The structural evolution of the Messinian evaporites in the Levantine Basin

Netzeband, Gesa; Hübscher, Christian; Gajewski, Dirk

doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2006.05.004

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“…Toward the center of the basin, the thickness decreases to less than 500 meters. Recently published high-quality aca demic two-dimensional seismic reflection data and industry three-dimensional seismic data reveal a detailed anatomy of up to six seismic sequences (ME-I to ME-VI; see Figure 2) within the basin [Netzeband et al, 2006;Bertoni and Cartwright, 2007]. Each of these six intraevaporitic sequences exposes an individual deformation pattern like folds and faults.…”

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Water basins with narrow outlets can preserve vast thicknesses of evaporites, known as salt giants, which are thought to form when marginal basins or subbasins are cut off from the main oceanic basin and the water evaporates. Sea salt precipitates and is deposited on the basin floor. They are potential frontiers for challenging research on structural, tectonic, biogenic, and fluid dynamic evolution. These structures are of global importance because they strongly affect the structural, chemical, and biological evolution of sedimentary basins.

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“…This ''cliff'' drops 1.3 s upon a distance of less than 20 km. This lineament has been mapped intensively in the past; it has been named the ''Pelusium line'', and has been related to different geological stress regimes and different periods of activity [Neev et al, 1976[Neev et al, , 1982Gardosh, 2002;Gardosh and Druckman, 2006;Gradmann et al, 2005;Netzeband et al, 2006;Gvirtzman et al, 2008;Schattner and Ben-Avraham, 2007]. The general trend of this steep cliff is NE-SW extending from the Sinai Peninsula until at least the northern edge of the offshore data set.…”

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“…CA, Cypriot Arc; DST, Dead Sea Transform; EAF, East Anatolian fault. Syrian Arc structures from Garfunkel [1988b]; Sirhan Rift from Schattner et al [2006]; 1, Latakia basin from Hall et al [2005]; 2, Jaffa basin from Gvirtzman et al [2008]; 3, continental slope deformation zone from Neev et al [1976], Gardosh and Druckman [2006], Gvirtzman et al [2008], and Netzeband et al [2006]; 4, coastal plain fault, current study; 5, Sharon Graben from Gvirtzman et al [2005]; 6, Carmel-Gilboa fault system from Bartov et al [2002] and Schattner et al [2006]; 7, Area of Miocene volcanics from Gvirtzman [1970], Rybakov et al [1997], and Fleischer and Varshavsky [2002]. tion and vertical motions, a 70 km long fault was formed in the Israeli coastal plain during the Late Miocene or Early Pliocene.…”

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Late Tertiary faulting along the coastal plain of Israel

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This study documents a 70‐km long and 200–400 m high step at the base of the Pliocene section in the Israeli coastal plain. Depositional explanations for this lineament, such as a buried shelf edge or reef front, are very unlikely; whereas a fault scarp explanation is supported by seismic profiles and geological cross sections. The eastern elevated side of the fault was eroded before its burial, though a quantitive distinction between this erosion, earlier truncations, and original hiatuses, is not possible at this stage. Sediments covering the fault scarp constrain its age to Late Miocene and/or Early Pliocene. The presence of such a fault along the Israeli coastal plain may also shed light on numerous post‐Mid‐Cretaceous faults previously documented along the coastal plain, but never explained. In a wider perspective, the fault described here along with other documented processes indicate that in the Late Tertiary tectonism along the Levant continental margin resumed after a long passive history. This renewed activity is coeval with the Africa‐Arabian breakup and the Red Sea‐ Suez rifting. In particular, the fault described here is coeval with plate reorganization and vertical motions along the Dead Sea transform and possibly along the Cypriot Arc during the Late Miocene‐Early Pliocene.

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“…Scientifi c drilling is an essential tool to calibrate available seismic data in order to help understand the geological processes related to salt giant evolution. Recent publications provide compelling evidence of fl uid fl ow throughout >1000-meter-thick evaporite sequences [Gradmann et al, 2005;Netzeband et al, 2006]. Seismic characteristics of evaporitic sequences suggest the existence of different densities and compositions and thus of different evaporite cycles and environmental conditions.…”

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“…Toward the center of the basin, the thickness decreases to less than 500 meters. Recently published high-quality academic two-dimensional seismic refl ection data and industry three-dimensional seismic data reveal a detailed anatomy of up to six seismic sequences (ME-I to ME-VI; see Figure 2) within the basin [Netzeband et al, 2006;Bertoni and Cartwright, 2007]. Each of these six intraevaporitic sequences exposes an individual deformation pattern like folds and faults.…”

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The structural evolution of the Messinian evaporites in the Levantine Basin

Cited by 106 publications

References 49 publications

Global look at salt giants

Global look at salt giants

Late Tertiary faulting along the coastal plain of Israel

Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union Volume 88, Number 16, 17 April 2007

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