Architecture and growth history of a Miocene carbonate platform from 3D seismic reflection data

Zampetti, Valentina; Schlager, Wolfgang; Konijnenburg, Jan-Henk van; Everts, Arnout-Jan

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“…Rudolph and Lehmann, 1989;Jordan and Abdullah, 1992;Kusumastuti et al, 2002;Saller and Vijaya, 2002;Bachtel et al, 2004), in Malaysia (e.g. Epting, 1980Epting, , 1989Vahrenkamp et al, 2004;Zampetti et al 2004aZampetti et al , 2004bZampetti, 2010;Koša, 2015;Koša et M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT al., 2015), and in the Philippines (e.g. Grötsch and Mercadier, 1999;Neuhaus et al, 2004;Fournier et al, 2004Fournier et al, , 2005.…”

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Evolution of Late Oligocene - Early Miocene attached and isolated carbonate platforms in a volcanic ridge context (Maldives type), Yadana field, offshore Myanmar

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Zuckmeyer

Boichard

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Marine and Petroleum Geology

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This study investigates the stratigraphic evolution of the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene carbonate platforms of the Yadana area (offshore Myanmar). Well data, regional 2D and local 3D seismic surveys allow the identification of three shallow-water carbonate platforms (Yadana, 3DF and 3DE) showing various morphologic and stratigraphic patterns influenced by the presence of a paleohigh. The identification of seven seismic sequences in the Yadana area constrains the stratigraphic evolution in three stages: (1) development of aggrading attached and isolated platforms during the Chattian; (2) a period of platform emersion during the Oligocene-Miocene transition; (3) drowning of the smaller buildup (3DE) associated with km-scale backstepping on the large platforms (3DF and Yadana) during the Aquitanian. The Aquitanian marks the onset of renewed volcanic activity associated with the development of fringing carbonate reefs during the Burdigalian. The rapid (∼6 My) development of these wide (∼5-70 km) and thick (∼300-850 m) carbonate platforms has been mainly controlled by the subsidence. However, the results highlight a strong overprint of eustatic fluctuations on the rates of change in accommodation, and hence on the stratigraphic architecture of the carbonate platforms. Based on an alternative model for the Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Yadana area, our results suggest that the platforms developed on a volcanic ridge of hotspot origin located in the Indian Ocean and not on a volcanic arc. Subduction jump processes are interpreted to have played a key role in the demise of all platforms by drastically changing the paleoenvironmental conditions during the Early Miocene, and led to the present-day location of the Yadana Ridge in a back-arc setting. The carbonate platforms from the Yadana area are thus a representative example of the interplay between global mechanisms and local paleoenvironmental parameters on carbonate platform initiation, growth and demise. Highlights ► Three carbonate platforms were developed in the Yadana area during the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene. ► These platforms show attached and isolated settings. ► Eustastic fluctuations affected their stratigraphic architecture. ► They were developed on a volcanic ridge of hotspot origin (Maldives type). ► Local environmental perturbations participated in the platform demise.

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Evolution of Late Oligocene - Early Miocene attached and isolated carbonate platforms in a volcanic ridge context (Maldives type), Yadana field, offshore Myanmar

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Zuckmeyer

Boichard

et al. 2017

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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“…Various factors could influence the development of carbonate platform, including the tectonic movement, sedimentary supply, tectonic subsidence, and the relative sea level changes (Wilson 1999, Zampetti et al 2004, Sattler et al 2009, Wu et al 2008, Xie et al, 2011. The first three factors are all related with the tectonics of our study area, and all these factors worked synthetically.…”

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“…Marginal carbonate platforms and reefs in offshore areas have been confirmed as important deepwater oil-gas reservoirs (Wu et al, 2009;Zampetti et al, 2004).All the elements necessary for a major hydrocarbon accumulation are believed to be present in this area. The major development periods of source rock in the Reed Bank basin is represented by the syn-rift unit (Tg-T70) (Fig.…”

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“…The South China Sea (SCS) locates in the tropical latitudes (N0 o -25 o ) with sea water temperature between 17 o and 28 o , which makes the SCS be a perfect place for the forming and developing of carbonate platforms during the Tertiary. In the last decades great efforts have been concentrated on the development of the Oligocene -Miocene shallow water carbonate systems in the continental margins of SCS for their importance in hydrocarbon exploration, including (1) the regional distribution, development and controlling factors (Xu et al, 2002;Wilson et al, 2000;Xie et al, 2011;Madden et al, 2012;Jin et al, 2012), and (2) local detailed seismic characteristics, architecture, and evolutional model (Dalmasso et al, 2009;Zampetti et al, 2004;Sattler et al, 2009;Wu et al, 2008;Ma et al, 2012), with geological and geophysical data acquired in the past. These studies on the stratigraphy, sedimentology and biosratigraphy of carbonate platform successions provides clues to constraining basic controls on carbonate platform evolution, including the effects of variations in tectonic subsidence, eustatic sea-level changes, environmental factors, and terrigenous sediment input.…”

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Carbonate Platforms in the Reed Bank Area, South China Sea: Seismic Characteristics, Development and Controlling Factors

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Dong

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Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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We identify the seismic characteristics about the carbonate platform and other types of reefs in the Reed Bank area, South China Sea, based on a more than 220 km long multi-channel seismic reflection profile. From the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene, carbonate platforms were well developed featured with highamplitude continuous reflections at the top and low-amplitude parallel reflections within. Reefal carbonate build-ups continued in structural highs almost up to the Middle Miocene, and even to present in the Reed Bank. The development of carbonate platforms and reefs were controlled by the tectonics and sea level changes in the study area synthetically. During the drifting stage of SCS the Reed Bank area was in a relatively stable condition. An everlasting shallow marine environment and low sediments input favored the formation of carbonate platforms. A sudden thermal subsidence after the cessation of SCS's opening in the Early Miocene and the continue rising of sea level made the carbonate platform drown and die. Reed Bank basin is a very promising area for further exploration work.

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“…One of the most common tectono-sedimentary configurations is that reef growth on topographic highs is created by faultrelated tectonic uplift. A prime example for fault-controlled reef growth is the Miocene Luconia province described by Zampetti et al (2004), where reefs grow on prominent fault blocks. In this setting, synsedimentary tectonic activity has a major impact on reef development and architecture.…”

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The response of a basin‐scale Miocene barrier reef system to long‐term, strong subsidence on a passive continental margin, Barcoo Sub‐basin, Australian North West Shelf

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The Miocene sedimentary succession of the southern Browse Basin records the response of a tropical reef system to long‐term, strong subsidence on a passive continental margin. Geological interpretation of a comprehensive two‐dimensional (2D) seismic reflectivity data set documents for the first time the development of a continuous Miocene barrier reef on the Australian North West Shelf. With a length of over 250 km, this barrier reef is among the Earth's largest in the Neogene record. A sequence stratigraphic analysis tied to well data shows that the main controls for the evolution, growth and demise of the reef system were subsidence, third‐order global‐scale eustatic variations and antecedent topography. The generally very high Miocene subsidence rates estimated for the study area cannot be explained by typical passive‐margin subsidence controlled by lithospheric cooling and sedimentary loading alone. Additional dynamic subsidence induced by mantle convection, though documented as unusually large on the northern margin of Australia during the Neogene, can be also regarded as being of only minor importance. Therefore, accelerated tectonic subsidence related to the collision of the Australian and Eurasian Plates 250–500 km north of the study area seems to exert an important influence on reef development and demise, complicated by local tectonic inversion. The Miocene tectonic reactivation and inversion of an older structural grain is interpreted to have controlled the reef development considerably by providing localized topographic highs along transpressional anticlines above basement‐rooted faults that served as preferential sites for reef growth and retreat during times of rapidly rising sea level. This exemplarily shows that the far‐field effects of collision‐induced tectonic subsidence can significantly influence carbonate systems on passive margins.

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Architecture and growth history of a Miocene carbonate platform from 3D seismic reflection data

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Evolution of Late Oligocene - Early Miocene attached and isolated carbonate platforms in a volcanic ridge context (Maldives type), Yadana field, offshore Myanmar

Evolution of Late Oligocene - Early Miocene attached and isolated carbonate platforms in a volcanic ridge context (Maldives type), Yadana field, offshore Myanmar

Carbonate Platforms in the Reed Bank Area, South China Sea: Seismic Characteristics, Development and Controlling Factors

The response of a basin‐scale Miocene barrier reef system to long‐term, strong subsidence on a passive continental margin, Barcoo Sub‐basin, Australian North West Shelf

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