Stratigraphic expression of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate event during long-lived transient uplift—An example from a shallow to deep-marine clastic system in the Norwegian Sea
Seismic geomorphology and stratigraphic analysis can reveal how source-to-sink systems dynamically respond to climatic and tectonic forcing. This study uses seismic reflection data from the Norwegian Sea to investigate the stratigraphic response to a short-lived (0.2 Myr) period of climate change du...
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crfrontiers:10.3389/feart.2023.1082203 2024-06-23T07:55:20+00:00 Stratigraphic expression of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate event during long-lived transient uplift—An example from a shallow to deep-marine clastic system in the Norwegian Sea Sømme, Tor O. Huwe, Simone Isabelle Martinsen, Ole J. Sandbakken, Pål Trygve Skogseid, Jakob Valore, Lucas A. 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1082203 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1082203/full unknown Frontiers Media SA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Frontiers in Earth Science volume 11 ISSN 2296-6463 journal-article 2023 crfrontiers https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1082203 2024-06-11T04:06:03Z Seismic geomorphology and stratigraphic analysis can reveal how source-to-sink systems dynamically respond to climatic and tectonic forcing. This study uses seismic reflection data from the Norwegian Sea to investigate the stratigraphic response to a short-lived (0.2 Myr) period of climate change during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), superimposed on a long-lived (∼8 Myr) period of hinterland uplift. The data show that long-term uplift resulted in ∼300 m of relative sea-level fall, forced regression and formation of incised valleys during the latest Paleocene-earliest Eocene. The short-lived PETM climate perturbation at ∼56 Ma changed the transport dynamics of the system, allowing sediment to be bypassed to wide channel complexes on the basin floor, feeding a large mud-rich basin-floor fan more than 50 km into the basin. Our analysis also suggest that sediment supply was up to four times higher during the PETM compared to earlier and later periods. Maximum regression at ∼55.5 Ma resulted in the formation of a subaerial unconformity. The style of subaerial incision was dictated by shelf accommodation and proximity to the area of direct sediment input. Out-of-grade shelves and slopes sourced by littoral drift were prone to incision, but direct-fed and graded shelves and slopes were not. Despite maximum regression, sediments were not transported significantly beyond the toe-of-slope aprons, suggesting that rapid climate change was more efficient in bypassing sediment to the deep-water than low stands of sea level. As long-term accommodation increased after the PETM, deltas were still able to reach shelf edge, but periods of maximum regression were not associated with deep incisions along the outer shelf and only smaller canyons and gullies formed. The shelf-slope wedge was finally transgressed at ∼51 Ma. The age of deep valley incisions overlaps with the time of subaerial erosion in the East Shetland and Faroe-Shetland basins, suggesting a common mechanism for North Atlantic uplift around 55–56 Ma. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Norwegian Sea Frontiers (Publisher) Norwegian Sea The Toe ENVELOPE(-59.167,-59.167,-62.333,-62.333) Frontiers in Earth Science 11 |
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Seismic geomorphology and stratigraphic analysis can reveal how source-to-sink systems dynamically respond to climatic and tectonic forcing. This study uses seismic reflection data from the Norwegian Sea to investigate the stratigraphic response to a short-lived (0.2 Myr) period of climate change during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), superimposed on a long-lived (∼8 Myr) period of hinterland uplift. The data show that long-term uplift resulted in ∼300 m of relative sea-level fall, forced regression and formation of incised valleys during the latest Paleocene-earliest Eocene. The short-lived PETM climate perturbation at ∼56 Ma changed the transport dynamics of the system, allowing sediment to be bypassed to wide channel complexes on the basin floor, feeding a large mud-rich basin-floor fan more than 50 km into the basin. Our analysis also suggest that sediment supply was up to four times higher during the PETM compared to earlier and later periods. Maximum regression at ∼55.5 Ma resulted in the formation of a subaerial unconformity. The style of subaerial incision was dictated by shelf accommodation and proximity to the area of direct sediment input. Out-of-grade shelves and slopes sourced by littoral drift were prone to incision, but direct-fed and graded shelves and slopes were not. Despite maximum regression, sediments were not transported significantly beyond the toe-of-slope aprons, suggesting that rapid climate change was more efficient in bypassing sediment to the deep-water than low stands of sea level. As long-term accommodation increased after the PETM, deltas were still able to reach shelf edge, but periods of maximum regression were not associated with deep incisions along the outer shelf and only smaller canyons and gullies formed. The shelf-slope wedge was finally transgressed at ∼51 Ma. The age of deep valley incisions overlaps with the time of subaerial erosion in the East Shetland and Faroe-Shetland basins, suggesting a common mechanism for North Atlantic uplift around 55–56 Ma. ... |
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Sømme, Tor O. Huwe, Simone Isabelle Martinsen, Ole J. Sandbakken, Pål Trygve Skogseid, Jakob Valore, Lucas A. Stratigraphic expression of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate event during long-lived transient uplift—An example from a shallow to deep-marine clastic system in the Norwegian Sea |
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Stratigraphic expression of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate event during long-lived transient uplift—An example from a shallow to deep-marine clastic system in the Norwegian Sea |
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Stratigraphic expression of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate event during long-lived transient uplift—An example from a shallow to deep-marine clastic system in the Norwegian Sea |
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Stratigraphic expression of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate event during long-lived transient uplift—An example from a shallow to deep-marine clastic system in the Norwegian Sea |
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Stratigraphic expression of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate event during long-lived transient uplift—An example from a shallow to deep-marine clastic system in the Norwegian Sea |
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Stratigraphic expression of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate event during long-lived transient uplift—An example from a shallow to deep-marine clastic system in the Norwegian Sea |
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stratigraphic expression of the paleocene-eocene thermal maximum climate event during long-lived transient uplift—an example from a shallow to deep-marine clastic system in the norwegian sea |
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