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Cenozoic Palaeogeography and Isochores Predating the Neogene Exhumation of the Eastern North Sea Basin Cenozoic palaeogeography and isochores predating the Neogene exhumation of the eastern North Sea Basin Peter Japsen, Erik S. Rasmussen, Paul F. Green, Lars Henrik Nielsen and Torben Bidstrup Denmark is a key region for studies of the Cenozoic develop- maximum burial during the Cenozoic occurred prior to the ment of Scandinavia because Paleocene to Upper Miocene sed- early Neogene exhumation phase. iments crop out across the country and because it is possible to Late Neogene exhumation began between 10 and 5 Ma correlate these occurrences with the up to 3 km thick Cenozoic ago according to the AFTA data from e.g. the Års-1 and succession of the North Sea Basin. However, the reason why Felicia-1 wells. Only one sample limits the onset of this phase the Cenozoic deposits occur close to the surface of the Earth in to begin before 5 Ma, and the onset of the exhumation prob- Denmark is that the sediments have been exhumed from their ably began in the early Pliocene at c. 4 Ma as suggested by the cover of younger rocks. This implies that a reconstruction of prominent unconformity of this age. After 4 Ma significant the Cenozoic development across Denmark – involving both progradation from Scandinavia into the North Sea Basin and burial and exhumation – must rely on sedimentological and increased subsidence in the central North Sea were initiated. seismic studies of preserved sediments as well as on physical A section of 450–850 m was removed in the central part of the parameters that may yield evidence of the postdepositional his- Norwegian–Danish Basin in association with this reshaping tory of the sediments now at the surface. Only if the burial and of the North Sea Basin. The exhumation affected extensive exhumation history of the basins can be deciphered is it possi- regions where Neogene strata are truncated, and in southern ble to infer the geological development in the Scandinavian Norway and Sweden a sub-Cretaceous etched surface was re- hinterland where Cenozoic sediments are rarely preserved. exposed along the coasts (Lidmar-Bergström et al. 2000). We have identified four Mesozoic–Cenozoic palaeothermal phases related to burial and subsequent exhumation, and one phase reflecting climate change during the Eocene. This is 58°N 6°E 10°E 12°E based on new apatite fission-track analyses (AFTA) and vitri- nite reflectance data from eight Danish wells (Japsen et al. Felicia-1 2007a). The study combined thermal history reconstruction with exhumation studies based on palaeoburial (sonic velo - 57°N 750 city), stratigraphic and seismic data (cf. Japsen & Bidstrup Års-1 1999; Green et al. 2002; Nielsen 2003; Rasmussen 2004; Japsen Hans-1 et al. 2007b). Two of the exhumation phases occurred during 500 the mid-Jurassic and the mid-Cretaceous. In this study we focus 56°N on the Cenozoic development and on the early and late Neogene exhumation phases during which up to 1 km of sedi- 250 ments were removed across most of the Danish region (Fig. 1). Cenozoic exh umation Contour interval 250 m 100 km Early and late Neogene exhumation A major phase of exhumation of the parts of the eastern Maximum burial North Sea Basin adjacent to the presently exposed basement Late Neogene Well data areas in Norway and Sweden began between 30 and 20 Ma Early Neogene Well, AFTA data ago according to the AFTA data (Fig. 1). We suggest that this phase corresponds to the Oligocene–Miocene unconformity Fig. 1. Thickness of the section removed during Cenozoic exhumation. (c. 24 Ma). Prior to this early Neogene exhumation phase, Maximum burial of the Mesozoic sediments took place during the late Neogene in most of the study area. Near the present coasts of Norway the Mesozoic sediments in the Felicia-1 well were at maxi- and Sweden, however, maximum burial occurred subsequent to deposi- mum burial. The maximum burial of the Mesozoic sediments tion of the Oligocene wedges and prior to early Neogene exhumation. in the Hans-1 well occurred during the mid-Cretaceous, prior Only in the Hans-1 well did maximum burial occur during the Mesozoic. to inversion along the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, whereas Modified from Japsen et al. (2007a). © GEUS, 2008. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 15, 25–28. Available at: www.geus.dk/publications/bull 25 Fig. 2. A: Early Eocene A B palaeogeography, 50 Ma. 50 Ma B: Upper Paleocene – Eocene isochore prior to Neogene exhumation. Modified from Japsen et al. (2007a). 100 km A B Fig. 3. A: Late Oligocene palaeogeography, 25 Ma. 25 Ma B: Oligocene isochore prior to Neogene exhu - mation. Modified from Japsen et al. (2007a). Onshore Present coastline Succession truncated, estimated thickness >1000 Thickness (m) 800–1000 200–300 Offshore Sediment transport Succession absent, estimated thickness 500–800 100–200 300–500 <100 Legend to Figs 2–6. Maps of palaeogeography and isochores Heilmann-Clausen et al. 1985; Michelsen et al. 1998). Parts prior to the Neogene exhumation phases of Scandinavia were probably covered by Eocene sediments We have compiled a series of maps to illustrate the Cenozoic because Eocene deposits within the Norwegian–Danish Ba - development of the eastern North Sea Basin (Figs 2–6). The sin contain a deep marine fauna close to the Sorgen - isochore maps are based on present thicknesses and estimates frei–Tornquist Zone with no signs of a near-shore fauna (C. of the removed sections constrained by the total amount of Heilmann-Clausen, personal communication 2005). Further - section removed by Cenozoic exhumation. The estimates of more, reworked Eocene dinocysts and clasts of Eocene muds the removed sections of specific ages are furthermore con- interbedded with Miocene deltaic sediments in Denmark strained by the known geology and our interpretation of the clearly indicate the presence of marine Eocene deposits in the depositional pattern. Each isochore map shows the thick- Scandinavian hinterland (Rasmussen 2004). The thickness of nesses prior to the first phase of exhumation that affected the the Upper Paleocene – Eocene sediments that was removed distribution of the unit; i.e. prior to early Neogene exhuma- during the Neogene rise of Scandinavia was probably limited tion (starting at c. 24 Ma) in the case of the Palaeogene units (<200 m; Fig. 2B). and prior to late Neogene exhumation (starting at c. 4 Ma) During the Oligocene, major clastic wedges prograded for the Neogene units. The palaeogeographical maps show into the Norwegian–Danish Basin from present-day Norway the distribution of onshore and offshore areas separated by (Fig. 3A; Michelsen et al. 1998; Clausen et al. 1999; Faleide the coastline based on the known geology. In the areas where et al. 2002). This change in depositional environment from the deposits of a given age have been removed, the map has Eocene times indicates a phase of tectonic uplift of southern been drawn from an estimate based on our interpretation of Norway (c. 33 Ma) (e.g. Michelsen et al. 1998; Lidmar-Berg - the depositional system and on the inferred burial and ström et al. 2000; Faleide et al. 2002). This tectonic activity exhumation history. is shown by reactivation of faults on the Ringkøbing–Fyn In the early Eocene, the study region was covered by a High and by movements of salt structures in the Nor we - deep sea as demonstrated by hemipelagic deep-marine sedi- gian–Danish Basin (Rasmussen 2004). We suggest that a mentation that lasted until latest Eocene times (Fig. 2A; thick succession of Oligocene shelf and delta sediments that 26 Fig. 4. A: Middle A B Miocene palaeogeogra- 15 Ma phy, 15 Ma. B: Lower – lower Middle Miocene isochore prior to late Neogene exhumation. Modified from Japsen et al. (2007a). Fig. 5. A: Late Miocene A B palaeogeography, 12 Ma. ? 12 Ma B: Upper Middle – lower Upper Miocene isochore ? prior to late Neogene exhumation. Modified from Japsen et al. (2007a). prograded southwards from southern Norway and westwards flooding was caused partly by eustatic sea-level rise related to from southern Sweden made up a substantial part of the sec- the mid-Miocene climatic optimum and partly by increased tion that was removed during the Neogene exhumation at the subsidence in the eastern North Sea Basin in the late Miocene locations of the Felicia-1 and Hans-1 wells, respectively (>1 (Rasmussen 2004). The thickness of the upper Middle – km) (Fig. 3B). lower Upper Miocene sediments that was removed during During the early Miocene, deltas prograded to the south late Neogene exhumation was limited (<200 m; Fig. 5B). and south-west and reached a thickness up to 300 m (Fig. At the end of the Miocene resumed delta progradation 4A). The deposition of coarse-grained sediments reached the from north-east and in particular the east occurred (Fig. 6A) southern part of the Norwegian–Danish Basin and the Ring - (Rasmussen 2005). The infilling of the North Sea Basin con- købing–Fyn High during the Neogene (Rasmussen 2004). tinued during the Pliocene where up to 500 m were depos - These prograding systems reflect a redistribution of sedi- ited in the central North Sea Basin. Substantial thicknesses ments caused by uplift in the Scandinavian hinterland that (<500 m) of upper Upper Miocene – Pliocene sediments resulted in the early Neogene exhumation near the craton. were removed during late Neogene exhumation across an The occurrence of both immature and mature sediments extensive region of the eastern North Sea (Fig. 6B). reflects erosion of weathered as well as newly exposed base- ment. In the Danish area, the early Miocene tectonic activity is demonstrated by coarse-grained, braided fluvial systems Summary and implications and later by a sudden increase in the heavy mineral content This study emphasises that the tectonic development of a at c.
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