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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

H. Marin-Moreno, T.A. Minshull & R.A. Edwards, 2013, Geophysical Journal International, 194(2), 814-833
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Héctor Marin-Moreno, Timothy A. Minshull & Rosemary A. Edwards, 2013, Basin Research, 25(3), 331-347
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Type: article
Timothy A. Minshull & Aaaron Keddie, 2010, Terra Nova, 22(2), 131-136
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Type: article
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
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Type: article
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
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Type: article
Donna J. Shillington, Caroline L. Scott, Timothy A. Minshull, Rosemary A. Edwards, Peter J. Brown & Nicky White, 2009, Geology, 37(1), 7-10
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Type: article
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
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Type: article