Provenance, paleogeography, and mass-movement of deep-water depositional systems in arc-adjacent basins : the cretaceous-paleogene California forearc and upper miocene mohakatino formation, New Zealand
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Plate convergence and associated subduction result in a dynamic setting where the development and evolution of sedimentary systems are influenced by a variety of autogenic and allogenic processes. Correspondingly, patterns of sedimentation within basins that form trench-ward of magmatic arcs (i.e., forearc basins) are often complex as a result of the interplay between interrelated factors that include: (1) magmatism and orogenesis in the hinterland, (2) changes in subduction regime (e.g., steep versus shallow angle of plate descent), and (3) local basin deformation. This dissertation examines the tectonic and sedimentary processes that acted in concert to influence the evolution of two arc-adjacent sedimentary systems: the Late Cretaceous-Eocene California forearc (Chapters 1 and 2) and the late Miocene Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (Chapter 3). These three chapters include investigation of a variety of processes that occur at different temporal and spatial scales. Specifically, major themes of this dissertation include (1) the evolution of sediment dispersal patterns in response to changes in continental arc magmatism and subduction regime (Chapter 1), (2) the development and early history of the central San Andreas fault system and the paleogeographic setting of central California (Chapter 2), and (3) submarine mass-movement and patterns of soft-sediment deformation within a basin-floor sedimentary succession (Chapter 3). The data types and methods used in each chapter are diverse and include detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology, subsurface datasets (e.g., well logs and seismic-reflection data), outcrop description, and structural analysis.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Sharman, Glenn Russell |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences. |
| Primary advisor | Graham, S. A. (Stephan Alan), 1950- |
| Thesis advisor | Graham, S. A. (Stephan Alan), 1950- |
| Thesis advisor | Grove, Marty, 1958- |
| Thesis advisor | Lowe, Donald R, 1942- |
| Advisor | Grove, Marty, 1958- |
| Advisor | Lowe, Donald R, 1942- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Glenn Russell Sharman. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Glenn Sharman
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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