Le Sénonien du Haut Atlas occidental, Maroc: sédimentologie, analyse séquentielle et paléogéographie

Based on new geological studies of the Senonian series in the southern part of the western High Atlas, Morocco, new insights on stratigraphy and palmogeography are presented. The palæogeography was generally shallow inner neritic with some palæorelief forming small confined basins that were affected by marine incursions under a hot and arid climate. During the Coniacien, a regression occurred caused by pre-Senonien embryonic tectonic phases. In the Campanian, an important regression, due to tectonic movement, caused the eastern sector of Erguita to emerge. During the Maastrichtian, an important Atlantic marine transgression followed pre-Maastrichtian embryonic tectonics and covered the area.     

Les structures de la couverture Néoprotérozoïque terminal et Paléozoïque de la région de Tata, Anti-Atlas centre-occidental, Maroc: déformation polyphasée, ou interactions socle/couverture pendant l'orogenèse hercynienne?

The western Anti-Atlas was formed by a Precambrian basement in the core of anticlines, surrounded by a Neoproterozoic and Palæozoic cover. The structural study of the Tata regional rocks shows a heterogeneous deformation, characterised especially by two types of folds in two orthogonal directions: north-south to north-northeast-south-southwest-trending and east-west-trending.The north-south structures are present in all of the Palæozoic cover and belong to the major Variscan compression of Late Carboniferous age by a comparison of the other domains of the western Anti-Atlas. Alternatively, east-west folding is assigned only to the lower part of the cover and consists of a ductile heterogeneous deformation, especially marked at the basement-cover interface. These folds are associated with a subhorizontal cleavage, indicating a southern vergence of the structures. A discussion of the age and the tectonic style of these structures is proposed, as well as their significance within the Variscan belt along the northern margin of the West African Craton.     

Mise en évidence d''une tectonique tangentielle antérieure au plissenent majeur dans la chaîne hercynienne de l''Anti-Atlas occidental, Maroc

Variscan deformation in the Palæozoic foreland of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas is characterised by its heterogeneous character and its dampening effect towards the Tindouf Basin. Structural analyses shows three sequential episodes of deformation, D1, D2 and D3, displayed at different levels of observation. The first episode D1, which was observed for the first time in the western Anti-Atlas Hercynian Belt provides clear evidence for tangential tectonic deformation operating before the major phase of folding. It corresponds to an early event of ‘thin-skin tectonics’, which develops a composite schistosity related to ductile horizontal pure shearing. It is considered that D1 was responsible for the first folding of the sedimentary sequences associated with several imbricated thrust sheets with vergence to the east. The second episode, D2, represents the major phase of north-northeast-southwest Variscan folding. The D3 episode was more discrete, of brittle type and marked by subequatorial sinistral kink-bands.This D1 tangential event, in the western Anti-Atlas, Morocco, represents a typical structural domain as part of the tectonic evolution during Variscan-Appalachian collision.     

Apport de la gravimétrie à l'étude des structures profondes du Sahel de Tunisie (cas de la région de Kairouan–Sousse–Monastir)

The monotony of the surface and of the deep structure of the Sahel domain in eastern Tunisia (low topographic area covered by a Quaternary series) induces the possible existence of an important subsiding collapsed block and associated faulted zones. Gravity data analyses have permitted the reconnaissance of the crustal and gravimetric setting of the northern part of the Sahel domain and the discussion of main outlines of subsurface structures. The deep structure of a particular zone (Kairouan–Sousse–Monastir area) demonstrates the existence of an east-west en-doigt-de-gant crustal thinning confirmed by the gravity data. This deep structuring is perfectly showed by the high-resolution second-order enhanced analytic signal technique developed to image geologic boundaries such as contacts and faults. This technique, correlated with the distribution of all seismic events in the last century, has permitted to define an important east–west Kairouan–Sousse–Monastir tectonic corridor (CKSM). This corridor corresponds to major faults oriented east-west, were some folded structures can be developed. To cite this article: H. Gabtni, C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).     

东准噶尔晚古生代洋陆转换过程:来自沉积学的约束

东准噶尔卡拉麦里造山带是中亚造山带西段一个很重要的构造单元,其构造演化为区域构造过程、动力机制等问题的研究提供关键证据,也为研究中亚造山带提供了重要的物质基础和理论依据.本文在前人研究的基础上,通过对卡拉麦里造山带野外剖面实测、构造现象描述、典型岩石观察,选取典型复理石、磨拉石建造剖面及古生物化石开展系统研究,结果表明...     

La tectogenèse hercynienne dans la partie occidentale du bassin de l'Ahnet et la région de Bled El-Mass, Sahara Algérien: un continuum de déformation

The study area is located in the north of the Hoggar Basement. It is bounded to the east by the Idjerane-Azaz north-south-trending structural system, the Azzel-Matti Ridge to the south and to the north by the Timimoun Basin. Distribution of the structural elements and the determination of deviatoric stress tensors indicate two main directions for major stress (σ1), one striking northeast-southwest and the other west-northwest-east-southeast. Structural evolution during the Hercynian Orogeny can be considered as a continuous strain rather than as two contrasting tectonic events. The structural features can be attributed to the association of wrench faulting and thrusting, which is compatible with a strain regime of combined pure and simple shear. The basement fabric features exerted a very strong control on the structural evolution during the Hercynian deformation.     

Moderation of Cretaceous transgressions by block tectonics: An example from the north and north-west of the Paris basin

Cretaceous transgressions in the epicontinental area of western Europe, and in particular in the Paris-London Basin, were controlled, to a large extent, by the eustatic rise of sea-level in direct relation to the creation of mid-oceanic ridges.On a regional and local scale, positive and negative vertical movements of the Earth's crust have moderated the effects of transgression. These variations are revealed by changes in the nature, or thickness, of sediment deposited on the tectonic blocks which form the basin. The method used for the delimitation of blocks is supported by the presentation of paleogeographical maps from various Mesozoic epochs, as well as a NE-SW section from the Boulonnais area to Normandy which displays tectonic control on sedimentation.     

Hierarchy of tectonic control on stratigraphic signatures: Base-level changes during the Early Permian in the Paraná Basin, southernmost Brazil

The Lower Permian sedimentary succession of the Paraná Basin in southernmost Brazil has an overall transgressive sedimentation regime, recorded by a clear retrogradation of the facies belt. However, important depositional strike-orientated variations and regional inversions occur in the sedimentation regime along the paleo-shoreline (i.e., along-strike) of the basin. At the regional scale, a huge source area was uplifted by the end of the Artinskian in the north and caused regression; the southern part of the study area increasingly was transgressed by the epicontinental sea (= regional inversion). This important tectonic overprint on the stratigraphic signature of the basin’s infill has a tectonic origin. The variable sedimentation regime along the paleo-shoreline is controlled by the structural framework of the basement, which is formed by several crustal blocks with different responses to tectonic strain induced by terrain accretion on the occidental margin of Gondwana during the Permian. Stratigraphic data indicate that during the Early Permian, there were at least two differential subsidence and uplift events, one by the end of the Sakmarian–Artinskian and another during the Late Artinskian–Kungurian.     

L'érosion des chaînes de montagnes : influence de la sédimentation de piedmont

The applanation of mountain belts that results in peneplain is generally considered to be caused by the long-term activity of erosion. Peneplanation has been previously defined as the lowering of an elevated topography and the concomitant subduing of its relief. We propose a model following which piedmont sedimentation induces the base level rise, allowing applanation to develop at high elevation and resulting in an elevated ‘peneplain’. This model is illustrated by the morphological evolution of the southern flank of the Pyrenees during the Cainozoic. To cite this article: J. Babault, J. Van Den Driessche, C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).     

Sedimentation,tectonism and volcanism relationships in two Andean basins of southern Peru

The intermontane basins of the Central Andes, formed from the first episode of the andine tectonic (peruvian phase, Santonian), are characterized by a clastic continental sedimentation, settled in a compressive tectonic context and containing volcanic intercalations. The two basins presented in this paper, have distinct ages and a different geodynamic context, each:

1. The Cuzco-Sicuam Basin, Maestrichtian-Paleocene in age, is a back-arc basin. A coarse grained red bed sedimentation appeared at the same time as the synsedimentary tectonic and volcanic activity increased in the source area.
2. The Moquegua Basin, Oligocene in age, is a fore-arc basin. After a compressive phase, the northeastern border of the basin shows high mobility, characterized by superposed alluvial fans. Within the basin, the coarse grained sediments are associated with volcanic tuffs.

In the two basins, the tectonism, the volcanism and the coarse grained sedimentation occured simultaneously. The coarse grained sedimentation does not appear to be linked with climatic changes, but with the increasing mobility of the source area. The relationship between tectonic regime and volcanic activity in the basin and in the source area is considered.     

Le paléovolcanisme de la bordure occidentale de la boutonnière de Kédougou, Paléoprotérozoïque du sénégal oriental: incidences géotectoniques

The main petrographical and geochemical patterns (major, trace and rare earth elements) of the epimetamorphosed volcanic rocks from the Mako Supergroup (Birimian) from the central and southern part of the western border of the Kedougou-Kenieba Inlier (Palæoproterozoic) are presented. The petrographic patterns indicate a predominance of tholeiites with the middle and upper parts of the lithological sequence containing scarce andesite, rhyodacite and rhyolitic end members of calc-alkaline affinity. The observed geochemical trend is compared with the patterns from other Palæoproterozoic areas of the West African Craton, as well as recent volcanic rocks, whose geotectonic setting is well constrained. The evolution of the Kedougou Inlier corresponds to an ocean island-arc environment, in agreement with previous research on epimetamorphic volcanodetrital and sedimentary formations, and Birimian granitoids. This research underlines the importance of island-arc accretions in crust generation during Palæoproterozoic times in West Africa.     

Les rudistes du Crétacé moyen de la province Méditerranéenne occidentale. Evolution, paléoécologie, paléobiogéographie

Dans un premier temps on délimite les plates-formes à rudistes de la province méditerranéenne occidentale, au sein de laquelle on distingue, en fonction des particularités paléogéographiques locales, quatre sous-provinces. On souligne ensuite l'importance et la nature des événements paléogéographiques du Crétacé moyen qui ont joué un rôle dans la distribution et le développement des formations à rudistes; on distingue fondamentalement des événements eustatiques et tectoniques. Les événements biologiques sont caractérisés par un déclin ou une disparition des rudistes éocrétacés, un développement des Caprinidae et des Radiolitidae à l'Albo-Cénomanien, l'apparition des Hippuritidae et le déclin des Caprinidae au Turonien. On analyse les causes, les circonstances et les faits majeurs de l'évolution et de la paléoécologie des rudistes au cours de cette période.The rudistid platforms of the western Mediterranean embrace four palaeogeographical sub-provinces. The palaeogeographical events that decided the distribution and development of the rudistids are discussed. Of significance are eustatic and tectonic events.There was a decline or a disappearance of Early Cretaceous rudistids, a development of the Caprinidae and Radiolitidae around the Albian-Cenomanian, the appearance of the Hippuritidae and a decline of the Caprinidae in the Turonian. Factors of evolutionary and palaeoecological significance are reviewed.     

The Mesozoic–Cenozoic structural framework of the Bay of Kiel area, western Baltic Sea

A dense grid of multichannel high-resolution seismic sections from the Bay of Kiel in the western Baltic Sea has been interpreted in order to reveal the Mesozoic and Cenozoic geological evolution of the northern part of the North German Basin. The overall geological evolution of the study area can be separated into four distinct periods. During the Triassic and the Early Jurassic, E–W extension and the deposition of clastic sediments initiated the movement of the underlying Zechstein evaporites. The deposition ceased during the Middle Jurassic, when the entire area was uplifted as a result of the Mid North Sea Doming. The uplift resulted in a pronounced erosion of Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic strata. This event is marked by a clear angular unconformity on all the seismic sections. The region remained an area of non-deposition until the end of the Early Cretaceous, when the sedimentation resumed in the area. Throughout the Late Cretaceous the sedimentation took place under tectonic quiescence. Reactivated salt movement is observed at the Cretaceous Cenozoic transition as a result of the change from an extensional to compressional regional stress field. The vertical salt movement influenced the Cenozoic sedimentation and resulted in thin-skinned faulting.     

华南泥盆纪沉积盆地类型和主要特征

泥盆纪时期,随着古特提斯洋的开启,于华南板块南、西、北缘形成被动陆缘构造背景.根据地壳性质,同沉积断裂活动,沉积作用和火山作用等特点,将区内沉积盆地分为八种类型,即陆内走滑盆地、陆内凹陷盆地、陆内断陷盆地、陆缘断拗盆地、陆缘断陷盆地、陆缘裂谷盆地、陆缘走滑盆地和陆河洋盆、盆地的演化受到构造活动、海水进退规程和沉积作用控制。开始阶段的构造活动不强烈,以滨岸陆源碎屑沉积为主。海盆扩大分异阶段的构造活动明显,有海底火山活动,海侵范围扩大,深水盆地开始发育,但以陆棚碎屑岩和碳酸盐缓坡沉积为主。强烈裂陷-走滑阶段是构造活动高潮期,火山活动强烈,海侵范围最大,深水盆地最发育,沉积相分异十分显著。右江地区和南岭地区同样位于扬子古陆的被动陆缘,但岩相构造格局显著不同,右江地区以北西向断裂拉张裂陷作用为主,而南岭地区则多表现为北东向基底断裂的走滑活动。笔者认为这种特点是古特提斯洋扩张作用和基底构造性质影响所致。     

郯庐断裂带莱州湾段新生代活动演变及其沉积-改造效应

本文根据对覆盖区地震、钻井等资料的精细解释和深入剖析,揭示在渤海莱州湾地区郯庐断裂带由东、西两条分支断裂带构成,二者又分别由两条主断层及多条次生断层和其间的断块组成。分支断裂带的两条主断层的间距因地而异,一般在5km左右;其结构构造和空间展布特征有别,西支表现为"两断夹一凸"的不对称地垒式,东支主要呈"花状"构造结构。通过古地质构造恢复和分期动态构造演化分析等综合研究,厘定了在新生代不同时期两条分支断裂带在该区不同单元的活动特点和构造-改造效应,进而总结了郯庐断裂带新生代主要阶段的构造属性及其演变。认为在古近纪早中期,研究区处于区域伸展沉降环境,郯庐断裂带对该区的沉积展布无明显控制作用;断裂带活动的明显控制沉积效应始于古近纪晚期,总体具伸展兼右行走滑属性,主要表现为切割和改造了研究区原近东西向展布的优势构造-沉积格局,同时控制了前期沉积地层的剥蚀强度及其分布范围和同期沉积。新近纪以来,郯庐断裂带两条分支断裂带的活动表现出差异显著的东强西弱;于第四纪,在东支断裂带出现正花状反转构造,可能与幕式走滑兼挤压活动有关。     

楚雄中生代前陆盆地的构造沉降史研究

云南楚雄盆地位于场子陆块的西南边缘,为一典型的中生代周缘前陆盆地,盆地演化阶段明显,晚三叠世为前陆早期复理石沉积,侏罗纪则为前陆晚期磨拉石沉积。对盆地构造沉降史研究后笔者认为：①晚三叠世复理石沉积盆地构造沉降幅度巨大,沉降与沉积中心位于盆地最西部,紧邻古哀牢山造山带,沉积体呈形楔形展布;③侏罗纪磨拉石沉积盆地构造沉降和沉积中心以及前缘隆起向内陆方向迁移明显;③中生代构造快速沉降的沉积体的楔形展布表     

Late Pleistocene and Holocene Sea Level Changes in the Hisarönü Gulf,Southeast Aegean Sea

Fluctuations in relative sea level, tectonic movement, and sedimentation during the late Pleistocene to Holocene in the Hisarönü Gulf (SE Aegean Sea) and surrounding area were investigated with a high‐resolution geophysical survey and underwater archaeological observations. The Hisarönü Gulf has been affected by vertical tectonic movements and rising sea level following the last glacial period (20,000 yr B.P.). High‐resolution seismic data were interpreted to reveal the structure of the late Pleistocene to Holocene deposits and determine the location of the paleoshoreline. In order to describe the relative rise of sea level, principles of sequence stratigraphy were used for the late Pleistocene to Holocene transition, and submerged archaeological remains and bioerosional indicators were used for the late Holocene period. A comparison of archaeological observations in the study area with the known regional sea level curve indicates that the relative rise in sea level for the late Holocene is, for the most part, due to the tectonic subsidence of the coastal plain. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

苏丹Muglad盆地中南部西斜坡沉积层序及有利地层圈闭预测

苏丹Muglad盆地油气资源丰富,是重要的油气探区.盆地中南部西斜坡位于Kaikang坳陷西部斜坡带,是Muglad盆地重要的勘探区之一.研究区在构造转型时期遭受严重剥蚀,目前残余地层厚度约为5 000 m.受区域构造活动的影响,研究区的沉积储层发育演化与构造演化密切相关.随着构造圈闭勘探进入中后期,寻找新的勘探领域和...     

中扬子区构造特征及勘探方向建议

中扬子区经历了印支-喜山期四个构造变形、变位发展阶段:印支运动结束海相沉积,并形成了黄陵、潜江、洪湖古隆起,早燕山期全区挤压,奠定了本区中、古生界的基本构造格局,晚燕山期,构造负反转,中、古生界构造发生叠加改造,喜山期,构造正反转,总体表现为隆升挤压。印支期以来多期构造运动的叠加改造,形成了南、北两个弧形构造体系,平面上构造展布特征具有明显的差异性:北部(大洪山)弧形构造系呈现南北分带、东西分块的构造格局,南部弧形构造系东西差异明显,东部具双重结构特征,西部为"隔槽式"构造格局。近期应以江汉平原南部、湘鄂西区桑植石门复向斜为勘探重点,同时围绕深化地质认识,解剖区域结构,加强地震攻关,积极准备中扬子南、北逆冲推覆带勘探。