Latest cretaceous cone-in-cone structures and soft-sediment deformation (basque-cantabrian basin, north spain): A record of deep-marine paleoseismicity?

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 427-438

  Abalos B ^a   Elorza, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; CALCARENITE; CRYSTAL FIBER; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; DEEP-MARINE; DIAGENETICS; HOST ROCKS; INDUCED CRACK; INSTANTANEOUS LOADING; OVERPRESSURIZATION; PALEOSEISMICITY; RAYLEIGH; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT INTERFACE; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SEISMIC SURFACE WAVE; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; SUBMARINE SLIDES; SYNSEDIMENTARY; WAVE FORMATION;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BARITE; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 79951483024     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30047.1     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Ábalos, B., Alkorta, A., and Iríbar, V. , 2008, Geological and isotopic constraints on the structure of the Bilbao anticlinorium (Basque-Cantabrian Basin, north Spain): Journal of Structural Geology, v. 30, p. 1354-1367, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.07.008.
2. Ahrens, T.J., and Johnson, M.L., 1995, Shock wave data for minerals, in Ahrens, T.J., ed., A Handbook of Physical Constants-Mineral Physics and Crystallography: Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union, Reference Shelf Volume 2, p. 143-184.
3. Alsop, G.I., and Holdsworth, R.E., 2004, The geometry and topology of natural sheath folds: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 26, p. 1561-1589, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2004.01.009.
4. Alsop, G.I., and Holdsworth, R.E., 2006, Sheath folds as discriminators of bulk strain type: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 28, p. 1588-1606, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.05.005.
5. Alsop, G.I., Holdsworth, R.E., and McCaffrey, K.J.W., 2007, Scale invariant sheath folds in salt, sediments and shear zones: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 29, p. 1585-1604, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.07.012.
6. 3 en los pares marga-caliza del Maastrichtiense inferior en Sopelana (Arco Vasco): Geogaceta, v. 39, p. 131-134.
7. Álvarez-Marrón, J., Pulgar, J.A., Dañobeitia, J.J., Pérez-Estaún, A., Gallastegui, J., Martínez-Catalán, J.R., Banda, E., Comas, M.C., and Córdoba, D., 1995, Results from the ESCI-N4 marine deep seismic profile in the northern Iberian margin: Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, v. 8, p. 355-363.
8. Baceta, J.I., Pujalte, V., Serra-Kiel, J., Robador, A., and Orue-Etxebarria, X., 2004, El Maastrichtiense final, Paleoceno e Ilerdiense inferior de la Cordillera Pirenaica, in Vera, J.A., ed., Geología de España: Madrid, Sociedad Geológica de España, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, p. 308-313.
9. Baker, P.A., and Bloomer, S.H., 1988, The origin of ce-lestite in deep-sea carbonate sediments: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 52, p. 335-339, doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(88)90088-9.
10. Bass, J.D., 1995, Elasticity of minerals, glasses and melts, in Ahrens, T.J., ed., A Handbook of Physical Constants-Mineral Physics and Crystallography: Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union, Reference Shelf Volume 2, p. 45-63.
11. Cámara, P., 1997, The Basque-Cantabrian Basin's Mesozoic tectono-sedimentary evolution: Mémoir de la Societé Géologique de France, v. 171, p. 167-176.
12. Castañares, L.M., Robles, S., Gimeno, D., and Vicente-Bravo, J.C., 2001, The submarine volcanic system of the Errigoiti Formation (Albian-Santonian of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, northern Spain): Stratigraphic framework, facies and sequences: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 71, p. 318-333, doi: 10.1306/080700710318.
13. Cole, G.A.J., 1893, On some examples of cone-in-cone: Mineralogical Magazine, v. 10, p. 136-141, doi: 10.1180/minmag.1893.010.46.04.
14. Cuevas, J., Aranguren, A., Badillo, J.M., and Tubía, J.M., 1999, Estudio estructural del sector central del Arco Vasco (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica): Boletín Geológico y Minero, v. 110, p. 3-18.
15. De Deckker, P. , 2004, On the celestite-secreting Acantharia and their effect on seawater strontium to calcium ratios: Hydrobiologia, v. 517, p. 1-13, doi: 10.1023/B: HYDR.0000027333.02017.50.
16. Ebner, M., Koehn, D., Toussaint, R., Renard, F., and Schmittbuhl, J., 2009, Stress sensitivity of stylolite morphology: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 277, p. 394-398, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.001.
17. Engelder, T., 1993, Stress Regimes in the Lithosphere: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 457 p.
18. Ettensohn, F.R., Rast, N., and Brett, C.E., eds., 2002, Ancient Seismites: Geological Society of America Special Paper 359, 190 p.
19. Feuillée, P. , and Rat, P., 1971, Structures et paléogéographies Pyrénéo-Cantabriques, in Debyser, J., Le Pichon, X., and Montadert, L., eds., Histoire Structurale du Golfe de Gascogne: París, Ed. Technip, Publications de l'Institut Française du Pétrole, Collection Colloques et Séminaires, v. 22, p. 1-48.
20. Fineberg, J., and Marder, M., 1999, Instability in dynamic fracture: Physics Reports-Review Sections of Physics: Letters, v. 313, p. 2-108.
21. Furumura, T., and Koketsu, K., 2000, Parallel 3-D simulation of ground motion for the 1995 Kobe earthquake: The component decomposition approach: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 157, p. 2047-2062, doi: 10.1007/PL00001074.
22. Furumura, T., Koketsu, K., and Wen, K.L., 2002, Parallel PSM/FDM hybrid simulation of ground motions from the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 159, p. 2133-2146, doi: 10.1007/s00024-002-8727-6.
23. Furumura, T., Hayakawa, T., Nakamura, M., Koketsu, K., and Baba, T., 2008, Development of long-period ground motions from the Nankai Trough, Japan, earthquakes: Observations and computer simulation of the 1944 Tonankai (Mw 8.1) and the 2004 SE Off-Kii Peninsula (Mw 7.4) earthquakes: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 165, p. 585-607, doi: 10.1007/s00024-008-0318-8.
24. Gay, N.C., Comins, N.R., and Simpson, C., 1978, The composition of spherules and other features on shatter cone surfaces from the Vredefort structure, South Africa: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 41, p. 372-380, doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(78)90192-9.
25. Gilman, R.A., and Metzger, W.J., 1967, Cone-in-cone concretions from western New York: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 37, p. 87-95.
26. Gómez, M., Vergés, J., and Riaza, C., 2002, Inversion tectonics of the northern margin of the Basque Cantabrian Basin: Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, v. 173, p. 449-459, doi: 10.2113/173.5.449.
27. Gómez-Alday, J.J., López, G., and Elorza, J., 2004, Evidence of climatic cooling at the early/late Maastrichtian boundary from inoceramid distribution and isotopes: Sopelana sections, Basque Country, Spain: Cretaceous Research, v. 25, p. 649-668, doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.06.009.
28. 86Sr ratios in inoceramids (Bivalvia) and carbonate matrix as indicators of differential diagenesis during burial. Early Maastrichtian Bay of Biscay sections (Spain and France). Potential use for chemostratigraphy?: Cretaceous Research, v. 29, p. 1-14.
29. Greb, S.F., and Dever, G.R., Jr., 2002, Critical evaluation of possible seismites: Examples from the Carboniferous of the Appalachian basin, in Ettensohn, F.R., Rast, N., and Brett, C.E., eds., Ancient Seismites: Geological Society of America Special Paper 359, p. 109-125.
30. Gresley, W.S., 1894, Cone-in-cone. How it occurs in the Devonian series in Pennsylvania, USA: Geological Society of London Quarterly Journal, v. 50, p. 731-739, doi: 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1894.050.01-04.46.
31. Heezen, B.C., and Ewing, M., 1952, Turbidity currents and submarine slumps, and the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: American Journal of Science, v. 250, p. 849-873.
32. Hilgers, C., and Urai, J., 2005, On the arrangement of solid inclusions in fibrous veins and the role of the crackseal mechanism: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 27, p. 481-494, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2004.10.012.
33. Jaeger, J.C., and Cook, N.G.W., 1984, Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics (3rd ed.): London, Chapman and Hall, 593 p.
34. Ji, S., Wang, Q., and Xia, B., 2003, Handbook of Seismic Properties of Minerals, Rocks and Ores: Montreal, Polytechnic International Press, 630 p.
35. Maltman, A., 1984, On the term "soft-sediment deformation": Journal of Structural Geology, v. 6, p. 589-592, doi: 10.1016/0191-8141(84)90069-5.
36. Martín Chivelet, J., Berástegui, X., Rosales, I., Vilas, L., Vera, J.A., Caus, E., Gräfe, K.-U., Mas, R., Puig, C., Segura, M., Robles, S., Floquet, M., Quesada, S., Ruiz-Ortiz, P.A., Fregenal-Martínez, M.A., Salas, R., Arias, C., Gar-cía, A., Martín Algarra, A., Meléndez, M.N., Chacón, B., Molina, J.M., Sanz, J.L., Castro, J.M., García-Hernández, M., Carenas, B., García-Hidalgo, J., Gil, J., and Ortega, F., 2002, Cretaceous, in Gibbons, W., and Moreno, M.T., eds., The Geology of Spain: London, Geological Society of London, p. 255-292.
37. Mathey, B., 1982, El Cretácico Superior del Arco Vasco, in García, A., ed., El Cretácico de España: Madrid, Ediciones de la Universidad Complutense, p. 111-135.
38. Mathey, B., 1987, Les flysch Crétacé supérieur des Pyrénées Basques: Université de Dijon Mémoires Géologiques, v. 12, p. 1-399.
39. Nicolaysen, L.O., and Ferguson, J., 1990, Cryptoexplosion structures, shock deformation and siderophile concentration related to explosive venting of fluids associated with alkaline ultramafic magmas: Tectonophysics, v. 171, p. 303-335, doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(90)90107-J.
40. Nicolaysen, L.O., and Reimold, W.V., 1999, Vredefort shatter cones revisited: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 104, no. B3, p. 4911-4930, doi: 10.1029/1998JB900068.
41. Normark, W.R., and Piper, D.J.W., 1991, Initiation processes and flow evolution of turbidity currents: Implications for the depositional record, in Osborne, R.H., ed., From Shoreline to Abyss: Contributions in Marine Geology in Honor of Francis Parker Shepard: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 46, p. 207-230.
42. 3 en facies turbitíticas y presencia de celestita diagené-tica en el Maastrichtiense inferior (Sopelana, Arco Vasco): Geogaceta, v. 45, p. 107-110.
43. Passchier, C.W., and Trouw, R.A.J., 1996, Microtectonics: Berlin, Springer, 289 p.
44. Pedreira, D., Pulgar, J.A., Gallart, J., and Díaz, J., 2003, Seismic evidence of Alpine crustal thickening and wedging from the western Pyrenees to the Cantabrian Mountains (north Iberia): Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 108, no. 2204, p. 1-21, doi: 10.1029/2001JB001667.
45. Phillips, W.J., 1974, The dynamic emplacement of cone sheets: Tectonophysics, v. 24, p. 69-84, doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(74)90130-9.
46. Pujalte, V. , 1988, Un ejemplo peculiar de tránsito turbidítico ("bypassing") en el Maastrichtiense de Vizcaya, in Proceedings, II Congreso Geológico de España: Granada, Spain: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España v. 1, p. 169-172.
47. Pujalte, V. , Baceta, J.I., Orue-Etxebarria, X., and Payros, A., 1998, Paleocene strata of the Basque Country, western Pyrenees, northern Spain: Facies and sequence development in a deep-water starved basin, in De Graciansky, P.-Ch., Hardenbol, J., Jacquin, T., and Vail, P., eds., Mesozoic and Cenozoic Sequence Stratigraphy of European Basins: Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 60, p. 311-325.
48. Ramsay, J., 1980, The crack-seal mechanism of rock deformation: Nature, v. 284, p. 135-139, doi: 10.1038/284135a0.
49. Ramsay, J.G., and Huber, M.I., 1983, The Techniques of Modern Structural Geology, Volume 1: Strain Analysis: London, Academic Press, 307 p.
50. Reading, H.G., ed., 1996, Sedimentary Environments: Processes, Facies and Stratigraphy (3rd ed.): Oxford, Blackwell, 688 p.
51. Roddy, D.J., and Davis, L.K., 1977, Shatter cones formed in large scale experimental explosion craters, in Roddy, D.J., Pepin, R.O., and Merrill, R.B., eds., Impact and Explosion Cratering: Planetary and Terrestrial Implications: New York, Pergamon Press, p. 715-750.
52. Rossy, M., 1988, Contribution a l'Étude du Magmatisme Mésozoìque du Domaine Pyrénéen: I. Le Trias dans l'Ensemble du Domaine; II. Le Crétacé dans les Provinces Basques d'Espagne [Ph.D. thesis]: Besançon, Université de Besançon, 429 p.
53. Roy, D.W., 1979, Shatter cone geometry and description procedure: Tectonophysics, v. 60, p. T37-T42, doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(79)90128-8.
54. Sagy, A., Reches, Z., and Fineberg, J., 2002, Dynamic fracture by large extraterrestial impacts as the origin of shatter cones: Nature, v. 418, p. 310-313, doi: 10.1038/nature00903.
55. Sagy, A., Fineberg, J., and Reches, Z., 2004, Shatter cones: Branched, rapid fractures formed by shock impact: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, p. 1-21, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003016.
56. 3 en los pares margacaliza del Maastrichtiense y Daniense en Sopelana, Arco Vasco: Facies grises frente a facies rojas: Geogaceta, v. 43, p. 95-98.
57. Schneider, E., and Wagner, G.A., 1976, Shatter cones produced experimentally by impacts in limestone targets: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 32, p. 40-44, doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(76)90182-5.
58. Scholz, C.H., 1990, The Mechanisms of Earthquakes and Faulting: Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 439 p.
59. Selles-Martínez, J., 1992, Cono en cono: Su ambiente y me-canismo de generación, in Proceedings IV Reunión Argentina de Sedimentología: La Plata, Argentina, Asociación Argentina de Sedimentología, v. 3, p. 57-64.
60. Selles-Martínez, J., 1994, New insights in the origin of cone-in-cone structures: Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 9, p. 172-185, doi: 10.1007/BF03175229.
61. Sharon, E., Cohen, G., and Fineberg, J., 2001, Propagating solitary waves along a rapidly moving crack front: Nature, v. 410, p. 68-71, doi: 10.1038/35065051.
62. Sharon, E., Cohen, G. and Fineberg, J., 2002, Crack front waves and the dynamics of a rapidly moving crack: Physical Review Letters, v. 88, no. 8, p. 85503.1-4, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.085503.
63. Sheriff, R.E., and Geldart, L.P., 1991, Exploración Sismológica: Volume I. Historia, Teoría y Obtención de Datos: Mexico, D.F., Ed. Noriega-Limusa, 309 p.
64. Stesky, R.M., and Halls, H.C., 1983, Structural analysis of shatter cones from the Slate Islands, northern Lake Superior: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 20, p. 1-18, doi: 10.1139/e83-001.
65. Stewart, K.G., Dennison, J.M., and Bartholomew, M.J., 2002, Late Mississippian paleoseismites from southeastern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia, in Ettensohn, F.R., Rast, N., and Brett, C.E., eds., Ancient Seismites: Geological Society of America Special Paper 359, p. 127-144.
66. Turcotte, D.L., 1992, Fractals, chaos, self-organized criticality and tectonics: Terra Nova, v. 4, p. 4-12, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1992.tb00444.x.
67. Van Loon, A.J., 2003, How "hard" are hard-rock deformations?: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 61, p. 181-188, doi: 10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00157-5.
68. Vergés, J., and García Senz, J., 2001, Mesozoic evolution and Cainozoic inversion of the Pyrenean rift, in Ziegler, P.A., Cavazza, W., Robertson, A.H.F., and Crasquin-Soleau, S., eds., Peri-Tethys Memoir 6: Peri-Tethys Rift/Wrench Basins and Passive Margins: Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 186, p. 187-212.
69. Wheeler, R.L., 2002, Distinguishing seismic from non-seismic soft-sediment structures: Criteria from seismic-hazard analysis, in Ettensohn, F.R., Rast, N., and Brett, C.E., eds., Ancient Seismites: Geological Society of America Special Paper 359, p. 1-11.
70. Woodland, B.G., 1964, The nature and origin of cone in cone structure: Fieldiana Geology, v. 13, p. 185-305.