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245 0 0 _aThree-dimensional seismic geomorphology and analysis of the Ordovician paleokarst drainage system in the central Tabei Uplift, northern Tarim Basin, western China
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_cdic. 2011
270 _a27/03/2012 ; 27/03/2012
300 _a22 p. ; 2061-2083
520 _aTranscripción del resumen del autor: High-quality three-dimensional seismic data acquired in the central Tabei Uplift, Tarim Basin, western China, provide a rare opportunity to characterize in exceptional detail the three-dimensional geomorphology of a deeply buried (5500–6500 m [18,045–21,325 ft]) Ordovician unconformity and the related paleokarst drainage system. An integrated approach was applied that emphasized integration of seismic data with available conventional core, wireline logs, and age-equivalent outcrops. The exceptional quality of the seismic data allowed a seismic detection limit of karstified features of less than 75 × 75 m (246 × 246 ft) horizontally and 6 m (20 ft) vertically. Interpreted geomorphologic and depositional elements include fluvial channels and canyons, fluvial valleys, sinkholes, and tower karsts and hills. The modern tower karst-drainage system in Guilin, China, is very similar to the mapped Ordovician karst-drainage system and is used as a modern analog. The interaction between the surface karst-drainage system and the shallow-subsurface cave-passage system is evidenced by the observation that surface canyons appear to initiate in areas associated with intense sinkhole development. Also, surface river valleys tend to correspond to dip-oriented surface depressions partly related to near-surface cave collapse. During burial into the deeper subsurface, the combination of intrastratal collapse (karstified strata) and suprastratal collapse (postkarst-deposited strata) created large damage zones hundreds of meters thick and kilometers wide. Coalesced-collapsed paleocave systems can be interpreted from the unique circular pattern of faults (observed in map view) that are associated with seismic bright spots.
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773 0 _tAAPG Bulletin
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942 _cARTICULO
100 1 _aZeng, Hongliu
_926057
100 1 _aLoucks, Robert
_944356
100 1 _aJanson, Xavier
_944355
100 1 _aWang, Guizhong
_952228
100 1 _aXia, Yiping
_952229
100 1 _aYuan, Bingheng
_952230
100 1 _aXu, Ligui
_952231
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