Stratigraphy and paleogeography of Gondwana

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Stratigraphy and paleogeography of Gondwana"

Transcription

1 Stratigraphy and paleogeography of Gondwana GéoRessources - CREGU - CNRS UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE , Vandoeuvre les NANCY FRANCE Vienna Karoo U Basins michel.cuney@univ-lorraine.fr

2 The Gondwana supercontinent Gondwana supercontinent incorporated: S. America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zeland, Antarctica + pieces of Europe South & North China blocks were close to Australia, as indicated by bioprovince connections with east Gondwana during the Early to mid-palaeozoic Cambrian Ordovician: deposition of a thick pile of Qz-rich sandstones on the Gondwana over > 6000 km from the Atlantic coast of N. Africa to Arabian Peninsula In Europe Armorican Quartzite Formation Its breakup started in the Early Jurassic (180 Ma)

3 Torvik and Cocks,

4 Formation of Gondwanaland High continental topography, and the lowering of sea level Li et al., 2013 N. Australia Siberia S. China India Sahara Congo E. Africa Laurentia Baltica W-Avalonia W. Africa Amazonia Kalahari A: Amazonia; A: E-Avalonia; AN: Arabia-Nubia; wa: W-Avalonia; B: Baltica; C: Congo; CAFB: C. Asian Fold B.; EA: E.Antarctica; ES: E.Svalbard; G: Greenland; I: India; K: Kalahari; L: Laurentia; NA: N.Australia; NC: N.China; R: Rio Plata; S: Sahara; SA: S. Australia; SC: S. China; Sf: Sao Francisco; Si: Siberia; T: Tarim; WA: W. Africa

5 Formation of 540 Ma Tarim N. Australia Gondwanaland A: Amazonia; A: E-Avalonia; AN: Arabia-Nubia; wa: W-Avalonia; B: Baltica; C: Congo; EA: E.Antarctica; I: India; K: Kalahari; L: Laurentia; NA: N.Australia; NC: N.China; R: Rio Plata; S: Sahara; SA: S. Australia; SC: S. China; Sf: Sao Francisco; T: Tarim; WA: W. Africa Li et al., 2013 E-Avalonia W-Avalonia S. China S. Australia India E. Africa Sahara Kalahari W. Africa Congo Sao Francisco Amazonia

6 Map of Gondwana showing position of the cratonic nuclei (after Gray et al., 2008).

7 THE KAROO FORMATION Series of basins developed on the Gondwana continent. Stratigraphic limits: between Carboniferous and Jurassic ( Ma), end with the regional basalt flooding event theoretically ended with the initiation of the Gondwana break up during Lower Jurassic Paleogeographic extension of the Karoo sedimentation: S & E of Africa from South Africa to Somalia-Ethiopia (largest development), West Africa: Angola, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, North of Africa: Niger, South America (Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia ) Asia (India, Saudi Arabia, Australia.) But also Permian sediments with U in Europe (Gondwana?)

8 Calculated effect of supercontinent cycle on sea level during Phanerozoic Comparison with first-order eustasy, degree of platform flooding & number of continents K A R O O

9 Permo-Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous fluvio-deltaic Gondwana sediments potential for U mineralisation in: Beaufort Group, Karroo basin of South Africa (Le Roux, 1985), Parana basin, S. America (Barretto, 1985), France (Comte et al., 1985), Niger (Cazoulat, 1985), Ngalia, Amadeus & Cooper basins, Australia Gondwana basins, India. Callingastaupstata Basin, Sierra Pintada, Argentina Proliferation of land plants & their incorporation in fluvial to marginal marine, poorly sorted sediments derived from fertile granitic & metamorphic rocks with high U contents in interbedded tuffaceous rocks (as an additional source of U) make Gondwana sediments a favorable host for sandslone type U deposit. (Finch & Davis, 1985; Le Roux & Toens, 1987)

10 THE KAROO Basins In the southern half of Africa

11 The Karoo Basin

12 The Karoo U Province sediments Includes parts of Adelaide Subgroup, & a smaller, crescent-shaped satellite region in the Molteno and Elliot formations. Thickest sandstones host the largest ore bodies & these sandstones are up to 70 m thick in Adelaide Subgroup & up to 40 m thick in Molteno & Elliot Formations. Sandstone bodies = meandering river & sheet flood deposits in Adelaide Subgroup, = braided & meandering deposits in Molteno Formation = meandering & sheet flood deposits in Elliot Formation Sandstone bodies interbedded with dark green, greyish red & maroon mudstone + subordinate siltstone, more abundant in Adelaide Subgroup & Elliot Form. and = to sandstone in the Molteno Formation.

13 Karoo basin system in the NWtrending Ubende Belt Tanzania & E. Congo reflects an early stage of Gondwana break-up Karoo basins, much larger than the remaining ones, formed initially as a result of tectonically controlled subsidence during the Late Carboniferous - Permian & were filled by fluvial-deltaic to lacustrine sediments Along the Ubende belt, they probably formed 2 major basin systems: Kalemie-Lukuga -S.Tanganyika (KLT) the Rukwa - Songwe N. Malawi (RSM) troughs. Damien DELVAUX 2001

14 Karoo basin system in the Ubende Belt

15 Stratigraphy of Kayelekera

16 Geological map of the eastern part of the Tim Mersoï basin (after Julia 1960) & 2003 airborne perimeter from M. Souley, IAEA, 2005

17 STRATIGRAPHIC CONTROLS OF THE LOCATION OF THE U DEPOSITS IN THE TIM MERSOI BASIN West Air (Niger)

18 Gondwana sedimentary basins in South America and Africa Paraná Basin sedimentation area covers > 1,700,000 km 2 (Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil) It may have been interconnected with the Karroo (in Africa), Paganzo (Argentina), & Tarija Basins (Argentina and Bolivia) Tarija Parana Precordilliera Paganzo Karoo

19 Parana basin Sedimentary package deposited between the Late Ordovician and the Late Cretaceous

20 Paganzo basin (Argentina)

21 Carboniferous to Permian

22 Tajira basin (Argentina, Bolivia)

23 Tajira basin stratigraphy

24 Gondwana basins in India EW Koel-Damodar & NS Rajmahal basins composed of separate outliers arranged linearly NW-SE Son-Mahanadi & Pranhita- Godavari basins (PG) continuous of outcrops Son-Mahanadi (MR): funnel shaped, narrow in SE & broad in NW Pranhita-Godavari constant width Satpura Gondwana basin to the NW of Pranhita-Godavari basin is E-W Mahadek Basin (to the NE)?

25

26 Gondwana basins in Australia Perth Basin China India

27 Gondwana basins in Australia Perth Basin

28 PANGEA at 260 Ma Modified from Meert (2012) NCB=North China Block, SCB=South China Block, AI=Armorica, Avalonia & Iberia..

The Karoo Supergroup Drakensberg Group Stormberg Group Beaufort Group Ecca Group Dwyka Group THEME 11: The Karoo Supergroup

The Karoo Supergroup Drakensberg Group Stormberg Group Beaufort Group Ecca Group Dwyka Group THEME 11: The Karoo Supergroup THEME 11: The Karoo Supergroup The Karoo Supergroup Drakensberg Group Stormberg Group Beaufort Group Ecca Group Dwyka Group The Cape Supergroup and Karoo Supergroup record 300 Ma of changing environments

More information

Phanerozoic (last 0.54 by) Tectonics Climate Life

Phanerozoic (last 0.54 by) Tectonics Climate Life Phanerozoic (last 0.54 by) Tectonics Climate Life Tools for Locating Past Continent Positions Fossils depending on climate Alignment of geological features Geometrical fit of continental margins Similarity

More information

PLATE TECTONICS THEORY

PLATE TECTONICS THEORY PLATE TECTONICS THEORY Continental drift Sea floor spreading CONTINENTAL DRIFT CONTINENTAL DRIFT 1. The fitness of continents and Continental Reconstruction Earth ~200 million years ago 1.1 Geometrical

More information

3/5/05 Dr. Stewart 1

3/5/05 Dr. Stewart 1 I. Physiography of Appalachian Mountains A. Introduction 1. These mountains extend from NE Canada to Georgia 2. They are the remains of a deeply eroded, ancient mountain chain once larger than the Himalayans

More information

The Mesozoic. Wednesday, November 30, 11

The Mesozoic. Wednesday, November 30, 11 The Mesozoic Periods of the Mesozoic Triassic- First period of the Mesozoic era Jurassic Cretaceous- Last period of the Mesozoic era Breakup of Pangaea Stage one (Triassic) Rifting and volcanism, normal

More information

Geology of the Batemans Bay region. Geological evolution. The Lachlan Orogen

Geology of the Batemans Bay region. Geological evolution. The Lachlan Orogen Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 1 The word orogen is derived from the ancient Greek language word for mountain building. The Lachlan Orogen The rocks exposed in the Batemans Bay are part of the geological

More information

Future onshore hotspots

Future onshore hotspots Finding Petroleum Forum Global Hotspots Future onshore hotspots David Bamford & Ivan Sandrea This is only partly about the global search for shale oil and shale gas.. Our research suggests that estimated

More information

Depositional Environments. Depositional Environments

Depositional Environments. Depositional Environments Depositional Environments Geographic area in which sediment is deposited Characterized by a combination of geological process & environmental conditions Depositional Environments Geological processes:

More information

Copyright McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education

Copyright McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education Copyright McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya -southern Asia 11.00.a VE 10X

More information

Meandering Miocene Deep Sea Channel Systems Offshore Congo, West Africa

Meandering Miocene Deep Sea Channel Systems Offshore Congo, West Africa Meandering Miocene Deep Sea Channel Systems Offshore Congo, West Africa S. Baer* (PGS), J. E. Comstock (PGS), K. Vrålstad (PGS), R. Borsato (PGS), M. Martin (PGS), J.P. Saba (SNPC), B. Débi-Obambé (SNPC)

More information

The Building of the NYC Region

The Building of the NYC Region The Building of the NYC Region Definitions Fall Line marks the area where an upland region (continental bedrock) and a coastal plain meet Piedmont the plateau region of the eastern United States which

More information

Mesozoic Earth History

Mesozoic Earth History Mesozoic Earth History The Mesozoic Era 251-66 MYA Breakup of Pangea Changes in air and oceanic currents Evolution of new terrestrial and marine life Opening of the Atlantic Ocean Basin Rocky Mountains

More information

Biodiversity: Facts and figures (tables from the report)

Biodiversity: Facts and figures (tables from the report) Vascular plant * Country Number Australia 15,638 Brazil 56,215 China 8,200 Colombia 32,200 Congo, Democratic Republic 11,007 Costa Rica 12,119 Ecuador 19,362 India 18,664 Indonesia 29,375 Madagascar 9,505

More information

3. The diagram below shows how scientists think some of Earth's continents were joined together in the geologic past.

3. The diagram below shows how scientists think some of Earth's continents were joined together in the geologic past. 1. The map below shows the present-day locations of South America and Africa. Remains of Mesosaurus, an extinct freshwater reptile, have been found in similarly aged bedrock formed from lake sediments

More information

SEDIMENTARY BASINS BASIN TYPES ACCORDING TO TECTONIC. by Prof. Dr. Abbas Mansour

SEDIMENTARY BASINS BASIN TYPES ACCORDING TO TECTONIC. by Prof. Dr. Abbas Mansour SEDIMENTARY BASINS BASIN TYPES ACCORDING TO TECTONIC by Prof. Dr. Abbas Mansour B. Convergent plate margins 10. STABLE CONTINENTAL INTERIOR BASIN E.g. Lake Eyre Basin Intracratonic (= within stable continental

More information

Pangaea to the Present Lesson #2

Pangaea to the Present Lesson #2 Pangaea to the Present Lesson #2 The Earth is a dynamic or constantly changing planet. The thin, fragile plates slide very slowly on the mantle's upper layer. This sliding of the plates is caused by the

More information

Tectonics is a study of the major structural features of the Earth s crust or a broad structure of a region. Tecto- means building

Tectonics is a study of the major structural features of the Earth s crust or a broad structure of a region. Tecto- means building TECTONICS AND TECTONIC STRUCTURES Tectonics is a study of the major structural features of the Earth s crust or a broad structure of a region. Tecto- means building The plate theory Different stages are

More information

Ore Deposits and Mantle Plumes

Ore Deposits and Mantle Plumes Ore Deposits and Mantle Plumes by Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, Australia KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON CONTENTS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION

More information

PHYSICAL GEOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (2 ND CANADIAN EDITION)

PHYSICAL GEOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (2 ND CANADIAN EDITION) Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics Chapter Summary: Plate tectonics is a theory that suggests Earth's surface is divided into several large plates that change position and size. Intense geologic activity occurs

More information

Controls on clastic systems in the Angoche basin, Mozambique: tectonics, contourites and petroleum systems

Controls on clastic systems in the Angoche basin, Mozambique: tectonics, contourites and petroleum systems P2-2-13 Controls on clastic systems in the Angoche basin, Mozambique: tectonics, contourites and petroleum systems Eva Hollebeek, Olivia Osicki, Duplo Kornpihl Schlumberger, London, UK Introduction Offshore

More information

Chapter 10. Early Paleozoic Events

Chapter 10. Early Paleozoic Events Chapter 10 Early Paleozoic Events The Phanerozoic Eon Consists of three eras (from oldest to youngest): Paleozoic = "ancient life" (542-251 m.y. ago) Mesozoic = "middle life" (251-65.5 m.y. ago) Cenozoic

More information

SMART NOTES ON INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - 1

SMART NOTES ON INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - 1 ON INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - 1 Point. Precise. Powerful. www.thesmartnotes.org ON INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - 1 To our Hardworking and persistence aspirants. Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

More information

Earth Science, (Tarbuck/Lutgens) Chapter 10: Mountain Building

Earth Science, (Tarbuck/Lutgens) Chapter 10: Mountain Building Earth Science, (Tarbuck/Lutgens) Chapter 10: Mountain Building 1) A(n) fault has little or no vertical movements of the two blocks. A) stick slip B) oblique slip C) strike slip D) dip slip 2) In a(n) fault,

More information

Blocks offered in Sri Lanka s Second Licensing Round

Blocks offered in Sri Lanka s Second Licensing Round Blocks offered in Sri Lanka s Second Licensing Round Sri Lankan Main Basins Cauvery Basin Cauvery Deep Water sub-basin Mannar Basin 2 Structural Framework Sri Lanka Basins Cauvery & Mannar Basins were

More information

Mesozoic Earth History Million years ago Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous

Mesozoic Earth History Million years ago Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Mesozoic Earth History 245-65 Million years ago Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Geologic Time Scale www.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/timescale/time_scale.gif Main Happenings in Mesozoic Breakup of Pangaea Lots

More information

Fractured Earth. Figure 1: Tight fit model of Gondwana, showing how the continental plates fit together.

Fractured Earth. Figure 1: Tight fit model of Gondwana, showing how the continental plates fit together. Fractured Earth The surface of our planet has changed over the years, oceans come and go. Our understanding of the forces driving these changes is largely based on the breakup of Gondwana. But what does

More information

Blocks 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36/03 Southeast Offshore Vietnam

Blocks 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36/03 Southeast Offshore Vietnam Blocks 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36/03 Southeast Offshore Vietnam Block 31 32 33 34 35 36/03 Area (km 2) 5,036 4,440 4,630 4,700 4,630 2,950 Sea level (m) 20 20-30 30-40 50 50 50 Seismic 2D (km) 1,294 685 431

More information

The Building of a Continent. Delving into Deep Time

The Building of a Continent. Delving into Deep Time The Building of a Continent Delving into Deep Time Methods for Studying the Past Identifying orogenies Mountain building events Mountains erode Can t study topography Study the evidence they leave behind

More information

GEOLOGY - GL4 INTERPRETING THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD

GEOLOGY - GL4 INTERPRETING THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD Candidate Name Centre Number 2 Candidate Number GCE A level 1214/01 GEOLOGY - GL4 INTERPRETING THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD A.M. MONDAY, 21 June 2010 2 hours Section A 1. 2. 3. 15 15 15 1214 01 01 4. 15 Section

More information

Structural Geology of the Mountains

Structural Geology of the Mountains Structural Geology of the Mountains Clinton R. Tippett Shell Canada Limited, Calgary, Alberta clinton.tippett@shell.ca INTRODUCTION The Southern Rocky Mountains of Canada (Figure 1) are made up of several

More information

MUHAMMAD S TAMANNAI, DOUGLAS WINSTONE, IAN DEIGHTON & PETER CONN, TGS Nopec Geological Products and Services, London, United Kingdom

MUHAMMAD S TAMANNAI, DOUGLAS WINSTONE, IAN DEIGHTON & PETER CONN, TGS Nopec Geological Products and Services, London, United Kingdom Geological and Geophysical Evaluation of Offshore Morondava Frontier Basin based on Satellite Gravity, Well and regional 2D Seismic Data Interpretation MUHAMMAD S TAMANNAI, DOUGLAS WINSTONE, IAN DEIGHTON

More information

GCE A level 1214/01 GEOLOGY GL4 Interpreting the Geological Record

GCE A level 1214/01 GEOLOGY GL4 Interpreting the Geological Record Surname Centre Number Candidate Number Other Names 2 GCE A level 1214/01 GEOLOGY GL4 Interpreting the Geological Record P.M. MONDAY, 6 June 2016 2 hours S16-1214-01 For s use Question Maximum Mark Mark

More information

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics As you work through the following slides of information, make sure you use the information to complete the tasks on your worksheet. By the end of the PDF, you should

More information

Ch. 17 Review. Life in the Cretaceous

Ch. 17 Review. Life in the Cretaceous Ch. 17 Review Life in the Cretaceous Diversification of diatoms, planktonic forams, calcareous nannoplankton Diversification of mobile predators (especially mollusks and teleost fishes) Origin of the angiosperms

More information

L.O: HOW GEOLOGISTS SEQUENCE EVENTS IN EARTH'S GEOLOGIC HISTORY IF NOT OVERTURNED, OLDEST ON BOTTOM, YOUNGEST ON TOP

L.O: HOW GEOLOGISTS SEQUENCE EVENTS IN EARTH'S GEOLOGIC HISTORY IF NOT OVERTURNED, OLDEST ON BOTTOM, YOUNGEST ON TOP L.O: HOW GEOLOGISTS SEQUENCE EVENTS IN EARTH'S GEOLOGIC HISTORY IF NOT OVERTURNED, OLDEST ON BOTTOM, YOUNGEST ON TOP 1. Unless a series of sedimentary rock layers has been overturned, the bottom rock layer

More information

Ordovician. System. Cambrian. System

Ordovician. System. Cambrian. System 443 495 543 Late Middle Early Late Middle Early Ordovician System Cambrian System Earth History, Ch. 13 1 Ch. 13 Review: Early Paleozoic life & Burgess Shale fauna Most animal phyla originated in Cambrian;

More information

Unconventional hydrocarbons - Australia s old rocks prove their worth. Marita Bradshaw Geoscience Australia

Unconventional hydrocarbons - Australia s old rocks prove their worth. Marita Bradshaw Geoscience Australia Unconventional hydrocarbons - Australia s old rocks prove their worth Marita Bradshaw Geoscience Australia Unconventional hydrocarbons - CSG - Australia s Permian coals have proven their worth Shale gas

More information

Name Class Date. In the space provided, write the letter of the definition that best matches the term or phrase.

Name Class Date. In the space provided, write the letter of the definition that best matches the term or phrase. Skills Worksheet Directed Reading Section: The Changing Continents 1. What is the result of slow movements of tectonic plates? RESHAPING EARTH S CRUST In the space provided, write the letter of the definition

More information

Procedure: 1) Cut out each continent- cut along the dashed line. Cut out the key to paste onto your sheet later.

Procedure: 1) Cut out each continent- cut along the dashed line. Cut out the key to paste onto your sheet later. Name: Pangea and Continental Drift Lab Science: Introduction: Alfred Wegener (a German Geologist), considered the Father of Plate Tectonics, was the first to coin the term Continental Drift. After collecting

More information

TH P5 07 INSIGHTS INTO THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION AND PROSPECTIVITY OF MADAGASCAR OFFSHORE BASINSN

TH P5 07 INSIGHTS INTO THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION AND PROSPECTIVITY OF MADAGASCAR OFFSHORE BASINSN Technical paper TH P5 07 INSIGHTS INTO THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION AND PROSPECTIVITY OF MADAGASCAR OFFSHORE BASINSN Authors R. Dirkx* (TGS), F. Winter (TGS), S. Musa (TGS), R. Cooke (TGS), B. Sayers (TGS),

More information

Orphan Basin, Offshore Newfoundland: New seismic data and hydrocarbon plays for a dormant Frontier Basin

Orphan Basin, Offshore Newfoundland: New seismic data and hydrocarbon plays for a dormant Frontier Basin Orphan Basin, Offshore Newfoundland: New seismic data and hydrocarbon plays for a dormant Frontier Basin Jerry Smee* G&G Exploration Consulting, 301 400-3rd Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 4H2 Sam Nader, Paul

More information

60% water. Big Bang: 14,000 millions years ago The Earth originated about 4,500 millions years ago its orbit allows water to exist in a liquid state!

60% water. Big Bang: 14,000 millions years ago The Earth originated about 4,500 millions years ago its orbit allows water to exist in a liquid state! Ch2. The Sea Floor #1 Why geology of the oceans? Marine habitats are directly shaped by geological processes The form of the coastlines The depth of the water Type of bottom (muddy, sandy, rocky) #2 Geological

More information

EXISTING GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION

EXISTING GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION CHAPER 3 EXISTING GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION 3-1 General Geology of the Surrounding Area (1) General geology and ore deposits in Mongolia Geographically, Mongolia is a country located between Russia to the

More information

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Miocene drainage reversal of the Amazon River driven by plate-mantle interaction. Shephard, G.E., Müller, R.D., Liu, L., Gurnis, M. Supplementary Figures SOM Figure 1. Non-dimensional

More information

Before Plate Tectonics: Theory of Continental Drift

Before Plate Tectonics: Theory of Continental Drift Before Plate Tectonics: Theory of Continental Drift Predecessor to modern plate tectonics Shape and fit of the continents was the initial evidence Snider-Pelligrini (1858) Taylor (1908) Wegner (1915) Fig.

More information

GEOLOGY GL1 Foundation Unit

GEOLOGY GL1 Foundation Unit Candidate Name Centre Number Candidate Number 2 General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced 451/01 GEOLOGY GL1 Foundation Unit P.M. THURSDAY, 10 January 2008 (1 hour) Examiner Question

More information

History of Plate Tectonics

History of Plate Tectonics History of Plate Tectonics Continental Drift The hypothesis of how the continents were all once together and then split apart and drifted to their current location. classroomatsea.net Early Thoughts Elie

More information

Official languages: French and Arabic.

Official languages: French and Arabic. Location: Chad is a landlocked Country located in the center of Africa, between 7 o and 23 o North Latitude, 13 o and 24 o East Longitude. Neighbour Country: Libya to the North; Central African Republic

More information

Plate Tectonics GEOL 101 Lecture 22 How Are Mountains Built?

Plate Tectonics GEOL 101 Lecture 22 How Are Mountains Built? Plate Tectonics GEOL 101 Lecture 22 How Are Mountains Built? The Grand Tetons, Wyoming First a Brief Review of Sea Floor Spreading Prop: Test 3 Invitations Break-Up of a Continent and Origin of an Ocean

More information

URANIUM GEOLOGY NIGER, WEST AFRICA

URANIUM GEOLOGY NIGER, WEST AFRICA URANIUM GEOLOGY NIGER, WEST AFRICA Exploration History The starting point of uranium history in Niger can be set at 1957 with the discovery of uranium showings at Azelik by the Bureau Minier de la France

More information

Ch. 12 Proterozoic Eon

Ch. 12 Proterozoic Eon Ch. 12 Proterozoic Eon Proterozoic Eon is ~ 1.95 billion years in duration, from 2.5 Ga to 0.543 Ga 2.5 Ga 1.6 Ga 1.0 Ga 0.54 Ga Paleoproterozoic Era Mesoproterozoic Era Neoproterozoic Era PROTEROZOIC

More information

Comparison of the ancient Keweenaw Mid-Continent Rift System and the active East. African Rift System

Comparison of the ancient Keweenaw Mid-Continent Rift System and the active East. African Rift System Neier 1 Emily Neier Mentor: Steve Mattox GEO 485 28 April 2016 Comparison of the ancient Keweenaw Mid-Continent Rift System and the active East African Rift System Abstract The active East African Rift

More information

The Indian Ocean. Copyright 2010 LessonSnips

The Indian Ocean. Copyright 2010 LessonSnips The Indian Ocean One of the five major geographic divisions of the world s ocean, the Indian Ocean is located in the Eastern Hemisphere. The Indian Ocean is bounded by three continents: Africa to the west,

More information

Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas. The Road To Plate Tectonics

Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas. The Road To Plate Tectonics Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas The Road To Plate Tectonics Alfred Wegener and the Continental Drift hypothesis: Up until the early 1900s, long-held tradition in the earth sciences stated that continents

More information

Depositional History and Petroleum Potential of Ombilin Basin, West Sumatra - Indonesia, Based on Surface Geological Data*

Depositional History and Petroleum Potential of Ombilin Basin, West Sumatra - Indonesia, Based on Surface Geological Data* Depositional History and Petroleum Potential of Ombilin Basin, West Sumatra - Indonesia, Based on Surface Geological Data* Yahdi Zaim 1, Litto Habrianta 2, Chalid I. Abdullah 1, Aswan 1, Yan Rizal 1, Nurcahyo

More information

Rock Eval Pyrolysis Study of Permian shales from Raniganj Coal field, India. Annapurna Boruah

Rock Eval Pyrolysis Study of Permian shales from Raniganj Coal field, India. Annapurna Boruah International Journal of Engineering & Scientific Research (IJMRA Publications) Vol. 6 Issue 4, April 2018, ISSN: 2347-6532 Impact Factor: 6.660 Journal Homepage: Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open

More information

Quiz Nine (9:30-9:35 AM)

Quiz Nine (9:30-9:35 AM) Quiz Nine (9:30-9:35 AM) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALAAMA GY 112: Earth History Lecture 25: Paleozoic 2: More Laurentia! Instructor: Dr. Douglas W. Haywick Last Time The Paleozoic of North America 1) Laurentian

More information

Data Repository item

Data Repository item Data Repository (B25407): Localities and descriptions of measured sections of study areas Table 1. Localities of the measured sedimentary sections in the NW Sichuan Basin Section Number Stratigraphy Locality

More information

Earth s Continents and Seafloors. GEOL100 Physical Geology Ray Rector - Instructor

Earth s Continents and Seafloors. GEOL100 Physical Geology Ray Rector - Instructor Earth s Continents and Seafloors GEOL100 Physical Geology Ray Rector - Instructor OCEAN BASINS and CONTINENTAL PLATFORMS Key Concepts I. Earth s rocky surface covered by of two types of crust Dense, thin,

More information

Chapter 3 Sedimentation of clay minerals

Chapter 3 Sedimentation of clay minerals Chapter 3 Sedimentation of clay minerals 3.1 Clay sedimentation on land 3.2 From land to sea 3.3 Clay sedimentation in the sea 1 3.1 Clay sedimentation on land Deserts Glaciers Rivers Lacustrine 2 University

More information

Sedimentary Cycle Best Practice: Potential Eo-Oligocene Sediments in Western Indonesia*

Sedimentary Cycle Best Practice: Potential Eo-Oligocene Sediments in Western Indonesia* Sedimentary Cycle Best Practice: Potential Eo-Oligocene Sediments in Western Indonesia* Mellinda Arisandy 1 and I Wayan Darma 1 Search and Discovery Article #11008 (2017)** Posted November 6, 2017 *Adapted

More information

PLATEAU UPLIFT, EPEIROGENEY AND CLIMATE CHANGES The KALAHARI PLATEAU, a world class laboratory

PLATEAU UPLIFT, EPEIROGENEY AND CLIMATE CHANGES The KALAHARI PLATEAU, a world class laboratory PLATEAU UPLIFT, EPEIROGENEY AND CLIMATE CHANGES The KALAHARI PLATEAU, a world class laboratory F. Guillocheau M. De Wit G. Dubois B. Linol F. Eckardt W. Cotterill D. Rouby C. Robin Géosciences-Rennes Université

More information

2. PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA

2. PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA 2. PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA Question 1: Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below. (i) A landmass bound by sea on three sides is referred to as (a) Coast (c) Peninsula (b) Island

More information

L.K. Carr 1, R.J. Korsch 1, A.J. Mory 2, R.M. Hocking 2, S.K. Marshall 1, R.D. Costelloe 1, J. Holzschuh 1, J.L. Maher 1. Australia.

L.K. Carr 1, R.J. Korsch 1, A.J. Mory 2, R.M. Hocking 2, S.K. Marshall 1, R.D. Costelloe 1, J. Holzschuh 1, J.L. Maher 1. Australia. STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA S FRONTIER ONSHORE SEDIMENTARY BASINS: THE WESTERN OFFICER AND SOUTHERN CARNARVON BASINS L.K. Carr 1, R.J. Korsch 1, A.J. Mory 2, R.M. Hocking

More information

Future giant discovery in the Outeniqua Basin, offshore South Africa. Anongporn Intawong & Neil Hodgson

Future giant discovery in the Outeniqua Basin, offshore South Africa. Anongporn Intawong & Neil Hodgson Future giant discovery in the Outeniqua Basin, offshore South Africa Anongporn Intawong & Neil Hodgson Spectrum Geoscience 23 February 2017 1 Talk Outlines Structural framework & Evolution of the South

More information

Why is it called the "Inland Basins" Region?

Why is it called the Inland Basins Region? Learning Series: Rocks of the Southeastern U. S. The BIG Picture Why is it called the "Inland Basins" Region? Inland from the mountains, the Earth s crust was buckled (downwarped) into a series of depressions

More information

USU 1360 TECTONICS / PROCESSES

USU 1360 TECTONICS / PROCESSES USU 1360 TECTONICS / PROCESSES Observe the world map and each enlargement Pacific Northwest Tibet South America Japan 03.00.a1 South Atlantic Arabian Peninsula Observe features near the Pacific Northwest

More information

Review participation point: The evidence for a fluid outer core is:

Review participation point: The evidence for a fluid outer core is: DDA1 Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics PS 100 Chapter 28 Review participation point: The evidence for a fluid outer core is: A. Average density of the earth is greater than the density of the crust.

More information

Plate tectonics model for the continental collisions during Late Paleozoic

Plate tectonics model for the continental collisions during Late Paleozoic Alleghanian orogeny During Late Paleozoic, northwestern Africa collided with southeastern North America, causing the Alleghanian orogeny, and building the Appalachian mountains. The orogeny began during

More information

Prepare by: Pars Geological Research Center (Arian Zamin) August 2012

Prepare by: Pars Geological Research Center (Arian Zamin) August 2012 Prepare by: Pars Geological Research Center (Arian Zamin) August 2012 Position, boundaries and area of Iran Iran is located in southwest of the Continent of Asia like a bridge connecting three continents

More information

Name. 4. The diagram below shows a soil profile formed in an area of granite bedrock. Four different soil horizons, A, B, C, and D, are shown.

Name. 4. The diagram below shows a soil profile formed in an area of granite bedrock. Four different soil horizons, A, B, C, and D, are shown. Name 1. In the cross section of the hill shown below, which rock units are probably most resistant to weathering? 4. The diagram below shows a soil profile formed in an area of granite bedrock. Four different

More information

THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW CONTINENT ON PLANET EARTH: Zealandia

THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW CONTINENT ON PLANET EARTH: Zealandia THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW CONTINENT ON PLANET EARTH: Zealandia By Vashaanth Gowri-Kriszyk, Science Editor February 2017 Recently, in February 2017, scientists have discovered a new continent called Zealandia,

More information

Diversity, Change and Continuity. History of Life

Diversity, Change and Continuity. History of Life Diversity, Change and Continuity History of Life Change throughout the history of Life. A summary of content covered 1 2 3 4 Changes in the atmosphere Changes in climate Geological events Biogeography

More information

Lecture 2: Basin evolution in NW Europe in the Carboniferous: past legacies and plate tectonics. Links to North American geology and global controls

Lecture 2: Basin evolution in NW Europe in the Carboniferous: past legacies and plate tectonics. Links to North American geology and global controls Lecture 2: Basin evolution in NW Europe in the Carboniferous: past legacies and plate tectonics. Links to North American geology and global controls on sedimentation. Aims Examine broad global setting

More information

STAG1032: PHYSICAL GEOLOGY (Geologi Fizik) Continental Drift Concept

STAG1032: PHYSICAL GEOLOGY (Geologi Fizik) Continental Drift Concept STAG1032: PHYSICAL GEOLOGY (Geologi Fizik) Continental Drift Concept (Konsep Hanyutan Benua) Hypothesis die Verschieburg der Kontinente Dr. Wan Zuhairi Wan Yaacob Program Geologi, UKM Konsep Hanyutan Benua

More information

A TRIP THROUGH VIRGINIA GEOLOGY FROM AN ENGINEER S PERSPECTIVE

A TRIP THROUGH VIRGINIA GEOLOGY FROM AN ENGINEER S PERSPECTIVE A TRIP THROUGH VIRGINIA GEOLOGY FROM AN ENGINEER S PERSPECTIVE Bob Moss, PE Principal Engineer ECS Mid Atlantic, LLC The Engineer Parent WHY IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL GEOLOGY IMPORTANT? It provides

More information

Carboniferous Stratigraphic Analysis in the Subandean Foothills and the Chaco Plains of Tarija Basin-Bolivia.

Carboniferous Stratigraphic Analysis in the Subandean Foothills and the Chaco Plains of Tarija Basin-Bolivia. AAPG Convention, Denver 2001 Carboniferous Stratigraphic Analysis in the Subandean Foothills and the Chaco Plains of Tarija Basin-Bolivia. VIERA, ATILIO F., Pluspetrol E&P, Buenos Aires, Argentina; HERNANDEZ

More information

1. Match the words in the first column to the meaning in the second column. [5]

1. Match the words in the first column to the meaning in the second column. [5] Exercise 1: [40 POINTS] 1. Match the words in the first column to the meaning in the second column. [5] Equator Around earth between the Equator and the Poles. Greenwich meridian Half of earth. Longitude

More information

Chapter 02 The Sea Floor

Chapter 02 The Sea Floor Chapter 02 The Sea Floor Multiple Choice Questions 1. One of the following is not one of the world's major ocean basins: A. Atlantic Ocean B. Arctic Ocean C. Indian Ocean D. Antarctic Ocean E. Pacific

More information

The Proterozoic Eon (2500 ma to 540 ma)

The Proterozoic Eon (2500 ma to 540 ma) The Proterozoic Eon (2500 ma to 540 ma) December November October September August July June May April March February January 0 Ma Phanerozoic C M P 540 Ma oldest shelly fossils Proterozoic 2500 Ma first

More information

251 Million years. 299 Million years. 318 Million years. 359 Million years

251 Million years. 299 Million years. 318 Million years. 359 Million years The Late Paleozoic 251 Million years 299 Million years 318 Million years 359 Million years Major Questions How did marine life of late Paleozoic time differ from that of middle Paleozoic time? How did

More information

Perspectives from Offshore Argentina & Uruguay

Perspectives from Offshore Argentina & Uruguay Perspectives from Offshore Argentina & Uruguay A Prospectivity Overview Hannah Kearns October 2018 Introduction Argentina Offshore License Round 1 14 blocks Argentina North, 24 Austral-Malvinas Offshore

More information

In the space provided, write the letter of the definition that best matches the term or phrase.

In the space provided, write the letter of the definition that best matches the term or phrase. Skills Worksheet Directed Reading Section: The Changing Continents 1. What is the result of slow movements of tectonic plates? RESHAPING EARTH S CRUST In the space provided, write the letter of the definition

More information

Global Tectonics. Kearey, Philip. Table of Contents ISBN-13: Historical perspective. 2. The interior of the Earth.

Global Tectonics. Kearey, Philip. Table of Contents ISBN-13: Historical perspective. 2. The interior of the Earth. Global Tectonics Kearey, Philip ISBN-13: 9781405107778 Table of Contents Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Historical perspective. 1.1 Continental drift. 1.2 Sea floor spreading and the birth of plate tectonics.

More information

BALOCHISTAN FOLDBELT BASIN

BALOCHISTAN FOLDBELT BASIN INTRODUCTION BALOCHISTAN FOLDBELT BASIN The Kharan-3 block is located in the Kharan Trough of Balochistan Basin. GEOLOGICAL SETTING The Balochistan Province is an Upper Cretaceous to Recent structurally

More information

North Greenland collection of oblique aerial photographs - (Twin Otter photos)

North Greenland collection of oblique aerial photographs - (Twin Otter photos) North Greenland collection of oblique aerial photographs - (Twin Otter photos) The Geological Survey of Greenland (now part of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland: GEUS) carried out a systematic

More information

DEEPWATER WEST COAST INDIA: PRE BASALT AND OTHER MESOZOIC PLAYS

DEEPWATER WEST COAST INDIA: PRE BASALT AND OTHER MESOZOIC PLAYS DEEPWATER WEST COAST INDIA: PRE BASALT AND OTHER MESOZOIC PLAYS Glyn Roberts 1, Charles Harmer 2, Ken Rutherford 3 & Colin O Brien 4 ( 1 Consultant, Spectrum a.s.a, 2 Spectrum a.s.a, 3 Rutherford Exploration

More information

Shallow marine facies. Outline 13: The Paleozoic World. Shallow marine and terrestrial facies

Shallow marine facies. Outline 13: The Paleozoic World. Shallow marine and terrestrial facies Outline 13: The Paleozoic World Shallow marine and terrestrial facies Shallow marine facies Sea level was much higher than today during much of the Paleozoic. Shallow epicontinental seas flooded continental

More information

East Africa Transform Margin The View from Tanzania and Madagascar

East Africa Transform Margin The View from Tanzania and Madagascar East Africa Transform Margin The View from Tanzania and Madagascar Richard Higgins and Mark Sofield 10 th PESGB/HGS Conference on African E & P, London, September 7-8, 2011 Acknowledgements Legal Notice:

More information

Geology of Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Adelaide Geosyncline and Cambrian Delamerian Orogen

Geology of Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Adelaide Geosyncline and Cambrian Delamerian Orogen Geology of Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Adelaide Geosyncline and Cambrian Delamerian Orogen W. V. Preiss Geological Survey Branch, PIRSA Link line traverses Flinders Ranges to join western end of E-W Curnamona

More information

The Changing Geography of Your Community

The Changing Geography of Your Community Activity 5 The Changing Geography of Your Community Goals In this activity you will: Use several present-day distributions of minerals, rock formations, and fossils to help figure out the distribution

More information

Evolution of Continents Chapter 20

Evolution of Continents Chapter 20 Evolution of Continents Chapter 20 Does not contain complete lecture notes. Mountain belts Orogenesis the processes that collectively produce a mountain belt Includes folding, thrust faulting, metamorphism,

More information

Sequence Stratigraphy. Historical Perspective

Sequence Stratigraphy. Historical Perspective Sequence Stratigraphy Historical Perspective Sequence Stratigraphy Sequence Stratigraphy is the subdivision of sedimentary basin fills into genetic packages bounded by unconformities and their correlative

More information

ISSUED BY KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA - DOWNLOADED FROM

ISSUED BY KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA - DOWNLOADED FROM Chapter-4 DISTRIBUTION OF OCEANS AND CONTINENTS GIST OF THE LESSON: CONTINENTAL DRIFT, EVIDENCES TO SUPPORT CONTINENTAL DRIFT, FORCES OF DRIFTING, POST DRIFT STUDIES, OCEAN FLOOR CONFIGURATION, DISTRIBUTION

More information

Physical Geology, 15/e

Physical Geology, 15/e Lecture Outlines Physical Geology, 15/e Plummer, Carlson & Hammersley Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory Physical Geology 15/e, Chapter 19 Plate Tectonics Plate Tectonics Earth s surface is composed

More information

Questions and Topics

Questions and Topics Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift Questions and Topics 1. What are the theories of Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift? 2. What is the evidence that Continents move? 3. What are the forces that

More information

Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand

Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand Quantitative Seismic Geomorphology of Early Miocene to Pleistocene Fluvial System of Northern Songkhla Basin, Gulf of Thailand Oanh Thi Tran Petroleum Geoscience Program, Department of Geology, Faculty

More information

Geology 105 Earth History Group #

Geology 105 Earth History Group # Geology 105 Earth History Name: Group # Paleogeography and Biodiversity The objectives of this lab are to: o o o o o Become familiar with the relationship between plate tectonics, sea level, and climate.

More information

Lecture 24: Paleozoic 1:

Lecture 24: Paleozoic 1: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA GY 112: Earth History Lecture 24: Paleozoic 1: Laurentia Instructor: Dr. Douglas W. Haywick Last Time (before the exam) The Cambrian Explosion A) Why a Cambrian explosion B)

More information

The Fossil Record. CELLS and HEREDITY, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 3, PAGES 155 to 163

The Fossil Record. CELLS and HEREDITY, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 3, PAGES 155 to 163 The Fossil Record CELLS and HEREDITY, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 3, PAGES 155 to 163 Objectives 1. Describe how most fossils form. 2. Explain how scientists can determine a fossil s age. 3. Identify some unanswered

More information