Geometry and Cenozoic evolution of the Crimean fold-thrust belt from cross-section balancing and kinematic forward modeling
Journal Title: Геофизический журнал - Year 2018, Vol 40, Issue 2
Abstract
The Crimean fold-thrust belt comprises the onshore Crimean-dome fold-thrust belt and the offshore Sorokin accretionary wedge, a sub-surface imbricate stack with high oil and gas potential. We combine geomorphological and balanced cross-section analyses with published low-temperature thermo¬chronology and offshore seismic data to constrain both its present geometry and Cenozoic structural evolution. We interpret the Crimean dome as a map-scale, ramp-related antiform above the Main Crimean thrust, the basal detachment to the onshore part of the fold-thrust belt. The Main Crimean thrust separates the continental Scythian plate from the transitional to oceanic Eastern Black-Sea basin and likely reactivates an Upper Triassic–Lower Jurassic passive continental margin structure. The Crimean fold-thrust belt has accommodated ~24 km shortening since the Eocene, with ~12 km contraction each in the thick-skinned Crimean dome and the thin-skinned Sorokin accretionary wedge. The intermediate geometries in the kinematic evolution traced by the kinematic forward model are testable by future hydrocarbon exploration and thermochronologic studies.
Authors and Affiliations
M. Nakapelyukh, V. Belskyi, L. Ratschbacher
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- EP ID EP282053
- DOI 10.24028/gzh.0203-3100.v40i2.2018.128877
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