Development of extensional growth basins: A field based study, Svalbard, Norway
The growth style and evolution of syn-sedimentary faults influence the architecture of the basin and thus control both the geometries and distribution of sedimentary facies belts. The architecture of sedimentary basin fill reflects a combination of tectonic and climatic controls that are relatively...
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The growth style and evolution of syn-sedimentary faults influence the architecture of the basin and thus control both the geometries and distribution of sedimentary facies belts. The architecture of sedimentary basin fill reflects a combination of tectonic and climatic controls that are relatively unique for each geological setting. This statement was tested in Svalbard, Norway, where recent post-glacial topography and a lack of vegetation reveal unique outcrops that allow detailed investigation of spatio-temporal basin fill development. Field studies were conducted in two locations: in the Upper Carboniferous Billefjorden Trough outcropping in central Spitsbergen, and in Kvalpynten, Edgeøya, wherean array Upper Triassic growth faults is exposed. This body of work consists of four scientific articles. Field-based results from detailed sedimentological logging, structural measurements and geological mapping were combined with analysis of three-dimensional outcrop models (derived from LIDAR scans and photogrammetry). Published data such as lithostratigraphy from the boreholes and sedimentary logs were also integrated to form an extensive and coherent database. A ca. 25 km wide basin fill of the Billefjorden Trough records the transition from a continental to a paralic sedimentary facies that formed in response to the opening of a connection to the sea. Early syn-rift deposition occurred in a basin segmented into the hanging wall blocks of meso-scale (tens to hundred meters of displacement) growth faults, in partly isolated sub-basins. In this phase the Billefjorden Trough was a symmetrical basin. Later on, half-graben geometry developed during the rift climax, highlighted by deposition of up to 400 meters of alluvial fan deposits confined to the master fault zone. Meso-scale faults have segmented the dipslope into proximal and distal part. The tectonic impact on the basin fill was the greatest near the master fault zone and in the proximal dipslope. The imprint of eustatic sea level prevails over the 13 tectonic ... |
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Development of extensional growth basins: A field based study, Svalbard, Norway |
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Article 1: Smyrak-Sikora, A., Johannessen E. P., Olaussen S., Sandal, G. & Braathen, A. (2018): “Sedimentary architecture during Carboniferous rift initiation - the arid Billefjorden Trough, Svalbard”, Journal of the Geological Society, 176(2), 225-252. The article is not available in BORA due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2018-100 Article 2: Smyrak-Sikora, A., Nicolaisen J. B., Braathen A., Johannessen E. P., Olaussen S. & Stemmerik, L. (2020): “Impact of dipslope growth faults on mixed carbonateevaporite dominated deposits – Carboniferous Billefjorden Trough in Svalbard, Norway“. The article is not available in BORA. Article 3: Smyrak-Sikora, A., Osmundsen, P. T., Braathen, A., Ogata, K., Anell, I., Mulrooney, M. & Zuchuat, V. (2020): “Architecture of growth basins in a tidally-influenced, prodelta to delta-front setting: the Triassic succession of Kvalpynten, East Svalbard”, Basin Research, 32(5), 949-978. The article is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/21494 Article 4: Ogata, K., Mulrooney, M. J., Braathen, A., Maher, H., Osmundsen, P. T., Anell, I., Smyrak-Sikora, A. & Balsamo, F. (2018): “Architecture, deformation style and petrophysical properties of growth fault systems: the Late Triassic deltaic succession of southern Edgeøya (East Svalbard) “, Basin Research, 30(5), 1042-1073. The article is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/19698 container/8d/fe/80/2a/8dfe802a-4a74-4cfa-8ce4-7377978d3c7d https://hdl.handle.net/1956/21496 |
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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/21496 2023-05-15T15:44:33+02:00 Development of extensional growth basins: A field based study, Svalbard, Norway Smyrak-Sikora, Aleksandra Anna orcid:0000-0001-9321-1269 2020-02-05T15:09:00.069Z application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1956/21496 eng eng The University of Bergen Article 1: Smyrak-Sikora, A., Johannessen E. P., Olaussen S., Sandal, G. & Braathen, A. (2018): “Sedimentary architecture during Carboniferous rift initiation - the arid Billefjorden Trough, Svalbard”, Journal of the Geological Society, 176(2), 225-252. The article is not available in BORA due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2018-100 Article 2: Smyrak-Sikora, A., Nicolaisen J. B., Braathen A., Johannessen E. P., Olaussen S. & Stemmerik, L. (2020): “Impact of dipslope growth faults on mixed carbonateevaporite dominated deposits – Carboniferous Billefjorden Trough in Svalbard, Norway“. The article is not available in BORA. Article 3: Smyrak-Sikora, A., Osmundsen, P. T., Braathen, A., Ogata, K., Anell, I., Mulrooney, M. & Zuchuat, V. (2020): “Architecture of growth basins in a tidally-influenced, prodelta to delta-front setting: the Triassic succession of Kvalpynten, East Svalbard”, Basin Research, 32(5), 949-978. The article is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/21494 Article 4: Ogata, K., Mulrooney, M. J., Braathen, A., Maher, H., Osmundsen, P. T., Anell, I., Smyrak-Sikora, A. & Balsamo, F. (2018): “Architecture, deformation style and petrophysical properties of growth fault systems: the Late Triassic deltaic succession of southern Edgeøya (East Svalbard) “, Basin Research, 30(5), 1042-1073. The article is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/19698 container/8d/fe/80/2a/8dfe802a-4a74-4cfa-8ce4-7377978d3c7d https://hdl.handle.net/1956/21496 In copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Copyright the Author. All rights reserved Doctoral thesis 2020 ftunivbergen 2023-03-14T17:43:53Z The growth style and evolution of syn-sedimentary faults influence the architecture of the basin and thus control both the geometries and distribution of sedimentary facies belts. The architecture of sedimentary basin fill reflects a combination of tectonic and climatic controls that are relatively unique for each geological setting. This statement was tested in Svalbard, Norway, where recent post-glacial topography and a lack of vegetation reveal unique outcrops that allow detailed investigation of spatio-temporal basin fill development. Field studies were conducted in two locations: in the Upper Carboniferous Billefjorden Trough outcropping in central Spitsbergen, and in Kvalpynten, Edgeøya, wherean array Upper Triassic growth faults is exposed. This body of work consists of four scientific articles. Field-based results from detailed sedimentological logging, structural measurements and geological mapping were combined with analysis of three-dimensional outcrop models (derived from LIDAR scans and photogrammetry). Published data such as lithostratigraphy from the boreholes and sedimentary logs were also integrated to form an extensive and coherent database. A ca. 25 km wide basin fill of the Billefjorden Trough records the transition from a continental to a paralic sedimentary facies that formed in response to the opening of a connection to the sea. Early syn-rift deposition occurred in a basin segmented into the hanging wall blocks of meso-scale (tens to hundred meters of displacement) growth faults, in partly isolated sub-basins. In this phase the Billefjorden Trough was a symmetrical basin. Later on, half-graben geometry developed during the rift climax, highlighted by deposition of up to 400 meters of alluvial fan deposits confined to the master fault zone. Meso-scale faults have segmented the dipslope into proximal and distal part. The tectonic impact on the basin fill was the greatest near the master fault zone and in the proximal dipslope. The imprint of eustatic sea level prevails over the 13 tectonic ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Billefjorden Edgeøya Svalbard Spitsbergen University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Billefjorden ENVELOPE(16.417,16.417,78.563,78.563) Edgeøya ENVELOPE(22.500,22.500,77.750,77.750) Kvalpynten ENVELOPE(20.897,20.897,77.440,77.440) Norway Svalbard Journal of the Geological Society 176 2 225 252 |