Alluvial Fans: Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Dynamics (Geological Society Special Publication)

Alluvial fans are important sedimentary environments. They trap sediment delivered from mountain source areas, and exert an important control on the delivery of sediment to downstream environments, to axial drainages and to sedimentary basins. They preserve a sensitive record of environmental change within the mountain source areas. Alluvial fan geomorphology and sedimentology reflect not only drainage basin size and geology, but change in response to tectonic, climatic and base-level controls. One of the challenges facing alluvial fan research is to resolve how these gross controls are reflected in alluvial fan dynamics and to apply the results of studies of modern fan processes and Quaternary fans to the understanding of sedimentary sequences in the rock record. This volume includes papers based on up-to-date research, and focuses on three themes: alluvial fan processes, dynamics of Quaternary alluvial fans and fan sedimentary sequences. Linking the papers is an emphasis on the controls of fan geomorphology, sedimentology and dynamics. This provides a basis for integration between geomorphological and sedimentological approaches, and an understanding how fluvial systems respond to tectonic, climatic and base-level changes.Also available: Submarine Slope Systems - ISBN 1862391777 Confined Turbidite Systems - ISBN 1862391491 Deep-water Sedimentation in the Alpine Basie of SE France - ISBN 1862391483 Confined Turbidite Systems / S. A. Lomas & P. Joseph -- Key Controls On The Characteristics Of Turbidite Systems / A. H. Bouma -- Silled Sub-basins To Connected Tortuous Corridors : Sediment Distribution Systems On Topographically Complex Sub-aqueous Slopes / R. Smith -- Factors Influencing The Deposit Geometry Of Experimental Turbidity Currents : Implications For Sand-body Architecture In Confined Basins / O. S. Al Ja'aidi, W. D. Mccaffrey & B. C. Kneller -- Present Morphology And Depositional Architecture Of A Sandy Confined Submarine System : The Golo Turbidite System, Eastern Margin Of Corsica / A. Gervais ... [et Al.] -- Multiple Terraces Within The Deep Incised Zaire Valley (zaïango Project) : Are They Confined Levees? / N. Babonneau ... [et Al.] -- Factors Controlling Foredeep Turbidite Deposition : The Case Of Northern Apennines (oligocene-miocene, Italy) / U. Cibin ... [et Al.] -- Impact Of Syndepositional Faulting On Gravity Current Behaviour And Deep-water Stratigraphy : Tabernas-sorbas Basin, Se Spain / D. M. Hodgson & P. D. W. Haughton -- Comparing The Depositional Architecture Of Basin Floor Fans And Slope Fans In The Pab Sandstone, Maastrichtian, Pakistan / R. Eschard ... [et Al.] -- Basin-floor Fans Of The Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen : Relationship Of Basin-floor Sand-bodies To Prograding Clinoforms In A Structurally Active Basin / J. P. Crabaugh & R. J. Steel -- Turbidite Systems Influenced By Structurally Induced Topography In The Multi-sourced Welsh Basin / R. Smith -- Submarine Fans Within Small Basins : Examples From The Tertiary Of New Zealand / C. Zink & R. J. Norris -- Down-channel Variations In Stratal Patterns Within A Conglomeratic, Deepwater Fan Feeder System (miocene, Adana Basin, Southern Turkey) / N. Satur ... [et Al.] -- Sand-rich Turbidite Systems Of The Late Oligocene Northern Apennines Foredeep : Physical Stratigraphy And Architecture Of The 'macigno Costiero' (coastal Tuscany, Italy) / G. Cornamusini -- Spatial Variability Of Hurst Statistics In The Castagnola Formation, Tertiary Piedmont Basin, Nw Italy : Discrimination Of Sub-environments In A Confined Turbidite System / F. Felletti -- Reservoir Modelling Of The Hamitabat Field, Thrace Basin, Turkey : An Example Of A Sand-rich Turbidite System / D. M. Conybeare ... [et Al.] Edited By S.a. Lomas And P. Joseph. This Publication Grew Out Of An International Workshop On Confined Turbidite Systems, Held In Nice (france) In September 2001--pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Submarine Slope Systems : Processes And Products / Stephen S. Flint And David M. Hodgson -- Late Quaternary Shelf-margin Wedges And Upper Slope Progradation In The Gulf Of Cadiz Margin (sw Iberian Peninsula) / F. J. Lobo ... [et Al.] -- Deposition And Stratigraphic Architecture Of An Outcropping Ancient Slope System : Tres Pasos Formation, Magallanes Basin, Southern Chile / M. R. Schultz ... [et Al.] -- Mass Transport Complexes And Tectonic Control On Confined Basin-floor Submarine Fans, Middle Eocene, South Spanish Pyrenees / Kevin T. Pickering And Jordi Corregidor -- High-resolution Borehole Image Analysis In A Slope Fan Setting : Examples From The Late Miocene Mt Messenger Formation, New Zealand / M. Johansson -- Architecture And Stratigraphic Evolution Of Multiple, Vertically-stacked Slope Channel Complexes, Tanqua Depocentre, Karoo Basin, South Africa / Richard J. Wild, David M. Hodgson, And Stephen S. Flint -- Late Cenozoic Evolution Of The Nankai Trench-slope System : Evidence From Sand Petrography And Clay Mineralogy / Michael B. Underwood And Christopher L. Fergusson -- Erosion Of Canyons In Continental Slopes / Neil C. Mitchell -- Quantitative Textural Analyses Of Tobi Sonar Imagery Along The Almeria Canyon, Almeria Margin, Alborán Sea, Se Spain / Olga Gómez Sichi ... [et Al.] -- Mud Prone Entrenched Deep-water Slope Channel Complexes From The Eocene Of Eastern Turkey / Bryan T. Cronin ... [et Al.] -- Concept Of Equilibrium Profile In Deep-water Turbidite System : Effects Of Local Physiographic Changes On The Nature Of Sedimentary Process And The Geometries Of Deposits / J.- N. Ferry ... [et Al.] -- Deformation And Submarine Landsliding Caused By Seamount Subduction Beneath The Costa Rica Continental Margin-- New Insights From High-resolution Sidescan Sonar Data / V. Hühnerbach ... [et Al.] -- Calcareous Turbidity Current Emplacement As An Initiation Mechanism For Substrate Brecciation And Deformation / B. Savary. Edited By David M. Hodgson And Stephen S. Flint. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Grès d'Annot Formation of SE France constitutes a classic and outstanding example of a sand-rich turbidite system controlled by synsedimentary tectonics, and has often been used as an outcrop analogue for deep-water hydrocarbon reservoirs. Over the last 10 years, research efforts by different academic and industrial teams have led to important reappraisals of prevailing ideas on the Grès d'Annot, particularly on the nature and controlling factors of the depositional processes, the small-scale architecture and sequence organization of the deposits, the tectonic regime of the basin and its impact on palaeogeography, and the interaction between sediment gravity flows and basin-floor topography.

This volume offers a multidisciplinary overview and draws up the 'state-of-the-art' of scientific knowledge on this influential turbidite system. Complementary aspects are covered, from structural geology, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, to modelling of sedimentary processes and architectures, geochemistry, reservoir characterization, seismic modelling and uses as analogues for deep-marine hydrocarbon fields.

This book will be of use to both academic researchers (geologists and geophysicists) and industry professionals dealing with the characterization and modelling of deepwater sediments.

'Alluvial fans are important sedimentary environments. They trap sediment delivered from mountain source areas, and exert an important control on the delivery of sediment to downstream environments, to axial drainages and to sedimentary basins. They preserve a sensitive record of environmental change within the mountain source areas. Alluvial fan geomorphology and sedimentology reflect not only drainage basin size and geology, but change in response to tectonic, climatic and base-level controls. One of the challenges facing alluvial fan research is to resolve how these gross controls are reflected in alluvial fan dynamics and to apply the results of studies of modern fan processes and Quaternary fans to the understanding of sedimentary sequences in the rock record. This volume includes papers based on up-to-date research, and focuses on three themes: alluvial fan processes, dynamics of Quaternary alluvial fans and fan sedimentary sequences. Linking the papers is an emphasis on the controls of fan geomorphology, sedimentology and dynamics. This provides a basis for integration between geomorphological and sedimentological approaches, and an understanding how fluvial systems respond to tectonic, climatic and base-level changes.' (Publisher)

alluvial Fans Are Important Sedimentary Environments. They Trap Sediment Delivered From Mountain Source Areas, And Exert An Important Control On The Delivery Of Sediment To Downstream Environments, To Axial Drainages And To Sedimentary Basins. They Preserve A Sensitive Record Of Environmental Change Within The Mountain Source Areas. Alluvial Fan Geomorphology And Sedimentology Reflect Not Only Drainage Basin Size And Geology, But Change In Response To Tectonic, Climatic And Base-level Controls. One Of The Challenges Facing Alluvial Fan Research Is To Resolve How These Gross Controls Are Reflected In Alluvial Fan Dynamics And To Apply The Results Of Studies Of Modern Fan Processes And Quaternary Fans To The Understanding Of Sedimentary Sequences In The Rock Record. This Volume Includes Papers Based On Up-to-date Research, And Focuses On Three Themes: Alluvial Fan Processes, Dynamics Of Quaternary Alluvial Fans And Fan Sedimentary Sequences. Linking The Papers Is An Emphasis On The Controls Of Fan Geomorphology, Sedimentology And Dynamics. This Provides A Basis For Integration Between Geomorphological And Sedimentological Approaches, And An Understanding How Fluvial Systems Respond To Tectonic, Climatic And Base-level Changes.

This publication reflects a growing appreciation of the extent to which turbidite depositional system development is fundamentally affected by basin-floor topography. In the many turbidite and turbidite hydrocarbon reservoirs, depositional patterns have been moderately to strongly confined by pre-existing slopes. This volume examines aspects of sediment dispersal and accumulation in deep-water systems where sea-floor topography has exerted a decisive control on deposition, and explores the associated controls on hydrocarbon reservoir architecture and heterogeneity Submarine slopes provide the critical link between shallow-water and deep-water sedimentary environments. They accumulate a sensitive record of sediment supply, accommodation creation/destruction, and tectonic processes during basin filling. This volume brings together research papers from modern, outcrop and subsurface settings to highlight these recent advances in understanding of the stratigraphic evolution of submarine slope systems A September 2001 meeting held in Nice, France, examined current knowledge on confined turbidite systems, in particular the Grès d'Annot. Work from the meeting covers aspects such as structural geology, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, modelling of sedimentary processes and architectures, geochemistry, reservoir characterization, seismic modelling and uses as analogues for deep-marine hydrocarbon fields coverfig......Page 1 Tabla de Contenidos......Page 2 169......Page 65 187......Page 83 217......Page 113 41......Page 136 69......Page 162 9......Page 188 95......Page 204 index......Page 226 'This publication grew out of an international workshop on Confined Turbidite Systems, held in Nice (France) in September 2001'--Prelim. p.