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Nicolas Hawie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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multi scale constraints of sediment source to sink systems in frontier basins a forward stratigraphic modelling case study of the Levant region
Basin Research, 2017Co-Authors: Nicolas Hawie, Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, Carla Muller, François BaudinAbstract:Recent scientific work has highlighted the presence of an up to 12 km thick Cenozoic siliclastic and carbonate infill in the Levant Basin. Since the Late Eocene, several regional geodynamic events affecting Afro-Arabia and Eurasia (collision and strike slip deformation) induced marginal uplifts. The initiation of local and long-lived regional drainage systems in the Oligo-Miocene period (e.g., Lebanon, Arabia and Nile) provoked a change in the depositional pattern along the Levant region from carbonate-dominated to mixed clastic-rich systems. Herein, we explore the importance of mul- ti-scale constraints (i.e., seismic, well and field data) in the quantification of subsidence history, sedi- ment transport and deposition of a Middle to Upper Miocene “multi-source” to sink system along the northern Levant frontier region. Through a comprehensive 4D forward stratigraphic modelling workflow, we suggest that the contribution to basin infill is split between proximal and more distal clastic sources as well as in situ carbonate and hemipelagic deposition. The results show that single- source scenarios could not reasonably satisfy the basin-scale constraints. The worldwide application of such new multi-disciplinary workflows in frontier regions highlights the additional data con- straints that are needed to de-risk highly uncertain geological models in the hydrocarbon exploration phase.
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tectono stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant basin offshore lebanon
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013Co-Authors: Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, Nicolas Hawie, François BaudinAbstract:Abstract Seismic interpretation constrained by a detailed assessment of the Levant paleogeography allowed subdividing the sedimentary infill of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) in eight major seismic packages. Fifteen seismic facies have been identified with distinctive characteristics. The Levant Basin architecture is pre-determined by a Late Paleozoic/Early Mesozoic rift that led to the formation of a passive margin. Dominant aggrading carbonate platforms are observed along the Levant margin and deepwater mixed-settings (i.e., carbonates and siliciclastics) are suggested to prevail in the basin. The collision of Afro-Arabia with Eurasia led to the development of a flexural basin in the northernmost offshore Lebanon since the Late Cretaceous. A southward migration of this flexural depocenter in the Miocene is hindered by the change in the stress field along the Latakia Ridge and by the westward escape of the Anatolian Plate in Late Miocene and Pliocene times. Interplay between major geodynamic events as well as sea level fluctuations in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic induced important marginal uplifts and emersion. Sediments sourced from the erosion of Nubian siliciclastic material and from the exposed granitic Red Sea rift shoulders and Arabian Shield, were driven into the Levant Basin. The sediment sources diversity, the mechanisms of sediment transport through varied pathways (i.e., the Levant margin canyons, the Latakia region and the Nile Delta deep-sea cone) are expected to strongly impact the reservoir characteristics and prospectivity of the northern Levant Basin.
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Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon)
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013Co-Authors: Nicolas Hawie, Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, François BaudinAbstract:Seismic interpretation constrained by a detailed assessment of the Levant paleogeography allowed subdividing the sedimentary infill of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) in eight major seismic packages. Fifteen seismic facies have been identified with distinctive characteristics. The Levant Basin architecture is pre-determined by a Late Paleozoic/Early Mesozoic rift that led to the formation of a passive margin. Dominant aggrading carbonate platforms are observed along the Levant margin and deepwater mixed-settings (i.e., carbonates and siliciclastics) are suggested to prevail in the basin. The collision of Afro-Arabia with Eurasia led to the development of a flexural basin in the northernmost offshore Lebanon since the Late Cretaceous. A southward migration of this flexural depocenter in the Miocene is hindered by the change in the stress field along the Latakia Ridge and by the westward escape of the Anatolian Plate in Late Miocene and Pliocene times. Interplay between major geodynamic events as well as sea level fluctuations in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic induced important marginal uplifts and emersion. Sediments sourced from the erosion of Nubian siliciclastic material and from the exposed granitic Red Sea rift shoulders and Arabian Shield, were driven into the Levant Basin. The sediment sources diversity, the mechanisms of sediment transport through varied pathways (i.e., the Levant margin canyons, the Latakia region and the Nile Delta deep-sea cone) are expected to strongly impact the reservoir characteristics and prospectivity of the northern Levant Basin. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
François Baudin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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multi scale constraints of sediment source to sink systems in frontier basins a forward stratigraphic modelling case study of the Levant region
Basin Research, 2017Co-Authors: Nicolas Hawie, Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, Carla Muller, François BaudinAbstract:Recent scientific work has highlighted the presence of an up to 12 km thick Cenozoic siliclastic and carbonate infill in the Levant Basin. Since the Late Eocene, several regional geodynamic events affecting Afro-Arabia and Eurasia (collision and strike slip deformation) induced marginal uplifts. The initiation of local and long-lived regional drainage systems in the Oligo-Miocene period (e.g., Lebanon, Arabia and Nile) provoked a change in the depositional pattern along the Levant region from carbonate-dominated to mixed clastic-rich systems. Herein, we explore the importance of mul- ti-scale constraints (i.e., seismic, well and field data) in the quantification of subsidence history, sedi- ment transport and deposition of a Middle to Upper Miocene “multi-source” to sink system along the northern Levant frontier region. Through a comprehensive 4D forward stratigraphic modelling workflow, we suggest that the contribution to basin infill is split between proximal and more distal clastic sources as well as in situ carbonate and hemipelagic deposition. The results show that single- source scenarios could not reasonably satisfy the basin-scale constraints. The worldwide application of such new multi-disciplinary workflows in frontier regions highlights the additional data con- straints that are needed to de-risk highly uncertain geological models in the hydrocarbon exploration phase.
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tectono stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant basin offshore lebanon
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013Co-Authors: Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, Nicolas Hawie, François BaudinAbstract:Abstract Seismic interpretation constrained by a detailed assessment of the Levant paleogeography allowed subdividing the sedimentary infill of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) in eight major seismic packages. Fifteen seismic facies have been identified with distinctive characteristics. The Levant Basin architecture is pre-determined by a Late Paleozoic/Early Mesozoic rift that led to the formation of a passive margin. Dominant aggrading carbonate platforms are observed along the Levant margin and deepwater mixed-settings (i.e., carbonates and siliciclastics) are suggested to prevail in the basin. The collision of Afro-Arabia with Eurasia led to the development of a flexural basin in the northernmost offshore Lebanon since the Late Cretaceous. A southward migration of this flexural depocenter in the Miocene is hindered by the change in the stress field along the Latakia Ridge and by the westward escape of the Anatolian Plate in Late Miocene and Pliocene times. Interplay between major geodynamic events as well as sea level fluctuations in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic induced important marginal uplifts and emersion. Sediments sourced from the erosion of Nubian siliciclastic material and from the exposed granitic Red Sea rift shoulders and Arabian Shield, were driven into the Levant Basin. The sediment sources diversity, the mechanisms of sediment transport through varied pathways (i.e., the Levant margin canyons, the Latakia region and the Nile Delta deep-sea cone) are expected to strongly impact the reservoir characteristics and prospectivity of the northern Levant Basin.
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Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon)
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013Co-Authors: Nicolas Hawie, Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, François BaudinAbstract:Seismic interpretation constrained by a detailed assessment of the Levant paleogeography allowed subdividing the sedimentary infill of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) in eight major seismic packages. Fifteen seismic facies have been identified with distinctive characteristics. The Levant Basin architecture is pre-determined by a Late Paleozoic/Early Mesozoic rift that led to the formation of a passive margin. Dominant aggrading carbonate platforms are observed along the Levant margin and deepwater mixed-settings (i.e., carbonates and siliciclastics) are suggested to prevail in the basin. The collision of Afro-Arabia with Eurasia led to the development of a flexural basin in the northernmost offshore Lebanon since the Late Cretaceous. A southward migration of this flexural depocenter in the Miocene is hindered by the change in the stress field along the Latakia Ridge and by the westward escape of the Anatolian Plate in Late Miocene and Pliocene times. Interplay between major geodynamic events as well as sea level fluctuations in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic induced important marginal uplifts and emersion. Sediments sourced from the erosion of Nubian siliciclastic material and from the exposed granitic Red Sea rift shoulders and Arabian Shield, were driven into the Levant Basin. The sediment sources diversity, the mechanisms of sediment transport through varied pathways (i.e., the Levant margin canyons, the Latakia region and the Nile Delta deep-sea cone) are expected to strongly impact the reservoir characteristics and prospectivity of the northern Levant Basin. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Fadi H. Nader - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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multi scale constraints of sediment source to sink systems in frontier basins a forward stratigraphic modelling case study of the Levant region
Basin Research, 2017Co-Authors: Nicolas Hawie, Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, Carla Muller, François BaudinAbstract:Recent scientific work has highlighted the presence of an up to 12 km thick Cenozoic siliclastic and carbonate infill in the Levant Basin. Since the Late Eocene, several regional geodynamic events affecting Afro-Arabia and Eurasia (collision and strike slip deformation) induced marginal uplifts. The initiation of local and long-lived regional drainage systems in the Oligo-Miocene period (e.g., Lebanon, Arabia and Nile) provoked a change in the depositional pattern along the Levant region from carbonate-dominated to mixed clastic-rich systems. Herein, we explore the importance of mul- ti-scale constraints (i.e., seismic, well and field data) in the quantification of subsidence history, sedi- ment transport and deposition of a Middle to Upper Miocene “multi-source” to sink system along the northern Levant frontier region. Through a comprehensive 4D forward stratigraphic modelling workflow, we suggest that the contribution to basin infill is split between proximal and more distal clastic sources as well as in situ carbonate and hemipelagic deposition. The results show that single- source scenarios could not reasonably satisfy the basin-scale constraints. The worldwide application of such new multi-disciplinary workflows in frontier regions highlights the additional data con- straints that are needed to de-risk highly uncertain geological models in the hydrocarbon exploration phase.
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The Effect of the Palmyra Trough and Mesozoic Structures on the Levant Margin and on the Evolution of the Levant Restraining Bend
Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 2016Co-Authors: Ramadan Ghalayini, Fadi H. Nader, Jean-marc Daniel, Catherine Homberg, Romain Darnault, Jean-marie Mengus, Eric BarrierAbstract:The central Levant margin is characterised today by a restraining bend, part of the Levant Fracture System (LFS) delineating the north-western boundary of the Arabian Plate. This area has been affected throughout geological times by several tectonic events, resulting, in particular, in deep crustal faults oriented oblique to the main NNE trending sinistral strike-slip plate boundary. These faults, together with other structures along the Levant margin, are similar to those found eastward in the Palmyra Basin. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the Palmyra Basin extends westward to the Levant margin through sandbox analogue modelling. We examined the role of pre-existing oblique structures, believed to be part of the Palmyra Basin, on the development of the Levant restraining bend. Results indicated a similarity between the model and the natural example asserting the effect of the pre-existing structures on the growth of the restraining bend. Consequently, the pre-existing structures, which are believed to be part of the Palmyra basin structural system, attest that the latter extends westward to the Levant margin forming its westward termination. The evolution and propagation of the LFS were thus impacted by the presence of the Palmyra Basin and the resulting crustal thickness variations, bending the LFS and creating three different segments along its path.
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the climate variability in northern Levant over the past 20 000 years
Geophysical Research Letters, 2015Co-Authors: Fadi H. Nader, Hai Cheng, Ashish Sinha, S Verheyden, Xianglei Li, Pingzhong Zhang, Liang Yi, Youbing Peng, Youfeng NingAbstract:The Levant constitutes an important region for assessing linkages between climate and societal changes throughout the course of human history. However, large uncertainties remain in our understanding of the region's hydroclimate variability under varying boundary conditions. Here we present a new high-resolution, precisely dated speleothem oxygen-carbon isotope and Sr/Ca records, spanning the last 20 ka from Jeita Cave, northern Levant. Our record reveals a higher (lower) precipitation-evaporation (P-E) balance during the Last Glacial Maximum and Bolling interstadial (Heinrich stadial 1). The early-middle Holocene is characterized by a trend toward higher P-E state, culminating between similar to 7 and 6 ka. The middle-late Holocene is characterized by two millennial-length drier periods during 5.3-4.2 and 2.8-1.4 ka. On submillennial time scale, the northern Levant climate variability is dominated by 500 year periodicity. Comparisons with the regional proxy records suggest persistent out-of-phase climate variability between the northern and southern Levant on a wide range of timescales.
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impact of cenozoic strike slip tectonics on the evolution of the northern Levant basin offshore lebanon
Tectonics, 2014Co-Authors: Fadi H. Nader, Ramadan Ghalayini, Jean-marc Daniel, Catherine Homberg, John E ComstockAbstract:Sedimentary basins adjacent to plate boundaries contain key tectonic and stratigraphic elements to understand how stress is transmitted through plates. The Levant Basin is a place of choice to study such elements because it flanks the Levant Fracture System and the Africa/Anatolia boundary. This paper uses new high-quality 3-D seismic reflection data to unravel the tectonic evolution of the margin of this basin during the Cenozoic, the period corresponding to the formation of the Levant Fracture System, part of the Africa/Arabia plate boundary. Four major groups of structures are identified in the interpreted Cenozoic units: NW-SE striking normal faults, NNE-SSW striking thrust-faults, ENE-WSW striking dextral strike-slip faults, and NNE trending anticlines. We demonstrate that all structures, apart of the NW-SE striking normal faults, are inherited from Mesozoic faults. Their reactivation and associated folding started during the late Miocene prior to the Messinian salinity crisis due to a NW-SE compressional stress field. No clear evidence of shortening at present-day offshore Lebanon and no large NNE-SSW strike-slip faults parallel to the restraining bend are found indicating that the Levant Fracture System is mainly contained onshore at present day. The intermittent activity of the interpreted structures correlates with the two stages of Levant Fracture System movement during late Miocene and Pliocene. This paper provides a good example of the impact of the evolution of plate boundaries on adjacent basins and indicates that any changes in the stress field, as controlled by the plate boundary, will affect immediately the preexisting structures in adjacent basins.
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tectono stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant basin offshore lebanon
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013Co-Authors: Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, Nicolas Hawie, François BaudinAbstract:Abstract Seismic interpretation constrained by a detailed assessment of the Levant paleogeography allowed subdividing the sedimentary infill of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) in eight major seismic packages. Fifteen seismic facies have been identified with distinctive characteristics. The Levant Basin architecture is pre-determined by a Late Paleozoic/Early Mesozoic rift that led to the formation of a passive margin. Dominant aggrading carbonate platforms are observed along the Levant margin and deepwater mixed-settings (i.e., carbonates and siliciclastics) are suggested to prevail in the basin. The collision of Afro-Arabia with Eurasia led to the development of a flexural basin in the northernmost offshore Lebanon since the Late Cretaceous. A southward migration of this flexural depocenter in the Miocene is hindered by the change in the stress field along the Latakia Ridge and by the westward escape of the Anatolian Plate in Late Miocene and Pliocene times. Interplay between major geodynamic events as well as sea level fluctuations in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic induced important marginal uplifts and emersion. Sediments sourced from the erosion of Nubian siliciclastic material and from the exposed granitic Red Sea rift shoulders and Arabian Shield, were driven into the Levant Basin. The sediment sources diversity, the mechanisms of sediment transport through varied pathways (i.e., the Levant margin canyons, the Latakia region and the Nile Delta deep-sea cone) are expected to strongly impact the reservoir characteristics and prospectivity of the northern Levant Basin.
Christian Gorini - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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multi scale constraints of sediment source to sink systems in frontier basins a forward stratigraphic modelling case study of the Levant region
Basin Research, 2017Co-Authors: Nicolas Hawie, Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, Carla Muller, François BaudinAbstract:Recent scientific work has highlighted the presence of an up to 12 km thick Cenozoic siliclastic and carbonate infill in the Levant Basin. Since the Late Eocene, several regional geodynamic events affecting Afro-Arabia and Eurasia (collision and strike slip deformation) induced marginal uplifts. The initiation of local and long-lived regional drainage systems in the Oligo-Miocene period (e.g., Lebanon, Arabia and Nile) provoked a change in the depositional pattern along the Levant region from carbonate-dominated to mixed clastic-rich systems. Herein, we explore the importance of mul- ti-scale constraints (i.e., seismic, well and field data) in the quantification of subsidence history, sedi- ment transport and deposition of a Middle to Upper Miocene “multi-source” to sink system along the northern Levant frontier region. Through a comprehensive 4D forward stratigraphic modelling workflow, we suggest that the contribution to basin infill is split between proximal and more distal clastic sources as well as in situ carbonate and hemipelagic deposition. The results show that single- source scenarios could not reasonably satisfy the basin-scale constraints. The worldwide application of such new multi-disciplinary workflows in frontier regions highlights the additional data con- straints that are needed to de-risk highly uncertain geological models in the hydrocarbon exploration phase.
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tectono stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant basin offshore lebanon
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013Co-Authors: Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, Nicolas Hawie, François BaudinAbstract:Abstract Seismic interpretation constrained by a detailed assessment of the Levant paleogeography allowed subdividing the sedimentary infill of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) in eight major seismic packages. Fifteen seismic facies have been identified with distinctive characteristics. The Levant Basin architecture is pre-determined by a Late Paleozoic/Early Mesozoic rift that led to the formation of a passive margin. Dominant aggrading carbonate platforms are observed along the Levant margin and deepwater mixed-settings (i.e., carbonates and siliciclastics) are suggested to prevail in the basin. The collision of Afro-Arabia with Eurasia led to the development of a flexural basin in the northernmost offshore Lebanon since the Late Cretaceous. A southward migration of this flexural depocenter in the Miocene is hindered by the change in the stress field along the Latakia Ridge and by the westward escape of the Anatolian Plate in Late Miocene and Pliocene times. Interplay between major geodynamic events as well as sea level fluctuations in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic induced important marginal uplifts and emersion. Sediments sourced from the erosion of Nubian siliciclastic material and from the exposed granitic Red Sea rift shoulders and Arabian Shield, were driven into the Levant Basin. The sediment sources diversity, the mechanisms of sediment transport through varied pathways (i.e., the Levant margin canyons, the Latakia region and the Nile Delta deep-sea cone) are expected to strongly impact the reservoir characteristics and prospectivity of the northern Levant Basin.
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Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon)
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013Co-Authors: Nicolas Hawie, Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, François BaudinAbstract:Seismic interpretation constrained by a detailed assessment of the Levant paleogeography allowed subdividing the sedimentary infill of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) in eight major seismic packages. Fifteen seismic facies have been identified with distinctive characteristics. The Levant Basin architecture is pre-determined by a Late Paleozoic/Early Mesozoic rift that led to the formation of a passive margin. Dominant aggrading carbonate platforms are observed along the Levant margin and deepwater mixed-settings (i.e., carbonates and siliciclastics) are suggested to prevail in the basin. The collision of Afro-Arabia with Eurasia led to the development of a flexural basin in the northernmost offshore Lebanon since the Late Cretaceous. A southward migration of this flexural depocenter in the Miocene is hindered by the change in the stress field along the Latakia Ridge and by the westward escape of the Anatolian Plate in Late Miocene and Pliocene times. Interplay between major geodynamic events as well as sea level fluctuations in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic induced important marginal uplifts and emersion. Sediments sourced from the erosion of Nubian siliciclastic material and from the exposed granitic Red Sea rift shoulders and Arabian Shield, were driven into the Levant Basin. The sediment sources diversity, the mechanisms of sediment transport through varied pathways (i.e., the Levant margin canyons, the Latakia region and the Nile Delta deep-sea cone) are expected to strongly impact the reservoir characteristics and prospectivity of the northern Levant Basin. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Lucien Montadert - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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multi scale constraints of sediment source to sink systems in frontier basins a forward stratigraphic modelling case study of the Levant region
Basin Research, 2017Co-Authors: Nicolas Hawie, Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, Carla Muller, François BaudinAbstract:Recent scientific work has highlighted the presence of an up to 12 km thick Cenozoic siliclastic and carbonate infill in the Levant Basin. Since the Late Eocene, several regional geodynamic events affecting Afro-Arabia and Eurasia (collision and strike slip deformation) induced marginal uplifts. The initiation of local and long-lived regional drainage systems in the Oligo-Miocene period (e.g., Lebanon, Arabia and Nile) provoked a change in the depositional pattern along the Levant region from carbonate-dominated to mixed clastic-rich systems. Herein, we explore the importance of mul- ti-scale constraints (i.e., seismic, well and field data) in the quantification of subsidence history, sedi- ment transport and deposition of a Middle to Upper Miocene “multi-source” to sink system along the northern Levant frontier region. Through a comprehensive 4D forward stratigraphic modelling workflow, we suggest that the contribution to basin infill is split between proximal and more distal clastic sources as well as in situ carbonate and hemipelagic deposition. The results show that single- source scenarios could not reasonably satisfy the basin-scale constraints. The worldwide application of such new multi-disciplinary workflows in frontier regions highlights the additional data con- straints that are needed to de-risk highly uncertain geological models in the hydrocarbon exploration phase.
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tectono stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant basin offshore lebanon
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013Co-Authors: Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, Nicolas Hawie, François BaudinAbstract:Abstract Seismic interpretation constrained by a detailed assessment of the Levant paleogeography allowed subdividing the sedimentary infill of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) in eight major seismic packages. Fifteen seismic facies have been identified with distinctive characteristics. The Levant Basin architecture is pre-determined by a Late Paleozoic/Early Mesozoic rift that led to the formation of a passive margin. Dominant aggrading carbonate platforms are observed along the Levant margin and deepwater mixed-settings (i.e., carbonates and siliciclastics) are suggested to prevail in the basin. The collision of Afro-Arabia with Eurasia led to the development of a flexural basin in the northernmost offshore Lebanon since the Late Cretaceous. A southward migration of this flexural depocenter in the Miocene is hindered by the change in the stress field along the Latakia Ridge and by the westward escape of the Anatolian Plate in Late Miocene and Pliocene times. Interplay between major geodynamic events as well as sea level fluctuations in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic induced important marginal uplifts and emersion. Sediments sourced from the erosion of Nubian siliciclastic material and from the exposed granitic Red Sea rift shoulders and Arabian Shield, were driven into the Levant Basin. The sediment sources diversity, the mechanisms of sediment transport through varied pathways (i.e., the Levant margin canyons, the Latakia region and the Nile Delta deep-sea cone) are expected to strongly impact the reservoir characteristics and prospectivity of the northern Levant Basin.
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Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon)
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013Co-Authors: Nicolas Hawie, Lucien Montadert, D. Granjeon, Fadi H. Nader, Remy Deschamps, Christian Gorini, François BaudinAbstract:Seismic interpretation constrained by a detailed assessment of the Levant paleogeography allowed subdividing the sedimentary infill of the northern Levant Basin (offshore Lebanon) in eight major seismic packages. Fifteen seismic facies have been identified with distinctive characteristics. The Levant Basin architecture is pre-determined by a Late Paleozoic/Early Mesozoic rift that led to the formation of a passive margin. Dominant aggrading carbonate platforms are observed along the Levant margin and deepwater mixed-settings (i.e., carbonates and siliciclastics) are suggested to prevail in the basin. The collision of Afro-Arabia with Eurasia led to the development of a flexural basin in the northernmost offshore Lebanon since the Late Cretaceous. A southward migration of this flexural depocenter in the Miocene is hindered by the change in the stress field along the Latakia Ridge and by the westward escape of the Anatolian Plate in Late Miocene and Pliocene times. Interplay between major geodynamic events as well as sea level fluctuations in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic induced important marginal uplifts and emersion. Sediments sourced from the erosion of Nubian siliciclastic material and from the exposed granitic Red Sea rift shoulders and Arabian Shield, were driven into the Levant Basin. The sediment sources diversity, the mechanisms of sediment transport through varied pathways (i.e., the Levant margin canyons, the Latakia region and the Nile Delta deep-sea cone) are expected to strongly impact the reservoir characteristics and prospectivity of the northern Levant Basin. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
