Hieke, Werner et al. (2006): Geology of the Victor Hensen Seahill (Ionian Sea, eastern Mediterranean); insights from the study of cored sediment sequences
Leg/Site/Hole:
Related Expeditions:
DSDP 42 374
Identifier:
ID:
2007-018482
Type:
georefid
Creator:
Name:
Hieke, Werner
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Lehrstuhl fuer Ingenieurgeologie, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
Role:
author
Name:
Cita, Maria Bianca
Affiliation:
Universita di Milano, Italy
Role:
author
Name:
Forcella, Franco
Affiliation:
Role:
author
Name:
Mueller, Carla
Affiliation:
Role:
author
Identification:
Title:
Geology of the Victor Hensen Seahill (Ionian Sea, eastern Mediterranean); insights from the study of cored sediment sequences
Year:
2006
Source:
Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana
Publisher:
Societa Geologica Italiana, Rome, Italy
Volume:
125
Issue:
2
Pages:
245-257
Abstract:
The paper presents new data on Messinian, Pliocene and Quaternary-sediments cored on the top and the flanks of Victor Hensen Seahill (VHS) and updates the state of knowledge on its nature. The sediments of six cores and two dredge samples display varying incomplete sequences with normal faults, layers with sediment clasts and stratigraphic gaps. The data support the interpretation of the elongated VHS as a tectonic structure modelled by dominantly tensional faulting since at least early Pliocene time. The present vertical difference of about 525 m in the position of Messinian sediments (occurrence in core BAN 81-13 from VHS and, deeply buried, in DSDP Site 374) gives the order of magnitude of such faulting.
Language:
English
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Coverage: Geographic coordinates: North:35.5052 West:18.1147 East:
18.1147 South:35.5052
Keywords: Stratigraphy; Structural geology; acoustical methods; algae; assemblages; Cenozoic; chemical composition; clay minerals; cores; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP Site 374; East Mediterranean; extension tectonics; faults; Foraminifera; geophysical methods; geophysical profiles; geophysical surveys; Invertebrata; Ionian abyssal plain; Ionian Sea; Leg 42A; marine sediments; Mediterranean Sea; Messinian; microfossils; mineral composition; Miocene; models; nannofossils; Neogene; normal faults; ocean floors; petrography; Plantae; Pliocene; Protista; Quaternary; seamounts; sediments; seismic methods; seismic profiles; SEM data; sheet silicates; silicates; sonar methods; surveys; tectonics; Tertiary; upper Miocene; Victor Hensen Seamount; X-ray diffraction data;
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