Schlagwort(e):
Geology-Mediterranean Region.
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Electronic books.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
Seiten:
1 online resource (294 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783031187476
Serie:
Regional Geology Reviews Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=7217273
DDC:
550.91822
Sprache:
Englisch
Anmerkung:
Intro -- Preface -- First Thematic: Geodynamic Evolution of the Mediterranean and Peri-Mediterranean Sedimentary Basins and Regional Geology -- Second Thematic: Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Record -- Third Thematic: Tectonic Evolution, Structural Styles, and Oil/Gas Traps of the North African Foreland Basins -- Fourth Thematic: Geology and Water Resources in Northern Africa: Case Studies -- Contents -- First Thematic: Geodynamic Evolution of the Mediterranean and Peri-Mediterranean Sedimentary Basins and Regional Geology -- 1 The Mediterranean Sea: A Laboratory to Characterize Micro-Continental Drift and Oceanic Basin Formation Processes -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Geodynamic Problem -- 1.2.1 Eastern Mediterranean (Levant Margin) -- 1.2.2 The Western Mediterranean (Alboran-Algerian-Adria Basins) -- 1.3 Pre-existing Wide-Angle and Reflection Seismic Surveys -- 1.3.1 Levant Basin -- 1.3.2 The Western Mediterranean Sea -- 1.4 Similar Variations on Other Margins: The Proto-Oceanic Crust -- 1.5 The ARCMAL Survey -- 1.6 The BasAlg Survey -- 1.7 Expected Results -- References -- 2 The Westernmost Tethyan Margins in the Rif Belt (Morocco), A Review -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Geological Setting -- 2.2.1 General -- 2.2.2 External Zones -- 2.2.3 Maghrebian Flyschs -- 2.2.4 Internal Zones: The Alboran Domain -- 2.3 The Southern Margin of the Maghrebian Tethys -- 2.3.1 Ocean-Continent Transition in the Eastern Rif -- 2.3.1.1 Beni Malek Serpentinites and Metabasites -- 2.3.1.2 Correlative Outcrops -- 2.3.2 Tracking the Southern Tethys Margin in the Central Mesorif -- 2.3.2.1 The MSZ Gabbros and Their Envelopes -- 2.3.2.2 The Mesorif Basalt-Limestone Breccias -- 2.3.2.3 Latest Stages of the Passive Margin Evolution -- 2.4 The Northern Margin of the Maghrebian Tethys -- 2.4.1 General.
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2.4.2 Stratigraphic Record of the Rift-Drift Stages -- 2.4.3 Maghrebian Tethys Conjugate Margins -- 2.5 The Beni Bousera Incipient Paleomargin -- 2.5.1 The Beni Bousera Marbles -- 2.5.2 Geodynamic Significance of the Beni Bousera Marbles -- 2.6 Discussion -- 2.6.1 Paleogeography of the Alboran Domain -- 2.6.2 Up-Down-Up Movements of the Subcontinental Peridotites -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Second Thematic: Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Record -- 3 The Tellian Units, the Sellaoua Window and the High Medjerda Foreland in the Souk Ahras Area, NE Algeria -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Geological Setting -- 3.3 Material and Methods -- 3.4 Stratigraphic Results -- 3.4.1 Ouled Driss Sector -- 3.4.2 Boukebch-Dekma Sector -- 3.4.3 Interpretation and Correlation of Stratigraphic Results -- 3.5 Surface Structural Data -- 3.5.1 Ouled Driss Sector -- 3.5.2 Boukebch-Dekma Sector -- 3.5.2.1 Boukebch Nummulitic Tellian Thrust Sheet -- 3.5.2.2 Dekma Tellian Thrust Sheet -- 3.6 Discussion -- 3.7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Facies Analyses and Basin Evolution of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Rift-Related Sedimentary Succession of Haddat Ash Sham Area, West Central Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 General -- 4.1.2 Aims and Methods of Study -- 4.2 Geologic Setting -- 4.3 Facies Analyses and Basin Evolution of the Sedimentary Succession of Haddat Ash Sham Area -- 4.3.1 Lower Fluvio-Lacustrine Clastic Member -- 4.3.1.1 Fluviatil Sandstone-Conglomerate Unit -- 4.3.1.2 Lacustrine Mudstone-Sandstone Unit -- 4.3.2 Shallow Marine Middle Oolitic Ironstones-Carbonate Member -- 4.3.2.1 Oolitic Ironstone Unit (Cycles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8) -- 4.3.2.2 Thick Tidal Flat Sandstone Unit (Cycles 9, 10) -- 4.3.2.3 Phosphatic Carbonate Unit (Cycle 11).
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4.3.3 Upper Tidal Flat-Fluvio-Lacustrine Clastic Member -- 4.3.3.1 Tidal Flat Sandstone Unit (Cycles 12, 13) -- 4.3.3.2 Lacustrine Sandstone Unit (Cycles 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) -- 4.3.3.3 Lacustrine Mudstone Unite (Cycle 21) -- 4.3.3.4 Fluviatil Sandstone Unit (Cylce 22) -- 4.3.3.5 Fluvio-Lacustrine Tuffaceous Sandstone-Mudstone Unit (Cycle 23) -- 4.4 Depositional History of the Study Area -- 4.5 Discussion and Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Third Thematic: Tectonic Evolution, Structural Styles, and Oil/Gas Traps of the Northern Africa Foreland Basins -- 5 Petroleum System Evaluation of Upper Cretaceous and Eocene Plays, Offshore and Onshore Southern Pelagian Basin, Tunisia -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Petroleum Geology of the Southern Pelagian Basin -- 5.2.1 Source Rocks -- 5.2.2 Reservoir Rocks -- 5.2.3 Seal Rocks -- 5.3 Data Sets, Methodology and Observations -- 5.4 Conclusion of Evaluated Plays in the Southern Pelagian Basin -- 5.4.1 Turonian Play -- 5.4.2 Turonian to Coniacian Play -- 5.4.3 Campanian to Maastrichtian Play -- 5.4.4 Ypresian Play -- 5.4.5 Lutetian to Bartonian Play -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 Mesozoic and Cenozoic Tectonosedimentary Evolution and Subsidence History of South-Eastern Tunisia: Jeffara Basin Petroleum Prospectivity and Hydrocarbon Provinces -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Lithostratigraphy and Major Unconformities -- 6.3 Structural Analyses -- 6.3.1 Available Data -- 6.3.2 Syn-Sedimentary Deformations Analysis -- 6.3.2.1 Syn-Sedimentary Deformations During the Jurassic -- 6.3.2.2 Syn-Sedimentary Deformations During the Lower Cretaceous -- 6.3.2.3 Syn-Sedimentary Deformations During the Upper Cretaceous -- 6.3.2.4 Syn-Sedimentary Deformations During the Cenozoic -- 6.4 Paleo-Stress Summary -- 6.4.1 Paleozoic-Triassic Extensive Episode.
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6.4.2 Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Extensive Episode: Syn-Rift -- 6.4.3 Aptian-Albian Period -- 6.4.4 Upper Cretaceous Episode -- 6.4.5 Paleocene-Eocene Extension -- 6.4.6 Eocene-Oligocene: Atlasic Event -- 6.4.7 Oligocene-Miocene Extension -- 6.4.8 The NNW-SSE Event (After Villafranchian Compression) -- 6.5 Synthesis and Discussion -- 6.5.1 Structural System of the Jeffara Basin -- 6.5.2 Structural Style of the Jeffara Basin -- 6.5.3 Discussion -- 6.6 Petroleum Interest -- 6.6.1 Jeffara Basin: Structural Architecture and Stratigraphic Evolution -- 6.6.2 Jeffara Basin Petroleum Geology -- 6.6.3 Exploration History -- 6.6.4 Evidence of Stratigraphic Traps and Potentiality -- 6.7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 Ordovician-Upper Silurian-Triassic Petroleum System Assessment in the Chotts Area -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Geographical, Geological and Structural Settings -- 7.3 Materials and Methods -- 7.4 Lithostratigraphic Correlation -- 7.5 Petrophysical Characterization of Reservoirs in the Study Area -- 7.6 1D Modelling of the Fegaguira Formation in the Southern Region of the Chotts Basin -- 7.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8 An Overview of the Eastern Atlas Fold and Thrust Belt and Its Foreland Basin Along the North-South Axis and Chorbane-Ktitir Platform: Surface/Subsurface Major Structures and Tectonic Evolution (North Africa) -- Abstract -- 8.1 Geological Framework of the Eastern Maghreb and Tunisian Atlas -- 8.2 Stratigraphy Overview -- 8.2.1 Clansayesian-Cenomanian: Fahdene Formation -- 8.2.2 Turonian-Santonian: Aleg Formation -- 8.2.3 Campanian-Early Maastrichtian: Abiod Formation -- 8.2.4 Late Maastrichtian-Paleocene: El Haria Formation -- 8.2.5 Ypresian (Early Eocene): Metlaoui Formation and Its Equivalents -- 8.2.6 Middle-Late Eocene: Souar Formation and Its Equivalents.
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8.3 Structural Framework of the Eastern Atlas and Its Foreland Basins -- 8.3.1 The North-South Axis (NOSA) -- 8.3.2 The Sahel Foreland Domain -- 8.3.3 Pre-Cretaceous Period -- 8.3.4 The Late Cretaceous-Eocene: Tectonic Inversion and the First Atlas Phase -- 8.3.5 Post-inversion Phase: Oligocene-Early Miocene Period -- 8.3.6 Studied Area -- 8.4 Wells Data and Lithostratigraphic Correlations -- 8.4.1 Lithostratigraphic Correlation (C1): Kairouan-El Hancha -- 8.4.2 Lithostratigraphic Correlation (C2): Nasrallah-El Hancha -- 8.5 Presentation and Interpretations of Representative Seismic Sections -- 8.5.1 Section L1 -- 8.5.2 Section L2 -- 8.5.3 Section L3 -- 8.5.4 Section L5 -- 8.5.5 Seismic Section L6 -- 8.5.6 Section L9 -- 8.5.7 Section L10 -- 8.5.8 Section L11 -- 8.6 Subsurface Isochrone Maps of the Turonian-Coniacian, the Campanian-Maastrichtian, and the Early Eocene Formations -- 8.6.1 Isochron Map of the Top of Turonian-Coniacian Horizon: Bireno-Douleb Formations -- 8.6.2 Isochron Map of the Top of the Abiod Horizon (Campanian-Maastrichtian) -- 8.6.3 Isochron Map of the Top of Ypresian: Bou Dabbous/El Gueria Horizon -- 8.7 Discussion: Structural Style and Integration in the Structural Evolution of the Atlas -- 8.7.1 Major Structural Styles -- 8.7.2 Balanced and Restored Transects -- 8.7.3 The Triassic Salt Tectonics Related to the Major Faults Activities -- 8.8 Conclusion -- References -- Fourth Thematic: Geology and Water Resources in Northern Africa: Cases Studies -- 9 Aquifer Structuring and Hydrogeological Investigation in North African Regions Using Geophysical Methods: Case Study of the Aquifer System in the Kairouan Plain (Central Tunisia) -- Abstract -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Geographical and Geological Setting -- 9.3 Hydrogeology Context -- 9.4 Materials and Methods -- 9.5 Results and Discussion -- 9.5.1 Gravity Interpretation.
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9.5.2 Wireligne Logging Data Analysis and Aquifer Lithology.
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