Journal
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
Volume 276, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107295
Keywords
Downhole methods; Time-series analysis; Cyclostratigraphy; Seismic interpretation; Sediment properties
Funding
- German Research Foundation [WO672/10-1, WO672/151/2]
- International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)
- German Ministry of Higher Education and Research
- German Research Foundation
- University of Cologne
- British Geological Survey
- Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
- Italian National Research Council
- government of the republic of North Macedonia
- government of the republic of Albania
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Robust age-depth models are crucial for interpreting the sedimentological history of lake basins. This study presents a new approach to construct age-depth models by integrating downhole logging and seismic survey data, demonstrated using data from Lake Ohrid. The method includes cross-validation and cyclostratigraphic methods to verify the accuracy of the models.
Robust age-depth models are essential for developing sophisticated interpretations of the sedimentological history in lake basins. In most cases, such models are created using an integrated geoscientific approach, including biostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy and radiometric dating. In this study, we present an approach to construct age-depth models based on integrating downhole logging and seismic survey data when there are no samples available for dating. An example of this method is shown using data from Lake Ohrid (North Macedonia/Albania). First, we interpret seismic data and correlate downhole logging data from three sites - DEEP, Pestani and Cerava - to the LR04 benthic stack. We cross-check the resulting age-depth models using cyclostratigraphic methods, which deliver sedimentation rates that are on the same order of magnitude. The maximum age of the investigated sediments is based on lacustrine seismic marker horizons and is approximately 1 million years at DEEP/Pestani and 0.6 million years at Cerava. In the second step, we construct an artificial lithological log based on cluster analysis using the physical properties of the sediments and integrate it with the age-depth model. This allows an initial interpretation of the sedimentological history at Cerava and Pestani. Our methodological approach cannot substitute classical sediment core investigations, but we suggest that this two-step approach be applied to future projects of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program. It can rapidly provide preliminary results on age and sediment type and is particularly useful when datable material is not available. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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