Cenozoic tectonic subsidence from 2D depositional simulations of a regional transect in the northern North Sea basin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 167, Issue , 2000, Pages 273-294

  Kyrkjebø, Rune ^a   Hamborg, Martin ^b   Faleide, Jan Inge ^c   Jordt, Henrik ^c   Christiansson, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0034079045     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.167.01.11     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. AIGNER, T., BRANDENBURG, A., VAN VLIET, A., DOYLE, M., LAWRENCE, D. & WESTRICH, J. 1990. Stratigraphic modelling of epicontinental basins: Two applications: Sedimentary Geology, 69, 167-190.
2. BADLEY, M. E., PRICE, J. D., RAMBECH-DAHL, C. & AGDESTEIN, T. 1988. The structural evolution of the northern Viking Graben and its bearing upon extensional models of basin formation. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 145, 455-472.
3. BARTON, P. & WOOD, R. 1984. Tectonic evolution of the North Sea basin: crustal stretching and subsidence. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 79, 987-1022.
4. BEACH, A., BIRD, T. & GIBBS, A. 1987. Extensional tectonics and crustal structure: deep seismic reflection data from the northern North Sea Viking Graben. In: COWARD, M. P., DEWEY, J. F. & HANCOCK, P. L. (eds) Continental Extensional Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 28, 467-476.
5. BERTRAM, G. T. & MILTON, N. J. 1989. Reconstructing basin evolution from sedimentary thickness; the importance of palaeobathymetric control, with reference to the North Sea. Basin Research, 1, 247-257.
6. BOTT, M. H. P. 1975. The structure and evolution of the North Sea Basin, the Faeroe Block and the intervening region. In: WOODLAND, A. W. (ed.) Petroleum and the Continental Shelf of North West Europe, Vol. 1: Geology. Applied Science, London, 105-116.
7. CHRISTIANSSON, P., FALEIDE, J. I. & BERGE, A. M. 1999. Crustal structure in the northern North Sea; an integrated geophysical study. This volume.
8. DEEGAN, C. E. & SCULL, B. J. 1977. A Proposed Lithostratigraphic Nomenclature for the Central and Northern North Sea. Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Bulletin 1.
9. EYNON, G. 1981. Basin development and sedimentation in the Middle Jurassic of the northern North Sea. In: ILLING, L. V. & HOBSON, G. D. (eds) Petroleum Geology of the Continental Shelf of NW Europe. Heyden, London, 196-204.
10. FJELDSKAAR, W. 1994. Viscosity and thickness of the asthenosphere detected from the Fennoscandian uplift. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 126, 399-410.
11. FLEMINGS, P. B. & JORDAN, T. E. 1989. A synthetic stratigraphic model of foreland basin development. Journal of Geophysical Research, 94, 430-434.
12. FÆRSETH, R. B., GABRIELSEN, R. H. & HURICH, C. A. 1995. Influence of basement in structuring of the North Sea Basin offshore southwest Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 75, 105-119.
13. GABRIELSEN, R. H., FÆRSETH, R. B., STEEL, R. J., IDIL, S. & KLØVJAN, O. S. 1990. Architectural styles of basin fill in the northern Viking Graben. In: BLUNDELL, D. J. & GIBBS, A. D. (eds) Tectonic Evolution of the North Sea Rifts. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 158-179.
14. GALLOWAY, W. E., GARBER, J. L., LIU, X. & SLOAN, B. J. 1993. Sequence stratigraphic and depositional framework of the Cenozoic fill, Central and northern North Sea. In: PARKER, J. R. (ed.) Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of the 4th Conference. Geological Society, London, 33-43.
15. GILTNER, J. P. 1987. Application of extensional models to the northern Viking Graben. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 67, 339-352.
16. GLENNIE, K. W. (ed.) 1984. Introduction to the Petroleum Geology of the North Sea. Blackwell, Oxford, 1-236.
17. GRADSTEIN, F. M. & BÄCKSTRÖM, S. 1996. Cainozoic biostratigraphy and palaeobathymetry, northern North Sea and Haltenbanken. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 76, 3-32.
18. _, KAMINSKI, M. A., BERGGREN, W. A., KRISTIANSEN, I. L. & D'IORIO, M. A. 1994. Cenozoic biostratigraphy of the North Sea and Labrador Shelf. Micropalaeontohgy, 40(Suppl.), 1-152.
19. HALL, B. D., & WHITE, N. 1994. Origin of anomalous Tertiary subsidence adjacent to North Atlantic continental margins. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 11, 702-714.
20. HAQ, B. U., HARDENBOL, J. & VAIL, P. R. 1987. Chronology of fluctuating sea levels since Triassic (250 Myr age to present). Science, 235, 1156-1167.
21. HARLAND, W. B., ARMSTRONG, R. L., COX, A. V., CRAIG, L. E., SMITH, A. G. & SMITH, D. G. 1990. A Geologic Time Scale 1989. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
22. HELLAND-HANSEN, W., KENDALL, C. G. ST C., LERCHE, I. & NAKAYAMA, K. 1988. A simulation of continental basin margin sedimentation in response to crustal movements, eustatic sea level change, and sediment accumulation rates. Mathematics and Geology, 20, 777-802.
23. ISAKSEN, D. & TONSTAD, K. (eds) 1989. A Revised Cretaceous and Tertiary Lithostratigraphic Nomenclature for the Norwegian North Sea. Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Bulletin 5.
24. JONES, G. D 1988. A palaeoecological model of Late Palaeocene 'Flysch-type' agglutinated foraminifera using the palaeoslope transect approach, Viking Graben, North Sea. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 41, 143-153.
25. JORDT, H. 1996. The Cenozoic geological evolution of the Central and Northern North Sea based on seismic sequence stratigraphy. Dr. Scient, thesis, University of Oslo.
26. _, _, _ & IBRAHIM, M. T. 1995. Cenozoic sequence stratigraphy of the Central and Northern North Sea basin: tectonic development, sediment distribution and provenance areas. Marine Petroleum Geoleum, 12, 845-879.
27. _, THYBERG, B. I. & NØTTVEDT, A. 2000. Cenozoic evolution of the central and northern North Sea with focus on differential vertical movements of the basin floor and surrounding clastic source areas. This volume.
28. KENDALL, C. G. ST C., STROBEL, J., CANNON, R., BEZDEK, J. & BISWAS, G. 1991. The simulation of the sedimentary fill of basins. Journal of Geophysical Research, 96, 6911-6929.
29. KENYON, P. M. & TURCOTTE, D. L. 1985. Morphology of a prograding delta by bulk sediment transport. Geological Society of American Bulletin, 96, 1457-1465.
30. KNOX, R. W. & HOLLOWAY, S. 1992. Palaeogene of the Central and Northern North Sea. In: KNOX, R. W. & CORDEY, W. G. (eds) Lithostratigraphic Nomenclature of the UK North Sea. British Geological Survey, Keyworth.
31. KOOI, H., CLOETINGH, S. & REMMELTS, G. 1989. Intraplate stresses and the stratigraphic evolution of the North Sea Central Graben. Geologie en Mijnbouw, 68, 49-72.
32. LAWRENCE, D. T., DOYLE, M. & AIGNER, T. 1990. Stratigraphic simulation of sedimentary basin: Concepts and calibration. AAPG Bulletin, 74, 273-295.
33. LEPERCQ, J. Y & GAULIER, J. M. 1996. Two-stage rifting in the North Viking Graben area (North Sea): inferences from a new three-dimensional subsidence analysis. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 13, 129-148.
34. MCKENZIE, D. P. 1978. Some remarks on the development of sedimentary basins. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 40, 25-32.
35. NADIN, P. A. & KUSZNIR, N. J. 1995. Palaeocene uplift and Eocene subsidence in the northern North Sea Basin from 2D forward and reverse stratigraphic modelling. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 152, 833-848.
36. _ & _1996. Forward and reverse stratigraphic modelling of Cretaceous - Tertiary post-rift subsidence and Palaeogene uplift in the Outer Moray Firth Basin, central North Sea. In: KNOX, R. W., CORFIELD, R. M. & DUNAY, R. E. (eds) Correlation of the Early Palaeogene in Northwest Europe. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 101, 43-62
37. ODINSEN, T., CHRISTIANSSON, P., GABRIELSEN, R. H., FALEIDE, J. I. & BERGE, A. M. 2000a. The geometries and deep structure of the northern North Sea rift system. This volume.
38. _, REEMST, P., VAN DER BEEK, P., FALEIDE, J. I., GABRIELSEN, R. H. 2000b. Permo-Triassic and Jurassic extension in the northern North Sea: results from tectonostratigraphic forward modelling. This volume.
39. RIVENÆS, J. C. 1992. Application of a dual-lithology, depth-dependent diffusion equation in stratigraphic simulation. Basin Research, 4, 133-146.
40. _1993. A computer simulation model for siliciclastic basin stratigraphy. Dr.Ing. thesis. University of Trondheim.
41. ROBERTS, A. M., KUSZNIR, N. J., WALKER, I. & DORN-LOPEZ, D. 1995. Quantitative analysis of Triassic extension in the northern North Sea. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 152, 15-26.
42. ROCHOW, K. A. 1981. Seismic stratigraphy of the North Sea 'Palaeocene' deposits. In: ILLING, L. V. & HOBSON, G. D. (eds) Petroleum Geology of the Continental Shelf of NW Europe. Heyden, London, 255-266.
43. RUNDBERG, Y. 1989. Tertiary sedimentary history and basin evolution of the Norwegian North Sea between 60°-62° N - An integrated approach. Dr.Ing. thesis, University of Trondheim.
44. _, OLAUSSEN, S. & GRADSTEIN, F. 1995. Incision of Oligocene strata; evidence for northern North Sea Miocene uplift and key to the formation of the Utsira Sands. Geonytt, 22, 62.
45. SCLATER, J. G. & CHRISTIE, P. A. F. 1980. Continental stretching: An explanation of the post-Mid Cretaceous subsidence of the Central North Sea Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research, 85, 3711-3739.
46. SINCLAIR, H. D., COAKLEY, B. J., ALLEN, P. A. & WATTS, A. B. 1991. Simulation of foreland basin stratigraphy using a diffusion model for mountain belt uplift and erosion: an example form the Central Alps, Switzerland. Tectonics, 10, 599-620.
47. STERBAUT, E., SPIEGLER, D., WEINELT, M. & THIEDE, J. 1991. Cenozoic Erosion and Sedimentation on the Northwest European Continental Margin. Geomar Research Centre for Marine Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel.
48. STEWART, I. J. 1987. A revisited stratigraphicinterpretation of the Early Palaeogene of the Central North Sea. In: BROOKS, J. & LENNIE, K. (eds) Petroleum Geology of North West Europe. Graham and Trotman, London, 557-576.
49. SYVITSKI, J. P. M., SMITH, J. N., CALABRESE, E. A. & BOUDREAU, B. P. 1988. Basin sedimentation and the growth of prograding deltas. Journal of Geophysical Research, 93, 6895-6908.
50. TER VOORDE, M., FÆRSETH, R. B., GABRIELSEN, R. H. & CLOETINGH, S. A., P. L. 1997. Repeated lithosphere extension in the northern Viking Graben: a coupled or a decoupled rheology? This volume.
51. THORNE, J. A. & WATTS, A. B. 1989. Quantitative analysis of the North Sea subsidence. AAPG Bulletin, 73, 88-116.
52. WHITE, N. & LATIN, D. 1993. Subsidence analysis from the North Sea 'triple junction'. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 150, 473-488.
53. ZIEGLER, P. A. 1981. Evolution of sedimentary basins in Northwest Europe. In: ILLING, L. V. & HOBSON, G. D. (eds) Petroleum Geology of the Continental Shelf of NW Europe. Heyden, London, 3-39.
54. _1982a. Faulting and graben formation in western and central Europe. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A, 305, 113-143.
55. _1982b. Geological Atlas of Western and Central Europe, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
56. _1990. Geological Atlas of Western and Central Europe. Shell International, The Hague.