scholarly journals Depositional architecture of the late Ordovician drowned carbonate platform margin and its responses to sea-level fluctuation in the northern slope of the Tazhong region, Tarim Basin

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofa Yang ◽  
Changsong Lin ◽  
Haijun Yang ◽  
Jianfa Han ◽  
Jingyan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Carbonate Platform ◽  
Late Ordovician ◽  
Level Fluctuation ◽  
Northern Slope ◽  
Platform Margin ◽  
Sea Level Fluctuation ◽  
Carbonate Platform Margin ◽  
Depositional Architecture ◽  
Tazhong Region

Synsedimentary tectonics, mud-mounds and sea-level changes on a Palaeozoic carbonate platform margin: a Devonian Montagne Noire example (France)

1998 ◽  
Vol 118 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 95-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Bourrouilh ◽  
Pierre-André Bourque ◽  
Pauline Dansereau ◽  
Françoise Bourrouilh-Le Jan ◽  
Pierre Weyant
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Carbonate Platform ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Mud Mounds ◽  
Synsedimentary Tectonics ◽  
Platform Margin ◽  
Montagne Noire ◽  
Carbonate Platform Margin ◽  
And Sea Level

Distribution Regularity of the Ordovician Reef-Bank Reservoir inside Sequence Stratigraphic Framework in Central Tarim Basin

2014 ◽  
Vol 484-485 ◽  
pp. 612-615
Author(s):  
Feng Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Tarim Basin ◽  
Carbonate Platform ◽  
Late Ordovician ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Sequence Stratigraphic ◽  
Stratigraphic Framework ◽  
Platform Margin ◽  
Carbonate Platform Margin ◽  
Organic Reef ◽  
Integrated Study

Based on the integrated study of the outcrops, the seismic, drilling and logging data of Lianglitage formation in central Tarim Basin, the sequence stratigraphic framework of the platform margin is built, and the Lianglitage formation is divided into 3 third-order sequences. The vertical pattern and lateral distribution for carbonate reef-bank reservoir in sequence stratigraphic framework are analyzed. The reef-bank reservoir mainly developed in highstand system tract of sequence Ssq2, and distributed along the carbonate platform margin of the Middle-Late Ordovician in central Tarim Basin. The mudstone mound, organic reef, granule bank are vertically stacked. Laterally, the area of well shun3-shun4-shun2-shun6 are characterized by multiphase bank reservoir overlapping, and the area of well TZ82-TZ44 - TZ161-TZ24 - TZ26 are characterized by multiphase organic reef and bank overlapping. The reef-bank complexes in sequence Ssq2 are the main targets of exploration in central Tarim Basin.

A Near-Uniform Basin-Wide Sea Level Fluctuation of the Mediterranean Sea

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ichiro Fukumori ◽  
Dimitris Menemenlis ◽  
Tong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Level Fluctuation ◽  
Strait Of Gibraltar ◽  
Sea Level Fluctuation ◽  
The Mediterranean

Abstract A new basin-wide oscillation of the Mediterranean Sea is identified and analyzed using sea level observations from the Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX)/Poseidon satellite altimeter and a numerical ocean circulation model. More than 50% of the large-scale, nontidal, and non-pressure-driven variance of sea level can be attributed to this oscillation, which is nearly uniform in phase and amplitude across the entire basin. The oscillation has periods ranging from 10 days to several years and has a magnitude as large as 10 cm. The model suggests that the fluctuations are driven by winds at the Strait of Gibraltar and its neighboring region, including the Alboran Sea and a part of the Atlantic Ocean immediately to the west of the strait. Winds in this region force a net mass flux through the Strait of Gibraltar to which the Mediterranean Sea adjusts almost uniformly across its entire basin with depth-independent pressure perturbations. The wind-driven response can be explained in part by wind setup; a near-stationary balance is established between the along-strait wind in this forcing region and the sea level difference between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The amplitude of this basin-wide wind-driven sea level fluctuation is inversely proportional to the setup region’s depth but is insensitive to its width including that of Gibraltar Strait. The wind-driven fluctuation is coherent with atmospheric pressure over the basin and contributes to the apparent deviation of the Mediterranean Sea from an inverse barometer response.

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