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DrRebeccaBell

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Reader in Tectonics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 0903rebecca.bell

 
 
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2.37aRoyal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Wrona:2023:10.1111/bre.12732,
author = {Wrona, T and Whittaker, AC and Bell, RE and Gawthorpe, RL and Fossen, H and Jackson, CA-L and Bauck, MS},
doi = {10.1111/bre.12732},
journal = {Basin Research},
pages = {744--761},
title = {Rift kinematics preserved in deep-time erosional landscape below the northern North Sea},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bre.12732},
volume = {35},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Our understanding of continental rifting is, in large parts, derived from the stratigraphic record. This record is, however, incomplete as it does not often capture the geomorphic and erosional signal of rifting. New 3D seismic reflection data reveal a Late Permian-Early Triassic landscape incised into the pre-rift basement of the northern North Sea. This landscape, which covers at least 542 km2, preserves a drainage system bound by two major tectonic faults. A quantitative geomorphic analysis of the drainage system reveals 68 catchments, with channel steepness and knickpoint analysis of catchment-hosted palaeo-rivers showing that the landscape preserved a >2 Myr long period of transient tectonics. We interpret that this landscape records a punctuated uplift of the footwall of a major rift-related normal fault (Vette Fault) at the onset of rifting. The landscape was preserved by a combination of relatively rapid subsidence in the hangingwall of a younger fault (Øygarden Fault) and burial by post-incision sediments. As such, we show how and why erosional landscapes are preserved in the stratigraphic record, and how they can help us understand the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of ancient continental rifts.
AU  - Wrona,T
AU  - Whittaker,AC
AU  - Bell,RE
AU  - Gawthorpe,RL
AU  - Fossen,H
AU  - Jackson,CA-L
AU  - Bauck,MS
DO  - 10.1111/bre.12732
EP  - 761
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 0950-091X
SP  - 744
TI  - Rift kinematics preserved in deep-time erosional landscape below the northern North Sea
T2  - Basin Research
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bre.12732
UR  - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000896589200001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=a2bf6146997ec60c407a63945d4e92bb
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bre.12732
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/101885
VL  - 35
ER  -
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