New Magnetic compilation and interpretation of the Bay of Biscay and surrounding continental shelves

Type Article
Date 2021-11
Language English
Author(s) Le Maire Pauline1, Thinon IsabelleORCID1, Tugend JulieORCID2, 3, Issautier BenoîtORCID1, Martelet GuillaumeORCID1, Paquet Fabien1, Proust Jean-NoëlORCID4, Nalpas Thierry4, Peyrefitte Aurélie1, Canva Albane5
Affiliation(s) 1 : BRGM-French Geological Survey, Orléans, France
2 : Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, F-75005 Paris, France
3 : CY Cergy Paris Université, GEC, F-95000 Cergy, France
4 : Géosciences, Rennes, France
5 : Géoazur CS 34229, Nice, France
Source Bsgf-earth Sciences Bulletin (0037-9409) (EDP Sciences), 2021-11 , Vol. 192 , N. 58 , P. 19p.
DOI 10.1051/bsgf/2021048
WOS© Times Cited 3
Note Special Issue Orogen lifecycle: learnings and perspectives from Pyrenees, Western Mediterranean and analogues
Keyword(s) magnetic compilation, aeromagnetic data, marine magnetic data, Bay of Biscay, passive margin segmentation, Ocean-Continent-Transition (OCT)
Abstract

Producing accurate structural maps is a pre-requisite to unravel the tectonic evolution of a region. For this purpose, magnetic anomaly maps are helpful data sets for the identification and mapping of geological features. We compiled 154 marine surveys and 7 aeromagnetic campaigns covering the Bay of Biscay, its surrounding continental shelves and western part of the Pyrenees. As the initial data sets had heterogeneous acquisition parameters, we applied a series of transforms before merging the data. We performed a variable reduction to the pole to localize the extrema of the anomaly vertically to their causative sources and facilitate geological interpretations. The resulting intermediate resolution maps compiled at 500 m altitude offshore and 3000 m both on- and offshore, display magnetic trends and patterns. They are enhanced by several potential field operators (analytic signal, tilt angle, vertical derivative) enabling the interpretation of the geometry of the sources causing the anomaly (3D, 2D and 2.5D). The analysis of these magnetic maps allows us to precise the distribution and segmentation of crustal domains previously identified in the Bay of Biscay and its adjacent continental shelves. A series of crustal scale structures mapped onshore and formed during and after the Variscan orogeny show well on this new map compilation, allowing the continuous onshore-offshore mapping of some of them and revealing their role in segmenting the northern margin of the Bay of Biscay. This new compilation notably reveals variations in the magnetic signature of the Ocean-Continent-Transition (OCT) that we interpret as related to an increased magmatic production of the eastern part of the Bay of Biscay OCT during continental breakup. In addition to precise previous structural maps, this new magnetic compilation opens new perspectives for the interpretation of the Bay of Biscay geodynamic setting.

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Figure S1. Synthetic cases with three source geometries (3D sphere, 2.5D segment and 2D line) for induced (D = 0°, I = 60°) and remnant magnetization (D = −30°, I = 50°). The first row of maps ... 2 MB Open access
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Le Maire Pauline, Thinon Isabelle, Tugend Julie, Issautier Benoît, Martelet Guillaume, Paquet Fabien, Proust Jean-Noël, Nalpas Thierry, Peyrefitte Aurélie, Canva Albane (2021). New Magnetic compilation and interpretation of the Bay of Biscay and surrounding continental shelves. Bsgf-earth Sciences Bulletin, 192(58), 19p. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2021048 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00855/96735/