巽他陆架东部新生代地震地层特征与沉积演化

Cenozoic seismic stratigraphic and sedimentary evolution of the Eastern Sunda Shelf

  • 摘要: 巽他陆架是全球最大低纬陆架之一,在连接亚洲大陆与赤道海洋系统、调控热带气候变化与物质输运过程中具有重要意义。其东部地区新生代地层保存较为完整,系统地记录了陆相与海相沉积体系在垂向上的频繁交替充填过程,是研究巽他陆架沉积演化与古环境变迁的重要载体。然而,目前针对该区域的地震地层学研究仍较为薄弱,导致对盆地内部地震地层特征与沉积演化过程尚不清晰。基于总长度约12000 km、覆盖面积约80000 km2的高质量二维反射地震数据,通过识别关键地质界面,构建区域性地震地层格架,开展地震相–沉积相综合分析,从而揭示了新生代沉积充填与构造演化过程。自晚始新世至今,研究区共识别出8个关键地震反射界面(H0–海底)与相应的7个地震地层单元(SU1–SU7),识别出分别代表陆相和海相的10种典型地震相(SF1–SF10)。地震地层与地震相分析表明,巽他陆架东部新生代充填演化历经了4个主要阶段:晚始新世—早渐新世的断陷期(SU1)、晚渐新世—早中新世的断拗期(SU2)、早中新世—晚中新世的构造反转期(SU3)以及自晚中新世以来的区域沉降期(SU4–SU7)。演化过程受到构造活动与海平面升降的双重控制:单元SU1–SU3的形成主要受控于区域构造格局的转变,经历了伸展断陷、稳定热沉降到挤压反转的演化过程,沉积环境由陆地逐渐向浅海演变。而单元SU4–SU7的形成则与大规模海平面下降事件关系密切,沉积环境由浅海—半深海逐步转变为河流、三角洲与浅海体系频繁交替发育的沉积格局。本研究建立的区域性地震地层格架,揭示了巽他陆架东部沉积–构造充填演化历史,为区域古气候重建和未来大洋钻探站位优选提供了来自反射地震的关键依据。

     

    Abstract: The Sunda Shelf, one of the world's largest low-latitude continental shelves, plays an important role in bridging the Asian continent and equatorial ocean systems, regulating tropical climate dynamics and sediment-mass transport. Its eastern region preserved exceptionally complete Cenozoic strata that systematically documented frequent vertical alternations between terrestrial and marine depositional systems. This succession formed a critical archive for investigating sedimentary evolution and paleo-environmental changes across the Sunda Shelf. However, the seismic stratigraphy of this region remains poorly constrained, resulting in poorly understanding of basin-internal seismic characteristics and depositional evolutionary processes. We adopted high-resolution 2D seismic reflection data (~12000 km, 80000 km2) to identify key stratigraphic interface, analyzed conduct seismic-to-sedimentary facies, and established the regional seismic stratigraphic framework, based on which the Cenozoic infill history and tectonic evolution were clarified. Eight major seismic horizons (H0-seabed), seven seismic stratigraphic units (SU1-SU7), and 10 typical seismic facies representing terrestrial and marine facies were identified from the Late Eocene to present. The analysis of seismic stratigraphy and seismic facies showed that the Eastern Sunda Shelf experienced four evolutionary phases: Syn-rift (SU1: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene), Post-rift (SU2: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene), Syn-inversion (SU3: Early-Late Miocene), and Post-inversion (SU4-SU7: Late Miocene-present). Deposition was jointly controlled by tectonics and eustasy: SU1-SU3 was controlled by regional tectonic transformation. The study area underwent an evolutionary process from rifting and faulting, stable thermal subsidence, to compressional transition. Meanwhile, the depositional environment transitioned from terrestrial to shallow marine. In contrast, the formation of SU4-SU7 was closely linked to an extensive sea-level fall event. Their depositional environment evolved from shallow-marine to bathyal sea into fluvial-deltaic sedimentation. The established seismic stratigraphic framework resolved the depositional-tectonic evolution of the Eastern Sunda Shelf, and provided key constraints to the paleo-climate reconstruction and future site selection of international ocean drilling.

     

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