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Research project

Integrated seismic and subsidence analysis of conjugate margin systems in the Eastern Black Sea

  • Research groups:
  • Lead researchers:
    Professor Tim Minshull
  • Research funder:
    BP International Ltd
  • Status:
    Not active

Project overview

We propose to test depth-dependent stretching models of highly extended lithosphere at rifted margins by determining stretching factors and strain rates using a combination of seismic imaging and state-of-the-art inverse modelling of subsidence data. Our analysis will focus on conjugate margins in the Eastern Black Sea basin, where a rapid sediment supply has ensured that post-rift subsidence is better constrained than on most rifted margins. Forward and inverse modelling of wide-angle seismic data will be used to determine the crustal thickness variation and the significance of synrift igneous activity. These observations will be integrated with subsidence data to determine the three-dimensional thermal history of the basin.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Tim Minshull

Professor in Ocean & Earth Science
Research interests
  • Continental breakup and the onset of seafloor spreading
  • Methane hydrate beneath the seafloor and its role in the Earth system
  • Exploration geophysics: seismic and electromagnetic imaging
Connect with Tim

Email: tmin@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Inverse modelling and seismic data constraints on overpressure generation by disequilibrium compaction and aquathermal pressuring: application to the Eastern Black Sea Basin
H. Marin-Moreno, T.A. Minshull & R.A. Edwards, 2013, Geophysical Journal International, 194(2), 814-833
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt147
Type: article
A disequilibrium compaction model constrained by seismic data and application to overpressure generation in The Eastern Black Sea Basin
Héctor Marin-Moreno, Timothy A. Minshull & Rosemary A. Edwards, 2013, Basin Research, 25(3), 331-347
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12001
Type: article
Measuring the geotherm with gas hydrate bottom-simulating reflectors: a novel approach using three-dimensional seismic data from the eastern Black Sea
Timothy A. Minshull & Aaaron Keddie, 2010, Terra Nova, 22(2), 131-136
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00926.x
Type: article
Wide-angle seismic data reveal sedimentary and crustal structure of the Eastern Black Sea
R.A. Edwards, C.L. Scott, D.J. Shillington, T.A. Minshull, P.J. Brown & N.J. White, 2009, The Leading Edge, 28(9), 1056-1065
DOI: 10.1190/1.3236375
Type: article
Wide-angle seismic data reveal extensive overpressures in the Eastern Black Sea Basin
C.L. Scott, D.J. Shillington, T.A. Minshull, R.A. Edwards, P.J. Brown & N.J. White, 2009, Geophysical Journal International, 178(2), 1145-1163
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04215.x
Type: article
Abrupt transition from magma-starved to magma-rich rifting in the eastern Black Sea
Donna J. Shillington, Caroline L. Scott, Timothy A. Minshull, Rosemary A. Edwards, Peter J. Brown & Nicky White, 2009, Geology, 37(1), 7-10
DOI: 10.1130/G25302A.1
Type: article
Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Black Sea: a test of depth-dependent stretching models
Donna J. Shillington, Nicky White, Timothy A. Minshull, Glyn R.H. Edwards, Stephen M. Jones, Rosemary A. Edwards & Caroline L. Scott, 2008, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 265(3-4), 360-378
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.033
Type: article