| Clark, Ian R. and Cartwright, Joseph Albert 2009. Interactions between submarine channel systems and deformation in deepwater fold belts: Examples from the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (8) , pp. 1465-1482. 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.05.004 |
Abstract
Submarine channel levee systems form important hydrocarbon reservoirs in many deep marine settings and are often deposited within a structurally active setting. This study focuses on recent submarine channels that developed within a deepwater fold and thrust belt setting from the Levant Basin, eastern Mediterranean Sea. Compressional deformation within the study area is driven by the up-dip collapse of the Nile cone above the ductile Messinian Evaporites. Structures such as folds and strike slip faults exert a strong control on channel location and development over time. From this study four end-member submarine channel–structure interactions can be defined: Confinement, diversion, deflection and blocking. Each of these channel–structure interactions results in a distinct submarine channel morphology and pattern of development compared to unconfined channel levee systems. Each interaction can also be used to assess timing relationships between submarine channel development and deformation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography Q Science > QE Geology |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Channel levee systems; Sediment–structure interactions; Nile delta; Salt tectonics; 3D seismic |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0264-8172 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2019 02:15 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/12366 |
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