和δ15N分别介于-26.3‰至-22.5‰和1.6‰至6.1‰,低值出现在LGM(26.5~17 ka)暗色层状泥发育时期,指示较强的陆源输入贡献。在Heinrich冰阶1时期(17~14.5 ka),δ13C和δ15N快速正偏,表明日本海海洋环境发生了明显的转换,对应于对马海峡淹没及对马暖流入侵。14.5 ka之后,沉积物δ15N值恢复到5‰,与开阔大洋海水硝酸盐的δ15N值近似。我们采用二端员混合模型粗略地估算了有机质来源的相对贡献。LGM时期陆源有机质贡献介于65%至80%,14.5 ka以后海源有机质贡献介于60%至80%。除了增加的陆源有机质贡献以外,LGM时期沉积物δ15N亏损还涉及如下过程:(1)较高的含Fe沙尘供给提高日本海表层海洋生物固氮效率;(2)缺氧环境盛行减弱成岩作用对沉积物δ15N影响。37 ka以来,日本海沉积物δ13C和δ15N变化与有机质来源、营养盐的供给、表层生产力和沉积物氧化还原条件相关,实际受海平面和全球气候制约。 相似文献
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东特提斯域思茅盆地钾盐成矿研究进展 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
思茅盆地位于东特提斯域,其内的勐野井钾盐矿是我国唯一的前第四纪固体钾盐矿,长期以来对此钾盐矿与呵叻巨型钾盐盆地的资源量差异和成因存在着有较大争议。特别是如下几个问题:其钾盐成矿时代是晚白垩世和古新世,还是侏罗纪的争议;其物质来源还存在陆源,海源和多源的不同认识;矿床成因机理模式也悬而未决。本文在前人研究基础上,结合项目组的最新进展,对上述这些问题的进行梳理与评述认为:勐野井组地层为晚白垩世Albian-Cenomanian期,同沉积的原生钾盐也是在此时期富集成矿;钾盐成矿后期特别是约14Ma以来,受到多期次的热液流体作用,形成次生脉状钾盐:钾盐成矿物质可能以中特提斯洋侵入的海水为主,辅以陆源水体和深部流体。总结认为,思茅与呵叻等盆地在晚白垩世都是干旱沙漠环境中彼此隔绝的小湖盆,随着中特提斯洋海水自西向东的入侵,海水由思茅流向了呵叻,形成了统一的思茅-呵叻海,这个模型可以解释有关成钾物源及思茅与呵叻盆地的成钾关系。思茅盆地钾盐矿的形成和后期变化始终受到了构造活动的控制,经历了最初断陷阶段,到沉积后期受印度-欧亚大陆碰撞导致的挤压和走滑运动影响。 相似文献
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内蒙古大井铜锡多金属矿床是大兴安岭成矿带代表性矿床之一,矿区位于内蒙古东部林西县境内,成矿地质条件良好。矿床矿石中同位素特征及与成矿的关系研究薄弱。本文通过对矿体中黄铜矿Cu同位素,黄铜矿、黄铁矿S同位素和Pb同位素的研究表明:黄铜矿δ65Cu 值总体范围为 -0.46‰+0.32‰,平均值为0 ‰,2σ误差平均值约为0.03‰;黄铜矿、黄铁矿δ34S值总体范围为 +0.076 ‰+3.00‰,平均值为+1.83‰,且δ34S值分散程度也较小,整体较均一,属于岩浆硫的同位素特征;Pb同位素数据整体变化很小,具体为206Pb/204Pb=18.29118.353,207Pb/204Pb =15.50115.574,208Pb/204Pb =38.05138.265。结合区域前人的研究表明,大井矿Cu同位素的变化是由于硫化物-岩浆分异过程导致,大井矿矿石黄铜矿δ65Cu的变化可能指示了矿化阶段成矿硫化物的演化方向,δ65Cu逐渐降低的方向可能存在隐伏矿体,研究区域东部生产区域与外围预测未生产区域具有一致的Cu同位素特征,Cu同位素证据表明大井矿外围预测区可能存在深部隐伏矿体。 相似文献
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Jean-Pierre Berger Bettina Reichenbacher Damien Becker Matthias Grimm Kirsten Grimm Laurent Picot Andrea Storni Claudius Pirkenseer Andreas Schaefer 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2005,94(4):711-731
We present a general stratigraphic synthesis for the Upper Rhine Graben (URG) and the Swiss Molasse Basin (SMB) from Eocene to Pliocene times. The stratigraphic data were compiled both from literature and from research carried out by the authors during the past 6 years ; an index of the stratigraphically most important localitites is provided. We distinguish 14 geographical areas from the Helvetic domain in the South to the Hanau Basin in the North. For each geographical area, we give a synthesis of the biostratigraphy, lithofacies, and chronostratigraphic ranges. The relationships between this stratigraphic record and the global sea-level changes are generally disturbed by the geodynamic (e.g., subsidence) evolution of the basins. However, global sea-level changes probably affected the dynamic of transgression–regression in the URG (e.g., Middle Pechelbronn Beds and Serie Grise corresponding with sea-level rise between Ru1/Ru2 and Ru2/Ru3 sequences, respectively) as well as in the Molasse basin (regression of the UMM corresponding with the sea-level drop at the Ch1 sequence). The URGENT-project (Upper Rhine Graben evolution and neotectonics) provided an unique opportunity to carry out and present this synthesis. Discussions with scientists addressing sedimentology, tectonics, geophysics and geochemistry permitted the comparison of the sedimentary history and stratigraphy of the basin with processes controlling its geodynamic evolution. Data presented here back up the palaeogeographic reconstructions presented in a companion paper by the same authors (see Berger et al. in Int J Earth Sci 2005). 相似文献
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《Geodinamica Acta》2013,26(3-4):255-282
The Lycian molasse basin of SW Turkey is a NE-SW-oriented basin that developed on an imbricated basement, comprising the allochthonous Mesozoic rocks of the Lycian nappes and Palaeocene-Eocene supra-allochthonous sediments. The imbricated basement has resulted from a complex history related to the emplacement of different tectonic units from Late Cretaceous to Late Eocene. Following imbrication, extensional collapse of the Lycian orogen resulted in extensive emergent areas, some of which coincide with present-day mountains. These were surrounded by interconnected depressions, namely, the Kale-Tavas, Çardak-Dazk?r? and Denizli subbasins. The Lycian molasse sequence contains a relatively complete record of the tectonic history of the Lycian orogenic collapse from which it was derived. The sequence is characterised by interdependence between tectonism and sedimentation, the latter of which includes fining-and coarsening-upward sedimentary cycles with syn-depositional intrabasinal unconformities. The Denizli subbasin consists of thick, coarse-grained wedges of alluvial fans and fine-grained fan-delta deposits formed in a shallowmarine environment. Some areas of the fan deltas were colonised by corals, red algae and foraminifera, forming patch reefs. The first phase of extensional collapse in the region is marked by the Lycian orogenic collapse, which may have been initiated by the beginning of the Oligocene (Rupelian), following the main Menderes metamorphism. Starting in the latest Early Miocene or in the Middle Miocene, the area of the molasse basin was subject to deformation with the Lycian nappes, and to erosion as well. At that time, the Lycian nappes, with some ophiolitic assemblages, were thrust over the molasse deposits and thus, NE-SW-trending folds were formed. The molasse deposits and thrust-related deformational structures were then unconformably covered by Upper Miocene continental deposits which belong to the neotectonic period of SW Turkey. The second phase of extensional collapse is marked by granitic intrusions and the formation of Miocene detachment-related extensional basins. This phase may have been related to the exhumation of the gneissic core of the Menderes Massif, from which fragments were derived and incorporated into the upper parts of the Denizli subbasin during the Aquitanian. 相似文献