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GEOLOGY
卷 31, 期 9, 页码 813-816出版社
GEOLOGICAL SOC AMERICA, INC
DOI: 10.1130/G19559.1
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igneous intrusions; sills; dating technique; deformation; sediment-water interface
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Three-dimensional seismic interpretation of Tertiary sills within the northeast Atlantic margin demonstrates that shallow-level (<1 km) intrusion of igneous sills below the seafloor can deform the interface between water and sediment during its early burial stage by hydraulic elevation of the overburden. We show that a group of interconnected sills forcibly jacked up the seafloor, contributing to the creation of a minibasin 5 kin wide, 250 m deep, and >20 km long. The fill of the minibasin is dated biostratigraphically as 54.6-55 Ma, which fits well with radiometric dates for the timing of intrusion of sills around this basin (ca. 5355 Ma). The recognition and dating of onlap-fill seismic reflector packages that are delimited by forced folds form a new and useful method for dating shallow-level igneous intrusions in sedimentary basins, a method that provides independent constraints on radiometric dating techniques. Similar forced folds are recognized from other basins that have shallow-level sills, suggesting that the technique presented here may be similarly applicable in comparable geologic settings.
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