Shallow Gas and the Development of a Weak Layer in Submarine Spreading, Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand)
Shallow Gas and the Development of a Weak Layer in Submarine Spreading, Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand)
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浅层气体和海底扩散过程中薄弱层的形成,Hikurangi 边缘(新西兰)
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_42
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2016
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通讯作者:
Crutchley
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作者:
Micallef;Mountjoy;Krastel;Crutchley
Submarine spreading is a type of mass movement that involves the extension and fracturing of a thin surficial layer of sediment into coherent blocks and their finite displacement on a gently sloping slip surface. Its characteristic seafloor signature is a repetitive pattern of parallel ridges and troughs oriented perpendicular to the direction of mass movement. We map ~30 km2of submarine spreads on the upper slope of the Hikurangi margin, east of Poverty Bay, North Island, New Zealand, using multibeam echosounder and 2D multichannel seismic data. These data show that spreading occurs in thin, gently-dipping, parallel-bedded clay, silt and sandy sedimentary units deposited as lowstand clinoforms. More importantly, high-amplitude and reverse polarity seismic reflectors, which we interpret as evidence of shallow gas accumulations, occur extensively in the fine sediments of the upper continental slope, but are either significantly weaker or entirely absent where the spreads are located. We use this evidence to propose that shallow gas, through the generation of pore pressure, has played a key role in establishing the failure surface above which submarine spreading occurred. Additional dynamic changes in pore pressure could have been triggered by a drop in sea level during the Last Glacial Maximum and seismic loading.
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