Analogue modeling of large-transport thrust faults in evaporites-floored basins: Example of the Chazuta Thrust in the Huallaga Basin, Peru

Borderie, Sandra; Vendeville, Bruno C.; Graveleau, Fabien; Witt, César; Dubois, Pierre; Baby, Patrice; Calderón, Ysabel

doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2019.03.002

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“…In Model 3 (Figures 10a and 10b), such décollement permitted the forward translation of the proto-wedge defining a large-transport, source-fed thrust that accounts for about 40% of the total shortening. Large-transport thrusts have been described in natural fold-and-thrust belts involving salt décollements such as the Salt Range in Pakistan (Grelaud et al, 2002), the Quele Fault in the Kuqa Basin of NW China (Izquierdo-Llavall et al, 2018;Rowan, 2017), and the Chazuta thrust in the Sub-Andean zone of northern Peru (Borderie et al, 2019;Eude et al, 2015;Zamora et al, 2019Zamora et al, , 2022. Mechanically, the occurrence of large-transport faults is favored by a thick and very effective, low yield-strength, or viscous layer, a sedimentary wedge on top of it (mechanically equivalent to our proto-wedge) and forward salt inflation (Borderie et al, 2019;Ferrer et al, 2022); characteristics that converge in our Models 2 and 3.…”

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“…Large-transport thrusts have been described in natural fold-and-thrust belts involving salt décollements such as the Salt Range in Pakistan (Grelaud et al, 2002), the Quele Fault in the Kuqa Basin of NW China (Izquierdo-Llavall et al, 2018;Rowan, 2017), and the Chazuta thrust in the Sub-Andean zone of northern Peru (Borderie et al, 2019;Eude et al, 2015;Zamora et al, 2019Zamora et al, , 2022. Mechanically, the occurrence of large-transport faults is favored by a thick and very effective, low yield-strength, or viscous layer, a sedimentary wedge on top of it (mechanically equivalent to our proto-wedge) and forward salt inflation (Borderie et al, 2019;Ferrer et al, 2022); characteristics that converge in our Models 2 and 3. Thick décollements yield a continuous feeding of the inflated salt in their hanging-wall that may eventually extrude along the front of these source-fed, large-transport thrusts, leading to additional salt sheets that may extend beyond the thrust front (Figure 10b).…”

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From Salt‐Bearing Rifted Margins to Fold‐And‐Thrust Belts. Insights From Analog Modeling and Northern Calcareous Alps Case Study

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“…It may be noted that these moving sidewall models, which include pre-built basins or faults, may overlap to a degree with thrust wedge experiments (e.g. Colletta et al, 1991;Cotton and Koyi, 2000;Graveleau et al, 2012;Payrola et al, 2012;Oriolo et al, 2015;Villarroel et al, 2020;Borderie et al, 2018Borderie et al, , 2019Schori et al, 2021).…”

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Analogue modelling of basin inversion: a review and future perspectives

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Solid Earth

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Abstract. Basin inversion involves the reversal of subsidence in a basin due to compressional tectonic forces, leading to uplift of the basin's sedimentary infill. Detailed knowledge of basin inversion is of great importance for scientific, societal, and economic reasons, spurring continued research efforts to better understand the processes involved. Analogue tectonic modelling forms a key part of these efforts, and analogue modellers have conducted numerous studies of basin inversion. In this review paper we recap the advances in our knowledge of basin inversion processes acquired through analogue modelling studies, providing an up-to-date summary of the state of analogue modelling of basin inversion. We describe the different definitions of basin inversion that are being applied by researchers, why basin inversion has been historically an important research topic and what the general mechanics involved in basin inversion are. We subsequently treat the wide range of different experimental approaches used for basin inversion modelling, with attention to the various materials, set-ups, and techniques used for model monitoring and analysing the model results. Our new systematic overviews of generalized model results reveal the diversity of these results, which depend greatly on the chosen set-up, model layering and (oblique) kinematics of inversion, and 3D along-strike structural and kinematic variations in the system. We show how analogue modelling results are in good agreement with numerical models, and how these results help researchers to better understand natural examples of basin inversion. In addition to reviewing the past efforts in the field of analogue modelling, we also shed light on future modelling challenges and identify a number of opportunities for follow-up research. These include the testing of force boundary conditions, adding geological processes such as sedimentation, transport, and erosion; applying state-of-the-art modelling and quantification techniques; and establishing best modelling practices. We also suggest expanding the scope of basin inversion modelling beyond the traditional upper crustal “North Sea style” of inversion, which may contribute to the ongoing search for clean energy resources. It follows that basin inversion modelling can bring valuable new insights, providing a great incentive to continue our efforts in this field. We therefore hope that this review paper will form an inspiration for future analogue modelling studies of basin inversion.

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“…Salt withdrawal from areas of rapid foredeep deposition in the Terek-Caspian Basin may be comparable to long-distance salt extrusion in the Potwar Basin of Pakistan (e.g. Grelaud et al, 2002), the Tian Shan (Li et al, 2012), and the Huallaga Basin, Peru (Borderie et al, 2019).…”

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“…Carola et al, 2015), the Peruvian Andes (e.g. Borderie et al, 2019) and elsewhere (Hudec and Jackson, 2006).…”

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Structure and Evolution of the Terek‐caspian Fold‐and‐thrust Belt: New Insights From Regional Seismic Data

Sobornov

2021

Journal of Petroleum Geology

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The Terek-Caspian fold-and-thrust belt along the northern flank of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range together with the adjacent foreland basin is one of the oldest oil-producing regions in Russia. Despite the long history of exploration, recently acquired seismic data has provided new insights about the structural architecture and evolution of this area. Its structural development during the Neogene was constrained by a syn-extensional tectonic fabric inherited from Jurassic rifting and extension of the Great Caucasus Basin. The structural framework of this basin controlled the distribution of syn-extensional deposits, and the Cenozoic reactivation of lateral ramps resulted in along-strike variations in structural style. Thus western, central and SE segments of the Terek-Caspian foldbelt are recognised and are referred to here as the Terek-Sunzha fold zone, the Dagestan Promontory, and the Maritime Zone in southern Dagestan.Three principal episodes of Cenozoic compression in the Terek-Caspian fold-and-thrust belt took place. The first episode in the Oligocene resulted in the inversion of pre-existing normal faults with the coeval development of a foreland basin to the north of the thrust belt. The dominance of sediments of northerly provenance in the foreland basin suggests there was only moderate uplift of the Greater Caucasus at this time. However, significant uplift of the orogenic belt took place during later phases of Sarmatian (Late Miocene) and Akchagylian (Late Pliocene) compression. Erosion of the uplifting Greater Caucasus gave rise to the development of large-scale, northerly prograding clinoforms which are clearly observed on seismic profiles in the foreland basin. Shortening was largely accommodated by wedge-shaped thrusting facilitated by the presence of mechanically weak stratigraphic units.Structural development of the Terek-Sunzha fold zone in the west of the Terek-Caspian fold-and-thrust belt was largely controlled by a Tithonian salt layer which provided an efficient basal detachment surface and which also supplied material to squeezed diapirs in front of the belt. To the east, the plan-view shape and internal architecture of the Dagestan Promontory were influenced by the areal extent of the Lower-Middle Jurassic depocentre of the palaeo-Volga delta which is up to 10 km thick. In the Maritime Zone, the style of shortening was mostly controlled by the presence of a pre-existing structural high composed of folded Palaeozoic-Triassic strata in front of the fold-thrust belt.

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Analogue modeling of large-transport thrust faults in evaporites-floored basins: Example of the Chazuta Thrust in the Huallaga Basin, Peru

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From Salt‐Bearing Rifted Margins to Fold‐And‐Thrust Belts. Insights From Analog Modeling and Northern Calcareous Alps Case Study

From Salt‐Bearing Rifted Margins to Fold‐And‐Thrust Belts. Insights From Analog Modeling and Northern Calcareous Alps Case Study

Analogue modelling of basin inversion: a review and future perspectives

Structure and Evolution of the Terek‐caspian Fold‐and‐thrust Belt: New Insights From Regional Seismic Data

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