Interpretation and chronostratigraphic mapping of multichannelseismic reflection profile I95167,Eastern Falkland Plateau (South Atlantic)
The Falkland Plateau (FP) is a submarine high representing the eastern prolongation of the South America continent. Itseparates the Argentine Basin of the South Atlantic Ocean from the Scotia Sea of the Antarctic region. A south–north seismicsection across the Falkland Plateau has been interpreted u...
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ftunitriestiris:oai:arts.units.it:11368/1692933 2023-05-15T13:37:21+02:00 Interpretation and chronostratigraphic mapping of multichannelseismic reflection profile I95167,Eastern Falkland Plateau (South Atlantic) DEL BEN, Anna MALLARDI A. DEL BEN, Anna Mallardi, A. 2004 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11368/1692933 eng eng volume:209 firstpage:347 lastpage:361 journal:MARINE GEOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/11368/1692933 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-4344679109 Falkland Plateau North Scotia Ridge seismic reflection seismic stratigraphy info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2004 ftunitriestiris 2023-04-09T06:02:58Z The Falkland Plateau (FP) is a submarine high representing the eastern prolongation of the South America continent. Itseparates the Argentine Basin of the South Atlantic Ocean from the Scotia Sea of the Antarctic region. A south–north seismicsection across the Falkland Plateau has been interpreted using information from two wells sited on the margin of the MauriceEwing Bank (MEB). On the Plateau, the sedimentary cover has a regionally horizontal configuration with high lateral continuityof the reflecting horizons. The older sequence is dominated by a normal fault system of the Mesozoic Gondwana break-uptectonics, partially reactivated by the following tectonic events. Between them, the one mainly affecting the studied area is thetranspression of the North Scotia Ridge (NSR), producing some thrusting in the sedimentary cover of the Falkland Trough (FT,visible only on the south-extremity of the interpreted section) and a prominent tilting of its whole crust. The interpreted seismicsection outlines a gradually thinner crust from the Maurice Ewing Bank Margin to the Falkland Plateau and to the FalklandTrough. During the interpretation, particular attention was given to picking the main unconformities, to analysing therelationships of reflections within the sequences to the unit boundaries, and to identifying, by the seismic facies analysis, thedifferent depositional units. These last, labelled with symbols AH G, from Mesozoic to Present age, represent the wholesedimentary cover lying on the pre-Cambrian basement of the Falkland Plateau. In the reconstructed chronostratigraphic section,the whole data set has been displayed as a diagram wherein age decreases upward and the lateral extent of units is on thehorizontal scale, illustrating the main sedimentary and erosional events in the area. Erosion, nondeposition and deposition ofsediment drifts by the sea bottom currents, particularly active from the Cainozoic to the Present, are mostly linked to theGondwana breakup, with the Mesozoic opening of the South Atlantic ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Scotia Sea South Atlantic Ocean Università degli studi di Trieste: ArTS (Archivio della ricerca di Trieste) Antarctic The Antarctic Scotia Sea Argentine Maurice ENVELOPE(-55.817,-55.817,-63.133,-63.133) Tilting ENVELOPE(-54.065,-54.065,49.700,49.700) Ewing ENVELOPE(-61.257,-61.257,-69.924,-69.924) Falkland Plateau ENVELOPE(-50.000,-50.000,-51.000,-51.000) North Scotia Ridge ENVELOPE(-51.431,-51.431,-53.581,-53.581) Maurice Ewing Bank ENVELOPE(-43.500,-43.500,-50.667,-50.667) Falkland Trough ENVELOPE(-49.750,-49.750,-52.750,-52.750) Marine Geology 209 1-4 347 361 |
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Falkland Plateau North Scotia Ridge seismic reflection seismic stratigraphy DEL BEN, Anna MALLARDI A. Interpretation and chronostratigraphic mapping of multichannelseismic reflection profile I95167,Eastern Falkland Plateau (South Atlantic) |
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The Falkland Plateau (FP) is a submarine high representing the eastern prolongation of the South America continent. Itseparates the Argentine Basin of the South Atlantic Ocean from the Scotia Sea of the Antarctic region. A south–north seismicsection across the Falkland Plateau has been interpreted using information from two wells sited on the margin of the MauriceEwing Bank (MEB). On the Plateau, the sedimentary cover has a regionally horizontal configuration with high lateral continuityof the reflecting horizons. The older sequence is dominated by a normal fault system of the Mesozoic Gondwana break-uptectonics, partially reactivated by the following tectonic events. Between them, the one mainly affecting the studied area is thetranspression of the North Scotia Ridge (NSR), producing some thrusting in the sedimentary cover of the Falkland Trough (FT,visible only on the south-extremity of the interpreted section) and a prominent tilting of its whole crust. The interpreted seismicsection outlines a gradually thinner crust from the Maurice Ewing Bank Margin to the Falkland Plateau and to the FalklandTrough. During the interpretation, particular attention was given to picking the main unconformities, to analysing therelationships of reflections within the sequences to the unit boundaries, and to identifying, by the seismic facies analysis, thedifferent depositional units. These last, labelled with symbols AH G, from Mesozoic to Present age, represent the wholesedimentary cover lying on the pre-Cambrian basement of the Falkland Plateau. In the reconstructed chronostratigraphic section,the whole data set has been displayed as a diagram wherein age decreases upward and the lateral extent of units is on thehorizontal scale, illustrating the main sedimentary and erosional events in the area. Erosion, nondeposition and deposition ofsediment drifts by the sea bottom currents, particularly active from the Cainozoic to the Present, are mostly linked to theGondwana breakup, with the Mesozoic opening of the South Atlantic ... |
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Interpretation and chronostratigraphic mapping of multichannelseismic reflection profile I95167,Eastern Falkland Plateau (South Atlantic) |
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Interpretation and chronostratigraphic mapping of multichannelseismic reflection profile I95167,Eastern Falkland Plateau (South Atlantic) |
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Interpretation and chronostratigraphic mapping of multichannelseismic reflection profile I95167,Eastern Falkland Plateau (South Atlantic) |
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Interpretation and chronostratigraphic mapping of multichannelseismic reflection profile I95167,Eastern Falkland Plateau (South Atlantic) |
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Interpretation and chronostratigraphic mapping of multichannelseismic reflection profile I95167,Eastern Falkland Plateau (South Atlantic) |
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interpretation and chronostratigraphic mapping of multichannelseismic reflection profile i95167,eastern falkland plateau (south atlantic) |
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ENVELOPE(-55.817,-55.817,-63.133,-63.133) ENVELOPE(-54.065,-54.065,49.700,49.700) ENVELOPE(-61.257,-61.257,-69.924,-69.924) ENVELOPE(-50.000,-50.000,-51.000,-51.000) ENVELOPE(-51.431,-51.431,-53.581,-53.581) ENVELOPE(-43.500,-43.500,-50.667,-50.667) ENVELOPE(-49.750,-49.750,-52.750,-52.750) |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Scotia Sea Argentine Maurice Tilting Ewing Falkland Plateau North Scotia Ridge Maurice Ewing Bank Falkland Trough |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Scotia Sea Argentine Maurice Tilting Ewing Falkland Plateau North Scotia Ridge Maurice Ewing Bank Falkland Trough |
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Antarc* Antarctic Scotia Sea South Atlantic Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Scotia Sea South Atlantic Ocean |
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