A quantitative approach to the evolution of the central Walvis Basin offshore NW-Namibia : structure, mass balancing, and hydrocarbon potential

Rifting and breakup of Westgondwana in the Late Jurassic/ Early Cretaceous initiated the formation of the South Atlantic and its conjugated pair of passive continental margins. The Walvis Basin offshore NW-Namibia is an Early Cretaceous to recent depositional centre with a typically wedge-shaped postrift sedimentary succession covering an area of 105000km2. A 2D model transect across the central Walvis Basin and adjacent onshore areas is used as a case study to investigate quantitatively the denudational history of the evolving passive margin and the related contemporaneous depositional postrift evolution offshore. The database for both the onshore and offshore part of the model traverse is well constrained by own field work, published data as well as by seismic and well data supported by samples. The ultimate goal of this project is to present an integrated approach towards a quantitative link between surface processes and internal processes in terms of a mass and process balance.

Level thesis:degree_level

thesis.doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher

Universität Würzburg

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Kukulus, Matthias

Contributors dc:contributor

• Henk, Andreas

• Südatlantik
• Walvis Becken
• passive Kontinentalränder
• Massenbilanz
• Kohlenwasserstoffpotential
• South Atlantic
• Walvis Basin
• passive margins
• mass balance
• hydrocarbon potential

Repository record source_url

https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/962

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de:962