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Detection of Miocene saucer‐shaped sills (offshore Senegal) via integrated interpretation of seismic, magnetic and gravity data
Author(s) -
Rocchi Sergio,
Mazzotti Alfredo,
Marroni Michele,
Pandolfi Luca,
Costantini Paolo,
Giuseppe Bertozzi,
Biase Davide di,
Federici Francesco,
Lô Papa Goumbo
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00740.x
Subject(s) - geology , sill , submarine pipeline , igneous rock , transgressive , seismology , paleontology , quaternary , seismometer , geochemistry , structural basin , oceanography , sedimentary depositional environment
The Atlantic margin offshore Senegal has been explored by seismic reflection and GRAV‐MAG surveys. High‐amplitude, laterally transgressive seismic reflectors are found to coincide with gravimetric and magnetic highs. Once seismic data are integrated with potential fields modelling, these reflectors can be safely interpreted as saucer‐shaped igneous sills, up to some hundreds of metres thick, some km wide. The occurrence of hydrothermal vent complexes and forced folds in the stratigraphic sequence above the sills constrain the intrusion age to the Miocene. Field observations and in‐situ magnetic susceptibility measurements of Oligocene–Miocene and Quaternary igneous rocks emplaced in coastal Senegal support this interpretation.