Stratigraphic architecture of carbonate platforms during the Early Paleogene

这项研究的目的是回答在古近纪温室最暖时期的关键时间段碳酸盐台地的形状和地层结构是什么的问题。这一目标将通过研究位于近海印度河盆地的异常发育的古新世-始新世碳酸盐台地的演化和沉积几何来实现。据我们所知，这些平台的整体形象是独一无二的，从而展示了大规模的平台架构。我们将通过以下工作实现这一目标：根据新获得的区域地震资料修订已建立的古近纪碳酸盐岩序列地层格架；描述地震结构和沉积几何特征，建立浅水碳酸盐岩层序地层格架；分析控制古近纪碳酸盐岩系统发育的区域和全球机制及其与其他印度洋-太平洋碳酸盐台地的对比。

The objective of this study is to answer the question of what is the shape and stratigraphic architecture of carbonate platforms during the crucial time interval of the warmest episode of the Paleogene greenhouse? This goal will be achieved by investigating the evolution and depositional geometries of the exceptionally well-developed Paleocene-Eocene carbonate platforms located in the Offshore Indus Basin. As per our knowledge, these platforms are unique as being imaged in their entirety, thus showing the large-scale platform architecture. We will achieve this objective by performing the following work: A revision of the established stratigraphic framework for the Paleogene carbonate succession on newly available regional seismic data; A characterization of the seismic architecture and depositional geometries, and establishment of a sequence stratigraphic framework for the shallow water carbonate sequences, and as well as an analysis of the regional and global mechanisms controlling the development of the Paleogene carbonate systems and their comparison with other Indo-pacific carbonate platforms.