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Crustal structure of the Mid Black Sea High from wide-angle seismic data

Crustal structure of the Mid Black Sea High from wide-angle seismic data
Crustal structure of the Mid Black Sea High from wide-angle seismic data
The Mid Black Sea High comprises two en echelon basement ridges, the Archangelsky and Andrusov ridges, that separate the western and eastern Black Sea basins. The sediment cover above these ridges has been characterized by extensive seismic reflection data, but the crustal structure beneath is poorly known. We present results from a densely sampled wide-angle seismic profile, coincident with a pre-existing seismic reflection profile, which elucidates the crustal structure. We show that the basement ridges are covered by approximately 1–2 km of pre-rift sedimentary rocks. The Archangelsky Ridge has higher pre-rift sedimentary velocities and higher velocities at the top of basement (c. 6 km s−1). The Andrusov Ridge has lower pre-rift sedimentary velocities and velocities less than 5 km s−1 at the top of the basement. Both ridges are underlain by approximately 20-km-thick crust with velocities reaching around 7.2 km s−1 at their base, interpreted as thinned continental crust. These high velocities are consistent with the geology of the Pontides, which is formed of accreted island arcs, oceanic plateaux and accretionary complexes. The crustal thickness implies crustal thinning factors of approximately 1.5–2. The differences between the ridges reflect different sedimentary and tectonic histories.
0305-8719
SP464.6
Shillington, D. J.
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Minshull, T. A.
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Shillington, D. J., Minshull, T. A., Edwards, R. A. and White, N. (2017) Crustal structure of the Mid Black Sea High from wide-angle seismic data. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, SP464.6. (doi:10.1144/SP464.6).

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The Mid Black Sea High comprises two en echelon basement ridges, the Archangelsky and Andrusov ridges, that separate the western and eastern Black Sea basins. The sediment cover above these ridges has been characterized by extensive seismic reflection data, but the crustal structure beneath is poorly known. We present results from a densely sampled wide-angle seismic profile, coincident with a pre-existing seismic reflection profile, which elucidates the crustal structure. We show that the basement ridges are covered by approximately 1–2 km of pre-rift sedimentary rocks. The Archangelsky Ridge has higher pre-rift sedimentary velocities and higher velocities at the top of basement (c. 6 km s−1). The Andrusov Ridge has lower pre-rift sedimentary velocities and velocities less than 5 km s−1 at the top of the basement. Both ridges are underlain by approximately 20-km-thick crust with velocities reaching around 7.2 km s−1 at their base, interpreted as thinned continental crust. These high velocities are consistent with the geology of the Pontides, which is formed of accreted island arcs, oceanic plateaux and accretionary complexes. The crustal thickness implies crustal thinning factors of approximately 1.5–2. The differences between the ridges reflect different sedimentary and tectonic histories.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 4 October 2017

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Local EPrints ID: 420944
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/420944
ISSN: 0305-8719
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ORCID for T. A. Minshull: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8202-1379

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Author: D. J. Shillington
Author: T. A. Minshull ORCID iD
Author: R. A. Edwards
Author: N. White

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