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TI Tectono‐stratigraphic evolution of the offshore western Niger Delta from the Cretaceous‐present: Implications of delta dynamics and paleo‐topography on gravity‐driven deformation.
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AF Chima, Kelvin Ikenna
   Granjeon, Didier
   Do Couto, Damien
   Leroux, Estelle
   Gorini, Christian
   Rabineau, Marina
   Letouzey, Jean
   Hoggmascall, Nick
   Glukstad, Miguel‐Mora
AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:1;4:4;5:1;6:5;7:1;8:6;9:7;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-REM-GM-LGS;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;
C1 Sorbonne Université‐ISTeP UMR 7193 F75000 Paris, France
   Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu‐Alike P.M.B. 1010 Ebonyi State, Nigeria
   IFPEN Rueil‐Malmaison, France
   IFREMER ZI Pointe du Diable Plouzane, France
   CNRS, Univ Brest, Univ. Bretagne‐Sud, Laboratoire Géosciences Océan (LGO), UMR6538, IUEM rue Dumont d’Urville F‐29280 Plouzané, France
   Brunei Shell Petroleum Sendirian Berhad, Jalan Utara, Panaga, Seria, KB2933
   Ras Al Hamra Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), oman
C2 UNIV SORBONNE, FRANCE
   UNIV ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL, NIGERIA
   IFPEN, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   BRUNEI SHELL PETROLEUM, BRUNEI
   PDO, OMAN
SI BREST
SE PDG-REM-GM-LGS
UM GEO-OCEAN
IN WOS Ifremer UMR
   WOS Cotutelle UMR
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 3.2
TC 4
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00718/83045/87993.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;delta dynamics;gravity spreading;paleo-topography;sedimentary wedge deformation;stratigraphic architecture;the Niger Delta
AB The interaction between sedimentary wedge dynamics and paleo-fracture zones is investigated offshore Western Niger Delta lobe (WNDL) to reconstruct the evolution of the delta from the Cretaceous to present. This was achieved through detailed regional seismic interpretation, calibrated with well data. Our results suggest that high sedimentation rates in the WNDL since the Serravallian-Tortonian triggered the migration of the ‘Oligocene-Tortonian extensional zone’ and gravity spreading seawards (from a present-day onshore to a present-day offshore position), with extensional, translational and contractional deformation. An additional increase in sedimentation rate since the early Pliocene, further accelerated gravity spreading and the development of the present-day contractional front. A five-stage tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the offshore WNDL from the late Cretaceous-present is proposed. Paleo-topographies formed by the Charcot and Chain Fracture Zones, exerted depositional control on the stratigraphic architecture of the offshore WNDL from the Cretaceous to Serravallian. Differential subsidence on both sides of the relict Charcot and Chain transform faults is responsible for the segmentation of gravity-driven deformation of the eastern and western Niger Delta lobes. In addition, a comparison of the stratigraphic architecture of the Eastern Niger Delta Lobe (ENDL) and WNDL demonstrates a similar overall progradation and sediment bypass to the deep basin during the Pliocene. During the Pleistocene, the two lobes show a distinct evolution and architecture: the ENDL shows an overall retrogradation and sediment sequestration on the shelf whereas the WNDL displays an overall progradation and sediment bypass. This study documents long-term and large-scale control of delta dynamics and paleo-topography on gravity-driven deformation of the offshore eastern and western Niger Delta lobes, and similar analysis could be applied in the reconstruction of other passive margin basins. 
PY 2022
PD FEB
SO Basin Research
SN 0950-091X
PU Wiley
VL 34
IS 1
UT 000695792000001
BP 25
EP 49
DI 10.1111/bre.12609
ID 83045
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