Advance in Sedimentology and Coastal and Marine Geology—2nd Edition

A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Geological Oceanography".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 2050

Special Issue Editor

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The objective of the second “Advances in Sedimentology and Coastal and Marine Geology” Special Issue is to continue the collection of research papers in the field of sedimentology and coastal and marine geology, including seismic and sequence stratigraphy, geological mapping, tephrostratigraphy and facies analysis, both onshore and offshore. We encourage the submission of papers on the Mediterranean continental margins by the integration of different methodologies of marine geological studies. The interaction of the factors controlling sedimentation on the continental margins, including volcanism, tectonics, sedimentary supply and sea-level fluctuations, represents another important topic of interest for this Special Issue. Moreover, we are calling papers on stratigraphic and sedimentary geology. Sequence stratigraphic studies, both onshore and offshore, will complement seismo-stratigraphic techniques and methods, mainly if applied to marine geological studies.

Dr. Gemma Aiello
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sedimentology
  • facies analysis
  • seismic stratigraphy
  • sequence stratigraphy
  • habitat mapping
  • stratigraphic and sedimentary geology

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Formation Mechanism of NW-Trending Faults and Their Significance on Basin Evolution in Zhu III Depression of the Pearl River Mouth Basin, SE China
by Pengfei Zhu, Lintao Zhao, Jiantai Zhang, Dunling Mu, Yichun Chen and Pengfei Rong
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(6), 858; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12060858 - 22 May 2024
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The Zhu III Depression, situated in the northern Pearl River Mouth Basin, features a complex fault system composed of NE–SW-, nearly E–W-, and NW–SE-oriented faults. However, there is limited research on NW-trending faults, especially regarding their formation mechanisms. Through structural analysis of 3D [...] Read more.
The Zhu III Depression, situated in the northern Pearl River Mouth Basin, features a complex fault system composed of NE–SW-, nearly E–W-, and NW–SE-oriented faults. However, there is limited research on NW-trending faults, especially regarding their formation mechanisms. Through structural analysis of 3D seismic profiles, we have revealed the geometric and kinematic characteristics of NW-trending faults and categorized them into three types based on their formation mechanisms: extensional fault, dextral transtensional fault, and sinistral strike–slip fault. The extensional faults predominantly developed as boundary faults during the rifting I period, caused by tectonic inversion of the NW–NWW-trending basement faults since early Eocene. The transtensional fault resulted from the dextral strike–slip motion of the NE-trending basin-controlling faults since late Eocene, under the regional dextral extension stress setting. The sinistral strike–slip faults have been dominant during the post-rifting period since early Oligocene. This is due to the sinistral shearing action related to the southeastward lateral extrusion of the Indochina Block and slab pull southward by subduction of the proto-SCS. The NW-trending faults controlled the development of local tectonics and structures, the depocenter migration during the rifting period, and the trapping, migration, and preservation of oil and gas. Full article
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Submarine Stratigraphy of the Eastern Bay of Naples: New Seismo-Stratigraphic Data and Implications for the Somma-Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei Volcanic Activity
by Gemma Aiello
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(10), 1520; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10101520 - 18 Oct 2022
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The submarine stratigraphy of the eastern Bay of Naples is studied through seismo-stratigraphic data correlated with borehole data. Multichannel seismic profiles are interpreted in order to reconstruct the stratigraphic relationships between the Quaternary marine seismic units and the volcanic acoustic substratum. Seven seismic [...] Read more.
The submarine stratigraphy of the eastern Bay of Naples is studied through seismo-stratigraphic data correlated with borehole data. Multichannel seismic profiles are interpreted in order to reconstruct the stratigraphic relationships between the Quaternary marine seismic units and the volcanic acoustic substratum. Seven seismic units are recognized based on the geological interpretation of seismic profiles and using seismo-stratigraphic criteria. The top of the lowest seismic unit was correlated with the Campanian Ignimbrite (Southern Campania Volcanic Zone). The stratigraphic setting of the eastern Bay of Naples is characterized by NE-SW trending seismic structures, probably corresponding with tuff rings. These tuff rings can be compared with the Porto Miseno, the Archiaverno and Averno, and the Astroni tuff rings (Campi Flegrei). Offshore, the Somma-Vesuvius a seismic unit was interpreted as the fallout deposits representing the base of the AD 79 eruption. However, since a branch of the isopach of 5 m of the “Pomici di Avellino” pyroclastic deposits is very close to the Tyrrhenian coastline and near our GRNA01 and GRNA03 seismic profiles, we cannot exclude that the seismic unit could be also correlated with the deposits of this eruption. Full article
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