Implications for fault architecture and basin formation jillian m. No matter what type of operating system you use, there are straightforward methods for how to combine pdf files in just a few clicks. In a trigonometric system, a strike slip fault at an angle 0 strikeslip fault system in the west siberian paleozoic basement. The paruro formation has been previously inter preted as a strike slip basin carlotto, 20, as have other structures in the peruvian. Breakthroughs in new techniques are described in section 1, including detrital zircon geochronology, cosmogenic nuclide dating, magnetostratigraphy, 3d seismic, and basin modelling. Results will demonstrate the impact of strike slip faulting on petroleum systems in transpressional settings.
A tectonic history of the bering sea and the evolution of tertiary strikeslip basins of the bering shelf dan w. Seismic reflection profiles from a 3d survey reveal four main tectonic stages that correspond to events in petroleum system evolution. The third interpretation is a combination of the first and second interpretations, and theories that a sinistral strike slip fault was created during the laramide orogeny, basin and range normal faults and relay ramps developed next and a late pulse of strike slip movement during the basin and range reactivated the laramide sinistral strike. Strikeslip faulting terminates the basin and range. Lawrence department of geology, oregon state university, corvallis, oregon 97331 abstract the pattern of faulting in southeastern oregon is interpreted in terms of four major zones of rightlateral strike slip faulting that.
Passive margin subsidence is characterized by two stages, rapid initial, synrift subsidence and slow postrift thermal subsidence, with increasing subsidence rates toward the adjacent ocean basin. Ps permianjurassic tectonic and depositional control on oil fields in the central moesian platform, romania by. Mann2 1department of geology, university of leicester, leicester lei 7rh, uk email. That is, they cannot move orthogonally to the strikeslip faults.
Studies of fault patterns at five subsurface horizons in the north sumatra basin reveal that the structural development of the basin is also well controlled by strike slip faulting. Basin fill distinctive coarsegrained basin margin facies, typically small and steep debrisflowdominated alluvial fans along the principal basin bounding fault margins vs. The pure shear component arises from the compressional or extensional component across the zone, and the simple shear component from the strike slip displacement. Injectioninduced seismicity and fault slip potential in the fort worth basin, texas by peter h. The basin is situated between two major leftlateral strike slip faults, the haiyuan fault to the northeast and the kunlun fault to the southwest fig.
Tectonics of strikeslip restraining and releasing bends geological. Rather than enforcing a rigorously uniform terminology in this book, we decided to set down our preferred definitions in a glossary, and. The salinas basin is selected as the study area for developing this methodology because of its strike slip history, and because it contains only one petroleum system. Strikeslip and thrust faults in longmenshan mountain and. Deformation pattern around the conjoining strike slip fault systems in the basin and range, southeast nevada.
Injectioninduced seismicity and faultslip potential in the. The san andreas fault in california is an example of a large strike slip. Furthermore, the nearly complete absence of normal faulting in the whole study area suggests that extension in the pannonian basin has been. Strike slip and thrust faults in longmenshan mountain and chengdu basin constrained by the terraces of minjiang river. That movement would be left or right compared to the other piece. It is the point where the pacific plate and the north american. The paruro formation has been previously inter preted as a strikeslip basin carlotto, 20, as have other structures in the peruvian. Felt seismicity associated with shale gas hydraulic.
Strike slips a strike slip happens when two pieces of land move horizontally side to side to each other. Sedimentary basins range in size from as small as hundreds of meters to large parts of ocean. Evolution of the cordilleran foreland basin system in. Tsunamis from strikeslip earthquakes in the wharton basin. Tectonics of sedimentary basins wiley online books. A regional strike slip fault is referred to as a principle displacement zone pdz. The san andreas fault is an example of a right lateral fault. Geological society of america, boulder, colorado, 1991. The basin subsided by simple shear on lowangle, detached normal faults of the upper crust and by pure shear of the lower crust 45, 87. Catalogue of earthquakes in austria 12012008, computer file, 2008. In the midland basin and central basin platform, the faulting regime is consistently normalstrike slip, and the direction of the maximum horizontal compressive stress s hmax is approximately eastwest, although modest rotations of the s. Origin and tectonic development of malaypenyu west natuna. The basin formed originally as a sinistral strikeslip basin 77, 86, but developed into a dextral strikeslip basin after the change in the sense of fault displacement of the rrfz 87, 88.
It has an asymmetric fault damage zone of several meters to several tens of meters in width and a several. The role of strike slip faulting in basin formation and inversion mehmet akir, atilla aydin, and david j. Major structural features of the eastern venezuelan basin from erlich and barrett, 1992. Tectonics of strikeslip restraining and releasing bends w. Petroleum geology of the anadarko basin region, province. Lawrence department of geology, oregon state university, corvallis, oregon 97331 abstract the pattern of faulting in southeastern oregon is interpreted in terms of four major zones of rightlateral strike slip. A leftlateral strike slip fault is one on which the displacement of the far block is to the left when viewed from either side. The basin formed originally as a sinistral strike slip basin 77, 86, but developed into a dextral strike slip basin after the change in the sense of fault displacement of the rrfz 87, 88.
Cole department of geology, allegheny college, meadville, pennsylvania kenneth d. Hydrocarbons migrated updip from source rocks beneath the northnortheastern margin of the basin along northsouth strike slip faults and into overlying eocene clastic reservoirs in the southcentral parts of the basin. These depocenters were filled primarily by turbidite sedimentation that exceeds some 4,000 m in thickness. Oblique strike slip faulting of the cascadia submarine forearc.
Strikeslip faulting is one of the most important mechanisms of sedimentary basin formation at plate convergent margins, where localized extension can cause. There are many strike slip basins along plate convergent margins figure 5 and table 1. Intraplate strikeslip reactivation of the sinnyeong fault. The basin is 200 km long and 75 km wide and is elongate parallel to the foldandthrust belt on the northeastern edge of the tibetan plateau. The miocene sequence documents 1 volcanism and northsouth tension without net extension at 1815 ma 2 relative uplift about 15. Strike slip faults, salt tectonics and inversion tectonics jan kees blom january 2011 strike slip horizontal displacement, strike slip where two lithospheric plates move past each other, we can observe strike slip fault zones slip along the strike horizontal of the fault plane. In collisional plate margin settings defined by continent. Indentlinked strike slip faults trenchlinked strike slip faults plate boundary transform faults faultbend basin vienna basin1 marmara sea2. Source of oligocene to pliocene sedimentary rocks in the.
Analogue modelling of a prograding strikeslip fault. Oblique strikeslip faulting of the cascadia submarine forearc. The anadarko basin was a subsiding tectonic feature throughout the paleozoic era. Recent sandbox models have shown that the geometry and evolution of pullapart basins varies greatly in pure strike slip situations versus transtensional settings. The role of strike slip faulting in structural development of the north sumatra basin. Campagna rock fracture project, department of geological and environmental sciences, stanford university, stanford, california. Origin and tectonic development of malaypenyuwest natuna basins 149 depression extends onshore under the pahang river delta. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. This volume emphasizes the relations between deformation patterns along strikeslip faults, the mechanisms by which basins form and the. Permianjurassic tectonic and depositional control on oil. For example, two overlapping left lateral fault must have a leftstepover to create a pullapart basin. Structure and sediment budget of yinggehaisong hong basin.
For infinitesimal simple shear of an idealized homogeneous body, the strike slip zone boundary is a line of no. Strike slip basin sedimentation subsidence often asymmetrical resulting in rapid lateral changes in sediment thickness and facies on land. Strike slip history of the east gobi fault zone, mongolia. By latest campanian time, a major epi sode of slip on the lewis thrust system had commenced, as recorded in the foreland by the willow creek and st. If this interpretation is correct, instead of foreland basin or trenchassociated basin kingston et al. Active folding and blind thrust faulting induced by basin. Section 2 presents the new models for rift, postrift, transtensional and strike slip basin settings. Variations in structural style are also apparent across strike of the orogen.
Purchase of an open document does not constitute license for republication in any form, nor does it allow web posting without prior written permission. These postdepositional processes and their products are. In addition to developing a methodology for basin modeling with. Oblique strikeslip faulting of the cascadia submarine. Authors personal copy sedimentary carbonates in the western tarim basin. Ourd18o results from carbonates collected in the oytag stratigraphic section suggest that there was a reorganization of atmospheric circulation sometime during the eocene or oligocene, possibly related to surface uplift in the central to southeast pamir, prior to the. The mosquitia basin is separated from the tela basin by a major regional, downtothenolih, strike slip fault. The models of sequence stratigraphy and depositional. Strike slip faulting terminates the basin and range province in oregon robert d. Strike slip basin, formed in neogene wright, 1991 biddle, 1991.
Petroleum prospectivity of the strike slip fault bounded. A scissor fault changes dip and offset sense along strike so that the hangingwall becomes the footwall. Diagenesis of paleogene sandstones in the padesh strike. Strikeslip deformations in the west siberian basin and. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. In geology, a basin is a region where subsidence generates accommodation space for the. This volume emphasizes the relations between deformation patterns along strike slip faults, the mechanisms by which basins form and the. Mcneill2 1college of oceanic and atmospheric sciences, 2department of geosciences, oregon state university, corvallis, oregon. The daisy bank fault zone off central oregon chris goldfinger1, laverne d. Strike slip deformations in the west siberian basin and their impact on oil and gas reservoirs 361 central european geology 52, 2009 fig. Strikeslip also called transcurrent, wrench, or lateral faults are similarly caused by horizontal compression, but they release their energy by rock displacement in a horizontal direction almost parallel to the compressional force. Connecting the tips of step over faults to the opposite fault are bounding basin sidewall faults.
The term mtransform fault is used for strikeslip faults that define plate boundaries, penetrate the crust, and include. How to combine pdf files into a single file in just a few. Kinematics of basin development during the transition from terrane accretion to strike slip tectonics, late cretaceousearly tertiary cantwell formation, south central alaska ronald b. The fault plane is essentially vertical, and the relative slip is lateral along. The basin subsided by simple shear on lowangle, detached normal faults of the.
Tectonics of strikeslip restraining and releasing bends. Basin inversion formation of sedimentary basins commonly involves extensional deformation of the crust, with concomitant development of rifting and normal faulting bally. We also note that the eastern venezuelan basin consists of the guarico and maturin subbasins figure 2. Deformation pattern around the conjoining strikeslip. Integrating strikeslip tectonism with threedimensional. Precenozoic phanerozoic time scalecomputer file of. Strikeslip basin its configuration and sedimentary facies. Felt seismicity associated with shale gas hydraulic fracturing. Many of the geological terms having to do with strike slip deformation, basin formation, and sedimentation are used in a variety of ways by different authors e.
Kendall this excellent text by dan worrall is the outgrowth of a compilation assembled while he was. Here i classify strike slip basins into four types, discussed in turn below. Combining or merging multiple pdf files into one file is a hassle if you dont have the required software or youve never done it before. Basin is composed of three en echelon, narrow depocenters, resulting from extensional tectonics that initiated in the oligocene. Implications for cenozoic tectonics and river basin reorganization in southeast asia chao leia,jianyerena. Strikeslip history of the east gobi fault zone, mongolia. The main diagenetic alterations include mechanical compaction and carbonate cementation while dissolution, transformation, recrystallization, replacement and chemical compaction were of lesser significance during burial. Southeastplunging stretching lineation coupled with dextral strike slip component as well as numerous kinematic indicators suggest toptothesoutheast tectonic transport direction over dominantly eastdipping planes. Tectonic and sedimentary evolution of basins in the northeast. Strikeslip faulting and related basin formation in zones. A large strike slip earthquake occurred within the wharton basin, offshore southwest of sumatra, indonesia on 2016 march 2.
Strike slip faulting and related basin formation in zones of tectonic escape. Modes of intraplate deformation, sedimentary basin evolution, and regional fault linkages c. Sedimentary successions of archetypal examples of strike slip basins, such as the ridge basin in california, have been characterized in terms of the dominance of axial sediment supply and continuous depocenter migration in a direction opposite to that of the sediment supply 1. Pdf basin response to active extension and strikeslip. This system has triggered off complex plicate and disjunctive deformations in the sedimentary cover, which are referred to hereafter as strikeslip fault structures ssfs. Incorporating strikeslip faulting in bpsm basin and. To the north it is separated by the tenggol arch from the malay basin. By analysing the basin architectures and structures of each structural unit, calculating the fault growth index, and referring to the sandbox modelling results, we consider that the oujiang sag belongs to a strike. Basin incorporate wide variety of available subsurface data, including formation tops, ages, lithology, toc, etc. Glossary strikeslip deformation, basin formation, and.
Stepover basins transtensional or pullapart basins c. Basin response to active extension and strikeslip deformation in the hinterland of the tibetan plateau. Basin, it is essential to study the entire basin because the entire basin is involved in the genesis of the heavy oil belt. Strikeslip faulting terminates the basin and range province.
Injectioninduced seismicity and faultslip potential in. State of stress in the permian basin, texas and new mexico. To address the influence of strike slip motion on petroleum system development, we constructed a threedimensional 3d basin and petroleum system model that incorporates strike slip displacement. Shaded relief map showing the natural geomorphic provinces holt x qui x stru x upi x file.
A major nwstriking fracture traceable over a length of 100 km, called the rumbia fault, separates the penyu basin into two parts. Thus, four identified fault zones cut through southeastern oregon and form the transition between the main basin and range prov ince of nevada and the largely unfaulted colt. Deshon, robin dommisse, elizabeth horne, casee lemons, and mark d. Mary river formations in the proximal foredeep depozone. Basin petroleum system geochemical diversity of oils role of structural evolution of basin in traps. Intraplate strike slip reactivation of the sinnyeong fault in the cretaceous gyeongsang basin, korea, due to the concentration of later compressional stress youngbeom cheon, cheol woo song, son kap lee, jongsun kim, moon son department of geological sciences, pusan. Structure and sediment budget of yinggehaisong hong basin, south china sea. Driscoll1 1scripps institution of oceanography, university of california at san diego, 9500 gilman drive. There are many strikeslip basins along plate convergent margins figure 5 and table 1. A detrital record of mesozoic island arc accretion and. Sarawak basin ismail, 1996, instead, interpreted the basin was formed related to the strike slip movement along five major lineaments. However, faulting associated with the uplift of the amarillowichitaarbuckle mountains, that partially defines the present basin s shape, peaked in activity in early pennsylvania time. In the midland basin and central basin platform, the faulting regime is consistently normal strike slip, and the direction of the maximum horizontal compressive stress s hmax is approximately eastwest, although modest rotations of the s. Pdf strikeslip basin its configuration and sedimentary facies.
Pdf documents are often used because they help preserve the original content of the document, but this can make splitting the file up a little more difficult than other document formats. Kinematics of basin development during the transition from. Strikeslip basin stage in the earlier period 6046 ma. Webb syracuse university, copis introduction southeastern mongolia lies near the center of the largest mosaic of assembled tectonic.
Pdf structure and recent evolution of the hazar basin. Extension and rifting occur in the basin and range province of the western u. Other articles where strikeslip fault is discussed. Structural analysis of ernst tinaja canyon focusing on strike. Pdf various types of sedimentary basins that contain a great variety of sedimentary successions and structural attributes form along strikeslip. Turkey as a case study, strike slip deformation, basin formation, and sedimentation, kevin t. Strikeslip deformation, basin formation, and sedimentation.
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