Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 1, 437-458 North Sea Baltic Sea 10°E8°E 12°E 14°E 16°E 58°N 57°N 56°N 55°N 6°E4°E Sweden The Netherlands Germany Norway Denmark UK Danish Basin Fault National boundaries Bornholm 50 kmFennoscandian Border Zone DANISH BASIN AND FENNOSCANDIAN BORDER ZONE 439 The Tornquist Zone is a fundamental tectonic linea- ment representing the south-western margin of the Baltic Shield (Fig. 1). The lineament runs north-west from the Carpathians across Poland, where it is known as the Teisseyre–Tornquist Zone, and into the Scandinavian area, where it is known as the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone (EUGENO-S Working Group 1988). It crosses northern Denmark in a NW–SE direction and extends as far as the Viking Graben in the North Sea (Pegrum 1984). The lineament had its origin in Precambrian times and faults defining the lineament have been inter- mittently active until the present day. It is characterised by complex extensional and strike-slip faulting and structural inversion (Liboriussen et al. 1987; EUGENO-S Working Group 1988; Mogensen 1992a, b, 1994; Mogensen & Korstgård 1993; Christensen & Korstgård 1994; Mogensen & Jensen 1994). The Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone within and adjacent to the Kattegat area (Fig. 1), has been described in sev- eral papers, based on field information (Bergström et al. 1982; Norling & Bergström 1987; Sivhed 1991), well data (Michelsen & Nielsen 1991, 1993; Jensen & Michelsen Triassic and Jurassic transtension along part of the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone in the Danish Kattegat Tommy Egebjerg Mogensen and John A. Korstgård In the Kattegat area, Denmark, the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, an old crustal weakness zone, was repeatedly reactivated during Triassic, Jurassic and Early Cretaceous times with dextral transtensional movements along the major boundary faults. These tectonic events were minor compared to the tectonic events of the Late Carboniferous – Early Permian and the Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary, although a dynamic structural and stratigraphic analysis indicates that the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone was active compared to the surrounding areas. At the end of the Palaeozoic, the area was a peneplain. Regional Triassic subsidence caused onlap towards the north-east, where the youngest Triassic sediments overlie Precambrian crys- talline basement. During the Early Triassic, several of the major Early Permian faults were reac- tivated, probably with dextral strike-slip along the Børglum Fault. Jurassic – Early Cretaceous subsidence was restricted primarily to the area between the two main faults in the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault and the Børglum Fault. This restriction of basin development indicates a change in the regional stress field at the Triassic–Jurassic tran- sition. Middle Jurassic and Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous subsidence followed the Early Jurassic pattern with local subsidence in the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, but now even more restricted to within the zone. The subsidence showed a decrease in the Middle Jurassic, and increased again during Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous times. Small faults were generated internally in the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone during the Mesozoic with a pattern that indicates a broad transfer of strike-slip/oblique-slip motion from the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault to the Børglum Fault. Keywords: Kattegat, Denmark, Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, Triassic–Jurassic, Børglum Fault, Grenå–Helsingborg Fault, transtension, structural evolution T.E.M., Norsk Hydro a.s., N-0246 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: tommy.mogensen.egebjerg@hydro.com J.A.K., Geological Institute, University of Aarhus, C.F. Møllers Allé 120, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 1, 439–458 (2003) © GEUS, 2003 440 1992), deep reflection – refraction seismic data (EU- GENO-S Working Group 1988; Lie & Husebye 1992), and reflection seismic data (Baartman & Christensen 1975; Bergström 1984; Pegrum 1984; Liboriussen et al. 1987; Ziegler 1987, 1990; Aubert 1988; Bergström et al. 1990a, b; Ro et al. 1990a; Vejbæk 1990). The majority of these studies have proposed lateral movements along the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone with right-lateral move- ments during the Palaeozoic and generally left-lateral movements during the Mesozoic (Bergström et al. 1982; Pegrum 1984; Liboriussen et al. 1987; Norling & Berg- ström 1987; Aubert 1988; Sivhed 1991). Many of the earlier Kattegat studies based on reflec- tion seismic data suffered from large line spacing (Pegrum 1984; Aubert 1988). The average spacing prior to the seismic surveys from the mid-1980s was around 10 km, which severely hampered detailed structural interpretation such as fault correlation and depocentre configuration along the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone. Inter- pretation of closely-spaced 2D reflection seismic data (1 km spacing in the middle of Kattegat, Fig. 2), released to Danish research institutions in the early 1990s, and TZ TZ 100 km 10˚E6˚E 14˚E 55˚N Sweden Norway OG Børglum FaultFjerritslev Fault 59˚N 57˚N TZ 2 Denmark Jylland Skåne FB SG EB 1 Kattegat North Sea Grenå– Helsingborg Fault Fig. 1. Southern Scandinavia showing the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone and the area of study (outlined areas 1 and 2 – area 2 was investigated in particular detail). EB, Egersund Basin; FB, Farsund Basin; OG, Oslo Graben; SG, Skagerrak Graben; TZ, Sorgenfrei– Tornquist Zone. 1 2 6 3 4 40 km Denmark A 1 2 6 3 4 1 2 6 3 4 Seismic surveys and wells Kattegat Sweden Norway Skåne 10˚E 11˚E 12˚E9˚E 57˚N 56˚N 555 Thisted-4 Thisted-2 Fjerritslev-1,2 Hyllebjerg-1 Farsø-1 Aars-1 Vedsted-1 Haldager-1 Flyvbjerg-1 Børglum-1 Sæby-1 Skagen-2 Frederikshavn-1 Hobro-1 Voldum-1 Rønde-1 Hans-1 Lavø-1 Anholt-(1–4) Felicia-1 J-1 Terne-1 Gassum-1 Fig. 2. Seismic surveys and wells used. The geoseismic profiles in Figure 3 are numbered 1–6; the positions of these key profiles are also shown on all subsequent maps (Fig 4–13). The backstripped section in Figure 14 is indicated by the dashed line A. new well data (Michelsen & Nielsen 1991, 1993) has made it possible to undertake a more detailed analysis of the Palaeozoic and Cretaceous structural develop- ments along the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone (Mogensen 1992a, b, 1994; Mogensen & Korstgård 1993; Mogensen & Jensen 1994). The remainder of the Mesozoic, from the Triassic to the Lower Cretaceous, with emphasis on the Jurassic, is the scope of this study. Much of the discussion in the following is focussed on the two main faults of the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone in the Kattegat area, the Børglum Fault and the Grenå– Helsingborg Fault. These faults, crossing the area from Skåne, Sweden to north Jylland, Denmark (Fig. 1), are considered as two separate strands of the Sorgenfrei– Tornquist Zone. Data This study is primarily based on released 2D reflection seismic data, acquired during a period of hydrocarbon exploration in the area in the early 1980s. Exploration also included drilling of the first two deep wells, Hans-1 and Terne-1 in the central part of Kattegat, and the Sæby-1 well in north Jylland, all penetrating Mesozoic rocks (Fig. 2; Michelsen & Nielsen 1991). The reflec- tion seismic surveys used in this study vary in quality. There is a progressive increase in quality from the onshore single fold seismic, shot in 1967, to the 60 fold seismic data shot in 1985 (Table 1). Resolution of the seismic data is higher in the offshore data, but on a few onshore regional lines continuous reflections down to 4 seconds two-way travel time (TWT) can be seen. Data from all wells in the area (Table 2), and infor- mation from rocks outcropping in Skåne, south-west Sweden, have been used in the study. In the central Kattegat area and onshore Denmark, there is a good tie between well data and the reflection seismic surveys. Elsewhere the interpretation can be more speculative, because of the scarcity of high resolution seismic data (Fig. 2). The location of six key lines, shown in Figure 3, is indicated on all maps. The study has resulted in a series of maps (Figs 4–13); the structure maps (in TWT) represent top pre-Zechstein (approximately equivalent to the base Triassic over most of the investigated area), base Jurassic and base Cretaceous. Isochore maps (in TWT) have been pre- pared for the Lower and Upper Triassic successions, the Gassum Formation, the Fjerritslev Formation, the Middle Jurassic, the Upper Jurassic and the Lower Cretaceous successions. Where resolution of the onshore surveys is good, the maps cover both the Kattegat area and the onshore area (Fig. 1, areas 1 and 2); where onshore res- olution is poor, the maps only cover the Kattegat area (Fig. 1, area 2). 441 Survey Year Fold Filtered/ Onshore/ Migrated Offshore SSL6267 1964–7 1 Filtered Onshore WGC67A 1967 6 Filtered Offshore PRKL7374A 1973–4 6–12 Filtered Onshore GSI75B 1975 12 Migrated* Offshore DNJ8183D 1982–3 12 Migrated Onshore RTD81K 1982 48 Migrated Offshore DCS81K 1982 48 Migrated Offshore GY82K 1983 48 Migrated Offshore GECO83AK 1983 48 Migrated Offshore DN84D 1984 24 Migrated Onshore DK84K 1984 48 Migrated Offshore AM84K 1984 60 Migrated Offshore TX84K 1984 48 Migrated Offshore AO85I 1985 24 Migrated Onshore TX85K 1985 48 Migrated Offshore * Reprocessed and migrated 1983. Table 1. Seismic surveys used in the studies Table 2. Study wells grouped into those penetrating the Mesozoic (A) and those terminating in the Mesozoic (B) A Well Encounters/Terminates in Frederikshavn-1 Mesozoic/Precambrian Gassum-1 Mesozoic/Zechstein Hans-1 Mesozoic/Upper Carboniferous Rønde-1 Mesozoic/Upper Silurian Sæby-1 Mesozoic/Rotliegend Terne-1 Mesozoic/Cambrian Thisted-4 Mesozoic/Zechstein B Well Terminates in Aars-1 Upper Triassic Børglum-1 Upper Triassic – Lower Jurassic Farsø-1 Upper Triassic Fjerritslev-1 Lower Jurassic Fjerritslev-2 Upper Triassic Flyvbjerg-1 Upper Triassic Frederikshavn-2, -3 Triassic Haldager-1 Lower Jurassic Hobro-1 Upper Triassic Hyllebjerg-1 Upper Triassic Lavø-1 Upper Triassic Skagen-2 Triassic Thisted-2 Lower Triassic Vedsted-1 Upper Triassic Voldum-1 Upper Triassic Data from Nielsen & Japsen (1991). S Sæby-1 ? ? ? GHF BF DNJ-400 Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone Gassum-1W E SSW NNE GHF BF DNJ-30/K84-002 6.64 cm Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone SW NEHans-1 (proj.) GHF BF DCS-68 Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone ? SW NE GHF BF (A) BF (B) RTD 81-K10/K75-014 Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone Anholt (1–4) (proj.) 0 2 4 0 2 4 0 2 4 0 2 4 0 2 4 0 2 4 0 2 4 0 2 4 N 5 km 5 km 5 km 5 km 1 2 3 4 T W T s ec T W T s ec T W T s ec T W T s ec T W T s ec 0 2 4 0 2 4 RTD 81-K11 N Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone S GHF 5 BF (A) BF (B) 5 km 443 U. Cretaceous U. Jurassic – L. Cretaceous M. Jurassic (Haldager Fm) L. Jurassic (Fjerritslev Fm) U. Triassic – L. Jurassic (Gassum Fm) L. Triassic – U. Triassic Basement Grenå–Helsingborg Fault Børglum Fault GHF BF Zechstein salt Rotliegendes syn-rift sequence L. Palaeozoic N GHF RTD 81-K12 Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone T W T s ec 0 2 4 0 2 4 S 6 BF (A) BF (B) 5 km Facing page and above: Fig. 3. Geoseismic profiles (Fig. 2 for locations). Note: (1) the Late Cretaceous anticline with underlying depocentres on profile 2, (2) the extensive Mesozoic small-scale faulting, especially on profiles 4 and 6, (3) the increased Jurassic subsidence in the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone on profiles 3 and 5, and (4) the thinning of the Triassic towards the north-east on profiles 1, 2 and 6. Note also fault strands A and B of the Børglum Fault (BF) on profiles 3, 5 and 6, where the A strand seems to take up the lateral component, whereas the B strand seems to take up any vertical component (see text). Note that profile 2 is constructed from two seismic lines roughly at right angles to each other and that the two lines do not intersect (Fig. 2). Jurassic Triassic Precambrian basement U. Cretaceous Quaternary Subcrop rocks Onshore Sweden 20 km GHF BF A B Well Fault 1500–2000 2000–2500 2500–3000 0–500 500–1000 1000–1500 3000–3500 11°E 12°E 56°N 1 2 3 4 5 6 A Top pre-Zechstein Structure map Depth in msec TWT Hans-1 Terne-1 Fig. 4. Top pre-Zechstein TWT structure map. Note that the Jurassic onlaps partly onto the basement, partly onto the Triassic in Skåne, indicating younging of the sediments towards the north-east. Note also the zone of lateral transfer between the Hans-1 and Terne-1 wells. BF, Børglum Fault, A and B are strands of the Børglum Fault; GHF, Grenå–Helsingborg Fault. Structural development Triassic During the Early Permian, the Kattegat area and the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone were exposed to erosion, and prior to the Late Permian the area had become a pene- plain (Figs 3, 4; Michelsen & Nielsen 1991; Mogensen 1994). The top pre-Zechstein TWT structure map (Fig. 4), shows the configuration of this peneplain surface today, formed by the sum of all post-Early Permian tectonic events. The predominant fault orientation is NW–SE, the same as the main trend during the Palaeozoic, but sev- eral NNE–SSW- to NNW–SSE-trending faults are also present, both within and outside the Sorgenfrei–Torn- quist Zone. After formation of the peneplain, the area started to tilt towards the south-west, with the two main faults in the Kattegat, the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault and the Børglum Fault (Fig. 1), lowering the top pre-Zechstein surface stepwise towards the south-west (Figs 3, 4). In the south-east, the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault is the dominant fault, whereas the Børglum Fault takes over in an én echelon fashion towards the north-west, where it becomes the main Mesozoic fault. In the area between the Hans-1 and Terne-1 wells and the two major faults (Fig. 4), many smaller faults cut the top pre-Zechstein surface. This intense faulting occurs to the north-west of a large bend in the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault, and seems to be linked to this bend. North-west of the Terne-1 well, the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault gradually 444 20 km ? ? ? ? GHF BF A B 11˚E 12˚E 57˚N 56˚N 1 2 5 6 3 4 A Lower Triassic Isochore map Thickness in msec TWT 0–100 100–200 200–300 300–400 Lower Triassic not present (non-deposition or erosion) 400–500 500–700 700–800 Fault Inferred fault Well Terne-1 Lavø-1 Fig. 5. TWT isochore map of the Lower Triassic. Note the subsidence pattern along the Børglum Fault with maxima and minima, indicating strike-slip motion along this fault with push-up and pull- down. Note also that there is no general differential subsidence within the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, the zone is merely the eastward limit of the regional Triassic basin to the south-west. BF, Børglum Fault, A and B are strands of the Børglum Fault; GHF, Grenå–Helsingborg Fault. 445 dies out, and terminates close to profile 2 (Fig. 3). The Børglum Fault also fades out, much further to the north- west, but no clear termination can be seen (Fig. 4). Some branches of the Børglum Fault are relatively straight, and can be followed continuously across the Kattegat for 80–100 km. The top pre-Zechstein TWT structure map (Fig. 4) also incorporates a Quaternary subcrop map of west- ernmost Skåne, Sweden. Note that the Jurassic onlaps partly on Precambrian crystalline basement and partly on the Triassic, indicating younging of sediments towards the north-east. This is clearly seen on the interpreted seismic sections which show seismic onlap towards the north-east (Fig. 3), where the youngest Triassic sediments overlie Precambrian basement. The TWT isochore maps of the Lower Triassic (Fig. 5) and the Middle–Upper Triassic (Fig. 6) illustrate the structural history during the Triassic. Both maps and the geoseismic profiles (Fig. 3) show the general subsi- dence towards the south-west, where one of the main regional Triassic depocentres of the Northwest European Basin is located (Bertelsen 1980; Vejbæk 1990). The Triassic TWT isochore maps indicate that only minor differential subsidence took place along the Sorgenfrei– Tornquist Zone during the Triassic. The zone was merely the north-eastward limit of the large Triassic basin. During the Early Triassic, some of this minor differential subsidence internally in the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone took place along bends of the Børglum Fault (Fig. 5), whereas other bends only show limited deposition or ? ? ? ? GHF BF A B 20 km 11˚E 12˚E 57˚N 56˚N 1 2 5 6 3 4 A Middle–Upper Triassic Isochore map Thickness in msec TWT 0–100 100–200 300–400 200–300 Middle and Upper Triassic not present (non-deposition or erosion) 400–500 500–700 700–900 Fault Well Terne-1 Lavø-1 Fig. 6. TWT isochore map of the Middle– Upper Triassic. Note the diminishing of maxima and minima along the Børglum Fault, indicating less activity along this fault compared to the Early Triassic. BF, Børglum Fault, A and B are strands of the Børglum Fault; GHF, Grenå–Helsing- borg Fault. erosion. This differential subsidence along the Børglum Fault abated during the Middle and Late Triassic (Fig. 6). West of the Terne-1 well, the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault seems to have had only limited effect on deposition (Figs 5, 6), whereas the Børglum Fault had a more pro- nounced impact on the depositional pattern further to the north-west (Figs 5, 6). Towards the end of the Triassic, the depositional pattern changed and differential subsidence within the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone started to overshadow regional subsidence with deposition of the Upper Triassic – Lower Jurassic Gassum Formation (Fig. 7). The Børglum Fault was still the most active fault in the Kattegat area, with a variable subsidence pattern along strike (Fig. 7), although the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault seems to have had some influence on the depositional pattern in the western part of the Kattegat, close to pro- file 2 (Fig. 7). The Gassum Formation has a diachro- nous upper boundary in the Danish area, younging towards the basin margin (Michelsen & Nielsen 1991) which cannot be seen on the seismic lines due to lim- ited thicknesses outside the central Kattegat area. Jurassic The differential subsidence within the Sorgenfrei–Torn- quist Zone that started in the Late Triassic was enhanced during the Early Jurassic, as indicated by the TWT iso- chore map of the Lower Jurassic Fjerritslev Formation (Fig. 8). The thick Lower Jurassic succession has been deeply eroded along the Børglum Fault, primarily along fault strand B (Figs 3 (profile 3), 8), due to subsequent Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary inversion along this fault 446 GHF BFA B 40 km 10˚E 11˚E 12˚E 9˚E 57˚N 56˚N 200–300 300–400 0–100 100–200 Eroded sequence Upper Triassic – Lower Jurassic (Gassum Fm) Isochore map Thickness in msec TWT WellNormal fault Limit of Gassum Fm1 2 5 6 3 4 A Terne-1 Fig. 7. TWT isochore map of the Gassum Formation. Note the onset of differential subsidence in the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, with the Børglum Fault being the most active. The Gassum Formation is the youngest unit that is not affected by erosion caused by the Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary inversion and Neogene uplift. BF, Børglum Fault, A and B are strands of the Børglum Fault; GHF, Grenå–Helsingborg Fault. strand. The Lower Jurassic succession thickens towards the eroded area, making the Børglum Fault the main fault at this time in the central Kattegat area. This con- trasts with the Triassic faulting, when fault strand A was the most active (Figs 3 (profile 3), 5, 6). The Grenå– Helsingborg Fault seems to have had the same influ- ence on the Early Jurassic depositional pattern in the western part of Kattegat close to profile 2, as during deposition of the Gassum Formation (Figs 7, 8). The differential subsidence within the Sorgenfrei– Tornquist Zone continued during deposition of the Middle Jurassic Haldager Sand Formation (Fig. 9), although subsidence seems to have decreased com- pared to the Early Jurassic. Only minor fault activity took place, and the succession is thin with a rather uniform thickness, although a minor depocentre was formed around the Terne-1 well. The Haldager Sand Formation may also have increased in thickness towards the Børglum Fault, as did the Gassum Formation and pre- sumably the Fjerritslev Formation, but has later been removed by erosion. Increased deposition compared to the Middle Jurassic is seen on the TWT isochore map of the Upper Jurassic Frederikshavn, Børglum and Flyvbjerg Formations (Fig. 10). The differential subsi- dence within the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone can also be seen on the isochore map, with a thickening of these successions towards the Børglum Fault, although most of these deposits were later removed by erosion fol- lowing Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary inversion. Late Jurassic subsidence patterns continued into the Early Cretaceous (Fig. 11), and small local depocentres developed within the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, coin- ciding with the Lower Jurassic depocentres (Fig. 8) and with inversion highs formed during the Late Cretaceous 447 GHF BFA B 10˚E 11˚E 12˚E 9˚E 57˚N 56˚N 40 km 0–100 200–300 100–200 300–400 Removed by erosion Thickness in msec TWT 400–500 500–600 600–700 Eroded sequence Lower Jurassic (Fjerritslev Fm) Isochore map WellNormal fault Salt diapir 1 2 5 6 3 4 A Fig. 8. TWT isochore map of the Fjerritslev Formation. Note differential subsidence all along the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone; the unit is eroded along the Børglum Fault. Note also the depocentre at profile 2 and line A, which might have been caused by dextral transten- sional sagging at the termination of the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault (see text). BF, Børglum Fault, A and B are strands of the Børglum Fault; GHF, Grenå–Helsingborg Fault. 448 ? ? G H F BF A B 20 k m 11 ˚E 12 ˚E 57 ˚N 56 ˚N 1 2 5 6 3 4 A M id dl e Ju ra ss ic (H al da ge r Sa nd F m ) Is oc ho re m ap T hi ck ne ss in m se c T W T M id dl e Ju ra ss ic no t pr es en t (n on de po si tio n or e ro si on ) M id dl e Ju ra ss ic p ar tly re m ov ed b y er os io n Fa ul t W el l 0– 10 0 10 0– 20 0 T er ne -1 Fi g. 9 . T W T i so ch o re m ap o f th e H al d ag er S an d F o rm at io n . N o te t h e lo ca l d ep o ce n tr e ar o u n d T er n e- 1 an d d ep o si tio n r es tr ic te d t o w ith in t h e So rg en fr ei –T o rn q u is t Z o n e. B F , B ø rg lu m F au lt, A an d B ar e st ra n d s o f t h e B ø rg lu m F au lt; G H F , G re n å– H el si n gb o rg F au lt. ? ? G H F BF A B 20 k m 11 ˚E 12 ˚E 57 ˚N 56 ˚N 1 2 5 6 3 4 A U pp er Ju ra ss ic (F re de ri ks ha vn , B ør gl um a nd Fl yv bj er g Fm s) Is oc ho re m ap T hi ck ne ss in m se c T W T U pp er Ju ra ss ic a bs en t (n on de po si tio n or e ro si on ) U pp er Ju ra ss ic p ar tly re m ov ed b y er os io n Fa ul t W el l 0– 10 0 10 0– 20 0 20 0– 30 0 30 0– 40 0 T er ne -1 Fi g. 1 0. T W T i so ch o re m ap o f th e U p p er J u ra ss ic s u cc es si o n . N o te t h e in cr ea se d s u b - si de nc e re la tiv e to th e M id dl e Ju ra ss ic , a nd th e in cr ea si ng e ff ec t o f e ro si on . T he d ep os iti on al p at te rn i n d ic at es a t h ic ke n in g to w ar d s th e st ro n gl y in ve rt ed B ø rg lu m F au lt, w h er e th e U p p er J u ra ss ic i s re m o ve d b y er o si o n . B F , B ø rg lu m F au lt, A a n d B ar e st ra n d s o f th e B ø rg lu m F au lt; G H F , G re n å– H el si n gb o rg F au lt. 449 – Early Tertiary inversion (Mogensen & Jensen 1994). One of these structures can be seen on profile 2 (Fig. 3) and on Line A (see also Fig. 14). On the top Triassic TWT structure map (Fig. 12), between the Terne-1 and Hans-1 wells, a large num- ber of faults occur, compared to the top pre-Zechstein structure map (Fig. 4). These are small-scale faults that are restricted to the Mesozoic succession (Fig. 3, pro- file 4). On the base Cretaceous TWT structure map (Fig. 13), this faulting is not indicated, due to the deep ero- sion of the Mesozoic sequence, but it is clearly seen that the Børglum Fault continues much further to the north than the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault. This reflects a trans- fer of lateral movement from the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault to the Børglum Fault from south-east to north-west and is probably related mainly to Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary dextral transpression. Mesozoic dextral transtensional structural development Triassic Rather than being primarily a zone of differential sub- sidence during the Triassic, as suggested by Michelsen & Nielsen (1991, 1993), we consider the Sorgenfrei–Torn- quist Zone in the Kattegat area to represent a staircase stepping down from the north-eastern platform to the deep basin in the south-west, delineating the Triassic Northwest European Basin (Figs 5, 6). Differential sub- sidence seen internally in the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone to the north-west, along the Fjerritslev Fault (Vejbæk 1990), might be due to salt withdrawal from a Zechstein salt basin along the Fjerritslev Fault (Christensen & Korstgård 1994) triggered by minor Triassic reactivations of this old fault (Norling & Bergström 1987). This would ? GHF BF B 40 km 10˚E 11˚E 12˚E 9˚E 57˚N 56˚N 1 2 5 6 3 4 A 400–800 800–12000–400 Lower Cretaceous partly eroded Lower Cretaceous Isochore map Thickness in msec TWT WellNormal fault Limit of Lower Cretaceous Salt diapir Fig. 11. TWT isochore map of the Lower Cretaceous succession. Note the similarity with the Lower Jurassic depositional pattern (Fig. 8), as well as the increased effect of later erosion. BF, Børglum Fault, B is a strand of the Børglum Fault; GHF, Grenå–Helsingborg Fault. 450 imply that no major differential subsidence related to strike-slip faulting took place along the Sorgenfrei– Tornquist Zone during the Triassic, as suggested by Pegrum (1984), Ziegler (1987, 1990) and the EUGENO-S Working Group (1988). The intense rifting and fault-controlled subsidence of the NNE–SSW-oriented Horn Graben (Vejbæk 1990; Clausen & Korstgård 1993, 1994), indicates a stress field in which the least principal stress axis had a WNW–ESE- orientation. Several normal faults in the Kattegat area, outside the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, are in accord- ance with such a stress field e.g. north of the Lavø-1 well, (Figs 5, 6), and the NNE–SSW-trending Svedala Fault in Skåne, Sweden (Norling & Bergström 1987). If such a WNW–ESE-oriented extensional regime existed in the Triassic in the Kattegat area, the NW–SE-trending Grenå– Helsingborg, Børglum and Fjerritslev Faults would expe- rience right-lateral, probably transtensional strike-slip, motion along their fault planes, which is in agreement with Vejbæk (1990). Right-lateral transtensional reacti- vation of the Fjerritslev Fault, would also favour halo- kinetic movements and differential subsidence (Koyi & Petersen 1993) resembling rifting along this fault. The depositional pattern with thin and thick suc- cessions related to bends in the Børglum Fault indi- cates lateral motion along the faults, with push-up at restraining bends and pull-down at releasing bends (Aydin & Nur 1985; Christie-Blick & Biddle 1985; Harding GHF BF A B 20 km 11˚E 12˚E 57˚N 56˚N 1 2 5 6 3 4 A Top Triassic (Base Gassum Fm) Structure map Depth in msec TWT 0–300 300–600 600–900 900–1200 1200–1500 1500–1800 Normal fault Reverse fault Well Terne-1 Hans-1 Fig. 12. Top Triassic TWT structure map. Note the large number of faults between Terne-1 and Hans-1, transferring the strike-slip/oblique-slip motion. Note also the horsetail splays at several locations. BF, Børglum Fault, A and B are strands of the Børglum Fault; GHF, Grenå– Helsingborg Fault. 451 et al. 1985). This restraining–releasing bend pattern was especially active during the Early Triassic (Fig. 5, see also Mogensen 1994), and primarily along strand A of the Børglum Fault (profile 3, Fig. 3). Strand A resem- bles the experiments on reactivation of basement faults under conditions of oblique-slip carried out by Richard (1991). This movement pattern decreased in activity during the rest of the Triassic (Fig. 6), whereas the lim- ited deposition to the north-east of the Terne-1 well per- sisted throughout the Triassic (Figs 5–7). The area of limited sedimentation coincides with the heavily faulted area between the Terne-1 and Hans-1 wells (Figs 4, 12). This fault pattern indicates a broad transfer of strike- slip or oblique-slip motion from the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault to the Børglum Fault, corresponding to the grad- ual termination of the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault towards the north-west. During the Triassic, deposition gradually overstepped the margins of the regional basin, with progressive onlap towards the north-east (Figs 3, 5, 6; Norling & Bergström 1987; EUGENO-S Working Group 1988). While the Triassic was characterised by regional subsi- dence (Figs 5, 6; Vejbæk 1990), the Jurassic – Early Cretaceous was dominated by differential subsidence in the area between the two main faults in the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault and the Børglum Fault. The change in this local basin development indicates a shift in the regional stress field (see also Norling & Bergström 1987) probably related to the widespread Late Triassic – Early Jurassic rift phase in Northwest Europe (Ziegler 1990). The change in the stress field occurred during deposition of the Gassum Formation (Fig. 7), and the Lower Jurassic Fjerritslev Formation (Fig. 8), both relatively widespread forma- tions that increase in thickness towards the Sorgen- frei–Tornquist Zone. The sub-regional subsidence around the Sorgenfrei– Tornquist Zone abated during deposition of the shallow 12• 10˚E 11˚E 12˚E 9˚E 57˚N 56˚N 40 km ? GHF BF A B BF 400–800 800–12000–400 1200–1600 Base Cretaceous Structure map Depth in msec TWT WellNormal fault Reverse fault Limit of Lower CretaceousSalt diapir 1 2 5 6 3 4 A Fig. 13. Base Cretaceous TWT structure map. Note the continuation of the Børglum Fault further to the north than the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault. BF, Børglum Fault, A and B are strands of the Børglum Fault; GHF, Grenå–Helsingborg Fault. marine to fluvial Gassum Formation (Nielsen et al. 1989; Nielsen 2003, this volume). Instead differential subsidence took over in the central part of the Kattegat, within the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone. In this area, no mobile Zechstein salt is present and subsidence was controlled by basement-attached faults only. No differential subsi- dence seems to have taken place further to the north- west in the Danish part of the northern Zechstein Salt Basin (Fig. 7). Jurassic In the Early Jurassic, subsidence controlled by basement- attached faults continued within the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone in the areas where no mobile Zechstein salt was present. In addition, differential subsidence now also started further to the north-west in areas underlain by mobile Zechstein salt (Fig. 8). This change indicates increased fault activity (Norling & Bergström 1987) and in particular salt withdrawal subsidence, possibly trig- gered by the faulting. Activity along NNW–SSE-trend- ing normal faults outside the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone (Fig. 8) points to a WSW–ENE orientation of the mini- mum stress axis. This again would indicate right-lateral movements along the NW–SE-oriented major faults of the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, as in the Triassic. However, since the minimum principal stress axis was at a higher angle to these faults, a reduced amount of strike-slip compared to the Triassic may be suggested. The local depocentre in the central part of profile 2 (Figs 3, 8), could be regarded as a salt withdrawal basin, similar to those further to the north-west (Koyi & Petersen 1993; Christensen & Korstgård 1994). However, no major accumulation of Zechstein salt is present in the area, and the immobile marginal Zechstein Basin facies starts approximately here (Mogensen 1994). A section across this depocentre (line A in Fig. 8) backstripped (Fig. 14A–E) shows no salt structure evolution matching the size of the Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous depocentre (Figs 14B, E). The Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous depocentre therefore cannot be explained by salt withdrawal. An explanation could be that the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault seems to terminate in this area (Figs 4, 8, 12, 13). Termination of a fault having right-lateral transtensional displacement along strike, causes primarily horsetail splaying and sagging (Christie-Blick & Biddle 1985; Harding et al. 1985; Sylvester 1988). This kind of sag- ging would cause subsidence that might be only slightly influenced by faulting. The configuration of the Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous depocentre (Fig. 14B), is hardly influenced by seismically resolvable faults, and it is there- fore proposed that this particular depocentre was caused by dextral transtensional sagging at the north-western- most termination of the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault. During the Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary inversion tectonics (dextral transpression as opposed to the former dextral transtension), this depocentre was inverted as a closed anticline (Fig. 13; see also Mogensen & Jensen 1994). Deposition changed from dominantly marine in the Early Jurassic to more shallow marine to continental dominated in the mid-Jurassic, possibly due to uplift of the crustal block to the north-east of the Sorgenfrei– Tornquist Zone. This change is also reflected in the dif- ference in the depositional pattern between the Lower Jurassic Fjerritslev Formation (Fig. 8) and the Middle Jurassic Haldager Sand Formation (Fig. 9), notably the change in thickness. Fault-related deposition seems to have been limited in the Middle Jurassic, although fault- ing along the major faults of the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone created space for Middle Jurassic deposits in the central part of the Kattegat (Fig. 9), and caused volcanic activity in Skåne, mainly along NW–SE-trending faults and fracture zones (Erlström et al. 1997). In the central Kattegat area and Skåne, only limited deposition took place outside the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone during the Middle Jurassic (Fig. 9; Norling & Bergström 1987). Due to the limited faulting it is diffi- cult to deduce any stress orientations. Regional indica- tions such as Middle Jurassic normal faulting in the North Sea Central Graben (Mogensen et al. 1992) sug- gest an E–W to ESE–WSW orientation, and if this ori- entation is extended to the Kattegat area, right-lateral movements would again have been induced along the major faults of the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone. Inside the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, deposition may have been continuous from the Triassic to the Late Jurassic (Michelsen & Nielsen 1991; Seidenkrantz et al. 1993), in contrast to adjacent areas outside the zone (Michelsen 1986, 1989; Nielsen 2003, this volume). During the Late Jurassic, new marine transgressions invaded the area, filling former irregular topography in Skåne (Norling & Bergström 1987). The Early Cretaceous had the same depositional evolution, except that tec- tonic activity increased (Ziegler 1987, 1990; EUGENO-S Working Group 1988). Differential subsidence took place along the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone in the cen- tral Kattegat area (Fig. 10) and in Skåne (Norling & Bergström 1987) during both the Late Jurassic and the Early Cretaceous. Large parts of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous deposits were removed by subse- quent erosion, obscuring the depositional pattern in 452 the Kattegat area (Figs 10, 11). However, thickening of the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous successions towards the eroded area and the Børglum Fault (Fig. 3, profiles 3 and 5), indicates that this was the most active fault in the central Kattegat area during both the Late Jurassic and the Early Cretaceous, as well as during the Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary inversion phase (Figs 10, 11). The orientation of a small Upper Jurassic depocen- tre just west of the Terne-1 well, related to a N–S-trend- ing fault (Fig. 10), might indicate that E–W extension in the Kattegat area also persisted during the Late Jurassic. This is in agreement with a proposed regional Late Jurassic E–W extension, as in the North Sea area (Bartholomew et al. 1993; Sears et al. 1993). Such an orientation of the tensional stresses would again cause right-lateral transtension in the Kattegat area along the NW–SE-oriented major faults of the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone. Right-lateral transtension might also be indicated by the continuous evolution of the local depocentre at line A (Figs 10, 11) and profile 2 (Fig. 3) in Late Jurassic (Fig. 10) and in Early Cretaceous times (Figs 10, 11). This development could also have been caused by sag- ging due to dextral transtensional fault termination, as proposed previously. Indications of the sense of lateral transtensional dis- placement along the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone bound- ary faults become more obscure in mid-Jurassic – Early Cretaceous times, due to the effect and overprint of later inversion tectonics. The few clear indications of the sense of lateral displacement in this period as well as in all former Mesozoic periods, seem to favour right- lateral displacement. We therefore suggest a general dextral transtensional displacement along the NW–SE- trending Grenå–Helsingborg Fault, and in particular the Børglum Fault, during the whole of the Mesozoic (for 453 Present Base Chalk Top ‘Gassum Fm’ Near top Lower Triassic Near Top Lower Triassic, Top pre-Zechstein is flattenedE D C B A SSW NNE Grenå–Helsingborg Fault U. Cretaceous L. Jurassic – L. Cret. U. Triassic – L. Jurassic (Gassum Fm) L. Triassic – U. Triassic Rotliegendes syn-rift sequence L. Palaeozoic Precambrian basement Fig. 14. Backstripping sequence across the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault (Fig. 2, line A; seismic line K84-001). The anticlinal structure in the Lower Cretaceous succession was created by inversion of a Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous syncline. The configuration of this depocentre (crosses on profile B) could indicate salt withdrawal subsidence over an escaping salt pillow, but backstripping down to the surface of ‘no differen- tial subsidence over fault’, close to top Lower Triassic (profile D), gives no indication of salt structure development (hatched area on E) that could match the depocentre on B. Another explanation could therefore be right-lateral transtensional sagging at the tip of the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault which terminates in this area. 454 displacement during the Late Cretaceous, see Mogensen & Jensen 1994). This contrasts with the view of Pegrum (1984) who proposed left-lateral displacement, especially during the latter part of the Mesozoic. An interpreta- tion of the fault configuration in the south-eastern part of Kattegat by Aubert (1988, fig. 56) also favoured left- lateral displacement. Our interpretation of a more closely- spaced seismic grid has changed this fault configuration into a major bend in the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault (Fig. 4). Right-lateral movements along the Grenå– Helsingborg Fault start to be transferred to the Børglum Fault, in order to accommodate this major bend. Sivhed (1991) suggested 4 km of left-lateral displace- ment along the Fyledal Fault, Skåne, based on the dis- placement of a possible post-Early Permian channel. However, age relationships between channels on both sides of the Fyledal Fault appear to be uncertain because of different lithologies in the channel fill (Sivhed 1991). Left-lateral movement would be possible on a fault in Terne-1 Hans-1 Sæby-1 Frederikshavn-(1–3) Skagen-2 Rønde-1 Lavø-1 Anholt-(1–4) Voldum-1 20 km Sweden Denmark GHF BF 57°N 56°N 12°E11°E Fig. 16. Major Palaeozoic faults of the Kattegat area, which, when compared with the different Mesozoic maps (Figs 4–13), show that almost all Mesozoic faults are reactivated Palaeozoic faults. BF, Børglum Fault; GHF, Grenå–Helsingborg Fault. Grenå–Helsingborg Fault Børglum Fault Triassic – Early Cretaceous dextral transtensional evolution Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary dextral transpressional evolution The pre-Mesozoic Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone Fig. 15. Schematic diagram showing the response of the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone to a changing stress field and illus- trating how the zone acted as a buffer zone between more coher- ent crustal blocks, whenever changes in the regional stress field were induced. 455 Triassic Regional subsidence, dextral transtension W E W E W E W E W E W E A B C D E F W E G Quaternary U. Cretaceous M./U. Jurassic – L. Cretaceous L. Jurassic M.–U. Triassic L. Triassic Zechstein (salt/marginal facies) U. Carbon./Rotliegendes syn-rift sequence U. Silurian – Devonian Cambrian – L. Silurian Basement Lateral movements away from viewer Lateral movements towards viewer Early Palaeozoic Foreland deep to the Caledonian orogeny? Jurassic – Early Cretaceous Extension, minor lateral movements Late Carboniferous – Early Permian Rift phase, dextral transtension, peneplanisation Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary Inversion/dextral transpression Neogene Regional uplift and erosion Zechstein Limited deposition in the area Fig. 17. Summary of Phanerozoic tectonic events in the Kattegat area and along the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone. a right-lateral fault zone, depending on the orientation of the fault. However, 4 km of sinistral movement along a fault with a NW–SE orientation such as the Fyledal Fault seems unlikely. The Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone as a buffer zone We consider the Scandinavian part of the Tornquist Zone to be a very old and weak intercratonic bound- ary (Pegrum 1994), between crustal blocks with thick- nesses along the zone in the order of 25–30 km (Ro et al. 1990b), and with total lateral displacements of only 20–30 km (Mogensen 1994). As a boundary between crustal blocks, the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone is also a deep-seated fault zone where changes in the stress field are more easily accommodated than in the more coher- ent adjacent crustal blocks (Fig. 15). Mesozoic reactivation of old, weak basement linea- ments in an extensional regime with an oblique angle to the principal stress directions has been described from the North Sea (Bartholomew et al. 1993; Sears et al. 1993). Comparison of the faults from the different Mesozoic maps (Figs 4–13) with the Palaeozoic fault pat- tern (Fig. 16) shows that almost all the Mesozoic faults are reactivated Palaeozoic faults. The weak crustal Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone is bounded by the Grenå– Helsingborg Fault and the Børglum Fault. Depending on the orientation of the stress field, these boundary faults may exhibit transpressional or transtensional strike-slip motion. Only very special orientations of the stress field will give pure strike-slip motions or pure extension during reactivation. Along the Børglum Fault, a total estimate of 7 km of right-lateral displacement, from the Late Palaeozoic to the present, was proposed by Mogensen (1994). Quanti- fication of the amount of lateral displacement during different tectonic episodes is difficult, and can only be done relative to each episode. The period with the largest dextral movements was probably the Triassic, as estimated from the configuration of small fault-bend related depocentres and the regional stress orientation (see above). As much as half of the dextral displace- ment (3–4 km) could be attributed to the Triassic move- ments. This leaves 3–4 km to the rest of the Mesozoic transtensional and transpressional movements, of which the Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary transpressional movements were probably the most important. Dextral displacement during the Jurassic – Early Cretaceous therefore must have been only a few kilometres. Conclusions A better understanding of the Triassic–Jurassic (–Early Cretaceous) tectonic processes along the Sorgenfrei– Tornquist strike-slip fault zone has been provided through the interpretation of closely-spaced 2D reflec- tion seismic data in the Kattegat area, Denmark. Based on this interpretation, several maps have been gene- rated, which in combination with key regional seismic sections outline in detail the structural development of the Kattegat area and the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone dur- ing this period (Fig. 17). During the Permian, the area was exposed to ero- sion and was peneplaned. Regional Triassic subsidence and tilting resulted in onlap towards the north-east, where the youngest Triassic sediments are found over- lying Precambrian crystalline basement. During the Early Triassic, in particular, several of the major Late Carboniferous – Early Permian faults were reactivated, with dextral strike-slip along the Børglum Fault. Differential subsidence within the Sorgenfrei–Torn- quist Zone started at the transition between the Late Triassic and the Early Jurassic, primarily with deposi- tion of the Fjerritslev Formation. This differential sub- sidence was restricted mainly to the area between the two main faults in the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault and the Børglum Fault. The restricted basin development indicates a change in the regional stress field. Subsidence during the Middle Jurassic and the Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous followed the Early Jurassic pattern with differential deposition within the Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone, but now even more restricted to the zone. The Early Cretaceous sub- sidence pattern was a direct continuation of the Late Jurassic subsidence with no hiatus in between. The only difference was the increased rate of subsidence during Early Cretaceous times. Many small faults were generated during the Mesozoic in the area between the Terne-1 and Hans-1 wells and the Grenå–Helsingborg and Børglum Faults. This fault pattern indicates a general transfer of strike-slip/oblique- slip motion from the Grenå–Helsingborg Fault to the Børglum Fault. Reactivation of old basement faults caused dextral movements along the major boundary faults of the NW–SE-oriented Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone during the entire Mesozoic due to the orientation of the regional stress field. 456 457 Acknowledgements We thank S. Olausson and O. 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