Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Pengcheng Wang, Sanzhong Li, Yanhui Suo, Lingli Guo, M. Santosh, Xiyao Li, Guangzeng Wang, Zhaoxia Jiang, Bo Liu, Jie Zhou, Suhua Jiang, Xianzhi Cao, Ze Liu
Summary: The study reveals that the South China Sea and its northern margin experienced two stages of faulting during the Cenozoic, linked to the subduction of the Pacific Plate, the Indo-Eurasian collision, and the slab-pull forces of the proto-South China Sea. These processes led to the formation of unique geological structures along the northern margin of the South China Sea and influenced its opening process.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
J. C. Meza-Cala, F. Tsikalas, J. Faleide, M. M. Abdelmalak
Summary: The study of the late Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the northern Lofoten-Vesteralen margin offshore northern Norway was conducted using a combination of 2D multi-channel seismic profiles, 3D seismic survey, and potential field and well data. The analysis revealed distinct along-margin basin segmentation, with five main rift phases and eight mapped fault families identified, as well as compressional deformation features related to volcanic build-up and doming of Cenozoic successions. The study highlighted the essential nature of the northern Lofoten-Vesteralen margin in understanding the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the NE Atlantic margins.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geology
Derek Neuharth, Sascha Brune, Anne Glerum, Chris K. Morley, Xiaoping Yuan, Jean Braun
Summary: Strike-slip faults are commonly associated with pull-apart basins, but a new type of flexural strike-slip basins can form when sediment is deposited on thin lithosphere. The combination of geodynamic and surface-processes codes demonstrated the formation of flexural strike-slip basins, which was verified in the Andaman Sea.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Anatoly M. Nikishin, Eugene Petrov, Sierd Cloetingh, Sergey Freiman, Nikolay A. Malyshev, Andrey F. Morozov, Henry W. Posamentier, Vladimir E. Verzhbitsky, Nikolay N. Zhukov, Ksenia Startseva
Summary: This study presents an atlas documenting major geological events in the Arctic region from 0-157 Ma, including continental rifting, formation of continental-margin volcanic belts, and intraplate magmatism. The study also discusses the relationship between paleoclimate and paleogeographic changes in the Arctic.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mohammed Y. Ali, Mohammad Ismaiel, Ibrahim M. Yusuf, Ayoub Kaviani
Summary: The study provides insights into the crustal and upper mantle structure and anisotropy in Somaliland, revealing the characteristics and deformation related to multiple rift events. The results show that the crust thickness varies across different regions, with thicker crust in the south and thinner crust in the central and northern regions. The analysis of receiver functions and shear wave splitting indicates the orientation of anisotropy is consistent with the regional plate motion, and the deformation in the crust is related to different rift events in the Late Jurassic, Oligocene and Late Cretaceous.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Lise Nakken, Domenico Chiarella, Christopher A-L. Jackson
Summary: In this study, a model of the Late Jurassic rift physiography of the Froan Basin and Froya High is presented based on seismic reflection, well data, and reverse subsidence modelling. The results show that major footwall uplift during the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous caused the Froya High and the western margin of the central Froan Basin to be subaerially exposed, forming an intra-rift footwall island. Shallow marine areas to the east accumulated sediment supplied from the uplifted and partially eroded footwall, while the Trondelag Platform remained submerged throughout the rift episode.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Changhai Xu, Yuling Deng, Calvin G. Barnes, Hesheng Shi, Christophe Pascal, Yuanyuan Li, Shunli Gao, Donghui Jiang, Jianlei Xie, Changqian Ma
Summary: There is a large silicic igneous province in SE South China, and different models have been proposed to explain its origins. New data on zircon from wells in East China Sea, along with tectonomagmatic comparisons, allow for a reassessment of the geodynamic interactions between the Cathaysia-based arc and intraplate activity. Changes in arc magmatic states permit identification of a cycle of arc initiation, thickening, decline, arc-root removal, and arc migration, highly correlating with changes of subduction beneath East Asia. Voluminous intraplate silicic magmatism operated in response to slab dehydration, lithospheric delamination, fluid-fluxed crustal anataxis, and crustal-mantle melt hybridization.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Joao Casacao, Francisco Silva, Joao Rocha, Joana Almeida, Mario Santos
Summary: Salt diapirism is a unique feature of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic basins in western Iberia and has been associated with petroleum seeps and shows. Seismic interpretation in the Lusitanian Basin provides insight into the evolution of subbasins, revealing the onset of salt movement after salt deposition and characterizing salt-related features such as salt pillows and walls. In the Peniche Basin, seismic interpretation confirms the presence of rift-related units and the impact of salt diapirism on basin architecture. The interpretation of seismic data in these basins offers new insights into the role of salt in tectono-sedimentary evolution and its implications for future petroleum exploration and resource storage.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Bo Huang, Tim E. Johnson, Simon A. Wilde, Ali Polat, Dong Fu, Timothy Kusky
Summary: This study provides new evidence for plate tectonics 2.55-2.51 billion years ago by reporting the coexistence of Neoarchean divergent and convergent plate boundary rock assemblages. The findings suggest that the subduction zone during that time was warmer than average. The results also indicate lateral plate motions in the late Neoarchean and the possible operation of plate tectonics, albeit with higher subduction geotherms than in the Phanerozoic. Plate tectonic processes likely played an important role in shaping Earth's surficial environments during the Neoarchean and Paleoproterozoic.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Geology
Corey J. Wall, Richard E. Hanson, Mark Schmitz, Jonathan D. Price, R. Nowell Donovan, Joseph R. Boro, Amy M. Eschberger, Chelsea E. Toews
Summary: This study establishes a high-precision zircon geochronological framework for the Wichita igneous province (WIP), showing that magmatism was emplaced within a narrow time frame and tracking the evolution of magma sources. The results suggest that the upwelling of a mantle plume triggered an inboard jump of the spreading center, leading to the separation of terranes between North and South America.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Haakon Fossen, Anna K. Ksienzyk, Atle Rotevatn, Marit S. Bauck, Klaus Wemmer
Summary: By conducting K-Ar dating on fault gouge samples from 18 faults along the eastern rift margin in the northern North Sea, evidence of clay gouge formation since the Late Devonian and distinct Permian and Jurassic fault activity peaks were found. The decrease in fault density away from the rift margin confirms a close relationship between rifting and onshore faulting. The results suggest that initial rift-related extension affected a wider area than the resulting offshore rift, supporting a rift model where strain is distributed over a wide region before localizing into the narrower Viking Graben.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ze Liu, Di-Cheng Zhu, Qing Wang, Peter A. Cawood, An-Lin Ma, Yener Eyuboglu, Fu-Yuan Wu, Zhi-Dan Zhao
Summary: Resolving the timing of rifting in the Black Sea basin is crucial for understanding the tectonic evolution of the Pontides arc in northern Turkey. Through U-Pb geochronology analysis of sediments from the Eastern Pontides and circum-Black Sea terranes, researchers have identified distinct detrital provenances and ages in different regions. The results suggest that sediments in the Eastern Pontides were sourced locally from Gondwana affinity crustal basement rocks and associated Mesozoic-Cenozoic igneous rocks, while there was no exchange of detritus across the Eastern Black Sea basin. These findings provide important insights into the tectonic history of the region.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Valentin Rime, Anneleen Foubert, Joel Ruch, Tesfaye Kidane
Summary: The Afar Depression is a unique location where active rift processes are observed, and this study provides a comprehensive review of its geology and tectonostratigraphic evolution. The region can be divided into Central Afar and the Danakil Depression, with differing geological events and characteristics.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Luca Basilone, Gareth G. Roberts, Narelle Maia de Almeida, Victoria M. Fernandes, Ana Clara Braga de Souza, Daniel P. V. Alves, Luigi Jovane
Summary: Stratigraphy along the Brazilian Equatorial Margin is important for understanding the geodynamic history of the South Atlantic Ocean. This study focuses on three sedimentary basins-Barreirinhas, Ceara, and Potiguar-to quantify their stratigraphic and subsidence histories. The results show that Barreirinhas and Ceara Basins can be considered as failed rifts, while the Potiguar Basin experienced significant stretching and formation due to Cretaceous rifting.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Benjamin Sautter, Manuel Pubellier
Summary: A comparative study of basement structures, basins geometry, and evolution in Southeast Asia reveals an intrinsic relationship between crustal inherited structures and deformation over time. The pattern of basin structure and development is conditioned by the intrinsic crustal configuration of Southeast Asia, specifically the Triassic and Cretaceous orogenic structures.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Chi-yang Liu, Lei Huang, Hong-ge Zhao, Jian-qiang Wang, Long Zhang, Yu Deng, Jun-feng Zhao, Dong-dong Zhang, Chang-yu Fan
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Pei Guo, Chiyang Liu, Luis Gibert, Lei Huang, Daowei Zhang, Jie Dai
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Lei Huang, Chi-yang Liu, Jun-feng Zhao, Dong-dong Zhang
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2020)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Junfeng Zhao, Chiyang Liu, Lei Huang, Dongdong Zhang, Dong Wang, Di Wang
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Nan Jia, Lei Huang, Chiyang Liu, Di Li, Changgui Xu
Summary: During the synrift stage of the Liaodong Bay sub-basin, strike-slip motion within the Tan-Lu Fault Zone played a significant role in local structural evolution, leading to abundant structural deformations. However, the exact role of TLFZ in the evolution of the Bohai Bay Basin remains unclear.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Shijun Song, Lei Huang, Yongshu Zhang, Qi Zhang, Fei Zhou, Chiyang Liu, Yan Chen, Yingxiong Wu, Yiming Zhang
Summary: This study investigates the characteristics and causes of the mid-Miocene climate transition in the Tibetan Plateau by analyzing fine-grained mixed sediments and gamma-ray logging data. The results show a dry climate in the Qaidam Basin during the Middle Miocene period, influenced by global climate change.
GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Nan Jia, Chiyang Liu, Lei Huang, Lihong Zhou, Shaohua Zhang, Di Li
Summary: The Beidagang Uplift in the Qikou Sag of the Bohai Bay Basin has experienced complex evolutionary history since the Cenozoic, with two stages of tectonic uplift mainly in the early Cenozoic and a late depositional stage of early Eocene to early Miocene. The uplifting history of the Beidagang Uplift was influenced by both fault-block tilting and regional uplift, with different sub-stages attributed to each process. The rapid tectonic uplift events recorded by AFT data were closely related to the regional dynamic background in eastern China, offering insights into the formation of uplifts within rift basins and implications for regional dynamics.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Heng Peng, Jianqiang Wang, Chiyang Liu, Lei Huang, Massimiliano Zattin
Summary: The thermochronological study on Wula Shan and Dahong Shan rocks reveals the cooling history of the southern Yin Shan orogenic belt. The results show that the cooling of the southern Yin Shan began in the Late Triassic and went through multiple cooling stages in the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic period. These cooling stages are related to uplift and exhumation of the northern North China Block.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Hongge Zhao, Chiyang Liu, Yijun Zhou, Xiaozhou Shao, Jianqiang Wang, Zhichao Peng, Lei Huang, Zhengzhong Ruan, Hui Guo, Xinhui Fu, Ya'nan Li
Summary: The Carboniferous strata in the Bayanhot Basin have experienced multiple tectonic movements and different types of reformation. The intensity of the late reformation is greater in the western and northern areas, while the eastern and southern basins are more prospective for petroleum exploration.
GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Shijun Song, Lei Huang, Chiyang Liu
Summary: This study presents new data from mid-Miocene drill cores in the Qaidam Basin, providing a new perspective on the timing, depositional characteristics, and driving force of climate change in the region. The researchers discovered previously unknown features and drivers of climate change during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum based on the new data. They also found that the mountain-building spanning the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau altered the local precipitation patterns and likely contributed to the intensified aridity in the region.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Shijun Song, Lei Huang, Qi Zhang, Xin Li, Chiyang Liu
Summary: This study examines the cause of fine-grained sedimentation in the Neogene saline lacustrine Qaidam Basin and proposes that winter storms related to Asian winter winds are the main cause for the formation of fine-grained sediments.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xiaochen Zhao, Chiyang Liu, Jianqiang Wang, Yazhuo Niu, Lei Huang, Shaohua Zhang, Fangpeng Du, Heng Peng, Yingtao Chen, Tao Peng, Zhengzheng Mao
Summary: This study focuses on the characteristics, petrogenesis, and tectonic regimes during the late Paleozoic - early Mesozoic period in the northern Alxa region. The analysis of whole-rock compositions and zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic data suggests that the I-type and A-type granitic plutons in the area were mainly derived from juvenile crustal materials. The findings provide evidence that the Palaeo-Asian Ocean in the central segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt closed before the Middle Triassic.
GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Changyu Fan, Alvar Braathen, Zhenliang Wang, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Suiying Chen, Nana Feng, Aiguo Wang, Lei Huang