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The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) has previously been recorded in marine density flow sedimentary rocks of the Forties Member, Sele Formation, North Sea Basin. Two cored well sections with existing δ 13C records were analysed for their total palynofloras. Using statistically defined microplankton groups and diversity data, the Sele Formation Unit S1 depositional sequence and its maximum flooding surface was identified in both wells. This highlighted that deposition of the Forties Fan complex began significantly earlier than the inception of the PETM in the proximal fan area. Palynofloras from the Central and West Axial fairways of the Forties Fan have previously been used to indicate increased rainfall, erosion and onset of Forties Fan deposition at the PETM inception. However, winterwet floodplain communities typify the coeval East Axial Fairway, whereas the dominance of swamp-derived communities in the West and Central Axial Fairway sediments reflects source palaeogeography overriding the regional winterwet climate signal. Palynofloras reflecting regional increased seasonality and lower moisture availability increase immediately before the PETM CIE onset, but reflect climate warming over the hyperthermal. However, there is no correlation between Forties Fan initiation and the PETM. NE Atlantic margin basin flank uplift in response to synrift volcanism is indicated as the driving mechanism behind Forties Fan inception. Supplementary material: Raw data, DCA graphs for microplankton, pollen and spore data and δ 13C data for well 22/6-1 are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6080873 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The architecture of canyon-fills can provide a valuable record of the link between tectonics, sedimentation and depositional processes in submarine settings. We investigated the role of plate tectonics in the initiation and evolution of submarine canyons. We demonstrate that events at the plate tectonic scale (i.e. continental break-up and shortening) have a first-order influence on the initiation and development of submarine canyons. The Late Cretaceous (c. 65 Ma) separation of Australia and Antarctica initially resulted in extensional fault systems, which then formed a steep stair-shaped palaeoseabed. Subsequently, the Late Miocene (c. 5 Ma) collision of Australia and Eurasia resulted in substantial uplift and exhumation on the SE Australian continental margin. These tectonic events led to elevated seismicity, which ultimately gave rise to gravity-driven processes (i.e. turbidity currents and mass wasting processes) and formed the base of the canyon. The inherited stair-shaped topography then facilitated further gravity-driven processes that established a mature sediment conduit extending from the shallow marine shelf to the abyssal plain. We suggest that the stratigraphic architecture of canyons can be used as an archive to record tectonic movements. Moreover, the factors that precondition and trigger gravity-driven processes can induce canyon initiation and facilitate canyon development. Supplementary material: A PDF file containing all the clean, uninterpreted seismic sections is available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5937760 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a source-to-sink sedimentary system, multiple processes have the potential to modify the sediment composition during sediment generation at the source, through transport, deposition and burial. To investigate these issues, a multi-proxy provenance study of deep-water and shallow-marine sandstones from the mid-Carboniferous Clare Basin was undertaken, utilizing zircon and apatite U–Pb geochronology, heavy mineral analysis (including apatite trace element data) and petrography. Data from the deep-water submarine fans show a similar provenance signal to the shallow-marine sandstones. Data from across the Clare Basin stratigraphy indicate that sands were probably and consistently derived from the south and SW, with a portion of the detritus being recycled from Old Red Sandstone basins to the south. The provenance signal, however, shows spatial and temporal variations across the basin that are explained by fluctuations in the amount of recycled sediments and are linked with the evolving Variscan Orogenic Belt. Heavy mineral data from both shallow-marine and deep-water sandstones suggest a basin configuration with a delta system feeding directly into the deep basin. Supplementary material: Figures S1–S4 and Tables S1–S8 are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5446739 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the exploration challenges and geological factors influencing the distribution of oil reserves in the Guyana-Suriname deepwater area, South America. It suggesting that the linear trend of discoveries known as the "Golden Lane" may be determined by along-slope currents and depositional patterns, potentially impacting the success of up-dip drilling attempts; and explores the implications of a dominant sand feeder system, primarily sourced from the Berbice Canyon.

The article focuses on the exploration potential near the Buzzard oil field in the Outer Moray Firth of the United Kingdom's (UK's) North Sea. It highlighting the use of reprocessed vintage seismic data, known as "Big Buzz," to reveal new insights into the geological features and potential plays in the area, with a particular emphasis on identifying prospects like Buzzard II; and reprocessing efforts have uncovered details about the relationship between Buzzard sands and Ettrick sands.

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The article discusses the similarity between the two-dimensional (2D) seismic lines in the Brazilian Pelotas Basin and in the Orange Basin in Namibia. Topics covered include a brief background on three of the four discoveries at the Greater Pelotas Basin which proved the capacity of the source rock system to generate light oil and gas, indicators to prove the presence and effectiveness of these source rocks in the basin, and the identification and mapping of potential Upper Cretaceous prospects.

The article offers information about the ION's Mauritania three-dimensional products allowing the explorer to build a greater understanding of the potential of the emerging Mauritanian province on a single, integrated, high-quality dataset. It mentions that how regression during the Late Cretaceous resulted in numerous deltas building out across the platform.

After about an hour, the central eruption plume lost energy and the eruption moved to a lower-elevation ejection of particles in a concentric curtain-like pattern around the volcano. A year on, we know why the Tongan eruption was so violent. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano was a little-known seamount along a chain of 20 similar volcanoes that make up the Tongan part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire". [Extracted from the article]

The article describes the variety of depositional systems displayed by an Upper Jurassic Brae submarine fan system in the South Viking Graben basin of the UK North Sea.

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