期刊
JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE
卷 32, 期 2, 页码 196-212出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2836
关键词
thrust-stackthin-skinned glaciotectonics; thrust-stack; surging
资金
- Fugro Survey, Limited
- Natural Environment Research Council [bgs05019] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [bgs05019] Funding Source: UKRI
This paper presents the results of a high-resolution 2D seismic survey of mid-Pleistocene glaciogenic sediments in the Central Graben region of the central North Sea. Sediments have undergone major glaciotectonic thrusting and folding associated with the repeated southerly advance of a mid-Pleistocene ice sheet. The total observed length of the thrust-stacked section is approximately 5-6km, comprising a series of discrete thrust slices, which range in length from <300m to >700m. The basal detachment of the thrust complex occurs at a depth of ca. 220m below the sea bed within the upper Aberdeen Ground Formation. A thin-skinned glaciotectonic model involving proglacial to ice-marginal glaciotectonic thrusting followed by post-tectonic deposition is proposed. Initial ice advance led to the over-pressurizing of groundwater within a laterally extensive sand sheet in the upper Aberdeen Ground Formation, promoting the formation of a major decollement surface at the base of the developing thrust-stack. Over-pressurization of the groundwater system is thought to have occurred in response to rapid ice advance, suggesting that the development of large-scale thrust complexes may be associated with surge-type behaviour. The proposed model evidences complex dynamics of mid-Pleistocene ice sheets within the central North Sea.
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