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Interactions between Topography and Channel Development from 3D Seismic Analysis: an Example from the Tertiary of the Flett Ridge, Faroe-Shetland Basin, UK

Andrew M. Robinson, Joseph A. Cartwright, Peter M. Burgess and Richard J. Davies
Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 29, 73-82, 1 January 2004, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.MEM.2004.029.01.08
Andrew M. Robinson
1 3DLab, School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3YE, UK (e-mail: )
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Abstract

Interpretation of 3D and 2D seismic data in the Faroe-Shetland Basin (FSB) has revealed the important role that structurally controlled bathymetry had in controlling sedimentary dispersal during Early Cenozoic thermal subsidence. The Flett Ridge was a major NE-SW structural high during some of the Palaeogene, actively growing and influencing adjacent sedimentary systems. During the Palaeogene this area of the FSB was a key entry point for siliciclastic sediment with a major deltaic system prograding towards the NW during the Middle Eocene. Prior to delta development, the Flett Ridge was onlapped during the Late Palaeocene and subsequently blanketed and drowned in Early Eocene times. Major periods of fluvial incision cutting up to 100 m into the Middle Eocene strata are identified and a variety of channel networks with differing trends documented. Broad channels or valleys of earliest Middle Eocene age inherited the palaeotopography created by the Flett Ridge, whereas subsequent later Middle Eocene meandering channels trend perpendicular to the shelf edge and traverse the Flett Ridge structure. Seismic amplitude maps suggest that a complex and variable channelized drainage system developed across the coastal plain and delta top in the Middle Eocene. These channels influenced sediment supply creating an area of bypass to the more distal fan systems preserved at the base of slope. Later faulting on the ridge crest may also have affected the channel network pattern.

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Interactions between Topography and Channel Development from 3D Seismic Analysis: an Example from the Tertiary of the Flett Ridge, Faroe-Shetland Basin, UK

Andrew M. Robinson, Joseph A. Cartwright, Peter M. Burgess and Richard J. Davies
Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 29, 73-82, 1 January 2004, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.MEM.2004.029.01.08
Andrew M. Robinson
1 3DLab, School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3YE, UK (e-mail: )
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