Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Gawthorpe, Rob"
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3-D seismic images of an extensive igneous sill in the lower crust
Wrona, Thilo; Magee, Craig; Fossen, Haakon; Gawthorpe, Rob; Bell, Rebecca E.; Jackson, Christopher Aiden Lee; Faleide, Jan Inge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-31)When continents rift, magmatism can produce large volumes of melt that migrate upwards from deep below the Earth’s surface. To understand how magmatism impacts rifting, it is critical to understand how much melt is generated ... -
Axial and transverse deep‐water sediment supply to syn‐rift fault terraces: Insights from the West Xylokastro Fault Block, Gulf of Corinth, Greece
Cullen, Timothy M; Collier, Richard E.L.I.; Gawthorpe, Rob; Hodgson, David M.; Barrett, Bonita J (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Deep‐water syn‐rift systems develop in partially‐ or transiently‐linked depocentres to form complicated depositional architectures, which are characterised by short transport distances, coarse grain sizes and a wide range ... -
Building up or out? Disparate sequence architectures along an active rift margin-Corinth rift, Greece
Gawthorpe, Rob; Andrews, Julian E.; Collier, Richard E.L.I.; Ford, Mary; Henstra, Gijs Allard; Kranis, Haralambos; Leeder, Mike R.; Muravchik, Martin; Skourtsos, Emmanuel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-12)Early Pleistocene synrift deltas developed along the southern Corinth rift margin were deposited in a single, dominantly lacustrine depocenter and were subject to the same climate-related base-level and sediment supply ... -
Contrasting geomorphic and stratigraphic responses to normal fault development during single and multi-phase rifting
Pechlivanidou, Sofia; Geurts, Anna Helena; Duclaux, Guillaume; Gawthorpe, Rob; Pennos, Christos; Finch, Emma (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-10)Understanding the impact of tectonics on surface processes and the resultant stratigraphic evolution in multi-phase rifts is challenging, as patterns of erosion and deposition related to older phases of extension are ... -
Coupled stalagmite - Alluvial fan response to the 8.2ka event and early Holocene palaeoclimate change in Greece
Peckover, EN; Andrews, JE; Leeder, Mike Robert; Rowe, PJ; Marca, Alina; Sahy, Diana; Noble, Stephen R.; Gawthorpe, Rob (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)We explore the expression of early Holocene climatic change in the terrestrial Mediterranean of southern Greece. A regional palaeoclimate record from stable isotope and trace element geochemical proxies in an early Holocene ... -
Coupling Crustal-Scale Rift Architecture With Passive Margin Salt Tectonics: A Geodynamic Modeling Approach
Pichel, Leonardo Muniz; Huismans, Ritske Sipke; Gawthorpe, Rob; Faleide, Jan Inge; Theunissen, Thomas Louis Roger Dominique (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Continental rifted margins are often associated with widespread, thick evaporite (i.e., salt) deposits and pronounced salt tectonics. The majority of salt basins formed during the latest stages of rifting, prior to continental ... -
Deep-water sediment transport patterns and basin floortopography in early rift basins: Plio-Pleistocene syn-rift of theCorinth Rift, Greece
Muravchik, Martin; Henstra, Gijs Allard; Eliassen, Gauti; Gawthorpe, Rob; Leeder, MR; Kranis, H; Skourtsos, E; Andrews, J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Our current understanding on sedimentary deep‐water environments is mainly built of information obtained from tectonic settings such as passive margins and foreland basins. More observations from extensional settings are ... -
The distribution of rivers to terrestrial sinks: Implications for sediment routing systems
Burr Nyberg, Bjørn; Gawthorpe, Rob; Helland-Hansen, William (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-09)Empirical observations used to constrain controls on large global modern river systems typically use catchment delineations depicting drainage patterns of rivers to oceans. A key component in the spatial and temporal ... -
Drainage integration and sediment dispersal in active continental rifts: A numerical modelling study of the central Italian Apennines
Cowie, Patience; Duclaux, Guillaume; Gawthorpe, Rob; Huismans, Ritske; Pedersen, Vivi; Wedmore, Luke; Geurts, Anneleen H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Progressive integration of drainage networks during active crustal extension is observed in continental areas around the globe. This phenomenon is often explained in terms of headward erosion, controlled by the distance ... -
From Caledonian collapse to North Sea Rift: The extended history of a metamorphic core complex
Wiest, Johannes; Wrona, Thilo; Bauck, Marit Stokke; Fossen, Haakon; Gawthorpe, Rob; Osmundsen, Per Terje; Faleide, Jan Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Extensional systems evolve through different stages due to changes in the rheological state of the lithosphere. It is crucial to distinguish ductile structures formed before and during rifting, as both cases have important ... -
Global scale analysis on the extent of river channel belts
Nyberg, Björn Johan Emil Burr; Henstra, Gijs Allard; Gawthorpe, Rob; Ravnås, Rodmar; Ahokas, Juha Matti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Rivers form channel belts that encompass the area of the river channel and its associated levees, bars, splays and overbank landforms. The channel belt is critical for understanding the physical river evolution through ... -
Grain-Size Analysis of the Late Pleistocene Sediments in the Corinth Rift: Insights into Strait Influenced Hydrodynamics and Provenance of an Active Rift Basin
Kang, Wenjun; Li, Shunli; Gawthorpe, Rob; Ford, Mary; Collier, Richard E. Ll.; Yu, Xinghe; Janikian, Liliane; Nixon, Casey William; Hemelsdaël, Romain; Sergiou, Spyros; Gillespie, Jack; Pechlivanidou, Sofia; De Gelder, Gino (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Grain-size analysis of the sediments in borehole M0079A, which is located in the Corinth Rift, was used to explore hydrodynamic conditions and provenance in the Late Pleistcene Corinth Rift. Grain-size populations that ... -
High-resolution record revealsclimate-driven environmental andsedimentary changes in an active rift
McNeill, Lisa C.; Shillington, D.J; Carter, Gareth; Everest, J.D.; Gawthorpe, Rob; Miller, C; Phillips, M.P.; Collier, Richard E.L.I.; Le Ber, E; Cvetkoska, A; De Gelder, G; Diz, P; Doan, M-L; Ford, Mary; Geraga, M; Gillespie, J; Hemelsdael, Romain; Herrero-Bervera, Emilio; Ismaiel, M; Janikian, L; Kouli, K.; Machlus, M.L; Maffione, Marco; Mahoney, C; Michas, G; Nixon, Casey William; Oflaz, S.A.; Omale, A.P.; Panagiotopoulos, K; Pechlivanidou, Sofia; Sauer, Simone; Seguin, Joana; Zakharova, N.V.; Green, S (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-28)Young rifts are shaped by combined tectonic and surface processes and climate, yet few records exist to evaluate the interplay of these processes over an extended period of early rift-basin development. Here, we present ... -
How post-salt sediment flux and progradation rate influence salt tectonics on rifted margins: Insights from geodynamic modelling
Pichel, Leonardo Muniz; Huismans, Ritske Sipke; Gawthorpe, Rob; Faleide, Jan Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Continental rifted margins can be associated with widespread and thick salt deposits, which are often formed during the final stages of rifting, prior to breakup. These salt-bearing margins are typically characterized by ... -
Impact of normal faulting and pre-rift salt tectonics on the structural style of salt-influenced rifts: the Late Jurassic Norwegian Central Graben, North Sea
Ge, Zhiyuan; Gawthorpe, Rob; Rotevatn, Atle; Thomas, Michel Bøgh (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10)Studies of salt‐influenced rift basins have focused on individual or basin‐scale fault system and/or salt‐related structure. In contrast, the large‐scale rift structure, namely rift segments and rift accommodation zones ... -
The Impact of Pre‐Salt Rift Topography on Salt Tectonics: A Discrete‐Element Modeling Approach
M Pichel, Leonardo; Finch, Emma; Gawthorpe, Rob (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Gravity‐driven salt tectonics along passive margins is commonly depicted as comprising domains of updip extension and downdip contraction linked by an intermediate, broadly undeformed zone of translation. This study expands ... -
The influence of structural inheritance and multiphase extension on rift development, the northern North Sea
Phillips, Thomas B.; Fazlikhani, Hamed; Gawthorpe, Rob; Fossen, Haakon; Jackson, Christopher Aiden Lee; Bell, Rebecca E.; Faleide, Jan Inge; Rotevatn, Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-08)The northern North Sea rift evolved through multiple rift phases within a highly heterogeneous crystalline basement. The geometry and evolution of syn‐rift depocenters during this multiphase evolution and the mechanisms ... -
Influence of Zones of Pre-Existing Crustal Weakness on Strain Localization and Partitioning During Rifting: Insights From Analog Modeling Using High-Resolution 3D Digital Image Correlation
Osagiede, Edoseghe E.; Rosenau, Matthias; Rotevatn, Atle; Gawthorpe, Rob; Jackson, Christopher A-L; Rudolf, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Pre-existing crustal structures are known to influence rifting, but the factors controlling their influence remain poorly understood. We present results of digital image correlation that allows for the surface strain ... -
Late Quaternary mud-dominated, basin-floor sedimentation of the Gulf of Corinth, Greece: Implications for deep-water depositional processes and controls on syn-rift sedimentation
Gawthorpe, Rob; Fabregas, Natacha Carine; Pechlivanidou, Sofia; Ford, Mary; Collier, Richard E. Ll.; Carter, Gareth D.O.; McNeill, Lisa C.; Shillington, Donna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Syn-rift deep-water muds and mudstones preserve a relatively complete stratigraphic record of tectonic and climatic events. This paper investigates mud-dominated deposits and stratigraphy using core from International Ocean ... -
Late-syn- to post-rift salt tectonics on wide rifted margins—Insights from geodynamic modeling
Pichel, Leonardo Muniz; Huismans, Ritske Sipke; Gawthorpe, Rob; Faleide, Jan Inge; Theunissen, Thomas Louis Roger Dominique (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Rifted margins are often associated with widespread and thick evaporite (salt) deposits and pronounced salt tectonics. The largest salt basins formed during the latest stages of rifting, immediately prior to continental ...