M. Pérez-Gussinyé (Royal Holloway), Sascha Brune (Potsdam), Jason Phipps Morgan (RHUL), Tony Lowry (Utah Univ.), Mario Araujo (Petrobras).
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1 Continental rifting at magma-poor margins and birth of new steady state oceanic ridges: Interactions between thinning continents and the underlying asthenosphere. M. Pérez-Gussinyé (Royal Holloway), Sascha Brune (Potsdam), Jason Phipps Morgan (RHUL), Tony Lowry (Utah Univ.), Mario Araujo (Petrobras).
2 Outline Kinematics of faulting, crustal thinning & asymmetry formation from observations. Dynamics of crustal and lithospheric thinning. Relationship between onset of melting/oceanization and strain localisation
3 3. Relationship between the of pattern of 1- Conjugate margin tectonic asymmetry 2. Change crustal in thinning/margin fault geometry architecture with increasing and extension the Basin type of stage COT. DETACHMENT -LIKE FAULTS LISTRIC NORMAL FAULTS PLANAR NORMAL FAULTS mantle Margin stage Mantle exhumation mantle 3 < Zc < 10 km ~10 < Zc < 25 km Zc > ~25 km
4 Outline Kinematics of faulting, crustal thinning & asymmetry formation from observations.
5 1-West Iberia- Newfoundland margin characteristics Very little magmatism. Slow extension (ultra-slow end-member) Cool Moho (~ C) at the start of rifting (P-T-t data). Rather strong lower crust. Royal Holloway & Bedford New College 2011
6 Rocks cool during extension Muentener et al 2001 Royal Holloway & Bedford New College 2011
7 Rocks cool during extension Lower crust brittle as extension progresses Increasing extension Beginning of extension Just before crustal break-up Royal Holloway & Bedford New College 2011 Perez-Gussinye & Reston, JGR, 2001
8 Rheological evolution at cool NVRMs time mantle initially lower crust behaves in a ductile manner crust thins, deep ductile rocks become brittle, upper and lower crust tightly coupled eventually whole crust brittle, faults cut Moho, water reaches mantle: serpentinisation top of serpentinised zone forms a weak zone - mantle unroofing occurs Perez-Gussinye & Reston, 2001
9 So how do basins and Increasing extension margins really form? Basin stage mantle Margin stage mantle
10 Basin stage : East Shetland Basin The surface represents the basin bathymetry at the end of the Late Jurassic extension. (Cowie et al., EPSL, 2005)
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12 So how do basins and Increasing extension margins really form? Basin stage mantle Margin stage mantle
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14 BATHYMETRY AND PRE-STACK DEPTH MIGRATION- IAM11 Faulting sequential in time. Faults cut through progressively thinner crust B5 B3 B Image Pre-Syn rift sediment -> synrift younger basinward 2- Faults start at and rotate to Fault block dimensions decrease basinward. 4- Faults cut progressively thinner brittle layer.
15 fixed Geometric Start model: of Margin Basin Stage pull pull fixed pull fixed Cowie et al., EPSL, 2005 Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 201
16 Model rules: Basin stage 1. Upper crust brittle & lower crust ductile 2. Upper and lower crust extend by the same amount. Lower crust deforms compliant to upper crust. 3. Area conservation: X+Y+Z=T 4. A wide brittle-ductile transition. Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2011
17 Model rules Margin stage: Lower crust progressively brittle!! Upper and lower crust extend by the same amount. Lower crust deforms compliant to upper crust. Area conservation: X+Y+Z=T Area conservation leads to backrotation of previous planar faults. Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2011
18 Margin stage f7 f6 f5 f4 f3 f2 f1 Detachment fault, S, not active at low angle. It results from an array of sequential normal faults active at ~60º-~30º. Asymmetry is the result of the dominant oceanward dip of the sequential fault array. Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2011
19 Implications Peak No Occurrence active heat-flow faulting of shallow moves at low oceanward. pre-rift angles, and just Post-rift syn-rift normal over sediments Andersonian the whole basin, on faulting continental even (normal top platform of faults extremely at may ). pre-date thinned continental crust. No need break-up. for anomalous subsidence. Younger and deeper synrift MARGIN BASIN
20 Outline Kinematics of faulting, crustal thinning & asymmetry formation from observations. Dynamics of crustal and lithospheric thinning.
21 What causes asymmetry formation and crustal hyper-extension? Brune, Heine, Perez-Gussinye, Sobolev, submitted 2013
22 Model evolution
23 How and why does asymmetry form?
24 Fault pattern evolution distributed vs sequential
25 Factors influencing wide margin width The width of the wide margin depends on lower crustal rheology during extension. A weak lower crust, promotes a longer initial phase of distributed faulting and a longer phase of sequential faulting since crustal thinning is less efficient, due to flow of lower crust towards the tip of the active fault. Weaker lower crust
26 Influence of extensional velocity
27 Comparison to Brasil/Angola margin
28 Width and assymmetry of African/Brazilian margins
29 Weaker lower crust Influence of lower crustal rheology
30 Outline Kinematics of faulting, crustal thinning & asymmetry formation from observations. Dynamics of crustal and lithospheric thinning. Relationship between onset of melting/oceanization and strain localisation
31 MARIA 3 MONTHS OLD
32 WITHOUT STRAIN LOCALISATION MELTING DEPENDS MOSTLY ON EXTENSION VELOCITY
33 Perez-Gussinye et al., EPSL, 2006
34 Melting & Localisation In rift experiments that include strain localisation, it can be seen that the onset of melting and amount of melting, is not only a function of velocity but also of strain localisation during rifting.
35 5 mm/yr half extension Mafic granulite lower crust Wet quartz lower crust
36 Melting, Localisation and lower crustal rheology Mafic granulite Wet quartz
37 Summary Asymmetry of conjugate margins is the result of the emergence of an array of faults that are sequential in time and consistently dip towards the ocean. The emergence of this sequential fault pattern arises due to progressive strain localisation and coupling between lithospheric/asthenospheric layers (upper brittle crust and ductile lower crust and mantle). The width of the wide margin depends on lower crustal rheology. Weak lower crust tends to promote wide margins with thinned (<10 km) crust over 200 km. Very weak lower crust would result in symmetric margins. Onset of melting and serpentinisation is also related to lower crustal rheology and its ability to couple deformation from upper crust to mantle lithosphere.
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39 Serpentinisation
40 Serpentinisation & Localisation Here we set serpentinisation to occur when the entire crust is brittle and the temperature in the mantle is less than 500 C. At the moment the code does not require the crust above the mantle to be deforming. If this would be required the amount of serpentinisation would be less than predicted in the models. As for melting, in experiments where mantle flow is homogeneous (no localisation), serpentinisation mainly depends on velocity, with slower extension velocities promoting serpentinisation. In rift experiments that include strain localisation, it can be seen that the onset of serpentinisation and its amount, is not only a function of velocity but also of strain localisation during rifting. Localisation depends on lower crustal rheology and initial conditions. For a strong lower crust rheology and slow extension mantle exhumation and serpentinisation occurs. With the same slow velocity, but weaker lower crustal rheology, mantle exhumation may not occur.
41 Serpentinisation, Localisation and lower crustal rheology
42 Model evolution Horizontal velocity
43 Full Extension velocity ~8 mm/yr weak (wet quartz) lower crust Mantle lithosphere Upper crust Lower crust NO Effective crustal thinning Full Extension velocity ~8 mm/yr strong (mafic granulite) lower crust Upper crust Mantle lithosphere Lower crust Effective crustal thinning
44 Asymmetry and detachment faults? Newfoundland West Iberia Detachment fault, S, not active at low angle. It results from an array of sequential normal faults active at ~60º-~30º. Asymmetry is the result of the dominant oceanward dip of the sequential fault array. Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2011
45 Factors influencing wide margin width The width of the wide margin depends on lower crustal rheology during extension. A weak lower crust, promotes a longer initial phase of distributed faulting and a longer phase of sequential faulting since crustal thinning is less efficient, due to flow of lower crust towards the tip of the active fault. Weaker lower crust may be due to intially weak crust, to raised heat-flow (thin lithosphere) or high extension velocity which inhibits conductive cooling during rifting.
46 West Iberia/Newfoundland Influence of lithospheric thickness
47 Influence of extensional velocity Lower crust is kept at higher temperature for faster velocities
48 New methodology to forward model Seismic sections New numerical methodology to forward model crustal scale seismic sections. Focus on understanding quantitative consequences for subsidence, heat flow and sedimentary architecture predicted by the sequential faulting conceptual model for ultraslow, magma-poor margin development (presented in Ranero & Pérez-Gussinyé, Nature, 2010).
49 How and why does asymmetry form? Asymmetry of conjugate margins is the result of the emergence of an array of faults that are sequential in time and consistently dip towards the ocean. The emergence of this sequential fault pattern arises due to progressive strain localisation and coupling between lithospheric/asthenospheric layers (upper brittle crust and ductile lower crust and mantle). When coupling occurs, faults continue as shear zones within lower crust and mantle. This brings the asthenosphere closer to the surface in the hangingwall of the first fault where the coupling has occurred. Asthenospheric uplift leads to weakening of this hangingwall, and hence the future deformation occurs in this location. At this moment, faulting becomes sequential in time and dominant rift faults all dip in the same direction, e.g. towards the future ocean.
50 2-3. Estimated Change 1- Conjugate in extension fault geometry margin from faults tectonic with < increasing crustal asymmetry thinning extension DETACHMENT -LIKE FAULTS Basin stage LISTRIC NORMAL FAULTS PLANAR NORMAL FAULTS (Davis & Kusznir, 2005) mantle Margin stage Discrepancy No Discrepancy Mantle exhumation mantle 3 < Zc < 10 km ~10 < Zc < 25 km Zc > ~25 km
51 New numerical model: Kinematic (faulting) + Dynamic (lower crust and mantle) At each time step: 1- determine kinematic velocities for brittle layer (from faults). 2- determine flexure due to fault offset, to Moho thinning and asthenospheric uplift in time step --> convert to flexural velocity. 3- solve Stoke equation for flow of ductile layers (given a rheology for lower crust and mantle). 4- solve for temperature. 5- update coordinates of fem mesh
52 Previous results homogenous mantle flow Perez-Gussinye et al., EPSL, 2006
53 Kinematic + Dynamic model setup Rheology: Nonnewtonian viscosities Upper crust Lower crust Mantle lithopshere asthenosphere Initial Velocity temperature boundary conditions
54 Fault Geometry evolution Faults planar Back rotation of upper part of faults due to flexure Flattening/Listrification of deeper part of fault due to activity of next faults
55 Factors influencing wide margin width The width of the wide margin depends on lower crustal rheology during extension. A weak lower crust, promotes a longer initial phase of distributed faulting and a longer phase of sequential faulting since crustal thinning is less efficient, due to flow of lower crust towards the tip of the active fault. Weaker lower crust
56 Slow extension velocity 4 mm/yr, strong mafic granulite lower crust fully dynamic model (Sascha Brune, Potsdam) Brune, Heine, Perez-Gussinye, Sobolev, in prep.
57 Slow extension velocity ~4 mm/yr strong (mafic granultite) lower crustal rheology Mantle lithosphere Upper crust Lower crust asthenosphere
58 Slow extension velocity ~4 mm/yr strong (mafic granultite) lower crustal rheology Upper crust Mantle lithosphere Lower crust Effective crustal thinning due to sequential faulting
59 Slow extension velocity ~4 mm/yr weak (wet quartz) lower crustal rheology Upper crust Mantle lithosphere Lower crust NO Effective crustal thinning due to sequential faulting Mafic granulite
60 Slow extension velocity ~4 mm/yr strong (mafic granultite) lower crustal rheology Upper crust Lower crust Mantle lithosphere asthenosphere Asymmetry of temperature, increasing with lower crustal strength Wet quartz
61 Brittle-like behaviour of lower crust Mafic granulite Mafic granulite + strain softening
62 Slow extension velocity ~4 mm/yr strong (mafic granultite) lower crustal rheology + strain softening
63 Fully dynamical elasto-viscous models: Realistic description of rheological behaviour. Accurate estimations of subsidence/uplift High ressolution of fault blocks Melting, serpentinisation Sedimentation/erosion Miguel Andres Martinez
64 Fully dynamical elasto-viscous models: Miguel Andres Martinez
65 Fully dynamical elasto-viscous models: melting
66 Sedimentation Pelagic sedimentation as a fraction of accommodation space Erosion/transport by diffusion equation. Additional flexure due to sediment load. Flexure due to erosion not yet taken into account! Need to apply faulting to sediments!
67 Sedimentation
68 Some Conclusions Planar If lower A faults new crust forward become weak, modelling listrified sequential code at faulting depth with due does potential to NOT flexure on If Key lower ingredients crust strong, of kinematic fault sequentiality reconstruction leads to their lead to younger simulate effective hangingwall fine crustal detail faults. thinning. at crustal If More faults block extension close and enough is effective presented crustal in Ranero thinning and and Perez-Gussinye, margin asymmetry. 2010, they needed eventually sedimentary to go to merge break-up scale at and depth - broad generation forming lithos a of detachment broad Heat correct. flow is asymmetric and migrates oceanwards. like extended surface. structure, asymmetric heat flow margins and subsidence. (See S. Brune presentation next).
69 Perez-Gussinye et al., EPSL, 2006
70 Perez-Gussinye et al., EPSL, 2006
71 Perez-Gussinye et al., EPSL, 2006
72 Perez-Gussinye et al., EPSL, 2006
73 Crustal asymmetry, sequential faulting and dependency on lower crustal rheology and velocity Brune, Heine, Perez-Gussinye and Sobolev, in prep.
74 Initial configuration Brune, Heine, Perez-Gussinye and Sobolev, in prep.
75 Initial configuration Brune, Heine, Perez-Gussinye and Sobolev, in prep.
76 Model evolution - strong lower crust
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78 Lower crustal rheology
79 Model evolution - weak lower crust
80 Some Conclusions Weak lower crust shows a longer phase of symmetry. Strong lower crust promotes asymmetry earlier in the rift phase. Fault sequentiality results from the emergence of a large dominant fault, which breaks the thermal and rheological symmetry of lower crust and mantle. Asymmetry in the thermal structure of lower crust and mantle weaken the area ahead of the previous fault tip, generating a new sequential fault. Weak lower crust tends to promote wider margins as phase of symmetry is longer and phase of fault sequentiality is also longer. Increasing strain softening or increasing velocity has a similar effect to decreasing lower crustal strength.
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82 Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2010
83 KEY INGREDIENTS FOR MAGMA- POOR MARGIN FORMATION 1- EXTENSION VELOCITY WITHIN ULTRA-SLOW END-MEMBER 2- RATHER COOL INITIAL THERMAL PROFILE 3- LOWER CRUSTAL EMBRITTLEMENT Sibuet et al., 2007
84 Large scale lower crustal flow unlikely at cold non-volcanic margins. Lower crust flow out of the basin Brun & Beslier, Tectonics, 1995 Driscoll & Karner, JGR, 1998 Simultaneous faulting and crustal thinning
85 Potential for large-scale lower crust flow? Deformation in upper crust offset from deformation in lower crust and mantle Temp. range at Moho at non-volcanic margins No lower crustal flow Large scale lower crustal flow unlikely at cold NVM s (nonvolcanic margins). Hopper & Buck, Geology, 98
86 Detachment-like faults are observed when crust is < 6-10 km thick Pre-stack depth section in West Iberia CMB=Moho CAN NOT WORK!
87 Basin stage : Shoulders of rift of Suez Sharp et al, Basin Res., 2000
88 So how do basins and Increasing extension margins really form? Basin stage mantle Margin stage mantle
89 Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2011
90 Model rules: Basin stage 1. Upper crust brittle & lower crust ductile 2. Upper and lower crust extend by the same amount. Lower crust deforms compliant to upper crust. 3. Area conservation: X+Y+Z=T 4. A wide brittle-ductile transition. Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2011
91 Model rules Margin stage: Lower crust progressively brittle!! Upper and lower crust extend by the same amount. Lower crust deforms compliant to upper crust. Area conservation: X+Y+Z=T Area conservation leads to backrotation of previous planar faults. Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2011
92 Asymmetry and detachment faults? Newfoundland West Iberia Detachment fault, S, not active at low angle. It results from an array of sequential normal faults active at ~60º-~30º. Asymmetry is the result of the dominant oceanward dip of the sequential fault array. Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2011
93 Extension Discrepancy? Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2011
94 Extension Discrepancy? Ranero & Perez-Gussinye, Nature, 2010
95 Progress Built the kinematic model for description of faults. Building a kinematic/dynamic model for selfconsistent description of faulting, lower crustal flow, heat flow and subsidence prediction. Progress on interpretation and process oriented gravity modelling for estimation of subsidence and callibration against numerical model.
96 Understanding tectonic structure, heatflow, subsidence and sedimentation patterns at magma-poor margins
97 Kinematic model Deformation: brittle & ductile layers Brittle Ductile
98 Deformation: Flexure Flexure due to fault offset Flexure due to Moho uplift
99 Kinematic model evolution
100 Change in detachment geometry in 3D
101 Change in detachment geometry in 3D Newfoundland West Iberia
102 Progress since August More realistic ductile deformation field for lower crust and mantle lithosphere. Estimation of temperature field and subsidence. Kinematic model for upper crustal faulting with a dynamic model for lower crust and mantle deformation
103 Progress since November Solved problems: Boundary conditions, remeshing for very high extension factors. Included non-newtonian viscosities. Obtained a more realistic description of subsidence Implemented first phase of sedimentation modelling.
104 Subsidence Flexure due to fault offset given by kinematic model. Flexure due to Moho thinning as given by dynamic model Flexure due to asthenospheric uplift as given by dynamic model
105 High extension velocity 8 mm/yr strong lower crustal rheology
106 To do in kinematic + dynamic model Introduce more up-to-date constants, e.g. activation energies etc for rheologies. Further analyse effect of velocity.
107 Future work: Fault sediment packages (Couple sediment to kinematic grid doing faulting). Introduce flexural rebound for erosion. Analyze best way to produce syn-rift wedges. Compare with estimations of subidence in West Iberia (Tiago s work).
108 Slow extension velocity 4 mm/yr strong lower crustal rheology
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110 A NEW CONCEPTUAL MODEL Motivation: 1- Lower crust is too cold to flow long distances at the start of rifting. 2- Lower crust is brittle during the last stages of rifting. 3- Larger faults at margins have well-defined pre-rift and synrift strata. 4- Detachment-like faults only imaged when the crust is very thin > 6 km. Can therefore not explain larger-scale asymmetry.
111 Progress Built the kinematic model for description of faults. Built a kinematic/dynamic model for selfconsistent description of faulting, lower crustal flow, heat flow and subsidence prediction. Building the sedimentation geometries produced by model. Progress on interpretation and process oriented gravity modelling for estimation of subsidence and callibration against numerical model.
112 Slow extension velocity 4 mm/yr, strong mafic granulite lower crust fully dynamic model (Sascha Brune, Potsdam) Brune, Heine, Perez-Gussinye, Sobolev, in prep.
113 No large-scale differential thinning of upper and lower crust Galicia Interior Basin Perez-Gussinye et al., JGR, 2003
114 Lower crustal embrittlement at NVRMs, when? 50 Rift duration [Myr] b b Entire crust brittle b =Factor extensión Alps Labrador Sea S. Australia W. Iberia Rockall Trough Porcupine basin Before extension Zc0 After extensión Zc b =Zc0/Zc
115 Evidence for lower crustal embrittlement: The Galicia Interior basin Perez-Gussinye et al., JGR, 2003.
116 Exhumation of deep lower crustal rocks along normal normal faults Galicia Interior Basin Line ISE-17 Faults exhume lower crust at shallow levels. West Pre-stack depth migration Pre-stack depth migration, interpretation & wide-angle seismic velocities East Perez-Gussinye et al., JGR, 2003
117 Model evolution
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