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{"title":"Correction to Integrated uplift, subsidence, erosion and deposition in a tightly coupled source-to-sink system, Pagliara basin, northeastern Sicily, Italy","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/bre.12851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12851","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Pavano, F., Pazzaglia, F. J., Rittenour, T. M., Catalano, S., Corbett, L. B., &amp; Bierman, P. (2024). Integrated uplift, subsidence, erosion and deposition in a tightly coupled source- to- sink system, Pagliara basin, northeastern Sicily, Italy. Basin Research, 36, e12845. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12845</p><p>In Table 4, the table note was incorrect. This should have read:</p><p>“We used 5.0E-7 yrs for the ¹⁰Be decay constant and 1,386,555 yrs for the half-life. ¹⁰Be exposure is modeled using the CRONUS-Earth online calculators (Balco et al., 2008) to have occurred at a mean elevation of 420 m, which we derived from the assumed steady-state hypsometry of the Pagliara basin (670 m, Pavano et al., 2016), less 250 m of post-middle 300 ka uplift of the Pagliara basin”.</p><p>The References list should include the following:</p><p>Balco, G., Stone, J. O., Lifton, N. A., and Dunai, T. J., 2008, A complete and easily accessible means of calculating surface exposure ages or erosion rates from 10Be and 26Al measurements: Quaternary Geochronology, 3, 174–195.</p><p>In Section 5.2 “Cosmogenic ¹⁰Be paleo-erosion rate data” the text “The measured ¹⁰Be concentrations (Nt) (Table 3) are increased to their decay-corrected burial values (No) using the ¹⁰Be decay constant of 4.3 e-09 yr^-1” was incorrect. This should have read “The measured ¹⁰Be concentrations (Nt) (Table 3) are increased to their decay-corrected burial values (No) using the ¹⁰Be decay constant of 5.0e-7 yr^-1”.</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":8712,"journal":{"name":"Basin Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bre.12851","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139750115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of preexisting structures on salt structures in the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin, Western China: Insights from seismic data and numerical simulations","authors":"Keji Yang,&nbsp;Jiafu Qi,&nbsp;Liangwei Xu,&nbsp;Yanqiu Yu,&nbsp;Tong Sun,&nbsp;Fangle Shen,&nbsp;Li Peng,&nbsp;Ji Lv,&nbsp;Hanting Zhao","doi":"10.1111/bre.12850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12850","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The preexisting structures that developed in the basement and subsalt strata play a key role in the salt structural deformation in the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin. The characteristics of preexisting structures and their controls on the salt structure are investigated via the latest three-dimensional seismic data and numerical modelling. The results show that the preexisting structures that developed in the Kuqa Depression mainly consist of basement faults, palaeouplifts, subsalt slopes and early passive salt diapirs. Basement faults are mainly distributed in the Kelasu and Qiulitag structural belts and control the position of development and deformation style of the Miocene compressive salt structure. The differences in styles and reactivation degrees of basement faults lead to great diversity in the salt structure. The palaeouplifts mainly include the Wensu, western Qiulitag, Xinhe and Yaha-Luntai palaeouplifts. The original sedimentary range and later deformation space of the salt layer are limited by the palaeouplift, resulting in strong salt thrusting in the Awate sag in the western part of the Kuqa Depression. The heterogeneous spatial distribution of the palaeouplift promoted the development of regional strike-slip transform belts. Subsalt slopes are located mainly on the northern edge of the western Qiulitag low uplift and block the southward flow of the salt, causing the salt to form salt domes; the size of these domes is closely related to the subsalt slope. Early passive salt diapirs mainly developed in the Quele and Bozidun areas of the western Kuqa Depression, and they were preferentially active during the compression period, inducing the formation of a piercement salt nappe. Numerical modelling revealed that the preexisting structure strongly controlled the stress–strain distribution during the deformation of the salt structure. The spatial distribution heterogeneity of the basement structure is an important factor in the structural zonation along the north–south strike and segmentation along the west–east strike in the Kuqa Depression, as well as an important inducer of the piercement salt structure.</p>","PeriodicalId":8712,"journal":{"name":"Basin Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139750117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Northward expansion of the Jiaolai Basin during the Early Cretaceous: Insights from source-to-sink reconstruction","authors":"Bo Zhang,&nbsp;Shaofeng Liu,&nbsp;Chengfa Lin,&nbsp;Pengfei Ma","doi":"10.1111/bre.12856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12856","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Jiaolai Basin, situated in the northern Sulu orogenic belt along East Aisa continental margin, preserves evidence of the extensional events in East Asia and the post-orogenic evolution of the Sulu orogenic belt during the Cretaceous period. In this study, multiple provenance analyses were employed to reconstruct the source-to-sink system of the Laiyang Group within the Jiaolai Basin. These studies reveal a history of northward expansion dictated by two significant rift events. During the early Early Cretaceous period (ca. 135–121 Ma), the Zhucheng and Gaomi sags in southern region developed initially. Subsequently, in the late Early Cretaceous period (ca. 120–113 Ma), the Laiyang sag in northern region emerged. Furthermore, these sags were fed by independent source-to-sink systems in their early stages but eventually shared a similar source-to-sink system towards the end of the Laiyang Group deposition (ca. 113 Ma). The provenance analysis results indicate that ca. 121 Ma, ultrahigh-pressure rocks in the northern segment of the Sulu orogenic belt experienced rapid exhumation, while those in the southern segment might have remained concealed until ca. 113 Ma. The two rift events in East Asia, coupled with the alteration in the direction and magnitude of extension documented in the Jiaolai Basin, suggests that trench retreat and the change in subduction direction from E–W to NW–SE of the Izanagi plate played a principal role in driving the extensional events in East Asia during the Early Cretaceous. Our findings imply that the change in Izanagi subduction direction may have occurred ca. 121 Ma.</p>","PeriodicalId":8712,"journal":{"name":"Basin Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139750118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Penecontemporaneous polygonal faulting triggered by sand overloading onto unconsolidated clays: Evidence from the northern South China Sea","authors":"Qingfeng Meng,&nbsp;Fang Hao","doi":"10.1111/bre.12853","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bre.12853","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Layer-bound polygonal fault systems (PFS) are a prevalent feature in fine-grained sediments across many continental margin basins worldwide, yet their origin remains enigmatic. In this study, we report on the structural characteristics of polygonal faults recently discovered in Middle Miocene mudrocks of the Yinggehai Basin, northern South China Sea. Our data reveal that the polygonal arrays of normal faults, which comprise master faults and minor synthetic/antithetic faults with complex tiers, exhibit either straight or curvilinear traces with frequent orthogonal intersections, forming a highly interconnected fault network. We observe several sub-circular to elliptical-shaped depressions that lie above the faulted interval and are filled with syn-deformation deposits, with the long axis of these depressions aligned sub-parallel to the structure contour lines. Our findings suggest that the polygonal faults emerged during the sediment deposition and compaction preceding the deposition of overlying sediments. The faults were created through the nucleation of penecontemporaneous faults due to the overloading of sandy sediments onto unconsolidated clays, followed by the propagation of the faults along with continuous sediment deposition. The cessation of fault propagation coincided with the termination of sedimentation in the faulted interval. Additionally, the local horizontal stress anisotropy resulting from topographic-gravitational effects may have played a crucial role in the development of polygonal faults. Our study provides novel insights into early sediment deformations in the northern South China Sea region and sheds light on the timing and genesis of PFS.</p>","PeriodicalId":8712,"journal":{"name":"Basin Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139715405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reconstructing the Zama (Mexico) discovery source to sink palaeogeography, Part II: Sediment routing from the Late Miocene shelf-margin to deepwater basin","authors":"J. W. Snedden,&nbsp;M. G. Rowan,&nbsp;D. F. Stockli,&nbsp;M. Albertson,&nbsp;J. Pasley","doi":"10.1111/bre.12849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12849","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Late Miocene source terrane tectonic history in the southern Gulf of Mexico Basin, as informed by detrital zircon geothermochronology data, supports a detailed regional palaeogeographic reconstruction from palaeoshoreline to the deepwater Zama minibasin of the Sureste salt basin. Seismic mapping points to a trio of pathways that converge upon two entry points into the Zama minibasin, illuminating how sediment gravity flows transit a complex seascape defined by shallow salt bodies. Consideration of empirical scaling relationships within and between segments of this sediment dispersal system allows for testable predictions of Upper Miocene submarine fan-runout lengths over basin exploration areas. Distances from the reconstructed shelf-margin to the Zama wells vary around 100 km, an increase of 20% over a straight-line distance as flows likely navigated around extant salt stocks, walls and sheets. This 100-km fan length is about 40% of the reconstructed minimum palaeo-river length, within predicted ranges for smaller source-to-sink systems in tectonically active areas (25 to 50%). The estimated fan-runout distance can be extended even further basinwards, considering the contemporaneous passage of the mobile Chortis block along the Tonala shear zone, expanding the Palaeo-Rio Grijalva drainage network during the Tortonian. These Late Miocene deepwater systems linked to the Palaeo-Rio Grijalva differ substantially from onshore Mexico-sourced turbidity flows feeding into the axis of the north-trending Veracruz Trough. Textural data from wells here suggests these systems were less effective at larger grain transport and sorting. Local (intrabasinal) variations are also evident within the Zama minibasin, as well data (image logs and cores) indicate that axially oriented sediment gravity flows involved fewer high-density turbidities, depositing lower net-to-gross sandstones and thicker shales than those flowing transverse to the basin axis from a southeastern basin entry point. These interpretations will guide both local exploitation of these economic resources and could also support future exploration for analogous salt-influenced deepwater reservoir systems in the Sureste basin and globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":8712,"journal":{"name":"Basin Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139695311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neogene evolution of the margin adjacent to the La Plata River Delta (Pelotas Basin): Sedimentary pathways and the origins of the Rio Grande Cone","authors":"Gabriel Tagliaro,&nbsp;Adolfo Britzke,&nbsp;Mateus A. C. Gama,&nbsp;Pedro Bauli,&nbsp;André P. Negrão,&nbsp;Luigi Jovane","doi":"10.1111/bre.12848","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bre.12848","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Continental margins that exhibit high terrigenous input are generally located near deltas that are capable of transporting large quantities of sediments into the basin. However, in rare cases, high terrigenous sedimentation occurs in regions deprived of major riverine systems where the sedimentary pathway is enigmatic. One such case is the Neogene of the Pelotas Basin of Brazil and Uruguay, adjacent to the La Plata River mouth. Since the Miocene, anomalous sedimentation formed a giant progradational wedge, the Rio Grande Cone, one of the largest submarine fan-like features on Earth. To understand the Neogene evolution of the margin and the origins of the Rio Grande Cone, here we present a seismic-stratigraphic framework based on well-logs and 2D seismic data. Three depositional environments are identified: (1) on the shelf, upper Miocene to Pliocene fluvial channels delivered sand deposits on the mud-dominated shelf; (2) on the slope, sediment instability resulted in structural deformation and multiple phases of mass transport deposition and (3) on the lower slope and basin floor, large contourite drifts formed by sediment reworking. We classify the Rio Grande Cone as a megaslide complex, due to its depositional and structural setting. Local deltaic systems were active on the shelf in the Neogene, but the limited size of their paleo-drainage systems in comparison to the volume of sedimentation in the margin suggests that an additional sedimentary pathway existed. In this sense, the demise of an epicontinental sea over the La Plata Basin during the Neogene likely enabled the input of large volumes of fine sediments into the margin, via the La Plata plume water. We suggest that the desiccation of this epicontinental sea and the intensification of ocean currents since the middle Miocene explains the anomalous Neogene terrigenous influx into the SW Atlantic margin.</p>","PeriodicalId":8712,"journal":{"name":"Basin Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139655965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tectonic control on the palaeogeographic evolution of thrust-top basins at the active margin of the Guadalquivir Basin (central Betic Cordillera, S Spain)","authors":"Julio Aguirre,&nbsp;Juan C. Braga,&nbsp;José M. Martín,&nbsp;Ángel Puga-Bernabéu","doi":"10.1111/bre.12847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12847","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Guadalquivir Basin is the foreland basin of the Betic Cordillera (S Spain). Closest to the orogen, several thrust-top basins evolved during the Late Miocene in the central part of the cordillera. Here, we study the Upper Miocene deposits in five of these satellite basins: Montefrío, Iznájar-Cuevas de San Marcos, Antequera, Bobadilla Estación and Teba, in order to (1) update the stratigraphic framework, (2) infer a depositional model, (3) establish the relationship between sedimentary record and tectonic context and (4) reconstruct the palaeogeography of the area during the Late Miocene. Upper Miocene sediments mostly consist of mixed carbonate-terrigenous deposits. Facies characterization allows inferring a sedimentary model corresponding to a ramp with foreshore deposits changing to a shoal belt offshore in the inner ramp. Swaley and hummocky cross-stratified deposits formed in the transition to the middle ramp, and plane parallel carbonate beds in the distal middle-outer ramp. Factory facies, dominated by rhodoliths and bryozoans, also occur in the middle-outer ramp environments. Silts and marls formed in the deepest outer ramp and basin settings respectively. Breccias accumulated at the toe of palaeocliffs and conglomerates and massive coarse sands were deposited in fluvio-deltaic systems. Conglomerates and sands were also reworked as gravity flows and redeposited offshore. Local facies include rudstones-grainstones displaying large-scale trough-cross bedding formed in a strait in Montefrío, and marls with chalky carbonates deposited in a shallow marine, sheltered lagoon with hydromorphic soils in Bobadilla Estación. The study basins evolved in an N-S compressive tectonic context responsible of the emersion of the main Betic reliefs. Concomitantly, E-W and ESE-WNW extension originated the main depocentres. The influence of the tectonic activity on the sedimentary infills is indicated by the presence of synsedimentary deformations and several diachronic unconformities, which are younger westward. Tectonism, in turn, also controlled the palaeogeographic evolution during the late Tortonian-early Messinian interval.</p>","PeriodicalId":8712,"journal":{"name":"Basin Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bre.12847","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139676630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Translation, collision and vertical-axis rotation in the Organyà and Montsec minibasins (South-Central Pyrenees, Spain)","authors":"Jesús García-Senz,&nbsp;Berta López-Mir,&nbsp;Alejandro Robador,&nbsp;Jaume Dinarès-Turell,&nbsp;Antonio Pedrera","doi":"10.1111/bre.12846","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bre.12846","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper presents a sequentially restored cross-section of the Organyà and Montsec minibasins based on geological mapping, new field observations and available borehole data. The main objective was to describe the geometry and evolution of both basins in terms of salt tectonics and minibasin mobility. To this end, a comprehensive palaeomagnetic database has been used to constrain vertical-axis rotations potentially related to minibasin translation and pivoting. The Organyà minibasin constitutes an asymmetric depocentre formed during the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous by translation above a southerly inclined salt layer. Salt evacuation and minibasin touchdown induced salt accumulation on the northern side of the basin that culminated in the development of the major Santa Fe unconformity during the late Albian—early Cenomanian. Indicative of salt quiescence is the following isopachous Cenomanian to lower Santonian sequence Salt tectonics resumed during the late Santonian—Palaeocene, with the Montsec minibasin downbuilding coinciding with the onset of Pyrenean convergence. Changes of the base-salt topography reflects regional-scale geodynamic processes. The acceleration of crustal thinning in the North Pyrenean zone during the late Albian-early Cenomanian favoured uplift in the Axial Zone, increasing slope and triggering salt mobilization in the Southern Pyrenees. Likewise, the onset of contraction renewed the downslope gliding of the Organyà and Montsec minbasins, and supports the idea that the early stages of basin inversion were governed by gravity tectonics. The kinematic reconstruction suggests that the more that 30° counterclockwise vertical axis rotation records pivoting during the suprasalt translation of the Organyà minibasin rather than solely the Iberian microplate rotation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8712,"journal":{"name":"Basin Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bre.12846","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139655722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rift segmentation caused by reactivation of multiple basement structure systems: Evidence from the Hailar-Tamtsag Rift, northeast Asia","authors":"Lulu Wu,&nbsp;Chuanbo Shen,&nbsp;Douglas A. Paton,&nbsp;Yanping Hou,&nbsp;Estelle J. Mortimer,&nbsp;Xiaowei Zeng,&nbsp;Wei Wu,&nbsp;Junfeng Lin","doi":"10.1111/bre.12841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12841","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Since the influence of structural inheritance on rift geometry has been widely documented, it is easy to assume that rift segmentation, a prominent feature of rift geometry, may have been also influenced by structural heterogeneity. However, limited studies using high-quality seismic data have considered how basement reactivation is accommodated at individual fault scale and then how this results in rift segmentation at sub-basin scale. Using extensive high-quality 3D seismic data and 76 borehole data, we investigate the characteristics of rift architecture, rift-related fault systems, basement structures and rift evolution in the Hailar-Tamtsag Rift, northeast Asia. We identify three distinct rift segments which are defined by three rift-related fault systems and accompanied by three underlying basement structure systems. We recognize three phases of basement reactivation and three types (including five styles) of interactions between basement structures and rift-related faults. Our study shows that rift segmentation has been caused by reactivation of multiple basement structure systems which not only influence the orientation of rift segments and type of rift architecture, but also control the location, strike, dip and style of the major rift-related faults. Rift segmentation was completely achieved through multiple phases of basement reactivation, while the main structural framework of segmentation was established through ‘extensive reactivation’ during the second phase extension. Our study examines how multiple basement structure systems control rift segmentation at both individual fault and sub-basin scales, which can significantly improve our understanding of relationship between structural inheritance and rift segmentation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8712,"journal":{"name":"Basin Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139494564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Syn-rift tectono-stratigraphic development of the Thebe-0 fault system, Exmouth Plateau, offshore NW Australia: The role of fault-scarp degradation","authors":"Candela Martinez,&nbsp;Domenico Chiarella,&nbsp;Christopher A.-L. Jackson,&nbsp;Harry Rennie,&nbsp;Nicola Scarselli","doi":"10.1111/bre.12842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12842","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The syn-rift architecture of extensional basins records deposition from and interactions between footwall-, hangingwall-, and axially-derived systems. However, the exact controls on their relative contributions and the overall variable depositional architecture, and how their sediment volume varies through time, remains understudied. We undertook a quantitative approach to determine temporal and spatial changes in the contribution of fault-scarp degradation to the syn-rift tectono-stratigraphic development of the Thebe-0 fault system on the Exmouth Plateau (NW Shelf, offshore Australia), using high-quality 3D seismic reflection and boreholes data. The magnitude of footwall erosion was measured in terms of vertical (VE) and headward (HE) erosion by calculating the volume of eroded material along the footwall scarp. A detailed seismic-stratigraphic and facies analysis allowed us to constrain the architectural variability of the hangingwall depositional systems and the types of resulting deposits (i.e., fault-controlled base-of-scarp, settling from suspension, and hangingwall-derived). After addressing the syn-rift tectono-stratigraphic framework, we suggest that periods of significant erosion along the Thebe-0 fault scarp are related to the accumulation of fault-controlled base-of-scarp deposits characterised by comprising a lower wedge with chaotic to low-continuity reflections. Footwall-derived deposits characterised by an upward decrease in stratigraphic dip are interpreted as related to periods of reduced fault activity and sustained sediment delivery sourced from the footwall scarp and systems beyond it (e.g., antecedent systems). We then analysed the tectono-stratigraphic framework and the volumetric comparison between material eroded from the fault-scarp and accumulated in the basin, aiming to estimate the contribution of fault-scarp degradation to the hangingwall syn-rift fill. Our results suggest periods of enhanced fault activity control fault-scarp degradation variability through time, and we agree with that described by previous researchers—fault throw variability along-strike regulates the variability in the magnitude of erosion. However, we propose that fault-scarp degradation timing and its spatial variability are also influenced by the interaction and linkage with adjacent normal faults and by sea level variations. Lastly, we determine broader similarities and differences with a system located in the same fault array (i.e., Thebe-2 fault system), aiming to give insights into the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of a broader area and the spatial variability in fault-scarp degradation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8712,"journal":{"name":"Basin Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bre.12842","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139494566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}