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00:00 You're having lunch. No, not . I'll have to go through

00:04 But I feel pretty good about There's some things I need to read

00:07 but I don't I don't feel So I am a great teacher.

00:11 that what you're saying? Yes. all great until the grades come

00:18 I know how that works. Um . So we're at the halfway

00:25 aren't we? This is five right? Yeah. And then I

00:31 you said he had a question, question about the exam next week.

00:36 how would it be like next Next friday. Hello, Can you

00:47 up your volume or something? It's you speak very softly. I can't

00:52 you hear me now? Yes. how will the exam on next will

00:58 like, so do I need to the exam? No, I don't

01:05 so. What I think what I envisioning was that um I would send

01:11 the lecture, you know, at or maybe a little bit before

01:16 And then I would just be, mean, maybe we could just launch

01:22 , launch the whatever the the But you don't need to record

01:30 But I'll just sit here and I'll whatever, do my work. I'll

01:35 muted and everything. But it definitely a question she just asked me and

01:41 I'll be sitting here. I'll answer and then I can just go ahead

01:45 proctor it that way and you can like have the day off. I

01:49 unless you want because you don't really to. I don't think it needs

01:51 be recorded. What do you Yeah. Yeah I think I will

01:56 there and yeah I will not record exam but I mean I mean I

02:03 you need to be around to start meeting I'm afraid if there is any

02:09 taken an issue like the connecting probably can help solving the problem. Okay

02:16 that's what I was thinking. I just go ahead and send the send

02:20 exam Stephanie and then I would you launch the meeting or we would join

02:26 meeting or whatever and then and then would just like you know make sure

02:31 sitting around here for three hours waiting for stopping to finish and then um

02:38 I don't care if you take a bit longer either. I mean you

02:41 but it's gonna be just from the and the lectures but you know

02:45 I'm just lecturing from the notes so all in there and I mean I

02:54 I could do like a take home then I don't know, I mean

03:01 would you would you prefer just like have a take home or something like

03:04 ? I mean yeah. Do you the time limit was because it's it's

03:12 be over just the first four What's your sense, what do you

03:17 to do? Stone? Um I it let's see because I know when

03:22 had when I did with a doctor he like sent it to me at

03:28 I did my final he sent it me at like what was at six

03:33 then I just needed to have it to him like email back to him

03:37 nine. But then when I took Thompson and dr they just kind of

03:43 it to me like the day before they just wanted me to send it

03:46 to them the next day by midnight I don't really care. I'll try

03:53 send it to you either I'll send to you thursday evening or friday morning

04:01 you just give it back, send back to me you know the next

04:05 before before class. How's that? so before Friday at one I will

04:13 it to you either friday morning or evening, something like that. And

04:19 just have to have it back to before class say saturday morning.

04:24 Yeah that's fine. That's perfect. so that gives you you know lots

04:28 time. I mean I'll try my to get it to you thursday

04:32 Okay that's probably when I'll write it fine because I work Friday morning

04:39 I usually work from like 8-12 that so that's okay. Okay then all

04:45 . All right we'll do it that then I'll just send it to you

04:48 that way you don't have to pry don't have to Proctor or anything like

04:51 because that doesn't, that kind of a little pressure off you. I'd

04:56 have the questions be right than be and you know, you get something

05:01 up and I think you're mixed up something and when you're really not,

05:04 just, you're just panicked. So , do it that way. I

05:08 , you know, I mean it's , it's not like right. That's

05:15 I'm saying. I mean, you are the you are the whole bell

05:20 and so yeah. Anyways, we'll just do it that way then

05:29 I guess we'll do it the same for the final. I'll send it

05:33 you maybe Tuesday and then you just it to me by whatever, midnight

05:39 or something like that. Okay. , that'll work. Okay. And

05:44 the exercise has to be do the because your license is your license only

05:48 till the 14th. Anyways, I . Okay. I think.

05:59 Anyways, but the exercise will be . I mean, you can finish

06:04 right away if you want. I it shouldn't be difficult. So

06:08 so we got some of the logistics those things sorted out and you said

06:14 didn't have any questions about my excellent for the this morning. So let

06:22 just see here. So we can into. So this is where midway

06:27 , right? This is the we the crest and now it's all downhill

06:32 here. Is that right? Because there's 10, 10, 10

06:41 , right, eight lectures plus two . I see latin things, you

06:49 , we're fine. Yeah, I think we're like halfway.

06:56 alright, then. So now we're jump into the Wilson cycle or the

07:02 kind of cycle, we're gonna look the phases. The first phase is

07:07 basis that are, that are produced extension. Let the spirit crustal extension

07:15 the first one is is rift Okay, so There's a couple of

07:22 models, the classic models, the Shear is the is the classic one

07:27 called Mackenzie and he wrote a famous in 1978 that's still cited today,

07:36 some remarks, some remarks about but it starts some remarks.

07:41 if you ever wanna be cheeky, can start your paper with some

07:46 Uh, anyways. Um, but before we get to pick your

07:52 basins form by extension, a little tectonic forces And rift bases are on

08:00 order of a couple 100 km They, and they can be hundreds

08:04 kilometers of links and they're generally up about seven km in depth. In

08:11 , most atomic bases do not exceed km in depth. Passive margins are

08:18 little different because there they sit atop and oceanic crust together, so they

08:24 much deeper. They are the deepest . But most bases including risk seven

08:30 is really an upper limit. There some that are deeper but that's kind

08:35 a number you can you can stick your head. And of course they're

08:40 by rotated fault blocks is mythic flows you know you're cracking a little sphere

08:46 you're getting some volcanism associated with that . And so the two main geodynamic

08:55 are pure shear and simple shear kevin who who passed away recently was a

09:03 at University of Houston, very famous . Um He used to say that

09:09 of them is pure nonsense and the is sheer nonsense but in any case

09:16 in pure share you have symmetric stretching rifting as the figure down below um

09:26 and um it is partly replaced by estamos fear that gradually cools over 5200

09:35 years. As it cools it becomes dense and subsides, right? So

09:39 amount of subsidence depends on the amount stretching which is the beta factor.

09:45 it's the initial with plus what's been to it by stretching over the initial

09:52 . So this was the one that was that I was referring to when

09:58 was showing you Nyla Dowler's study the fit reconstruction of the central atlantic.

10:04 has a map where she calculates beta the all the extended crust. But

10:11 the idea that's the idea the X dx over X. And that's pure

10:18 . Now simple shear question real Yeah why why is it called like

10:27 ? Because I got I thought shearing just more of like like a term

10:32 for I don't know like breaking or like that. Like like a transform

10:37 a transformer sort of right like Um I think I think the I

10:45 because when you stretch your deforming and this boundary there there is sheer along

10:55 this these these faults are sort of they're they're you know they're there ah

11:04 rotating around. Yeah I think it's bad I think it's a bad word

11:09 I'm trying to figure out why it because when you're stretching the crust this

11:14 I mean okay in the in the the upper crust it deforms brutally and

11:20 the lower crust it deforms duct really stretching play doh or gum. And

11:28 motion um Is I guess sheer. . Yeah that's a good question.

11:37 I guess it's not a particularly good word. Um Okay so simple shear

11:45 that you have low end detachments on surface but they're offset from the crustal

11:51 . So you have something like And in fact this mechanism I think

11:56 most is very common. I don't there's a lot of simple shear going

12:01 . I mean there's a lot of sugar. I think there's a lot

12:03 simple shoot. So this idea was proposed by bryan Warnecke as an explanation

12:10 the formation of basin range deformation. great basin which is mostly Nevada and

12:16 extending north and south from there. Yeah, so with regard debate,

12:26 kind of a substitute crustal thickness for the sphere thickness. But it can

12:31 problematic because think about this with with to gravity data, we go back

12:36 the first year, you're gonna have that are sort of symmetric over this

12:42 , right? You're gonna have maybe broad high related to this upper

12:47 right? And then you're gonna have on it. You're gonna have some

12:52 attitude anomalies that are, you showing these these sort of riff structures

12:59 it. We'll see some examples and get the sense of it. But

13:03 idea but the gravity signature would be . But in in simple shear you're

13:09 to have a broad hide related to . That's offset from these anomalies.

13:14 produced by these uh rift blocks over . So that's something that's important with

13:22 to gravity Magnetics. Um Right, now there's kind of a kind of

13:30 uh simple shear. Um Well what it? Yeah, okay, this

13:40 a typo um It should say simple because this is like simple shear just

13:48 with with a detachment, with a detachment, right? With this one

13:53 connected. But if you detach and you along some horizontal in some horizon

14:00 basically horizontal between the brittle in dr . You can form what they call

14:06 core complex is or delamination, that of thing. So I need to

14:12 a note um root. Mhm. is lister. And then so I

14:26 to correct that I should say something right so but basically it's the same

14:31 of idea as more Nikki except that more it's even more of delamination or

14:39 detachment along some horizontal plane. But maybe this is just more simple

14:47 . I don't know. Okay now a really important paper here that was

14:52 in 01 by Jalal Bangor who got Bachelor's degree at U. Of

14:57 Um In fact I think he didn't it. He just he just went

15:01 um he went to some big he's the guy is a genius,

15:06 brilliant and I think he recognized that his talents were pretty great.

15:14 He he did go to U. H. I met him one time

15:20 they did this study him and his here Boris in Ethylene in Turkey.

15:26 did a study of all the risks the world and they found 568 active

15:33 passive and they categorize them and tabulate . So there's and down here you

15:38 this to 90 and raised 101 in 11 Australia, one in New Zealand

15:44 North America 68 South American 16 Alright so here's where they all

15:51 And um in here he's got a areas where he's drawn boxes like this

15:58 area here around the caribbean and I just more. Yeah this one right

16:04 uh in uh Alright this big one all of europe and everything and he's

16:11 and numbered them and he has duplicate in this stuff. So it's not

16:17 simple figuring this out. You can this table but yeah so here's here's

16:23 example, so he starts here and has 123. But then he has

16:27 can go up here and you can like 123. So it's not really

16:31 in any case I think that's how works. But this is his classification

16:37 . He has active and passive. um and then he explains them in

16:44 of he has this nomenclature K. G. Which stand for different

16:50 Um And then he has passive here he has A C. K.

16:58 . And then K. 21 22. And then so so each

17:04 right? He adds, he adds is so for these is K.

17:09 is K. 31 32 33. . 4 41 42. And then

17:15 adds 411412. So that's the that's idea. So 41 411 r sub

17:22 related riffs that are related to convergent uh convergent play Bondi risk that are

17:38 . They're not not time margin. is the status of the rift.

17:41 other words, their fossil, they're moving anymore. And so. Right

17:47 there's subduction related collision related. So anyways we're gonna look at some

17:52 these, we're gonna look at the . Two which is an inter plate

17:57 active the gulf of Suez, that's active rift right now and it's a

18:03 . Two. Okay. And then gonna look at Newark rift which is

18:07 which is a pat which is It's it's a fossil rift. It's

18:12 the east coast of the U. . As the name implies. And

18:17 has with previous domes. So it's rift that form down a dome I

18:22 . And um. Oh I No, the dome ng is related

18:25 the atmospheric uplift. Right? So one didn't have it I guess.

18:31 what that's saying. And then trans all riffs and the west antarctic falls

18:38 that category is a trans dimensional rift . G. Four. And pull

18:45 rift clusters. Another G. Right? Oh yeah. Alright,

18:50 riff stars are G. Two rift . The G three rift clusters are

18:54 four rift ness R. G. . Indeed. Yes, that's how

19:01 works. Yeah. Okay. So gonna look at the Rio Grande as

19:07 and that falls under two categories 411. And it could be a

19:13 cluster or rift chain chain. I so. And then we're gonna we're

19:19 look quickly at the rain grab. some of these just, just a

19:24 look, but just to show you these things, you know,

19:29 they like to classify things. So are most of those right now,

19:34 the Newark rift, so this is north America and, and, and

19:38 showing you this because I just want to get to get a feel for

19:42 at least understand how complicated they can . Um because you see the,

19:49 Newark rift looks to me to be symmetric, it looks like a um

19:56 , simple shear, right? You got one major fault and you got

20:00 outboard, you know, there's some like that, some, you

20:04 smaller structures inside, but you got main, what we call basin bounding

20:09 . Right? So in terms of and knowledge, what would you expect

20:18 be the biggest, what would what kind of anonymous would you expect

20:22 see over this sort of geometries? do you expect to see? Really

20:27 anomalies. The bigger bigger anomalies I mean, high amplitude anomalies over

20:34 basin bounding falls is, I higher amplitude than these. It could

20:40 be. I mean, structural I'm not suggesting with a logic

20:45 what I'm saying In the scope of 10-50 mg range, these would be

20:53 the upper end of that because it's base inbounding funds. The base is

20:56 gonna be, this base is probably here. Any smaller structures will produce

21:01 small amount. Now the Ryan grab looks to me like pure sheer

21:08 You have these two sides that are parallel to each other. And and

21:14 these basin bounding faults would be producing higher amplitude anomalies than these solo

21:20 And also these subtle anomalies in the part of the basin. They would

21:25 producing longer wavelength anomalies too, wouldn't ? Okay, so now we'll look

21:32 the, the gulf of Suez, gulf of Suez rift and that's very

21:39 . It has this series of kind like uh braided sort of riffs where

21:48 like going back and forth. So one, this one looks to be

21:54 of asymmetric with the deepest part right . This looks to be asymmetric,

21:59 deepest part to the west and then to the east. This is actually

22:04 of a common, this is the that the east african rift works.

22:08 you remember from that figure we looked earlier, the way those different riffs

22:12 , um, they bounce back and . So they're asymmetric, alternating was

22:18 deepest part is to the west and the east and to the west.

22:22 again though the bounding faults, these ones that, that sort of,

22:28 know, that are in heavy, sicker lines. These are probably going

22:33 produce higher amplitude anomalies where the smaller is fine. We'll probably, I

22:39 , I'm just suggesting this based on , this figure will produce lower amplitude

22:45 , be more subtle. And then damn purist, which is at the

22:50 west shelf of Australia. Um It's it's not in uh singers, It's

22:57 in his list here. I couldn't it. I mean, of all

23:01 500 and some odd whatever, 538 whatever there are. Okay, I

23:07 find the damn pier rift in but it looks to be um they

23:13 the extension is this way and it's of oblique. But even though it's

23:20 , you kind of get the sense it's still sort of pure shear.

23:27 , but this sort of gives you idea gives you a feel for the

23:33 of rift basins. And then these , you should should be reflected in

23:37 data, in the magnetic data as as gravity. Um yeah, we're

23:42 we're gonna look, we'll look at , the Rio grande rift. So

23:48 a couple of papers 90 both 1 killer and Cather and one Russell

23:54 Snelson. And so the Rio grande runs through new Mexico starts up in

24:00 in Colorado and then it ends up down into Mexico. And you

24:09 uh you see, um I I think Big Bend Park is actually

24:16 after the bend in the rift. think that's the idea. And then

24:22 course there's the san juan volcanic I think that's what it's called another

24:28 field. Um I'm sorry. san juan volcanic field. It's right

24:34 and then ST louis basin. So are little sub basins in the rift

24:40 . So here's the Albuquerque basin which right here and on on, you

24:46 , I don't know. So there's these little sub basins, you

24:51 and um, there's volcanic fields they're segmented and it's kind of kind

24:57 crazy. All right, So let's at the we'll take the Keller and

25:03 map and Geo referenced it on top topography. So you can see the

25:11 in the topography, right? It's coming down to here. Um here's

25:17 that volcanic field is, It you know, it's in and amongst

25:22 , I guess these are volcanoes. then you have a rift basin

25:28 Albuquerque rift is right through here and there's other rift basins. They should

25:33 farther south. Let's look at it the geologic map. Okay, so

25:41 obviously very recent sedimentation uh, in basin itself. But then there's looks

25:47 there's some cena's OIC volcanism. These center cenizo rocks in the fields,

25:53 volcanic fields are cena's OIC. But look at look at this, you

25:59 some looks like our key and rocks are exposed at the surface in

26:05 which is pretty interesting. So, then and then you have some paleozoic

26:11 as well all through here. So one looks like this might be pennsylvania

26:17 permian. But there's some, you , there's some dark blues in

26:21 So maybe these are devonian or something that. And then of course the

26:26 is Mesozoic. And you can see the Mesozoic that's exposed around here and

26:34 this figures slides right in there very . Really, you can just see

26:39 in here. Okay, so let's at gravity anomalies and you're looking at

26:46 bouquet and it's probably an upward continuation that's the only kind of residuals.

26:52 do. So, so that's probably it is. But here's the Albuquerque

26:57 . And then here are these are produced by the basin bounding faults.

27:01 you can see what I was talking , see how prominent these anomalies

27:06 right, you're not big like this here, but they're prominent and they're

27:11 and there's, you know, and look at the volcanic field,

27:16 big gravity low. Maybe these maybe these rocks are very forest,

27:22 is why you have a, you , a gravity low there because what's

27:26 what's the density correction for bouquet? density do you always see? Um

27:36 .777 .67. Okay, so if corrected, let's look at the

27:45 if you corrected this high and you that that was Due to 2.67 and

27:53 was really due to two points, was really 2.3, what would that

28:05 if you're Blue gay correction was too ? If the correction was too

28:12 then you'd be over correcting. Remember Nettleton profile over correcting and so it

28:22 produce a low I think. So that's what's going on there.

28:29 thing with these volcanic fields here. very interesting maybe down here as

28:34 This, see, I'm looking at character here and I say this looks

28:39 little bit like that. That looks little bit like that. And in

28:42 , this looks a little bit like . So even though they're not mapped

28:47 here, my guess would be that are also volcanic fields, but this

28:53 actually shaped more like that. But just don't, they're covered right there

28:58 with whatever, you know, senate or something like that. So they're

29:03 not there. But you can like I said, you can still

29:08 , uh, this is a bounding and it looks looks like everything's offset

29:13 , but not according to this Hmm. I wonder what that

29:18 Okay, let's look at the magnetic R. T. P. That

29:23 RTP. So on the left, can see the, I guess I

29:27 the figures on the same side. . You can definitely see the volcanic

29:33 here and same thing up here. at this down here. See,

29:36 telling you. I think that's it . What does it mean? What

29:40 you think these are volcanic? They're be magnetic. Why is this

29:45 What's going on? Why is this is all the volcanic producing not only

29:53 could it be because of is a thickness in that area? Like we

30:00 talking about? Um I don't know it it was this flow occurred when

30:15 field was reversed. I was literally to say that but I was

30:18 no, okay. Yeah right. have to make sure that you're careful

30:24 . Yeah, I know it's kind hard. I'm just inspiring this information

30:29 your rapid fire. But yeah, got to make careful about what properties

30:36 associate with magnetic data and what you with gravity data. And I think

30:42 got it. Can I ask a stupid question. Are these just because

30:49 trying to combine like what I've learned other classes to like what we're doing

30:53 um this area that we're looking at these like structures that were going

30:58 Is this due to the limited progeny is this a different time period?

31:04 well, okay. People think that grande is still active and they think

31:12 because there's like active volcanoes. So like a good clue. When did

31:18 Lair Mind End? 30 M. . I think it was like 62

31:25 , something like that. We did structural geology and that was like a

31:31 ago. But yes, I always those mixed up. I get a

31:36 preceded um um Let's remind 80-55, 55. So that's into the

31:51 So that's whatever petty seen or using the Miocene. And then um severe

32:07 Yeah severe was cretaceous severe was Jurassic cretaceous severe is 160-50, so remember

32:17 by 30 million. That's why I to 30 from the overlap by 30

32:20 years. So 80-55. Is that I said? Mhm 82 55.

32:29 then um no the only, yeah 1 62 that's a long time.

32:38 60 to 54 severe. So and Rio grande rift, I mean I

32:44 that's tertiary. I think that's related the great basin. Right, let

32:57 see when does out find out. looking at it right now. Rio

33:00 rift Real Grand Red started around So it it is after layer.

33:17 it formed when the Great Basin formed that's when the Great Basin formed.

33:24 way to remember is that it's like , right? 30. Emma is

33:28 . It should be tertiary. Um tell you right now um Yeah,

33:40 church, it's a legacy. So Right, that's when the slab beneath

33:52 was when the spreading center, the pacific rise, spreading center was overridden

34:00 north America and that's when the san fault developed, it developed as that

34:07 center was was overridden because the plate was converted from a spreading center to

34:14 transport. So part of that spreading pokes out up and connects to the

34:21 fracture zone in the juan de Fuca that we looked at earlier. And

34:27 other end pops out in the, the, in the gulf of

34:32 it separates, you know, the from the Mexico mainland. So that's

34:40 center is interrupted by the san Andreas , which, which is, which

34:47 the spreading center and then all that . That's when the great basin,

34:53 when all the rifting in Nevada And the rio grande rick. This

34:57 also related to that because this is rift, this is a rift in

35:01 middle of the carton. So is , is it going to, is

35:08 going to succeed and produce an ocean ? I don't know, but there

35:15 folks that don't want it to be but I know that there's volcanoes and

35:19 like to me, yeah, it's . So alright, so here's a

35:29 Adams and Keller that's randy Keller. used to be at Utep then went

35:35 Oklahoma, um, here's a little that they did in a couple of

35:40 , the two LaRosa basin basin. Palomas basin. The angle basin,

35:47 these little sub basins down here. , so the um, the Albuquerque

35:53 I believe is just north of I think it's right here and then

35:58 course, here's the volcanic fields that been looking at all over here.

36:02 we're in this this is in the part down here. What did he

36:06 ? It was Palomas where they at they at? I don't see them

36:18 . Let's see uh angle paloma's LaRosa Puerto Palomas is at the very

36:29 bottom. On the right side right it is paloma's so that's the

36:34 Okay, so. Alright so we're not yeah. Okay so we're at

36:39 bottom of it. Okay, that's . Whatever. Um We'll look and

36:43 what they did. Um They did study. So this is their model

36:47 . To A. So they model . To A B. Two B

36:51 C. To C. Okay, . Goes the northern part from west

36:54 east to be shorter. It goes the middle of A. And C

36:59 there. And this is using like 1994 version of the software we're

37:08 So it's the same company, this this is in the before times.

37:14 they have some refraction stations and there's wells and some reflection data. And

37:20 They have a mantle density of three that they used. They have some

37:31 source over here, 2.6 and upper . Lower. So you get the

37:35 is typically modeled a couple different ways to lay across, sometimes a three

37:44 across. I'm talking about the crystalline . We're gonna be doing a three

37:48 one as well for our for our and let's see what is observed,

37:57 , observed other pluses. And the are the little triangles. This is

38:05 they even had lines to these And then the key is um there's

38:14 sin here. Alu Veum estrada introduces grab it. That's the right.

38:20 then they had some densities in But I mean, overall it looks

38:26 . Um You know, there's a of different densities. I'm assuming they

38:30 control on this stuff. But here's basically your your rifting structure.

38:37 rotated these shape this way. This this could tell this was modeled by

38:44 because they like they have these just geometries. But you can imagine this

38:49 be like wrote this would be rotated blocks over here on this side of

38:53 basin. Did they label these? , the cerro Yeah. School

39:06 And then B. Two B. this is a short one that terminates

39:11 . So here they just um I , I think that that's I would

39:15 do something like that. I you don't know, I mean,

39:19 does he know that? I don't . In any case um Here's where

39:25 split the mantle and density and then again they made this model. So

39:31 actually have these and then here is . Two C. Prime.

39:39 So the same thing. So I have these. So let me just

39:55 me just open a model. I it goes to the right place.

40:09 see what happens. I see B. C. S.

40:24 It's gotta be this one. looks like I did something here.

40:34 . I didn't want to open that . Let's try B. Oh wait

41:10 second. I want to put I know I have the load

41:18 load backdrop, depth image. Let's . I want image to see 97

41:33 store information 94 _ seven. So should be able to find it

41:44 I bet it's right in here. ? Oh this is breaking my

42:08 Hmm Let me just okay Adams, me see. I can find

42:18 Just give me a quick second. should I see It's uh It's 94

42:55 crop JP. Oh wait a There it is, bingo.

43:20 so yeah that's pretty interesting. Does work? So we can slide,

43:34 can slide down just look at the . And I always just I always

43:42 off the that one because I don't . Oh this one has mm This

43:56 interesting. So the model looks So where's my, so you can

44:02 things in here Like I can change color of the model lines. So

44:06 cross sections. Let's see the surfaces black right now. I want to

44:11 them to something that I can see there. Yeah so I traced this

44:18 thing. Um Let me go minus 2 200 to see what happens.

44:29 , let's see, that's interesting. range. I'm just changing the

44:37 Just right, So this is B B prime. Okay, it's this

44:46 right here. So I I think probably using the same data as them

44:51 well. Um I don't know why going like that, but this this

44:59 geo reference and these are some refraction . Let me change the range

45:07 Change range like this. Nine 2 . Yeah. But yeah, this

45:26 really interesting. So yeah, I , see I think that you can

45:38 so when you model you should always from the bottom up, what is

45:44 ? Lower density? So there's I think it's coming back. I

45:54 that this model, I think that something wrong with the reference on this

45:59 that's why I'm thinking it stretched the it is. Alright, I'm gonna

46:03 this, go back to this thing any case, right? Um They

46:17 the well control and then they did some refraction control. I mean,

46:20 don't know if I would model some of feature like that. I think

46:25 best to, you know uh I , I just don't know how they

46:30 where that is. And also single for the mantel should work. And

46:38 my approach is that I think that you have you have two things philosophically

46:46 you're doing models, you have two here. Right? Two things you

46:50 change. You can change the rock or you can change the layer

46:55 If you're doing both ad hoc you , just free willing it. You're

47:02 going to be learning anything, you're gonna be you fit it. But

47:05 doesn't mean. So what could be you fall into the I mean I

47:10 to say you fall into the man trap. Right? So the way

47:14 do it systematically is in models like that are regional like this where you

47:20 have a lot of control on rock . What I do and what we'll

47:28 doing next week is we'll be holding layer geometry densities the same and we'll

47:38 just accommodating everything with geometry. So you can do then suppose the geometry

47:45 looking weird. Well then you infer that case that there probably is a

47:54 change somewhere but you don't know where is. You know, you don't

48:00 its shape or exactly what depth it's . But if you like have to

48:07 push a whole bunch of horizons all way up and a bunch of all

48:10 way down to make things fit. you can search, you can it's

48:15 to infer that there's a density change there. Now should you put it

48:20 there? I say no, leave model looking funny because if you put

48:26 in there then exactly how big do make it? What depth you put

48:32 gonna have to make some decisions on what it should look like. But

48:35 don't know what it looks like. know there's something there but you don't

48:38 what it looks like. So it's to have your model look, have

48:42 warts in it. Uh And then can address those when you present it

48:49 you write your report on it or like that. That's the sort of

48:53 . Now at the other end of scale, suppose you're doing a three

48:57 gravity model in the gulf of Mexico a salt dome that there's been,

49:03 know several versions of three D. and two D. Surveys and there's

49:09 of wells, you just got more than you can even keep track

49:14 Well in that case the geometries for , the top of the salt is

49:20 to be well defined. The densities the salt are gonna be well

49:27 And basically the only variable you would in that case would be the base

49:32 the song. So um and you because the salt density is kind of

49:38 constrained and in that case you're just invert for the basis song. I

49:43 people that work in oil companies, spend their life building three D.

49:48 models in the gulf of Mexico inverting the base of salt. I mean

49:53 like death by 1000 cuts. If ask me, okay There's another

50:00 And I think this is really a study. I mean in terms of

50:04 for in terms of scholarly work this probably as good as it gets in

50:10 of models and presentations and stuff. um The results I'm okay with but

50:19 really like this paper more because of method and the workflow. So Chen

50:26 she's a usgs in Denver. I know who Connell is, but they

50:35 two models and and they were russell . Remember that? They're there.

50:42 actually referring to the original paper This is This is a typo

50:49 This should be 2013 up there. Russell Snout. Some papers 99

50:55 So I'm gonna make another slide Um ah wow 2013. And this

51:11 uh Anyways they, what they did they they looked at Russell's nelson's interpretation

51:18 was based primary and reflection data and compare it with another paper uh that

51:24 gravity and borehole data. Then they 3 2 d. models. Uh

51:33 where A is a long strike is a two A. Prime is

51:38 And then B. And B. . And C. Um And noting

51:46 the Neo gene basin film. So there's you know, fairly young basin

51:51 that's a lot less tense than the rocks. So let's see Neo Gene

51:58 the. Yeah, I guess. literacy. I guess then the paleo

52:04 and Mesozoic and whatever pelleas or rocks down here. So and they proposed

52:13 model of 3, 3.5 kilometer thick sub basins. So let's look at

52:18 . So on the left is Burch's and um this is gravity anomalies uh

52:27 Milligan's, you can definitely see the of the basin then they're very

52:31 And here's his ma here's his model , I mean sedimentary thickness going down

52:37 three km. Now the old uh and Snelson paper, this is their

52:47 , this is this is from the we looked at and here you have

52:51 , you know, some big faults some depot site is going down at

52:56 kilometers. I mean they have this to be these are Milligan right?

53:05 so they're going to a clock which I think a little deep. But

53:10 they're saying there's a transfer zone So on this side you see they're

53:15 suggesting because of the thickness of these . That's their way of showing the

53:21 . So they're saying that you you know, or how I guess

53:26 throw rather. So this is the basin bounding fall on the western side

53:32 it flips to a major base inbounding . You can tell by the shape

53:36 the basin to where it gets how it gets deeper. It's kind

53:40 asymmetric. So that's the japanese from data back in the day And their

53:51 , I'm sorry, 4.7 km. are these Interval 2000 ft I

54:03 Oh the ice. Okay there in of feet. 12,000 ft. I'm

54:08 . Alright. Yeah. Okay that's . Alright. Um Now so the

54:16 control included. Yeah. Side of flashes well and empty soundings. So

54:21 their three D. Kind of your D. Perspective manager friendly figure.

54:31 and on the right is there two . Models from the paper? And

54:35 is what I really like this a . So they put in it they

54:38 a little piece of the geologic map the transect. Then they have the

54:45 and magnetic anomaly profiles. Then they the model window in you know in

54:52 density window. And then below that have a geologic cross section which is

54:58 from that. So. Full on . Mad guys gravity cross section.

55:05 think this is really a nice way doing it. And then um this

55:10 C two C. Which is the one to the south. Again you

55:14 the same the same system of uh view geologic map. And then this

55:23 the model from GM says the program going to use uh observed and calculated

55:30 gravity, gravity and Magnetics and then have um the basin. Now the

55:38 thing that bugs me about this is they really well. Okay so they

55:43 reckon they have good control on the . So that's why they're making all

55:48 density changes in the rocks. And changes as well. Um Because they

55:56 this geometry is well defined by their data and well controlled and everything like

56:02 . So they're sort of forced into . Which is fine to do it

56:05 way. But if you didn't have information, I would never do it

56:08 way. I would change the geometries the basin and of the mojo because

56:14 better to do it that way. you don't have any information. So

56:17 my approach. If you have no then just hold your density is the

56:23 and do everything with layer geometries. if your layer geometries are are well

56:30 , then you're forced to change with densities. But that's not to say

56:40 you should do things that are not , right? I mean you shouldn't

56:45 plug in agency just to satisfy the you know, the reflection of refraction

56:52 well controlled. Um If you if for example, one of these

57:02 blocks had to be like, You the density of 2.3 or something like

57:07 . Which is just way too Then then that's saying something that the

57:13 , you know, something in the is flowing. Okay, so here's

57:22 their final map. Um And there a static residual but here's our final

57:31 showing some volcanic fields up here. then you have the sort of asymmetric

57:41 which are similar, quite similar to Russell and Snelson. But what are

57:48 depths that they have here? These don't show the depths so.

58:05 Alright. Anyway, so this is is their interpretation map derived from the

58:09 mount. Let me see if I done this. This is 24.

58:34 see. What did she say, do they should say? Okay,

58:46 they. Okay. The increase in and complexity may reflect a transition from

58:58 rio grande rift from a well defined depression in the north to multiple segmented

59:03 in a broader region. The crustal in the south. And it differs

59:09 from accepted structural model based primarily Key elements of the previous model.

59:15 east tilted half grabbing block, and north separated by uh separated from a

59:23 half grabbing on the south, by trending scissor like transfer zone that we

59:29 earlier. Right that we saw This is their transfer zone. Um

59:37 , this is what she said, find multiple sub basins with predominantly easterly

59:45 . Okay, that's these. Over , these are tilting east Tripoli.

59:52 uh For much of the Albuquerque a restricted region of western tilting in

59:59 southwestern part of the basin. In northwesterly trending anti form subdividing sub basins

60:06 the center of the base instead of major scissor lake transfer and I think

60:11 a better answer. I mean this idea of scissor things That's kind of

60:18 kind of old school. Um the overall eastern tilt indicated by the

60:23 D. G. Fiscal model generally to straddle tilt observed for syn rift

60:31 , implying a prolonged eastward tilting of basin during Miocene time. Okay.

60:39 extensive north south sim form in the part of the basin of the

60:45 Salvation. Was that at the Salvation? Where's that at? I'm

60:56 sure what that is. Um In case, I'll move forward suggest possible

61:04 for ancestral rio grande during the late or early pleistocene variations of this correspondent

61:11 riff structures in several places suggesting that better understanding of the pre rift history

61:17 shed light on debates about structure inheritance the rift. However, first relied

61:22 characterizing geologic units on the basis of three different density layers and particularly equated

61:28 layer. The lowest density infill assignment filter density does not allow projects an

61:35 with depth due to compaction. very good. Alright. So basically

61:40 saying instead of like two big one with kind of like ah based

61:49 on the west, you know, and the other one here and there's

61:53 connected by the trans the scissor They're saying it's actually just a bunch

61:58 little sub basins mostly, you know towards the east and except for this

62:03 one in the west and then there's is the same form you're talking about

62:07 little sort of anti form structure So, well done. Anyways.

62:12 I like these models a lot. are really what I think would be

62:16 I mean, in a perfect that's why I have a judo

62:21 Okay, um rift basins um this is in the the arctic and

62:28 is, we're gonna look at the sees rift basins in here and they're

62:35 in the southern ocean. So here's , new Zealand. There's actually a

62:40 that flips a bit of the continent . This is called the Daniel

62:45 And on the other side. And can just see the way it lays

62:50 . Here's the gravity data. This this is just this is just like

62:54 map I showed you of the whole . So you have these, it's

62:58 zones and spreading center down here, zones. And then this is the

63:03 sea here, you see a little basin down in here. And then

63:07 it's connected. It was connected by faulting across this thing here when everything

63:15 closed. Okay, that was when was closed before this ocean ocean basin

63:20 . So here's those geometries. And a couple, there's a couple uh

63:27 sections through here and you can just this is all modern day deformation.

63:32 , so Here's your transform continent, transform boundary, three D.

63:38 which is very complicated. And that of lies beneath beneath hair.

63:44 beneath this bit here And then I let's see this is a. This

63:50 B. Where's A. And A. And B. Wait,

63:54 that right? One of these is . One of these is B.

64:06 was thinking I should know that right , right lateral bellini. So it's

64:14 along this Bell. Any fault. don't think it really matters. But

64:19 of these maybe this one this is . Yeah, I think that's that's

64:23 one here. But you can see present day this deformation going on

64:28 These things are really happening but this all sort of translation of this is

64:33 structuring related to this sort of It's pretty interesting. Um and then

64:41 in and you can see this is reconstruction going back to early to late

64:46 , early cretaceous, late cretaceous about M. A. You see what

64:51 happening was as this was opening you were you were having the

64:58 the southwest pacific was extending this And so you got a little bit

65:02 component of convergence here and that's what this this this crazy structure going,

65:09 up this this um peninsula. It's wild. And then here the little

65:16 basins, all these normal faults showing rift basins behind it. So this

65:22 not a part of the world. think about very much but I came

65:26 this, I was just fascinated by fact that you have this ocean basin

65:32 is opening. So it's this ridge like extending is percolating along through

65:39 But at the same time this the pacific is opening and and like you

65:44 , there's an accident waiting to happen here. So that's how that

65:49 And so here's I think they did uh here's the same area, the

65:56 ross sea. And uh let's this is the this is the

66:01 right? This is the victoria land . That's a little rift basin and

66:05 . B. Is the northern basin A. B. Is a

66:08 So these are all the string of which are right in here. They're

66:15 in here and E. V. is another basin and then the

66:24 T. Is a central trump. all these are little basins that are

66:27 are formed by this, you this this kind of oblique translation.

66:38 the aero magnetic data on the you can see the sea floor spreading

66:44 up there. And then here is I think this is the age air

66:49 . I think this white white one the age air base in the other

66:53 are down here I think. Is right? Like coming? Oh,

67:02 edge of the ice sheet. I'm . See the bouquet nominee really tells

67:08 a lot right here. In look at this cross section across this

67:12 section is right through here. I it goes right through here. It's

67:17 shown on this map, but it right through this week to see where

67:21 is the you know the this is , so what's happening here? That

67:27 this is where the ocean floor and crust is out here. This is

67:31 crust in here and that models right . So you can see this bouquet

67:38 nominee going up like that. And here are the two magnetic highs on

67:43 side of the ocean basin. In , they've identified these crowns in

67:49 12 oh and 13 C. That's . Okay, it's 12 12.

68:00 the spreading center right here and then 13, 13 And then 16 or

68:08 . It's hard to say, I see him. Can you read

68:11 Uh huh. The 16? Yeah says 16 to 18, 16 Y

68:19 Oh this is 18 here, 16, that's 13 12,

68:25 13, 16. Okay. Yeah those are sea floor spreading crowns.

68:31 then um you have the you know uh continental crust on either side.

68:37 this is like pushing its way Let's just go back to the gravity

68:41 just so you can see so this free air though. So it's

68:45 right? You don't even see that thinning crust in there. But that's

68:51 down through here I think, isn't ? Is that right? Is this

68:54 hard to tell? Okay so this like lots of words but um let's

69:03 they're saying that the black lines mark proposed original rift access the black,

69:11 black line. So that must be right here. Right. And access

69:21 43 A. M. In the risk margin in the eastern rift margin

69:26 actually rotating about coal, the red lines marked the third and four kilometer

69:33 packs, packs For the basics to basin statements three or 4 km deep

69:40 the basics. So here's yeah, this trough trough trough, the basin

69:51 and wrapping around like this. This where that model was. This is

69:54 the gravity model was through here. polar three anomaly was polar three right

70:03 . They so they're they're going with transfer model as well. Just get

70:08 of those things. Uh in the margin of the ross sea transfer

70:14 victoria, land basin, red dash . Uh that's in here, that's

70:20 the right, right there. so they're thinking there's an offset here

70:25 it's driven by this relative motion of thing, which is I guess I

70:30 buy into that. Everything is bending and it's caused by this this motion

70:36 the of that and the air basin up here. So there you have

70:42 . So this is a continuous kind of wrapping around here being offset

70:48 the structuring here. That makes sense you. It's too confusing. It's

70:59 lot, but it makes sense. I'll just have to go through

71:02 But I don't like the question because makes sense. I just gotta

71:05 So let me just okay, so that. Here's here's the sound that's

71:09 . It's not this is okay, , new Zealand Antarctica. Right?

71:14 so there's the southern ocean, here's pacific ocean present day. And you

71:22 this transform boundary here. That's I present day. But back in the

71:28 when you close all this, you , it's it's gonna offset this and

71:32 gonna produce the structures in here. so here's just the same thing.

71:39 the ocean floor, I mean, sorry, free air gravity and gravity

71:45 it shows the sea floor spreading right and the fracture zones going into the

71:51 sea here. And those riff structures all in here. All that

71:55 We're worried about this, this this work is right in there, Same

72:03 right in there and here's these transforms through here and this is north of

72:08 into the idea. So this is over the ocean oceanic crust. It's

72:12 showing the structure of it there the of defamation. Uh with this fear

72:18 defamation of okay, going back down there, we have this reconstruction for

72:26 and then using the legacy. And can see how these these all these

72:32 evolved as as this sort of thing growing. And then you can see

72:38 all the how these this sort of structuring from the strike slip related to

72:45 , this uh defamation. The plate over here, how that is affecting

72:50 local base and deformation here in the sea. So it's really complicated caused

72:59 again the growth of the southern And then at this time um uh

73:10 me just go back to this one . So here you see here they

73:17 a spreading is this way? Is right? Yeah, that isn't.

73:31 is the spreading. This is the center. Sorry, it's going this

73:34 . These are no, the dotted are supposed to be. Data lines

73:42 Cron's So it is going this I was right the first time in

73:46 case, in any case, the is, is that you have right

73:54 dextrose shearing dextrose translation along these And and that opened up in the

74:03 sea here. These rift bases alleged it's textural out here. But then

74:13 turns into like segmenting and that's what what they're saying, is that this

74:18 was moving over and it made everything over Benz bend around it kind of

74:27 that. And then this last this is just the models that support

74:31 . But they're saying everything's kind of around. And this is the final

74:38 , they're saying this curving around this . Okay, we're at 1:44.

74:48 You want to take a few minute . Look at passive margins.

74:53 that'll work. Oh yeah. So riffs end up turning, you

82:20 end up breaking up completely and ocean uh starts being produced and you end

82:29 , you know, with a passive . So as I said before,

82:34 refers to a margin that's not it's not dynamic. It's it is

82:41 margin, it's where crust gives way oceanic crust, but it's not,

82:51 not a plate boundary. So hence called a passive margin. That's where

82:55 idea comes from. And okay, going back to our little diagram that

83:08 had when I talked about super kind . Um So passive margins form after

83:16 rifting and you get the formation of across and thermal static subsidence. They

83:25 be on the order of about 300 wide and there can be thousands of

83:31 long. And they're the deepest basins the world. They can be over

83:37 kilometers, I would say a maximum 18. Although you'll see people report

83:46 some basins are 20 km deep. is not physical, that's not physically

83:53 on this planet. Okay, and then depending on the shape,

83:59 and the right of plastic sedimentation, they they're uh three aspects that we

84:09 worry about with regard to gravity And then there's another aspect that's important

84:15 us about these, these margins that's to the crust. The crystal cross

84:21 forms. So with regard to they can include large volumes of salt

84:30 we said earlier, gulf of Mexico and santos, Gabon and Angola that

84:35 include large values of shale like the delta or or northeastern Borneo. And

84:42 can be dominated by car and platform like florida and yucatan. Also with

84:50 to the crust when when rifting gives to gives way, there's no

84:58 you know, the extension has gone so far that the the continental crust

85:02 no longer thin anymore. It just . What can happen is if that's

85:11 case and um if there's if it's that margin is what we call magma

85:17 . Okay, it is not enough to produce ocean floor messing. How

85:24 that? How is that possible? it actually is um it's just not

85:29 magma to produce ocean floor. It's we call an a magmatic margin sometimes

85:35 non volcanic and sometimes there's like excess . The margin forms over a

85:45 Right? And it's just like voluminous eruptions of flood the salt and stuff

85:54 Iceland for example, then then that's called a magmatic march or volcanic.

86:03 the reason I think magmatic and a are correct more so than saying volcanic

86:10 not volcanic is because volcanism is an property. Right? And these magmatic

86:20 , they're often associated with magnetic under where the there's, you know,

86:27 of intrusions that never never erupt, intrusive, not exclusive. So I

86:34 it's more correct to say magmatic or magmatic versus volcanic and novel.

86:40 so let's just dig into that a bit more so below. There's a

86:45 from Menzies and it's a magmatic So it's a passive margin. Uh

86:53 me just read it as two tectonic break apart. There may be regions

86:57 there are new extension of plate along new extension of plate boundary that have

87:03 supplies a magnet, as I was , to create new crust and

87:10 magmatic margin and regions where the new are magnets start. So envision this

87:20 million years ago, Western Gondwana that Africa and South America, there one

87:26 block and they're gonna break into. along that rifting margin, which is

87:35 and thousands of kilometers long between North . I mean between South America and

87:42 , there's gonna be places along there there's lots of, lots of magnets

87:46 in acuna mantle plume was erupting there's other mantle plumes and then there

87:51 be places along that distance where, know, it's, there's not enough

87:56 , there's not enough, there's not lot of magma being produced in the

88:02 the status here for whatever reason temperature or for whatever reason. Well,

88:09 plates are gonna go, they're doing they're doing. There's a big the

88:13 driving those is far greater. Then forces holding them together. So they're

88:20 to open up and so, you , whatever happens along that rift id

88:26 , that's soon to be passive margin what it is, it's just going

88:30 suffer from, you know, the of whatever is happening locally. So

88:39 magmatic margins um you have a few that are that are interesting that happened

88:46 are often somewhere near there. There's large english province like Hawaii sits on

88:53 of these Hawaii is one of the whole Emperor, Hawaiian Emperor seamount

89:00 is a bunch of seamounts that were over a large igneous products. Um

89:06 Columbia plateau in Washington Idaho, to unions province. The deckhand traps that

89:13 talked about earlier India, that's a unions province. The Siberian traps.

89:21 . Iceland is a L. P. It's a hot spot but

89:25 . I. P. They're actually the same thing. I'll explain the

89:30 , But but so far for right they're just they are areas where there's

89:36 of magma coming up erupting from uh think they erupt from the core mantle

89:42 . So 2900 km down. So happens when these eruptions happen?

89:51 the flood basalt skin spread out over land. And as they do,

89:59 could, you know, they are , flood basalt, but then as

90:05 the rifting in the passive margin forms as thin, those horizontal uh layers

90:14 flood assaults start dipping towards the sea we call those seaward dipping reflectors,

90:22 are just flood assaults that have been on their side because they subsided along

90:27 edge of the mars. That's the . Okay. Mhm. Now,

90:37 there also can be magmatic underplaying because there's enough magnitude to erupt and spill

90:43 and flood over the land, there's a lot of magnetic, there's probably

90:47 magma magnetic material, you know, the crust. And that's where you

90:52 get these pods of, you magnetic material called Gabrielle, whatever that

91:00 itself to the base of the It's called magmatic under plating here.

91:05 calling HDL c high velocity lower Remember that one example we saw of

91:11 India where they had, They had velocity of 7.3 columns per second beneath

91:20 Laxmi Ridge. That's the idea same here. But instead of just being

91:25 the sema, it's under plated the . Um there's some things here that

91:34 think are unimportant, This transitional transitional it's either continental or oceanic. So

91:42 one or the other uh maybe magma , there may be magma chamber.

91:48 yeah, so those are the when you think of magmatic margins,

91:55 probably formed where there's a magma source , like a hot spot or a

92:01 igneous province that allowed for flood assaults , you know, pour out that

92:08 turned into sdrs as the as the of the the flag of the basin

92:15 . But you can also have under because it's just lots of magnets,

92:19 the idea. And then the opposite a magnetic margins, those are characterized

92:27 hyper extended continental crust and unproved upper . Sometimes often called mental examination.

92:39 And here's sort of what those might like. So here's this is this

92:44 offshore Iberia, this offshore Portugal. this is the one of these the

92:51 place in the world where this this is found. But basically um you

92:58 coming up across which is thin and . But then before you can start

93:04 ocean floor, you just have unwrapped mantle Exume mantle. And some of

93:09 might become hydrated because it's exposed to sea water. So when Perotta types

93:14 hydrated, they turn into soup That's what this is all about.

93:21 And then the bigger here. So talk about M. O.

93:25 O. R. B. S mid ocean ridge vessels. And that's

93:29 out here. So these are now calling this bonafide regular oceanic crust.

93:36 there's oceanic sin reflect this fear. this the atmospheric mantle here and upper

93:45 lower crust are colored in the sort beige colored brownish beige. This is

93:52 so the continental crust is that And yeah, so they have

94:02 alpha calcite and sopranos prototype out here these yellow dots, 13:30 Isil therm

94:11 thought to be the base of the fear. So if this thing

94:16 So, so if you're producing at spreading center, The atmosphere is zero

94:22 . So the 1330. I said must be right there at the water

94:27 . That's what the idea says, the theory says. And then for

94:33 bottom when there's early examination falls and hinge falls. So basically this this

94:41 these curved features that the continental blocks just floating in. Now there's some

94:47 . S. D. P. and ODP wells that have drilled into

94:50 things. So we know this stuff there are what they call these Perretta

94:55 ridges. But again the overarching idea that they're magma starved. So that

95:07 so when when it's when you have magma it can start producing ocean floor

95:12 away. So you don't have So the crust actually the detachment is

95:16 abrupt. The end of the, very abrupt. But in this case

95:21 not enough magnets start producing soul. crust is just hyperextended. That's the

95:26 for that. Now this is I'm this is the uh the only margin

95:34 the world where you see this it has not stopped a handful of

95:39 from just falling in love with this . And there's a there's a gang

95:45 guys of researchers. I used to behind them at the A.

95:50 U. S. I mean of I only went, I didn't see

95:53 at this age, you but like lot of guys with the same pretty

96:00 looked like to me like the same every year, Man Michelle was one

96:04 them just got here. But there's bunch of other ones and they think

96:10 fact I once had a poster was next to him, This was back

96:14 I think 06. And I asked , I asked him if he thought

96:24 every single passive margin around the world up and down the atlantic oceans all

96:31 India, all around africa in the everywhere. If all of those passive

96:38 had a zone of unwrapped mantle because were doing this everywhere and he said

96:44 that's what he thought told me to face. So yeah but there's only

96:50 of these people. But yeah there a guy that gave a talk at

96:56 A. P. G. Once brazil from petrobras. He gave a

97:01 and he said that offshore santos basin a zone that was hyper extended a

97:10 and he said there was a zone next to it that was magmatic.

97:16 so the idea of this is end but he was right next to it

97:20 I don't know how you do I just don't know how that

97:22 And he actually won best paper which just boggled mind boggling anyways. I

97:30 think that's physical. I mean because mean I don't think it's possible if

97:35 have enough magma to produce sea I mean ocean floor readily then how

97:42 you going to hyper extend right next it and what's gonna be blocking that

97:47 ? In any case, these are major ideas for how the crust

97:51 Um Here's the global map from showing his his idea where the volcanic

97:57 nam. Okay, magmatic margins are yeah, so any questions about

98:07 this cost of formation, it's something gonna come across if you haven't

98:14 Yeah, no questions. We kind went over this a little bit in

98:17 structural geology and stuff like that. I took it with Doctor Murphy.

98:25 , did Mike talk about this Can you talk about a lot of

98:30 ? This I'm familiar. Okay, . Well I don't know what mike's

98:36 about this about this stuff is it's more open minded than me. Um

98:42 . Okay, all right then. so he's a lot nicer than me

98:49 . So okay, now I mentioned that passive margins can be dominated by

99:08 some specific types of uh sedimentary They can be saying dominated. Carbonate

99:16 , shale dominated, salt dominated. here's one and two. So here

99:24 um uh sort of just normal classic with some shells and mud stones and

99:31 , but not like excessive shale, ***, delta, That's the top

99:39 . Now, what sort of how you think the magnetic and gravity anomalies

99:47 look over this profile over this What kind of what what would the

99:53 you were to sketch profiles over what would they look like? Let's

99:58 with, let's start with gravity. you don't see it? But remember

100:07 mojo, the crust is getting thin the bottom up as well, but

100:12 always right? So like so like crust is getting, you know,

100:17 getting thin, kind of sweeping and up to this before that starts producing

100:22 oceanic crust. So break it, it down. Think about it in

100:30 of the mojo combination. But thinking terms of, okay, you have

100:35 part of here and then you have basement structures that were, you

100:41 rift rift blocks that were produced. know, as the passive margin

100:48 That's the process. So what would high density, would be low

100:58 Okay, so the oceanic crust is density than continental, Right? Or

101:07 opposite? A little bit. A bit? Yeah. Okay, so

101:10 would show gravity would be higher over oceanic and then lower over the continental

101:20 a little bit. Okay. Um the depth goes higher. So,

101:30 , no, that doesn't deal with . What about the what about the

101:36 ? What's that gonna do? The is gonna give us a hi where

101:53 let's see it's gonna come through. it be coming through right there between

102:00 oceanic and continental like at that No. Would it be coming through

102:14 contrast at the base of the cross um a sharp anomaly or big broad

102:24 anomaly. It would be a sharpen from your silence will be a broad

102:36 . It would be a broad wouldn't it? Okay, so let

102:39 write this down just like remember our . In fact, that's one of

102:43 one of the the atlantic right You see that this is going from

102:49 to ocean. Oh she had a . Do you see that? You

102:53 that? In fact, it's just big broad high. I mean it's

102:56 it's a smooth I mean it's not a sharp anomaly like these anomalies

103:01 Right. It's kind of a broad . It's going to be confident to

103:07 . Okay, so here as So this one so here's your passive

103:12 almost. But it's a risk but this is what kind of geometry you're

103:17 at for crustal? It would be up broadly over that. That's

103:25 No worries. No worries. okay, so that there might be

103:30 little bit denser because ocean crust is little bit denser than continental crust.

103:34 there might be a contrast there. about these? What about the basement

103:40 ? What are those going to do basement rocks? So then those are

103:48 be more dense then what then the around it. Right? Because it's

103:59 then these sediments and overlying. Yeah. So tell me tell me

104:08 the gravity anomaly that's produced by these blocks versus the gravity anomaly produced by

104:15 basement blocks. It's gonna be exactly same. No, it's gonna be

104:24 . What's gonna be different is it's to give us like um it's gonna

104:33 high over those areas. So it probably look like a word like the

104:41 are coming up. So, would be like what dikes? Or tell

104:48 about the wavelengths produced by these versus ? The wavelengths are gonna be broader

104:59 which 1? For the basement? all basement, not the shallow

105:10 The deeper ones gonna be broader over down here. Yeah, that's

105:16 It's gonna be they're gonna be shorter and maybe higher amplitude because it's getting

105:22 over these, right? Gonna have wavelengths. And then they're gonna get

105:28 and broader. And brother, that's this is gonna. And then those

105:32 be superimposed on top of a broad to high. Right? And then

105:42 looking at free air data, you're have that stomped on by this this

105:48 . So, we'll just we'll just just consider this is all for now

105:52 we've corrected for this calm, you , for the layer of water

105:59 So, yeah. What about magnetic for this 1? For magnetic?

106:11 would be, I feel like in front. So like we're from the

106:19 crust to where the continental crust starts . Like that basement. I feel

106:24 it would be fairly flat over Just because there's not much going

106:30 And then once we enter where the coming through then it would get slightly

106:35 . Um But depending on the poles the ocean crust and we might have

106:46 right? You might have to sea spreading and islands over this. So

106:51 though it's all the same composition relatively , it's gonna have reverse polarity blacks

107:00 there. So they're going to produce album. Yeah. And then these

107:04 are gonna produce magnetic anomalies, are ? Yes because basement is Okay.

107:12 are they gonna be again compare this to this one? What's going to

107:16 the difference between the two? The to the far right. Are gonna

107:24 higher anomaly than the ones to the because they're closer to the surface.

107:34 what about tell me about their Remember magnetic data wavelengths we want?

107:47 It's gonna go from like low to or like load abroad. No just

107:58 gravity. It'll be short wavelength over shallow blocks. One wavelength over the

108:05 blocks. Right? Just like So they will be higher amplitude.

108:14 little bit over the shallow ones. not a lot. The big difference

108:19 be in wavelengths. Okay so now know over like basically what we're saying

108:29 and when I say a normal what about this one here we have

108:32 carbonate bank. Let's stick with magnetic now. How how is magnetic

108:39 Are they gonna look like this No, I mean, okay,

108:48 geometries are slightly different between the but you still just have shallow blocks

108:53 deeper blacks like. No. I understand. Yeah. Yeah.

108:57 I mean disk dramatically. Let's assume the same geometry is beneath these

109:04 covenants with the magnetic magnetic data look it was the same. Similar will

109:14 the same because because I mean if was the exact same geometry, it

109:20 look exactly the same because carbonates are magnetic. Okay. Just like just

109:27 plastics, they're not magnetic. So there's nothing they're not going to produce

109:31 anomalies. They're basically invisible. Okay. Let's look at the magic

109:39 is famous for its for um uh for for shale. High over pressured

109:50 being a real drilling hazard. And know when it's over pressured, it's

109:57 with water. And what do you ? Do you think that that over

110:04 shale producer gravity anomaly? Um I to say yes. Yeah. That's

110:15 idea that many people have spent lots lots of money trying to exploit.

110:22 it doesn't it's not, it might anomalies but they're not measurable. They're

110:27 there in the noise that they I've done work in the *** delta

110:31 any time. And that's the idea people. So shale dominated are no

110:37 than saying dominated? So the anomalies on a passive margin over a passive

110:46 that shale dominated would be no different those from a san dominick gravity and

110:54 . So you would have long wavelength over the deep basin structures. The

111:03 basin basement structure. In shorter wavelength produced by the inboard shallower basement

111:12 They happen to be a little bit . But the key thing would be

111:15 wavelengths Magnetics would be. What about in the shale dominated show magnetic?

111:30 , so no difference from the same . Deep blocks in the basin would

111:37 long wave. Like magnetic anomalies. blocks would produce shorter wave until that

111:44 . Okay, what about the last salt? So the gravity Yeah,

111:53 is. What's it gonna do? gonna give us that like that high

111:59 . Like I can see the wavelength my head where it goes up over

112:02 salt. That's over the part that's the crossover depth. Okay, the

112:08 of the salt is going to be density is going to produce gravity

112:13 Oh, so this is similar to a Richter wave look like um ricker

112:18 that up and high thing. Well, but look, that's pretty

112:25 most of the time. This is going to be below the crossover

112:28 Crossover depth is just, you know I say, 12,000 ft say 12,000

112:36 1200 ft, 12,000 whatever, whatever says in the notes. But

112:43 so lots of times assault doesn't just above that crossover death. So you

112:48 just be aware because below it's going be a gravity low above it.

112:55 going to be a gravity high but a lot of it rises above

113:01 What about salt? And what about ? I mean in the salt basin

113:13 No but the salt salt is not blood. It's slightly magnetic. But

113:19 mean it's it's only the rare survey you can see it. So this

113:27 is why gravity and magnetic data play each other work together so well because

113:34 magnetic data see the basement in all examples because all the sediments are invisible

113:40 the magnetic anomaly. Remember when I when you're looking at magnetic data,

113:44 are looking at the basement. You looking at anomalies produced by the

113:50 So in this case you're gonna and for the communication you might have a

113:55 gravity high. But the Magnetics will you how deep the basin is always

114:04 . So you would say, oh a gravity high. But the magnet

114:07 there's gonna be something, there's gotta some carbonates in there or something.

114:11 would be a question you'd ask. if you saw a bunch of a

114:15 of, you know circular or globular gravity lows um from a deep deep

114:24 . From the magnetic data. But what does this put these, you

114:28 circular and globular say grab your clothes you say you know is this a

114:32 basin. You know you would just at that and think that so that's

114:38 idea. I didn't mean to put on the spot this stuff but I

114:41 want you to start thinking about this . So I'm the only one

114:44 I am the spot. You You're the only. Fair enough.

114:50 enough. Okay so um I have have a series of three D.

114:58 , three D. I'm a three . Studies three D. Models that

115:02 at different parts. And we're gonna we're gonna start up in the Mackenzie

115:08 whatever the Mackenzie uh Beaufort, Mackenzie , uh Canadian side that we're gonna

115:15 down to um south the south atlantic I think Namibia or um Angola.

115:24 then we're gonna skip down to the south africa. So we're gonna go

115:29 top to bottom. Okay so this uh became an a passive margin early

115:38 . Um And then it's it's now printed by four lead rocks because of

115:43 brooks range. But it started as passive margin. And there's a three

115:47 . Gravity model. This red box it has control by they have a

115:55 have a structural model, they have wells and all these white all these

116:00 white plus signs, they have some maps and um they have reflection

116:10 So these yellow lines and they have refraction lines, These blue lines.

116:14 they have a lot of control. then down here is the topo

116:22 it shows the elevations going from you over 700 to minus 1700. And

116:29 some major thrust faults. I mean a trust fall here and I guess

116:34 is a fault zone. It has ones. I'm not sure what that

116:38 . I guess that means oh normal . So these normal faults are clear

116:42 . The black ones are thrust falls there's a fault zone here. See

116:50 I have notes on, let me my notes. This is simple,

116:54 , simple, simple. Right. . So yeah they say we integrated

117:04 horizon. Well data. Side effect faction and regional gravity. The mesozoic

117:12 part of the model comprises seven classics predominantly the shells. And they say

117:22 is a gradual northeast shift of the depot center. So let's just look

117:26 see. So here's the. so here's their model area. And

117:33 so here's the measured gravity. So is this is this is boo gay

117:43 . This is boo gay data. do I know that? How do

117:51 know it's bouquet? It's gay because men mull topography. It's real easy

118:06 it doesn't look like that. if if it was free air it

118:14 look like that. You'd have highs the mountains, low it would look

118:18 that. It would be dominated by by this morphology. But on the

118:23 hand where the where the ocean is where the water bottom is deep,

118:30 a gravity high that tells you right . That's bougie. Whenever you have

118:35 high gravity anomaly over oceans and a over the continents, you're looking at

118:40 anomalies. Okay. And so here's thickness of their basin in km.

118:50 they have to over 16 km deep . Pretty Darn deep. Okay,

118:55 the model was accomplished by integrating isil and 3D calculate de posadas gradually migrate

119:02 the northeast. So that's this way basin is over 70 kilometers, jesus

119:07 of the base is located in board the thinness crust. Probably related to

119:12 . IQ loading The sedimentary layers tend be more porous and less dense.

119:17 . Okay, shallow continental crust is than 2.71 g per cubic centimeter than

119:25 deeper parts. All right, so just see what they did. So

119:29 is this line goes from south to . Where does it go from

119:35 It is right down here. This model goes from south to north through

119:42 the bouquet anomaly here. So they're it this peak right here is right

119:50 . Um They got it backwards They got to measure as solid to

119:55 as dots. That's against the And so here they end.

120:03 you have all these sedimentary layers, ? All these units going down to

120:09 and then even lower and then you crystal and crust Which is this

120:15 So this is low density premises or 27 10 that light gray. And

120:29 is the geometry that came up with inversion 28 a half C. They're

120:36 this 29 because it's oceanic, this 28.5 28 50 in kilogram. That's

120:46 don't know. Let's see what's Yeah. I don't know if you

120:50 to do that. You see if made this 28, all you what

120:55 doing would be just shaving off a bit of this thickness here. I

121:00 it would be you know, I Yeah, this this is unnecessary.

121:10 the density contrast across that boundary. really hard to map. In

121:16 I don't think it happens vertically I think it happens. It has

121:19 be this way it has to come the bottom up. Right, Don't

121:23 think? I mean, I I mean it's not like it's not

121:29 it's like a vertical all of a it's just building, start going to

121:32 the ocean floor. It's gotta be gotta be some gradation into it.

121:37 think I think it's got to be like that Anyways how much size of

121:43 . 20 x 80 million gallons. sounds okay. Yeah. And this

121:47 that's just the difference of their this and the less calculated and this

121:55 So this is the measured data difference which is calculated and you get this

122:02 which is you know, pretty It's okay. I think it's an

122:06 model. Alright, let's jump down Kwanzaa basis. This is offshore,

122:12 Angola. And these are, what of anomalies are there? Tell me

122:17 these anomalies are. Are they free those are? No. Yes,

122:35 got it. Tell me what made change your mind. It made me

122:40 my mind because there's just game minimizes and you can see a lot going

122:49 so that it would be free The deepest water. Okay, this

123:00 a continental shelf. Right, I was like where's the water?

123:04 do you mean? This is This angle is the south atlantic

123:12 Oh I see. Okay. I'm sorry. Yeah, so this

123:17 africa Angola and Namibia is down here the conservation is just outboard of that

123:25 basin. This is called the lower congo. And you're looking at a

123:30 . They're all deltas, produced gravity or free air highs. It is

123:37 air data because this is an ocean here and it's it's a low and

123:43 it was bouquet corrected it would be big high and all this would be

123:50 . Yeah, so we're gonna zoom this area right here and this is

124:02 lot they've got a lot of character it? I don't know if these

124:04 are but they really just think that you still there? Hello? Yeah

125:04 computer is crushed. So he reboost now. So he will be online

125:09 . Okay. I just make sure wasn't crazy. It's just and this

125:18 has been doing it every now and and it's starting to drive me a

125:22 crazy. Okay. So where are at here? We were I was

125:27 around something around here about passive Oh we're looking at Kwanza. I

125:33 torturing you about Kwanzaa. That's Okay. Um Right. Yeah.

125:40 . Yeah. Yeah. This is air data and we know this because

125:45 ocean is blue instead of red. ? And so there's a continental shelf

125:53 that that sits out here and that be a low because it's thicker crust

125:59 the ocean oceanic crust out here. you know it's free here. Um

126:05 . So what did they do? They did a three D. Model

126:10 um here's this line is right The seismic line is right here and

126:16 think these are well controlled I And this is a cross section through

126:21 area. So you have a little domes here and then you have some

126:27 rift blocks down here that they're not sure what's going on with the continental

126:33 , hazel. Yeah the all these on West africa. They all all

126:42 just talk about a hinge zone. And it's been in the literature for

126:50 and decades. You don't see that passive, It's just these offshore gabon

126:56 of West africa basis and then there's they're calling a transition. In other

127:01 , crosses getting thin. That okay, here are the free air

127:07 three D. Model and so you see that the shelf is really

127:11 but there's also a local gravity high here and that's kind of interesting.

127:16 what is producing that? Well, to these guys, what they did

127:24 so here's here, this is a section through their inversion. Right?

127:28 uh west to east line here, the measured data, here's the calculated

127:38 and of course you have all these densities and everything. And the lower

127:44 is what they inverted on. So is this structuring that they produced on

127:51 lower crust. To fit the It's kind of an unexciting conclusion,

127:57 guess. It's okay. Um um the end of the day, they

128:03 that the northwest, I mean, southwest northeast oriented Reflection line is Figure

128:10 . And then they have the they the inverted for a death to the

128:14 of salt. Which is this map westernmost scarpetta and they say um results

128:32 that high density lower crustal bodies similar the ones found in the northern

128:38 another part of the central segment I present in the southern part and thus

128:43 to be a general feature of the of the central south atlantic thinning crust

128:49 gradually rather than abrupt manner. And faulting played a significant role during rifting

128:55 indicated by the strongly structured upper In contrast we find brutal little evidence

129:02 thinning or examination of the deeper litmus . Well, that's a relief as

129:08 as suggested by others. More likely the magmatic intrusions prevent that magmatic intrusions

129:16 mantle examination by sealing crust. Yeah. I don't think I'd buy

129:20 but anyways um Yeah, let me what else. Okay, yeah.

129:25 that's what that's what they concluded they this little model here and they inverted

129:31 and they inverted on the basis basis crust or the lower crust. Lower

129:37 . Yeah, I'm sorry. They this horizon. The base the horizon

129:43 the upper crust and the lower Okay. They just inflated it it

129:50 they just added mass here and here bring it up. But I don't

129:55 why they why they made the model here and that. I would be

130:02 in knowing what this is. First all I would want to model because

130:07 might just be the water bottom You know because this is free air

130:12 . That's the problem with free our . You don't really know that these

130:16 are just produced by you know the bottom. So but they're sea bottom

130:24 really pretty smooth. Well at least here. I wonder what it looks

130:28 through here anyways, that's uh that's interesting. And this is the westernmost

130:37 of the atlantic hinges. And that right through here. Is that

130:44 Yeah, it's very interesting. Okay, so now um another three

130:53 . Model, this is the Otani passive margin um along the whatever along

131:03 south africa. So it's inboard of Agulhas Falkland fracture zone, which is

131:11 . F. F. Z. there's a whole bunch of these oblique

131:15 and that's because when the south atlantic the Falkland Islands and the platform

131:23 they were, they wrapped all the around to here. So they pull

131:28 as the south atlantic opens up and and it produces all these oblique structures

131:33 these oblique basins down here, it's interesting. This fracture zone ends up

131:39 right along the northern edge of the and ewing banks off of off of

131:49 south, the off of Argentina. will show you that later because I

131:54 some work there. Alright, have maps of that rather. Okay,

131:58 this there there's a bunch of these sub basins that formed as, you

132:03 , as the Falkland Islands or if you like. Um and uh

132:10 bank scraped along as the south atlantic and sort of open produced these sort

132:18 oblique structures. And this one here the western part is called the the

132:26 or the brightest or basin. And that's what we're gonna look at

132:31 . So here's a little uh key that shows the control again. And

132:37 have two D. Seismic lines. black lines, they had depth section

132:43 . So that's I think there's gonna a profile along this line here.

132:46 some wells with a bunch of log . All these well symbols. And

132:51 coastline of course is up here. model area is this black box here

132:57 think. And there's a basement high . Where is that basement high

133:06 A. A. G. I. N. A. I

133:10 know what that's talking about. I see that. Okay. But we're

133:16 look at two lines. We're gonna at this d. 15 which goes

133:24 way. I really like this D. 92 001 which goes southwest

133:31 northeast. And I got to live the southeast. So maybe go southeast

133:35 northwest. We'll see. Yeah it south east. So it gets

133:41 So you're going ocean word to the . And in this case you're going

133:46 ocean world to the southwest. So both sort of looking with the

133:50 the deeper ocean to the to the hand side. And here's their their

133:56 seismic interpretations. It looks like some darn good data to me. They're

134:02 mapping structures way down here. This uh Over about 3.5 seconds down to

134:09 bottom down here. That's pretty Um Now these are west to east

134:20 sections that go through here. Um is a northwest striking striking basement

134:26 So this line is not these these three separate lines, there's 2 11

134:32 22 that you go west to east the three D. Model and they

134:39 on I think the base of crusting or the or the or the horizon

134:44 upper and lower crust. And this their final model. So you can

134:49 that. I think that dash line to be observed data maybe,

134:57 and so here are those models to and 22 as they go through the

135:05 here's the measured data, here's the gravity and it looks pretty darn

135:12 Um Yeah, let me see what bear and others say they have a

135:21 say we focus on the proximal section the larger brad historic sub basin,

135:26 westernmost of five southern South African offshore sub basins. As I said,

135:33 , and that. Okay, our predicts a cumulative eroded thickness of 802

135:45 m of tertiary centers, sub crustal to shadow and deep crustal extension regimes

135:51 just that basin initiation is typical of mental involvement. Deep seated pull apart

135:59 that is associated with the development of goals. Welcome dextrose shear shear zone

136:04 I was talking about. He has be a senior sedimentation rates.

136:08 blah blah blah. Therefore the they're differential thinning of the crust and the

136:16 with a sphere typical for strike slip ? Yeah, fair enough.

136:23 Alright. So those are kind of typical very boring studies that we do

136:31 three D. Modeling these days. quite often to estimate how thick the

136:38 is and the reason they do that they want to they want to assign

136:43 thermal, they want to sign some genic heat flow value to it so

136:47 they can estimate uh maturation properties for hydrocarbons. That's why they want to

136:56 about this. But the basic model do these things do this, this

137:00 of work. So that's that's the of all this stuff that we're looking

137:04 . And I think a lot of co authors, I think a lot

137:07 these three talks, I think they some co authors. Okay, that's

137:11 they were also similar. But um , there's some good data in

137:16 Alright. Any questions about this No. Do you think you learned

137:27 . Yeah, I mean, I need to go back and kind of

137:36 . Alright. The last section of day, 3:00, I can plow

137:41 this, this is ocean basis and we're in good shape we'll just if

137:49 want we can just not do a and we'll just plow through the end

137:53 we had my little mishap in So is that Okay? Okay.

138:02 . So you've seen this map This is the gravity data free

138:07 offshore bouquet on land and um you , it's free air because it's all

138:14 can see that whatever the topography in . And then here is zooming in

138:20 the central atlantic. Some people call the north atlantic. I tend to

138:25 the north atlantic is up there. but these are fracture zones And they

138:32 have names. This is the this is the chain. This is

138:38 Atlantis, know Atlantis is a where Atlantis at? I think this is

138:44 Atlantis Canaan 15 20 I think that's my curious so on and so

138:52 And if you look at these fracture , you can see that when this

138:58 down this side curves up and that's as I said before, once you

139:04 producing ocean floor, all the motion the plates is accommodated by sea floor

139:10 . So if the rotation pull migrates little bit well then that will put

139:16 little bend in the flow lines, fracture zones which we call flow

139:22 And there it is only a transform the rich sight mints. Some people

139:27 to pretend these are trans are actual and they like to push them up

139:31 the continent and stuff. That's just how it works. These things grow

139:38 from the margin as the ocean basin . That's how it worked. Um

139:47 , so as I was saying the is actually the little segment there and

139:52 fracture zones are the off axis traces the transform, and here's the best

139:59 to think about that. It's very . So say for example, here's

140:02 America, here's africa, here's some ridge transform rich transform ridge, part

140:11 the spreading center of the mid atlantic . So right here, this one's

140:19 this way, this one's going this , so there is dextre will motion

140:24 , this is going this way this this way, so there's a sinister

140:28 motion, but the off axis trace you go over here, this plate

140:33 going the same direction on all sides these fracture zones. That's why there's

140:38 emotion there because the plate right here the same place as here, they're

140:43 going the same direction at the same . So that's why there's only faulting

140:51 . So, um it's important point people like to think these are false

140:57 they are not. They are actually well preserved for a couple of different

141:02 mostly because um at at this intersection crust is very thin, it's on

141:11 order of 2.5 kilometers, three kilometers . It's the thinnest, the thinnest

141:16 on the planet is in slow spreading zones and transforms also quite often at

141:25 slow spreading transforms and fracture zones, magma star because you're sitting right

141:31 it's 10 million years old, it's literacy is already growing and thick,

141:34 colder. This is hot. So end up just unwrapping its magma

141:40 it's too cold. I'll show you . How do these things form?

141:46 I said, they form at the and they grow as the ocean basin

141:52 . And quite often you can line up with features on shore like an

141:58 suture or rift or contact. And what leads people to like draw these

142:04 from the basin, ocean basins on continents. But that is just not

142:09 it works. They just don't understand . They can, as I

142:13 they can nuclear at these pre existing of weaknesses, but that's where they

142:19 and they grow basin work. So just don't jump in. Right,

142:24 , so I want to make that , You can look at these things

142:29 detail and they're wide, they're 30 where there is, there is wide

142:35 a distance across Houston almost, so they're big features, they're big

142:40 valleys and there's structuring in them and know, there's where the rich segment

142:46 to transform inter sectors, lots of in what they call the nodal basins

142:53 here. And if you look at cross section, where is this

142:58 This isn't one of these things um domain and just shows a transfer.

143:06 there's transverse ridges that form along these too and which are some parallel to

143:13 fractures owner or transformed. Yeah, here's another one. Here's um

143:22 ridge transform valley ridge, This is kilometers, so in this case there

143:27 about 20 kilometers wide and this a A prime is here. So here's

143:33 you have the older, the 10 year old crust, here's the rich

143:38 where there's zero little sphere, you know, little spherical mantle and

143:44 jumping, you know, maybe 30 to a hot atmosphere next to this

143:50 . So that's why these these these these little note of basins are sometimes

143:57 star, not for fast spreading You have these secondary and tertiary uh

144:08 continuity. So you say the transform is a First order. This

144:13 D one. You might have some where there's a little jog in the

144:19 the fracture zone. I'll show you right here, these guys here,

144:24 these little things. So there's a zone there, but there's not really

144:29 transport. So, these are what they're calling, what whatever Macdonald

144:34 secondary discontinuities. And then not to , not to let that go,

144:42 tertiary and quaternary discontinuities. You get idea, but basically this is just

144:49 sort of morphology of the sea floor that's what ocean basins mostly is

144:57 It's about the morphology of the ocean with the primary features that you see

145:03 fracture zones and spreading centers just like the map of the world, right

145:08 zones and spreading centers. There are things. There's hotspot tracks. There's

145:13 igneous provinces, you know, there's seismic ridges, some out here,

145:18 back arc basins. All these basins here are back arc basins. So

145:23 other things. But even all those basically about the morphology, the shape

145:29 landmass, the shape of the land . And why am I spending time

145:33 this for classes? You know, all about petroleum geophysics? Well,

145:39 reason is because as we explore you know, deeper water or in

145:45 areas, we might, you we find ourselves sitting looking in areas

145:52 are sitting on top of oceanic And quite often people have this view

145:58 ocean floors. It's just this monotonous, you know, uninterrupted flow

146:03 crust, but it's just not. it has um, it can be

146:08 in a lot of different ways. , so here are some some sea

146:14 spreading anomalies this time over the central and going into the north atlantic.

146:20 yeah, you can see them just through here's Sikma East Coast magnetic

146:24 There's the blake spur magnetic anomaly. then these are Cron's um, M

146:33 to M zero, which m means mrs electrons. The centers of

146:38 They just use the number. Sometimes put the letter C in front of

146:43 . But that's it. So here's spreading ridge here and here's crimes.

146:49 . Whatever. C. One A 30 for remember 34. And in

146:56 part here, that's the magnetic quiet . In the cretaceous magnetic quiet zone

147:01 there. And it is, I this is the M. S.

147:08 . So the cretaceous quiet zone here between here and here. Between here

147:14 here. Okay, well here's here's little bit simplified. Okay, so

147:21 have this in the central atlantic and is, you know, you can

147:26 of this for a lot of ocean . You have the medic, the

147:29 atlantic ridge or the mid ocean ridge the ocean basin basically open, symmetric

147:36 that. And then you have the , here's here's the sea crowns from

147:43 to 34 which is remember it was point something million years old right

147:49 And then you have the cretaceous Quiet , also called the long normal.

147:54 were no reversals during that time. then you have the M the Mississauga

147:58 , the M zero to M. . And there's even more um now

148:05 yellow dots are control points that I to reconstruct this. This is from

148:10 , from my dissertation, this is paper that was published in geo

148:14 but this is a chapter of my . Okay, if we look at

148:21 yeah, I'm gonna show you maps this area, this area, this

148:26 and this area, right? So you look at the the north american

148:32 the published crimes M 04 10 21 25 of these green ones.

148:39 then I picked all these in So M whatever M2 to uh I

148:45 em 40 here. So where it's , it's just there's actual anomalies and

148:51 it's dashed. I'm just connecting these lines, blake sperm and economics just

148:57 of that. And then East Coast economic is here in these dark purple

149:02 our limits of oceanic and continental So it's definitely oceanic outboard of this

149:10 and definitely continental inboard of this So you could call this transitional if

149:16 want. And then then there's some stations, these red inverted triangles that

149:24 in the literature from published sources. this is the yellow area is the

149:33 , the blake plateau. Okay. , these are the same crimes.

149:41 now the open file ones that are red instead of green. And I

149:48 plotted the magnetic data as a yellow of green to yellow scale. And

149:54 put on the my blue picks and there's blake spur and there's Sikma.

150:00 then inside here that some called the magnetic quiet zone. And here is

150:05 Jurassic magnetic quiet zone. So the Jurassic. Now there were reversals in

150:10 Jurassic quiet zone there. But they very quick in the field was very

150:16 and we even see looks like there be some crayons in the inner magnetic

150:21 zone. But M 40. I , I don't know. I think

150:25 41 is the oldest oldest oceanic Cron have identified. So there's some work

150:31 be done here. There has been done as well. There's a guy

150:36 now works at Exxon, his name Green and he did work on this

150:41 as well. Okay, we can to the other side. So the

150:49 and uh here we have crimes. only mapped crimes in this corridor here

150:58 the data is just the coverage is not very good elsewhere. And then

151:04 think at least we were saying back that S one and S. Three

151:08 the conjugate. It's two. Um for and Sikma, but that but

151:15 has a very small gap. And let me just go back to the

151:19 here. The distance from the minute to the coastline here is greater than

151:30 distance over here. So that means there had to be rich jumps and

151:40 jumps do happen. There's no, mean, the amount of asymmetry spreading

151:47 spreading an ocean basins is very There's the east coast, the east

151:53 rise maybe has 10%. Everything else like less than 5%. So,

151:58 that sort of makes sense. I , why would one, why would

152:01 side of the, of the, know, the spreading center, Why

152:04 side four out faster than the other . It just doesn't make sense.

152:09 it's probably a rich jump in And then we think also there's a

152:15 jump inside the inner magnetic clasp that's why these these are so close

152:21 and there's a gap here. So a little strip african with this fear

152:29 here and probably elsewhere as well. that's what's going on there.

152:37 Here is a comparison of the These are the line. I'm gonna

152:40 you these lines and the magnetic anomalies them. Just to show you how

152:45 things are correlated. I know I you a little uh I showed you

152:48 little example with Jim her Slurs paper earlier. But I'm going to show

152:56 something that I did here in the lake. Um And uh yeah,

153:01 there's a through whatever w on this and a through N. On this

153:08 , I'm gonna show you M 0 m. versus M zero to

153:16 25. So the youngest part that gonna show you whatever M. 25

153:22 M. 40 and M. 25 M. 40. The older

153:25 Right? So here's the younger North America M0 to m. africa

153:32 that little corridor. M zero to . 25. And these are the

153:39 that I'm picking here. So you see what I'm picking. And now

153:46 you're if you're a person who does you know, coherence modeling, this

153:54 just gonna make you nauseous problem, ? And again, this is the

153:59 polarity reversal scale going from young to . And here it is again,

154:06 from young to old. And the profile calculated from that is the first

154:15 . All the other ones are measured . Okay. But what we

154:20 what we do is we pick like of anomalies like this triplet here looks

154:25 we can sort of see it sort percolating through here. Right. And

154:30 the way you think about it. , so the spreading half rate for

154:37 is 12.6 for North America is 14.4 North America is 10.5 10% fast.

154:46 is, you know, that's right the edge of asymmetry. So there

154:52 be something going on in here. , now the old ones, so

154:59 at the geomagnetic polarity reversal scale You see, you see all the

155:04 fast the field was was flipping. not even producing individual anomalies. They're

155:11 like anomalies associated with groups of these . Well, okay, so when

155:18 was looking at these data And and if you measure if you measure the

155:25 from M28 to M40 on the african versus the north american side. Let's

155:34 back. So if you measure the from M 28 to M 40 on

155:38 side versus M 22 M 40 this . M 28. M 40 is

155:44 on this side. But I I 20%. And that's outside our 10%

155:51 . Right. So does that mean there a rich jump in there?

155:56 then I started looking around for repeated and I decided that these two anomalies

156:01 a lot alike. See what would is if there was a rich

156:07 you might have an extra one on side and a missing one on this

156:12 , right? Because it was left . This was this was a little

156:16 of north America with a sphere just in here between S. S.

156:24 and S. Three. There's a of lips. You're missing on this

156:29 . That's over here between black spur here. So what's the story

156:34 The story is that in the early of opening, right? The spreading

156:42 not uniform. It's not it's not , you know, it's not like

156:46 cartoon. Right? It basically they're know, this is this, remember

156:52 is north America rifting in the central was the first ocean basin produced during

156:59 opening breakup of Pangea. Remember north broke away first. So maybe this

157:07 breakup was was was a little Maybe there was some jump jostling

157:12 And so you had initially you had rich jump on the north America

157:22 You reach up on this side between in here, leaving a little strip

157:27 africa here. Then you had some floor spreading from M. 40 to

157:31 . 28. Well I'm sorry. , just right after M. 40

157:34 had another one almost uh here that left left some with this fear of

157:40 America on this side. So this what we're suggesting. So when did

157:46 this happen? When did all this ? It happened around I think.

157:53 see this is around one uh 25 is around. Did I date

158:01 somewhere in here? I had to it. Can I put it in

158:05 somewhere? Oh it's killing me. . So but anyways m. I

158:14 it's like 1:54. I think it's think it's I think it's 1:54.

158:22 here's so why was it doing Well what else happened around 1 60

158:27 . A. I think it's 1 . What happened around once? The

158:33 this one here would be like 25 is like 1 60 to 1

158:38 for. And then that would make you know the the Blakes for that

158:49 make possibly the Blakes for uh At like 1 61 65. 1

159:01 But what else happened during that time gulf of Mexico started opening up?

159:06 what happened. So maybe maybe and you know that was right there right

159:11 right there in north America. So it had something to do with it

159:14 just postulating that but that's that's what resulted from, that's what we sort

159:19 suggested in the thesis. Alright, fine and dandy. Um Ocean basin

159:26 flow. Ocean basin, this is slater 1980. And then Stein and

159:33 , that's carol and Seth published this Nature in 1992 and basically uh from

159:44 spreading center. So this is agent of years, both of these

159:48 millions of years. The flow kind decreases log, rhythmic, meet

159:53 rhythmically um away from the spreading center it's mostly substance, I mean its

160:01 and you know just heat dissipation. and here the top one here is

160:07 flow which correlates with this one, the bottom one here is actually the

160:12 the elevation of the sea surface. did it for let's see, they

160:18 it for several areas africa south is that right? Yeah,

160:31 Um Now spreading centers can become They can just, you know,

160:36 basic can stop opening. This is coral, this is the Tasman

160:41 You know, this is this is and Tasmania. This is part of

160:45 Zealand and this is an extinct spreading . It's a fossil spreading center and

160:50 is all, you know, nothing active in here. These are all

160:53 zones, you know that are passing that so that can happen. Um

161:00 actually magnetic anomalies. And they identified crowns, this is 33 through 27

161:07 34 was 83 point something M. . And then I think, I

161:12 know what Cron 24 is. But think it's I don't want to guess

161:20 whatever, tens of millions of So that's when that basin formed

161:25 The south china sea basin. So here's here's Indochina Vietnam, here's

161:35 island's name. Follow on follow on . There's there's um Taiwan is up

161:43 and then but here's the south china and then the Philippines is just off

161:48 the east here and they reckon they the crowns over here. They

161:55 Here's the magnetic data, here's the data and here's the topography. So

161:59 is the ocean basin. And what here was that you had a spreading

162:03 here in this part and it jumped . So there was a rich jump

162:08 early on. But there's a bunch them and I just listed a bunch

162:14 references for the Asia ridge in the sea. The labrador sea cape rise

162:20 that towel basin. This is south Chicago ridge. This is east of

162:25 , the west Philippine carl c, is just north of Tasman and Magellan

162:30 . So there's a lot of these fossil spreading centers uh subduction zone.

162:38 here's This is from Gerard in 1986 , it's kind of a summary of

162:45 world's world subduction zones. The dip the slabs. The seismicity, the

162:52 rates, the velocity overriding plate etc . And here's the Benioff zone.

162:59 you know what Benioff is? I don't think I've heard of

163:05 Benioff is the seismicity. It's it's a trace through the earthquakes.

163:12 this is the earthquake zone beneath all different island arcs or all these,

163:17 these subduction zones. So for example Mariana very famous one, it's a

163:25 one. Class ones are very steep . And then he had all different

163:30 of them. Um And you he's, this was this is from

163:36 . This data is much more comprehensive beneath South America, there's some that's

163:41 very shallow in South Chile. And there's two more and up to

163:46 seven. So northeast Japan is kind an interesting one. Sorry, Tonga

163:59 . Isn't that where some of like deepest earthquakes found? Our the

164:07 Uh well yeah, okay, these over 600 km Marianas to 650

164:14 This is five less than 600. , they are because this these these

164:24 are drawn from earthquake data. Benning zones are the traces of the seismicity

164:34 of earthquakes. So this is kind a nice paper because it shows them

164:43 relative to each other. But there some abandoned subduction zones here in

164:52 here in the, this is africa africa, this is the southern ocean

164:58 this is the south atlantic. There a subduction zone here but it's

165:04 It doesn't exist anymore. And the and lucy basins, The sushi and

165:12 seller Bc bases are thought to be trapped basins. So they were once

165:19 were once subduction zones bounding these that aren't that don't exist anymore. So

165:26 subduction zone, why not? now there are triple junctions out ocean

165:33 . So there's the buffet triple junction here in the south atlantic and there's

165:38 triple junction out here in the the east pacific rise and then there's

165:44 spreading center here that extends off and the Galapagos and into whatever. South

165:53 plunges terminates there. Um There are all kinds of triple junctions. Subduction

166:01 subduction. There's strange subduction subduction. all different sorts, right? There's

166:10 bridge. Um Here's, here's a a rich transform uh ridge transform.

166:20 triple junction. So yeah, and subduction transform, transform subduction transform.

166:28 there's a there's a lot of different of triple junctions and some of them

166:32 unstable. They don't last very Yeah. Okay. And right here

166:37 san Andreas, remember I said see subduction zone turned into a transform and

166:42 it's a spreading center again once you to the gulf of California. So

166:48 happened um out there again. These all morphology, right? So I'm

166:54 kind of showing you the different sorts things. I'm trying to show you

166:58 and I got to get to where can um Here's a here's a transverse

167:04 That runs along the Romance Transform. the offset of this ridge segment from

167:09 to here is 1000 km. It's the longest in the world. And

167:16 has this big transverse rate that's that's . It's like they call them leaky

167:22 . Because basically what happens? let's see. Yeah. What happens

167:30 you have This will go back to one this distance on a spherical

167:39 you know, this rectal rectilinear Jamboree really work well in the spirit of

167:45 . So they end up having to like this, they kind of jump

167:50 . So the transformers actually has And I think that they're showing that

167:59 where they say that there's this suspended here and this and they think there's

168:04 there's a fossil spreading center here and fossil fractures on here that's in this

168:11 ridge right there, that happen. occurred just because this is just really

168:17 transform segment. It it just doesn't . So it's it's kind of a

168:24 . So yeah, there's that um marginal ridges. So or shear

168:32 So that's where you have a continent , that's not a rift boundary or

168:38 subduction zone, but it's a continent up against ocean floor. But the

168:43 boundary is actually a transform or in case was a transformer. And these

168:49 very interesting, there's a handful of around the world. And how they

168:53 is when the uh when the plates apart. You know, you

168:58 you have your basic counting transform, then a spreading center pops up and

169:05 center just rides along the side of continent. And you can imagine you

169:11 like, you know, 200 kilometer little sphere Right next to zero thickness

169:19 here. So there's gotta be some incredible temperature thing, you know,

169:26 thermal gradients going on there and took often what forms. This is what

169:31 call a shear margin. And here's reflection line through it. So this

169:34 right, this is this line The drop off in two way travel

169:39 is four seconds And that is over distance. Let's see, that's that's

169:46 kilometer. That's over a distance of 40 km. That's amazing. So

169:54 the drift section and here's the you can see the rift section beneath

169:58 drift, right? And this is there's there's a refraction line along this

170:03 too. Do you do you do about refraction data? Right? Seismic

170:09 data for, I'm not talking about statics. I'm talking about for crustal

170:16 crustal thickness. Are you familiar with ? It sounds familiar, but we

170:24 go over. It's been a I think so. Refraction data basically

170:28 have its long offset data and you big sources, you know, like

170:34 of dynamite back in the day and , you know, you're, you're

170:42 , you know, as the, the wave, as the wave front

170:48 , hits the different horizons. There's critical angle, right that probably rings

170:51 bell. There's a critical angle at that that wave front travels along the

170:58 at the velocity of the deeper Does that ring a bell?

171:05 Okay. So then as that wave travels along that, that refractor,

171:14 like, you know, it's you know, reflecting reflecting back

171:22 So that when you you can measure long business you can measure its just

171:26 , you measure the depth and velocity deeper crustal layers and even the

171:34 So that's what you're seeing here. seeing a bunch of different now,

171:38 are these are densities in here. there's a corresponding figure in this

171:43 this is Edwards and others 97 where show they show the velocities, but

171:49 this is the crustal geometry of the coming into here. And this is

171:56 is the crustal geometry and this, this is a fracture zone. So

172:01 crust is very thin, maybe three thick and and over a distance of

172:07 know, let's see maybe what is 70. You know, over this

172:12 a 35, 40 km across seconds almost 40. So, I

172:17 you know, it's almost 45°. That's for one. So yeah, so

172:22 produce these big ridges. Well, this is the one we just looked

172:29 , we can look at the other of africa, this is kenya

172:35 And you see this is the Davie . This is another marginal ridge that

172:41 um in the same way it's a an ocean con it's a ocean continent

172:46 boundary. And here, remember we at the uh oh, oh Tanika

172:51 and the bread is whatever basin was down here. But then remember the

172:58 Falkland fracture zone, that's right And so it has a marginal ridge

173:02 well. Because remember I said the , here's the Falken plateau, here's

173:06 ewing bag. All of this is cross. And it was it was

173:12 off and just scrape right along. this thin line here is the marginal

173:19 on that. So it has conjugate ridges, just like they did.

173:25 , all right. But again, morphology. So now there's um there's

173:33 seismic ridges out there that we really understand, but they do exist in

173:39 in the central atlantic. Again, the lesser antilles. So there's Puerto

173:45 , there's Hispaniola and you know, martinique and so on and so

173:54 There's Barbados right down there. And these size, these a seismic ridges

174:02 Here there's this one the barracuda Richards a really big one, It looks

174:06 it's being subduction and there's even evidence it's poking up the other side,

174:10 the caribbean plate just like crashed into and it's overriding this part of it

174:15 then south of that is called the ridge. And then there's the ST

174:20 ridge and maybe even another one in . So, here's the topography and

174:28 right? Here's the barracuda ridge here it looks like it's coming out right

174:35 . That's what it looks like. coming out. Here's the gravity anomaly

174:38 it. Here's the gravity over the . Here's the Tiburon ridge right here

174:44 here's the other to the ST Lucia . This one down here and then

174:48 course there's Barbados um McKenna cites this worked way back in 84 on

174:55 So, here's the barracuda to burn ST Lucia and they suggest there's even

175:00 further south that they're calling, what they call it? The something like

175:04 crypto crypto bridge or something or But yeah, here's barracuda ST Lucia

175:12 Lucia. And now you can see this residual, you can see the

175:19 part poking out here a little bit . Okay, um now some people

175:28 that these, these a seismic they're related to the, the plate

175:33 between north and south America. But look at that later, maybe.

175:39 I talked about hotspot tracks in large provinces and here they are again,

175:48 this is by Duncan and Richards and is an idea that may not may

175:54 really be worth, may not apply , but back in the day,

176:00 hotspot tracks, or hotspots rather were to be fixed and that the place

176:07 moved over them and they and they in motion and back and back

176:13 You know uh 30 years ago. they thought that there are two families

176:23 hotspots, the atlantic and indian ocean family is here and the pacific hotspot

176:31 that were sort of fixed relative to other but here's here's the idea they

176:39 mantle plumes are thought to originate at core mantle boundary in this double D

176:44 layer. Remember these are all the the super kind of cycle. These

176:48 all the slab avalanches in the slab down here which feed these things and

176:55 the plume comes up erupts and causes kinds of mayhem. Um Then and

177:04 one example in the pacific of course the famous Hawaii Emperor seamount chain.

177:09 this age kinda logic, you volcanic rock samples hold on. Then

177:20 one that I work in the south a lot. And so the Rio

177:23 rise and the Cameroon, I mean mean and Walvis ridge, these are

177:28 to be ridge centered was produced by ridge center hot spot right now tristan

177:34 cunha which is the island. This volcano the last eruption was 50 years

177:40 I think. But but this this interrupted when western Gondwana in south America

177:50 africa were connected. There's a huge assaults here on south America called the

177:58 flood basalt. There's flood assaults here the acting deca. And yeah so

178:05 ridge center means it was beneath the center. Like Iceland is now Iceland

178:12 a rich centered plume. Hawaii is intra plate plume makes sense. The

178:19 in line is thought to be a room and there's other lies in these

178:24 around. So let's see here. what am I looking at?

178:31 Okay. So this is some work we did over a couple of different

178:38 . Uh dr hall and I he uh, he taught potential fields at

178:45 university before uh you know, he before dr some uh he recently retired

178:51 a couple of years ago. And is from a paper that we

178:56 Well these are from actually abstracts from A. G. U. But

179:01 we're, what we're looking at so the flood basalt are outlined in

179:05 , right? And and the public crimes are mapped and green. Much

179:12 I did for the central atlantic. our identification of crimes is these are

179:18 red dots. Right? And then we have satellite derived free air

179:25 Here's the paranal flood, the salts the steeple. And then we use

179:31 uh ion let's use some seismic lines then there's some refraction data in

179:36 We did a reconstruction of the south that we that we had a little

179:44 that we presented um at the G. U. So here is

179:49 reconstruction I think this is This is this is crime 30 crime 84.

179:57 this is I mean 84 million. is crime 34. So it's just

180:02 to the magnetic class zone. And then um yeah these so these

180:09 anomaly. And then here is the . This is This is not

180:19 34. Wait a second. No sorry. This is present day.

180:28 is just present day. This is . This is just the way it

180:30 right now. This is the So the Rio grande rise and the

180:36 is rich connect like this when you're . Yeah. And here's the difference

180:47 from our model. All right. sorry. This is the observed from

180:50 model. This is calculated response from three D. Model. So it's

180:54 darn good. This is the reconstruction the difference between those two is right

180:59 . The difference is This is five gals. So it's not a bad

181:06 . Alright, so large in these . So what's the difference between a

181:12 igneous province in a hot spot? source is the same. They're both

181:17 plumes. But the difference is largely provinces represent areas where there was just

181:24 enormous eruption of magma and flood basalt whatever. And and that was

181:30 They don't last for a long Whereas hotspot tracks. Hotspot produced tracks

181:36 are the linear features right? That over time. Like Hawaiian uh like

181:43 the Hawaiian Emperor seamount chain or these uh hotspot tracks in the south

181:49 But in terms of the source, both produced by core mantle boundary,

181:57 source magnets that they're depleted in uh depleted in uh, you know,

182:06 elements. And they erupt differently. of them erupts slowly over time would

182:13 the hotspot tracks and one of them all at once in java. This

182:18 one here is bigger than texas. an enormous eruption. I mentioned

182:27 the central atlantic magmatic province before it's to have erupted right here in the

182:34 between north America africa. Remember this the first, the first breakup camp

182:39 at 200 million years, 201 I , say, uh Samar Zoli and

182:45 . And the breakup happens, You , 15, 20 million years

182:53 So here's the here's the extent of , it's just enormous, you

182:59 60 million cubic kilometers of magma that estimate from it. Okay, another

183:09 that you see in ocean basins are arc basins. These are little tiny

183:13 basins that form over subduction zones. , um right, so how does

183:22 work? How do you have an of basin over subduction zone? Remember

183:26 talked about slavs being routed and in in the fore arc sometimes you have

183:36 in the fore arc because this is in the overriding plate moves back a

183:41 bit. That's what's happening here in Mariana four arc. And then here's

183:47 Mariana island arc, which is produced the slab melting down below. But

183:53 here's the Mariana uh Mariana trough. , I see. Yeah,

184:02 this is the backyard base Mariana trough the back of the Mariana trench is

184:07 deep, the deepest part of the basin that we all know about from

184:12 Geographic. But this is a nice three D rendering and it shows you

184:16 relationship between the seduction zone, the arc, the arc and then the

184:22 arc. So this is an extension basin that's forming because the overriding plate

184:27 pulling back. And quite often there's and the reason it breaks here is

184:32 this is where it's hot from from the island arc. Right?

184:37 quite often there is a remnant island left behind. Um not in this

184:43 , but sometimes there is so back basins, they're all around the

184:51 there's the, in the Tonga there's the loud bass in this little

184:54 one, there's a South Fiji there's the North Fiji plateau, there's

185:00 then going up, here's the Mariana , here's the here's the tire is

185:06 in the shikoku, right? Those all these are back arc basins

185:10 Okinawa trough is the back arc the sea of japan, they're all

185:15 because these slabs are all plunging, all dipping to the west and they're

185:20 there steeply dipping. If we go and look at Gerard's paper, you'll

185:24 that these are all steeply dipping uh . So this basically they're rolling over

185:31 they, that's what they call And the plate is pulling back and

185:36 producing these, these little these little back arc basins are being generated.

185:43 and the weirdest thing is this south basin is actually a ridge ridge

185:48 back arc basin, which is just wild. Okay, so now I'm

185:54 show you a little case history. is this is from some work that

185:58 is from my master's thesis at Of age. And this is the

186:02 we're looking at the caribbean plate. this is the leading edge of

186:08 It's going uh eastward relative to the atlantic and here is Barbados again.

186:18 and of course Trinidad and Venezuela, rico. There's that very deep subduction

186:25 . There there are the trench, the main ridge which is thought to

186:29 part of barracuda. And um we at the if we look at the

186:37 air gravity on the left which we at before and then the residual,

186:41 all we also looked at before. it all looks very similar. Uh

186:46 is the back arc basin, this the active island arc, The Aves

186:50 here, the Aves ridge that's a island arc. So this is a

186:56 arc basin that left behind an abandoned arc. So it's not active.

187:03 here's the magnetic data. So this uh now the magnetic data is kind

187:10 weird because it has these anomalies that sort of oriented east west. And

187:16 some workers uh thought that pendulum Barrett that it opened this way,

187:26 So it's sort of like opened orthogonal the motion of the plate as it

187:31 being subjected. And another idea was it just opened normally. And another

187:41 um was that it opened sort of with the spreading centers are oriented this

187:47 . So there was three ideas of this thing opened pendulum Barrett Tomlin and

187:54 Boys down here. But so we at it and um what we found

188:02 okay, first of all, the is that these these anomalies at the

188:09 that the basin was formed in the time, the caribbean was further south

188:16 it is now. Um You there's been the with regard to the

188:24 , the pole position And in terms inclination. That is, I mean

188:30 where it is. But the the inclination was was was 23° instead of

188:38 is now, I think it's 43° something. So the field was very

188:42 latitude, very little inclination. And what that means is, remember from

188:47 we were talking about that stuff was remember the 30 degree inclination ones where

188:53 was almost, you know, where low was taking over. That means

188:58 they're elongated. The you know the west anomalies are enhanced at the expense

189:03 north south plus. So that when made it reduced the pole of

189:08 these trends went away. Do I that map? I don't have that

189:13 here. But and so then we to be basically like normal back arc

189:19 form. And in fact this is an idea folks have. But if

189:24 flipped this is this is another back in in the indian ocean in

189:32 So so the this is called the is called the uh it's um the

189:44 sea. Right? This is the sea. This is the Andaman sea

189:49 . And so this has this the ridge segment geometry. Right?

189:54 what we did was um yeah, just a magnetic anomalies, we did

189:59 all these three D. Models. mean this is this one of these

190:05 D. Models and we integrated with data and model the geometry of the

190:12 . And as I said, we up with this geometry which is quite

190:16 what you would expect from back arc all the rest of them around the

190:20 where the where it just opens up of like you know the extension is

190:26 the direction of you know, subduction plate motion. So makes sense.

190:33 there is this one basin, as was saying, next to the indian

190:40 called the Andaman sea where you have oblique extension. And so if you

190:46 trace that bleak oblique extension in the . Um and see which is right

190:51 . If you project those segments back the subduction zone, you can see

190:56 they are subnormal too. That if flip that upside down, here's the

191:03 plate motion. Relative to that Here's the atlantic plate motion, relatively

191:10 during the opening. So, Our is very similar to that in any

191:17 that we just closed the ocean That's a little case history. It's

191:22 tectonic physics. I mean, not tectonics, 93. I think The

191:29 publication was from Uh basins of the . vol, vol four.

191:37 so more more of my stuff. is some work I did with kevin

191:42 and this again shows the opening of center Atlanta because this is the original

191:46 up of of Benji, right? is Western Gondwana and North America is

191:54 green uh texas was the state all way back then. Um then you

192:01 the red the kind of the mobile here or the kind of whatever the

192:06 ones the ones that are kind of for the reconstruction rather, here's the

192:12 black with its you know, the think I'm using the what's the

192:18 I think I'm using one km, km Isil Bath. And so it

192:28 the gap here. So between, know florida and and Mexico and then

192:35 the watched a marathon suit. Then these, these blocks after um after

192:44 and Dickinson, Dickinson a lot. I'm ghosted in south America. I

192:49 central America and here's where the Bahamas . So in the reconstruction of africa

192:55 south America they're getting those in the terrorize lineup and the Bahamas start the

193:03 . So I think the Bahamas and not the first person to think

193:07 but I agree with, I think bob I can't remember his last

193:17 It was but it was 1973 where first this idea that the Bahamas set

193:22 top on top of the camp plume . Okay. Remember the campus,

193:28 big uh the big large in his . And right, so here's here's

193:38 . 41 65 M. A. I picked two M. 40 in

193:43 and then I think if we, , I don't have those.

193:49 so this is how At once an . 40 just with the reconstruction and

193:55 everything fits together. Alright. Um how all that works. So as

194:07 it opens up, this is this is from Dickinson a lot that

194:10 just mentioned and these are those bits , these are those bits of crust

194:15 , the yucatan in the block the block, the the del Sur block

194:22 right here, right here and those the same ones that I have right

194:27 . Okay, so and this is it looks. Once. Once the

194:32 opened up the south Atlanta, I the gulf of Mexico. So 2

194:41 60 for everything is closed. Here's Pacific Ocean, here's john one and

194:48 , here's Lorenzen. And you have these terrains of paragon paragon one and

194:53 in here. But anyways this is up the gulf coast and the

194:59 So that's this shape right here. job has come from And then what

195:08 I say here with Cron 1 65 close to M 40. Right?

195:12 is 1 64. So it's almost same. And then it opens up

195:18 This is I think 1 20. yeah, this is 1 20 because

195:21 had this Guerrero super terrain coming in then that's how this all forms.

195:27 right, So this is and this the gulf of Mexico today. Um

195:37 have all these refraction profiles. Remember , these are long offset these big

195:43 of energy. And you're measuring, can measure because you have the head

195:47 that travel and you can measure the and the depth and the velocity of

195:53 layers, crystal and crustal layers. there's pretty good control. I made

195:57 these different cross sections A. C. I mean five of

196:02 And then I've outlined here these big gravity anomalies that we call the Keathley

196:08 after this concession area and the yucatan because it wraps around the yucatan And

196:16 this this cross section here, it through the goes through the western part

196:23 the gulf roughly through here. And is based on all these refraction control

196:28 by Ibrahim. And it's showing the of the crystalline layers. Right?

196:33 they have a basement block right That's this, right here, it's

196:37 feature here. They're not really showing one. It goes, I think

196:41 they don't cross it. So here's Mojo, right 8.2, .2.

196:49 the crustal layers and then the set material layers on top. And here's

196:58 our cross section, this is A . A. Prime. So this

197:01 this this cross section here which goes this Keathley Canyon structure out over the

197:07 plain. Over this this other structure ends right here and we modeled whatever

197:16 layers of salt is probably only but its schematic in any case.

197:21 here's the crustal structure of this Beneath Keith of Kenyan only, which is

197:27 . It's it's like 80 mg and this anomaly here is really is really

197:34 . So this is just you could parallel structure. Now I mentioned that

197:38 looked at all these, all the around the world, their velocity structure

197:43 their thickness and geometry. And it for this reason this this crustal

197:49 These crustal witnesses are consistent with all models. So we suggested that there

197:56 a and by the way, nobody this idea. In fact, people

198:01 hate it. So here's the yucatan anomaly. Here's the Keathley Canyon

198:07 gravity anomaly. And we and we the trajectory between 1 60 to 1

198:13 of north America, uh north american and the trajectory is tracked right through

198:26 thing. Right? So he came with this idea that there was a

198:31 centered mantle plume, much like I , much like tristan and that it

198:40 for much of the time that the opened up right from over 2.5 over

198:47 million years. But then because there two relative motions here, right,

198:53 the motion of the plate of these plates of these two, you

198:58 the yucatan block in north America over mantle plume. And it's also the

199:04 rate of the ocean basin itself. what we, what we suggested was

199:11 they were coincident for five million but that the mantle plume was actually

199:17 faster. Then the plate, the plates motion over the plume was actually

199:24 faster than the spreading, so that plume ended up only beneath the yucatan

199:33 . So we came up with this . Now The 10 million years is

199:42 half the time for the opening of gulf of Mexico. So you got

199:48 of it being continental extension, half sea floor spreading 20° is roughly half

199:57 complete the total rotation of the So if you plot this, this

200:06 on top of the gravity anomalies, looks like this. So we use

200:10 pole here. This pool is from , Which is you know, my

200:16 author here. But yeah, so can track it at 20 at at

200:23 day is here. And then if go back to like in the present

200:27 . But when the gulf finished say 1 40 M. A.

200:32 1 40. Um This is This five million years or 10° rotation,

200:44 million years or 20° rotation. So lines up nice. But like I

200:50 people really hate this idea. Um well we plot all that on a

200:57 . This was published in a a texas A and M. Book

201:01 a part of a series. And here is this marginal ridge. If

201:06 have a transform here, you have have a marginal ridge consistent with the

201:12 stuff I've showed you here's the yucatan here is to keep the canyon only

201:17 the salt distribution And this is kind a trace of what we think the

201:22 kind of boundary might be. And here's here's the opening at the beginning

201:27 sea floor spreading in this how the lays on it and here's the full

201:32 with like 40° of rotation. So that's how we think the Gulf of

201:37 opened up and how we think it . And the other work I showed

201:41 how we think. the central atlantic up and how they might be connected

201:46 those rich jumps out there. And this is done with magnetic and gravity

201:51 . And it tells a nice little story that maybe people don't like that

201:56 , but that's okay. Um, good science. Um, and then

202:01 noted in a publication and 03 that every single continental block that was broken

202:09 , uh, that every single block broke away from Pangaea was preceded by

202:16 man to flow. So, yeah, so maybe this idea is

202:22 so stupid after all. Uh, though people hate it. Right.

202:28 , but actually this idea of the yucatan rotating yucatan being tucked up

202:36 in the gulf of Mexico is is old. This guy named Boris Schobert

202:43 publisher in 1935. So we're just reinventing the same wheel over and over

202:49 over. Um, yeah, so , that's it. I went a

202:55 fast. I'm happy to go back any part of that if you

202:59 I could just page back. if you want to look at,

203:04 me just do that again. Where you want to start at just

203:09 and we can go quickly through, did the riffs riffs and I went

203:14 the rift section again, didn't Uh, yeah, I think we

203:22 over that through that. So this all ocean basin, there's a lot

203:28 slides here. But I mean I'm going to focus a lot on

203:33 so. Alright, well, let's here, let's let's just let me

203:39 go back. I'll just go I'll just flip through it and then

203:43 stop me if you see something that your eye. And so there's so

203:50 um there's pure shear, there's simple , there's simple shear on steroids um

203:57 then sang Ors um classification of riffs the world. Um and his little

204:07 here. And we're gonna, you , and then I show you some

204:12 , some geometries how riffs champions might . Then we looked at the rio

204:19 rift, but you know, this fields and we looked at it with

204:23 , we looked at it with gravity and magnetic data. Looking at the

204:31 , you know, the volcanic fields the rift geometries with that way.

204:35 we looked at These two D. through that and we looked at gen

204:44 uh Albuquerque basin modeling. Um And up with a new model for that

204:52 their beautiful representation of these things that did. And then her finding model

204:58 she says that that shear shear boundary make sense. She just thinks

205:02 you know, some easter dipping basically some basin. And I'm just

205:07 complicated example that shows um ocean transform in a very rare case to a

205:15 of continental crossed, but bear in that the transform existed before the,

205:24 the ocean base. Right? So just it's just kind of an extension

205:28 it of what was already there. then we showed some reflection data to

205:33 that, you know, there's a of really complex structure going on.

205:37 looks like there's some convergence going on here. So that that sort of

205:41 make sense of this stuff that there a component of convergence in here.

205:47 then a nice a nice matte, really busy showing all the different,

205:52 these different transform or or strike slip deep. I think that most of

206:00 are probably crustal and not really little . And then anyways, but how

206:05 producing these rich these rift basins uh the other side of uh this little

206:13 in the ross sea. And then we connected the dots here between the

206:18 these different basins and how they bend here. And we looked at this

206:25 floor spreading this bouquet anomaly, And then the cross section that goes

206:30 that. And yeah, this was complicated one. So, I think

206:36 a reason I have to text in , I think that helps explain

206:40 And then we looked at passive margins margins versus a magmatic margins. We

206:49 a lot of time to consider other passive margins, how they might be

206:54 by sand and shells and lime stones salt. We thought a lot about

207:00 and talked about anomaly wavelengths over shallow deep structures. Then we looked at

207:05 this this set of 33 D. over some passive margins. This was

207:12 was in uh Beaufort Mackenzie basin. all of these models had a lot

207:18 control out of wells refraction seismic, meant that were just really modeling for

207:23 basic crust, which all these studies . So yeah, so here's the

207:28 anomalies and here's their base and thickness then here's their cross section where they

207:34 you know how they model the this here. Yeah, that's how it

207:38 . And then we'll jump down to Kwanza Basin offshore Angola. And this

207:44 free air day to remember. And did a little three D. Model

207:48 there's a seismic session, stage And then here's where the model

207:53 Again and here's a uh east west through that model measured calculated data.

208:02 pretty good fit. And again they're on this horizon here. This is

208:07 of typical for um ah well this of work and I don't know,

208:13 don't think they made this this map gravity Magnetics. Which is a shame

208:18 . But yeah, okay then we down to the atomic elevation and this

208:24 bread bread historic basin, This oblique . Remember I said about the

208:30 I mean about the Falklands and ewing . They were peeled off of

208:35 And we looked at that later. this kind of reminds you how that

208:39 was fractured Falklands fracture zone. And then we looked at like all

208:46 three models. Again, there's a of control, a lot of

208:50 a lot of seismic and in this probably the best seismic of all these

208:57 . And yeah. And then we at three east west to east lines

209:03 their model. And um you it's a pretty good fit that the

209:07 version and they're modeling. I think , is it this horizon or

209:13 I think so in any case, the measured data in the model and

209:19 a really, really nice comparison. good. Then we launched in the

209:24 basins. And we look at this um this one. So what was

209:30 thinking about just a second ago, was gonna say, we could look

209:33 that later, talking about killing And we look at the central banks

209:50 work I've done there kinda explained explained these fractures are transformed difference. And

209:57 we then we started looking at a of the morphology around their of ocean

210:04 . Of course, sea floor spreading have to do those. Um And

210:09 sort of kind of launched into this long story that kind of kind of

210:15 through all this stuff I'm talking about . But again, all this ocean

210:19 stuff, remember. It's mostly about . You just have to, you

210:23 , kind of remember what these things . Yeah, so these are this

210:28 the work I did in the central and correlate these anomalies similar to what

210:33 showed you with the Heinz. I with her slur paper, but but

210:37 lot more to compare. Right? then we suggested ridge jumps. I

210:44 you this heat flow. Um I'm not sure why I did

210:47 But anyways, it's important. I , he flows potentially. We're going

210:51 talk more about the flow later. And then of course, there are

210:55 there, fossil spreading centers and then there's fossil subduction zones. And then

211:00 looked at all these Benioff zones and , they're pretty important features. And

211:07 here's a couple more subduction zone and we, you know, there's

211:11 rich, rich spreading centers, There's different kinds of triple junctions out

211:16 Um There's there's transverse ridges that form transform boundaries or fracture zone boundaries.

211:24 then there's um shear margins where there's continent, ocean transform boundary, which

211:31 , there's a there's a handful of the world and they produce some distinctive

211:35 . These these big giant margin. mean, these elevated uh uh features

211:43 then there's just a seismic uh structures the world to that you can come

211:48 and here's a bunch of that go the the leading edge of the caribbean

211:55 . And yes the speculation on some ones of those. And then we

211:59 about hotspot tracks and large english provinces and I mentioned that you know,

212:04 tracks basically. They think they used think there's a couple of families of

212:10 , not so much now. And we, you know, we talked

212:13 how those form and we looked at Hawaii ever and mentioned their age kind

212:18 logic. So that the idea is the the plates moved over the hotspot

212:23 and this Ben is recording a change plate motion. Um Then more of

212:31 hotspot tracks and in the south atlantic we consider this rich centered one like

212:36 which is rich center. Whereas Hawaii a Hawaii is a inter plate,

212:43 ? There's no spreading centers around It just popped up in the middle

212:46 the pacific ocean. And then I you this bit of work that we

212:51 to reconstruct the south atlantic basically. yeah, you know, doing a

212:57 D, three D gravity magnetic but just gravity rather three D gravity

213:02 of the south atlantic with a So that was kind of fun.

213:07 we talked about large igneous provinces and they're produced the same way as hotspots

213:13 terms of a mantle plume, but L. I. P.

213:18 Lips are just there's a massive eruption at once. And then they don't

213:23 to, you know last for millions years as the plates move over them

213:28 hotspot tracks do. And then I you that we that the camp plume

213:35 though people have a hard time finding origins. I think it might it

213:40 be exist beneath to the Bahamas and not the only one to suggest

213:46 Um. Uh Yeah and right and we looked at we talked about back

213:54 basins which form over subduction zones by by splitting the active art because it's

214:03 and the reason they do is because the slabs are rooted and there's been

214:09 plate the organization and the plate pulls and so it breaks where it's

214:14 it's where its weakest and that's why are back aren't they form behind the

214:20 ? That's the idea and there's a of them in the in the Western

214:25 and um and then there's one here the Caribbean called the Granada basin which

214:30 some work that I did for my thesis. And you're looking at you

214:36 gravity and residual gravity and the Magnetics explained that the conflicting miles for how

214:43 formed. And um I have both these papers or you can actually download

214:49 from my website and then I explained you know we we examine the space

214:53 we did a bunch of models by refraction data. And then we came

214:59 with a model which is unsurprising very to modern day models and then the

215:05 possible conflict is this and um and and some people depicted with with rich

215:12 with spreading center this way but that's it. This is the actual sea

215:16 morphology here map from the sky. then we showed that if you flip

215:22 upside down it looks a lot like we did here and and then you

215:27 we just closed that. So um then I launched into this whole gulf

215:34 Mexico thing. I sort of hinted about that with these bridge jumps that

215:39 proposed for the central atlantic that their is co evil with the beginning of

215:46 opening of the gulf of Mexico. you take 20 at the gulf of

215:51 went opened up around 1 60 which lot of people think that number is

215:56 and it lasted for 20 million years 1 40. Okay. And then

216:01 showed that these all these geometries for bigger picture, they fit in with

216:08 in a lot of work here and how those opened up the gulf of

216:15 opened up and this is present day . And then we looked into the

216:20 of Mexico basin and some models and models I did supported by refraction data

216:26 you know this this was not the one to say this is a structural

216:30 was actually said. So from refraction and so I just model that up

216:35 integrating all that stuff together. This model. And I did that with

216:39 other models as well. But I'm showing you one and then okay,

216:44 we have the gravity models, we these features, what does it all

216:47 ? So then we just came up this kid a Matic model that shows

216:52 if you started if you started after million years of continental extension and then

216:58 start opening the ocean basin in five steps which coincide with 2.5 million years

217:07 that you can accommodate the next 10 years with 20 degrees rotation that sits

217:14 top of the data pretty nicely. this actually made the cover of a

217:21 G 2005 March. Um so that probably as good as it will ever

217:26 for me. But uh yeah and then um This paper, this was

217:34 in a book that was finally published '05, that was published in

217:40 This figure was from 11 and I you know, the relationship between the

217:45 and these and these proposed hotspot And then as well as as a

217:49 rich because because of the Gulf Yucatan out, they had to rotate along

217:54 transform and a lot of people like , I mean except that there was

217:58 transformer not so much a rich that's in dispute. Okay, and then

218:04 finally made the point that if you that idea is nutty, we can

218:09 look at most of the most of big continental fragments that that led to

218:19 breakup of Pangea were preceded by So this camp, here's tristan,

218:25 Karu, here's a far right in Arabia. Now, it's not it's

218:33 like the plumes are dynamically breaking the the continents apart. It's just that

218:41 there's hate rising right because of the , the thermal id idea. And

218:48 we think is that these plumes, like upside down drainage, they find

218:54 weak spots, so they find these and erupt they're not like pushing things

219:00 , but they're just like, it's fortuitous that they're just they're there.

219:04 they are signs of, you um some, you know, intense

219:09 and thermal thermal issues going on. then I made the joke here that

219:17 we're doing is already been redone you know, it's almost 100 years

219:21 since Boris Gilbert suggested this. I this, I had this frame in

219:28 office here because well, it's kind cool kevin gave me that gave it

219:33 me. Alright, so thank you much. I think I have like

219:38 and pages of references attached to So All right, That was an

219:47 minute summary, maybe 20 minutes, questions? I do not have a

219:59 right now. So, the good is you can go to the recording

220:03 go back to this. This is I blasted through and then make notes

220:08 then go back and find them and answer your questions and then if you

220:12 I'll send you the papers or you find them yourself I'm sure but I

220:16 if you want some of them are little little I mean I don't have

220:20 still bears paper. I don't think do I have papers about that paper

220:24 I don't have that paper. Oh if if you don't have questions if

220:31 just sick and tired of hearing me which I wouldn't blame you. Oh

220:40 I guess we could call it I will I sent you the instructions

220:44 for getting the software right? Yes husband's gonna do it for me.

220:50 great so then you'll be set for and then uh you know when we

220:57 we uh you know if if you problems just let me know we'll get

221:01 sorted. And then um exam is Lemon's gotta write the I got to

221:09 it on thursday better make a note then um I'll send it to you

221:16 right exam thursday. So I'll write exam thursday and I'll send it to

221:23 that night and then I'll get it you before class saturday morning. So

221:29 not actually gonna meet on friday right just gonna basically take my test.

221:34 I'm just gonna send it to Just answer the questions and send it

221:37 to me. Okay, Don't No, you gotta go up

221:41 Right way Jose and then All so that so Oh, I

221:56 there's a little, there's a little in the thing. It's yeah,

222:00 saturday morning will be the exercise and and in the afternoon will be uh

222:08 on convergent margins. The following friday my last, so I have only

222:13 more lectures. The exercise is really and I would just do that.

222:21 will do the exercise in front of . So, so you'll be able

222:25 watch me do it and so you'll able to do it yourself easy

222:33 Okay, that'll work. Are we ? We had enough. Have you

222:41 enough of me? I think the is just, it's made me very

222:46 today. Well, no problem. , that's just um yeah, it's

222:52 of creepy. I mean, I'm we didn't have on campus with that

222:56 be pretty horrible. I guess. , you're up there, aren't

223:03 Yeah, on campus. What's Yeah, I'm on campus.

223:11 Alright, Well, um Okay, I guess, you know, we

223:17 take a break this afternoon and we a 45 minutes, so I don't

223:21 . I think we did pretty good um Again, let me know if

223:26 have any questions about the material this or this afternoon or any other any

223:31 time. And you know, I'll your questions and yeah, see

223:39 I guess I'll see you a week today in the A. M.

223:44 . Sounds

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