کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4732996 1640507 2015 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The influence of pre-existing structure on the growth of syn-sedimentary normal faults in a deltaic setting, Niger Delta
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
تأثیر ساختار پیشین موجود در رشد گسل های طبیعی سینتسوزی در یک محیط دلتا، دلتای نیجر
کلمات کلیدی
گسل طبیعی رشد، تقسیم بندی، پیوند ساختار پیش موجود، دلتای نیجر
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات زمین شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی


• The segmentation and linkage history of a syn-sedimentary deltaic normal fault array was analysed.
• Lateral and vertical fault linkage significantly influences the development of the hanging-wall sedimentary record.
• Deep-seated, pre-existing faults can link vertically to several faults through time.
• Multi-segment deltaic faults can preserve individual pre-linkage segment characteristics.

Three dimensional seismic-reflection data from the western Niger Delta were used to investigate the segmentation and linkage of a syn-sedimentary normal fault array and to estimate the influence of a pre-existing normal fault on the geometry and growth of younger faults. The nucleation, growth and linkage of a regional (seaward-dipping) deltaic fault system were analyzed on reflectivity time-/horizon slices and vertical seismic sections. In the deep subsurface, a master fault that consists of two segments (northwestern, NW, and southeastern, SE) grew through time into a single fault by lateral tip propagation reaching a final length of about 15 km. After attaining this length, displacement along the fault system developed non-uniformly through time. The analysis of the hanging-wall sediments of the deep-seated master fault shows two different processes of vertical linkage above the NW and SE segment. The SE segment links vertically to several younger faults contemporaneously with displacement accumulation on the master fault; in contrast, fault linkage above the NW segment occurred only after an interval of master-fault inactivity connecting the deep-seated structure upwards to a single syn-sedimentary normal fault. The observed differences in fault development suggest that although multi-segment deltaic faults form single fault systems after segment linkage, individual pre-linkage characteristics can be preserved, supporting a possibly diverse upward growth and connection to younger faults in the overburden. The geological interpretations presented highlight the influence of large deep-rooted structures on the development, location and geometry of shallow deltaic faults, documenting the influence of an older structural grain on delta tectonics.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Structural Geology - Volume 73, April 2015, Pages 18–32
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