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Article Dans Une Revue New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics Année : 2022

Lateral, longitudinal, and temporal variation in trench-slope basin fill: examples from the Neogene Akitio sub-basin, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

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The fill of trench-slope basins is complex, varying temporally, laterally, and longitudinally. New data from the Neogene stratigraphy of the Akitio Sub-basin, Wairarapa, are presented to investigate such fill variation. The preserved basin fill spans an area 70 km long by 10 km wide, representing deposits from a trench-slope basin. Integration of sedimentological, micropalaeoentological, and geological mapping data charts basin fill evolution. Over 15 km of strata were logged, defining 17 lithofacies associations, which were mapped across the basin; these are interpreted to represent both shallow and deep-water environments. The deep-water strata show a temporal evolution from ponded turbidite deposition, to a period of basin spill via conduits connecting to downstream basins, development of aggradational channel-levees, and finally unconfined submarine fan deposition. Shallow marine deposits mostly developed on the up-dip basin margin occur contemporaneously with basinal masstransport deposits, and in association with the growth of basin bounding structural ridges. Comparison with the evolution of the offshore, actively filling Akitio Trough highlights controls on trench-slope basin fill: a first-order influence of external controls, e.g. tectonism to create the basin; a second-order progression from under-to overfilled; and third-order lateral variation reflecting autogenic process and the effects of local structures on seafloor gradients. These factors combine to vary sedimentation in trench-slope-basins spatially and temporally.

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hal-03375735 , version 1 (13-10-2021)

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Adam D Mcarthur, Julien Bailleul, Frank Chanier, Alan Clare, William D Mccaffrey. Lateral, longitudinal, and temporal variation in trench-slope basin fill: examples from the Neogene Akitio sub-basin, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 2022, 65, 1, pp.105-140. ⟨10.1080/00288306.2021.1977343⟩. ⟨hal-03375735⟩
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