offshore hikurangi margin: tectonic deformation...
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Philip Barnes
Offshore Hikurangi Margin: Tectonic deformation - sedimentation
- climate interactions
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Wellington
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Outline 1. Summarise Hikurangi Margin geomorphology and
tectonic structure
2. Rela;ve roles of control parameters on ac;ve forearc basins
3. Role of submarine canyons
4. Input sequence: Hikurangi plateau and trough
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Subduction margin sedimentary basins and tectonic geomorphology
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Australian Plate
New Zealand
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MCS line CM05 # 4
Wedge taper ~15 ~0-‐3 ~9-‐10
Ramp-‐flat-‐ramp interface geometry
1947 Mw7.1
High reflectivity zone beneath interplate thrust in SSE region
Steep northern margin with subduc<ng seamounts
Barnes et al, unpubl
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Pecher et al. 2004, 2005 Henrys et al. 2006
Barnes et al., 2002 Barnes & Nicol 2004
Polyphase thrust systems & Inversion tectonics
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Forearc basin structure analyses indicate polyphase deforma<on, and reac<vated faul<ng
Barnes et al., 2002 Barnes & Nicol 2004
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Accre<on-‐dominated imbricated wedge: south of Hawke’s Bay
Barnes et al., 2010
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Plaza –Faverola et al., 2012
• Narrow accre<onary wedge
• Thickest trench-‐fill • Subduc<ng Chatham
Rise sequences • Strike-‐slip and thrust
tectonics inboard
Southern Hikurangi Margin
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Outline 1. Summarise Hikurangi Margin geomorphology and
tectonic structure
2. Rela<ve roles of control parameters on ac<ve forearc basins
3. Role of submarine canyons
4. Input sequence: Hikurangi plateau and trough
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ð Stra<graphic architecture of sedimentary basins at con;nental margins is known from a mul;tude of studies… …but predominantly from passive margin sePngs
� Low rate regional subsidence � Eustasy as a predominant driver
ð Studies on ac<ve margins characterised by complex defm and upliR have been rela;vely scarce...
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NEED WELL CONSTRAINED STRATIGRAPHIC MODELS FOR ACTIVE SUBDUCTION MARGINS
-‐
TO UNDERSTAND & QUANTIFY THE INFLUENCE OF CONTROL PARAMETERS
– TECTONICS, EUSTASY & CLIMATE – ON THE STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE
Example from the ac;ve Hawke Bay forearc basin Paquet et al. 2009, 2011
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Morphostructural evolu<on of ac<ve forearc basins
Source to sink approach
Fabien Paquet
The example of the Hawke Bay forearc basin
Paquet et al. 2009, 2011
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Methodology :
ð Using this model to describe the stacking paXern of deposi;onal sequences of the last c. 1 Ma
ð Quan;fying preserved volumes of sediments in the Hawke Bay forearc domain
ð Evaluate the role of each control parameter on the stra;graphic architecture at different ;me scales
ð Iden;fying the last deposi;onal sequence (140 ka) in order to produce a reliable stra;graphic model
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An extensive dataset:
� marine MCS
� 3.5 KHz
� Boomer
� Cores
� Oil explora;on wells
� Field mapping
Morphostructural Evolu<on of Ac<ve Forearc Basins
Paquet et al. 2009, 2011
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Boomer seismic surveys – Hawke Bay
Paquet et al. 2009
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Hi-‐fold mul<channel seismic data – 0ffshore Hawke Bay
Paquet et al. 2009
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Facies
Construct facies and deposi<onal model for last sealevel cycle sequence
Paquet et al. 2009
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Offshore seismic stra<graphy correlated to coastal plain wells
Paquet et al. 2009
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Develop end-‐member paleogeographic interpreta<ons
Paquet et al. 2009,
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With one well constrained sealevel cycle sequence…….
Paquet et al. 2009, 2011
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….interpret older stra<graphic successions over 1 Ma <mescale
Paquet et al. 2011
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….and iden<fy mul<ple sealevel cycle sequences
Paquet et al. 2011
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11 sequences correlated throughout Hawke Bay
Paquet et al. 2011
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All sequences correlated to MIS/Eusta<c sealevel curves
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences : Isopach mapping of each deposi<onal
sequence
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach mapping of the 11 deposi;onal sequences :
Paquet et al. 2011
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Isopach maps ò
Volume es;ma;ons ò
Volume compac;on ò
Mass conversion ò
Mass / sequence dura;on =
Sediment flux es;ma;on
Significant errors at each stage
Quan<ta<ve methodology to determine preserved sediment fluxes
Paquet et al. 2011
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Preserved sediment fluxes during the last 1.1 Ma :
Rapid increase and second phase at c. 430 ka
Change in basin configura<on at 430Ka: Tectonic influence on preserva<on poten<al? Possible result of: • Cannibalism?
• Change in pres’n poten;al?
Significant increase entering Last glacial : Seq 1-‐0 transi<on V. High present day sediment flux: • Anthropogenic effect (deforesta;on, land use)
Paquet et al. 2011
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Control parameters
Tectonic deforma;on
Eustasy
Climate
Time scale 20 ka 100 ka 1 Ma
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NZ PSHM 1 ka
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Outline 1. Summarise Hikurangi Margin geomorphology and
tectonic structure
2. Rela;ve roles of control parameters on ac;ve forearc basins
3. Role of submarine canyons
4. Input sequence: Hikurangi plateau and trough
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Pegasus
Kaikoura
Cook Strait Pahaua
Madden
Poverty
Major Canyons
Mountjoy et al 2009, NIWA, unpubl.
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Outline 1. Summarise Hikurangi Margin geomorphology and
tectonic structure
2. Rela;ve roles of control parameters on ac;ve forearc basins
3. Role of submarine canyons
4. Input sequence: Hikurangi plateau and trough
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Input Sequence: Hikurangi trough and plateau
A 120 Ma LIP Plateau with axial trough turbidite system Lewis et al 1998
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Input sequence: North Hikurangi
Barnes et al, unpubl
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Plaza –Faverola et al., 2012
~6 km thick trench-‐fill, over….. ….. ~3 km thick Chatham Rise sequences
Input sequence: South Hikurangi
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Early low-‐stand phase
Rela<vely high sand:mud channel-‐fan systems: Dominant frontal lobes
Posamen;er & Walker 2006
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Late low-‐stand phase
Rela<vely low sand:mud Long leveed singular channels
over frontal lobes
Posamen;er & Walker 2006
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Input Sequence: Hikurangi trough and plateau
Levee Overbank
Lewis and Pan;n, 2002
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>3.5 +/- 0.2 Ma
~0.90 +/- 0.35 Ma
~1.95 +/- 0.75 Ma
1 2
3 4
5
3
Lateral accre<on + ver<cal aggrada<on of channel/levee complex
Barnes, unpubl.
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Opportuni<es to construct age models from channel/levee evolu<on?
?
?
Barnes, unpubl.
Low sea-‐level sediment supply driving channel avulsions?
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Seismic stratigraphy of accreting and subducting sequences
Hikurangi Plateau Sequence Correlated to Davy et al. 2008
Barnes et al. 2010
Plateau Sequ
ence
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The Hikurangi margin has all the natural physical attributes required for unravelling tectonic - sedimentation - climatic
interactions on active subduction margins
A conclusion…………….