Extensional tectonics and stratigraphy of the Mesozoic Jeanne d'Arc basin, Grand Banks of Newfoundland

The development of the eastern Orpheus rift basin, offshore eastern Canada: A case study of the interplay between rift-related faulting and salt deposition and flow

“…As noted above, the Orpheus rift basin is part of the central segment of the ENAM rift system with rifting beginning by the Late Triassic and ceasing in the Early Jurassic when continental breakup occurred (e.g., Manspeizer, 1988;Manspeizer and Cousminer, 1988;Olsen, 1997;Withjack and Schlische, 2005;Olsen and Et-Touhami, 2008;Withjack et al, 2012). The Grand Banks region immediately to the north of the Orpheus rift basin is part of the northern segment of the ENAM rift system with rift onset by the Late Triassic but breakup occurring much later in the Cretaceous (Withjack and Schlische, 2005;Welsink and Tankard, 2012;Withjack et al, 2012).…”

“…Synrift rocks from the Scotian Shelf and Grand Banks region, directly south and north of the eastern Orpheus rift basin (Figs. 1a, 3), respectively, include red sandstones and shales of Late Triassic age which underlie and/or interfinger with synrift salt of Late Triassic to Early Jurassic age (Tankard et al, 1989;Wade and MacLean, 1990;MacLean and Wade, 1992;Welsink and Tankard, 2012;Weston et al, 2012). Similarly, synrift strata on the conjugate margin of Morocco consist of Late Triassic redbeds and Late Triassic-Early Jurassic synrift salt (Hafid, 2000;Hafid et al, 2006;Tari and Jabour, 2013;Saura et al, 2014;Martin-Martin et al, 2017).…”

Sedimentological and sequence stratigraphy analyses of the syn-rift Triassic series of the Mohammedia–Benslimane–ElGara–Berrechid basin (Moroccan Meseta)

“…Guillocheau, 1993, 1996; Germany, e.g. Aigner andBachmann, 1992, Kozur andBachmann, 2008) or in Canada [Leleu et al, 2016, Miall and Balkwilla, 2019, Olsen, 1997, Wade et al, 1995, Welsink and Tankard, 2012.…”