Ombilin Basin as Inverted Oblique Rift in Barisan Mountains, Sumatra: Considerations on Subsidence Mechanisms and Fault Development
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Ombilin Basin is a NW-SE inverted oblique rift which is currently being part of Barisan Mountains in western Central Sumatra. Regarding its current position, Ombilin Basin can be one of the windows to see the evolution of Barisan Mountains since Paleogene. Two schools of thought, namely rift basin and pull-apart basin, have been established to explain the evolution of Ombilin Basin. This paper aims to present another perspective on the evolution of Ombilin Basin based on subsidence mechanisms and fault development. This study integrated remote sensing and subsurface interpretations. Remote sensing interpretation took the role to delineate surface fault lineaments using digital elevation model, while subsurface interpretation dealt with log and seismic interpretations, subsidence analysis, and palinspatic reconstruction. Fault lineaments derived both from remote sensing and seismic interpretations were combined to construct structural framework of the basin. Subsidence analysis generated geohistory and backstripped tectonic subsidence charts. Palinspatic reconstruction illustrated structural configurations through time. This study figured out that Ombilin Basin went through fault-controlled subsidence in Middle Eocene – Late Oligocene and thermal subsidence in Early Miocene – Late Pliocene. Each subsidence mechanism was terminated by an uplift. Subsidence mechanisms in Ombilin Basin represented the criteria of rift basin in terms of amount and rate of tectonic subsidence, duration of subsidence, and contribution of thermal subsidence. On the other hand, fault development captures extensional and strike-slip components during rifting and development of flower structures during inversion of the basin. Oblique rifting operates when dominant extensional component works together with strike-slip component. Therefore, subsidence mechanisms and fault development are in agreement to regard Ombilin Basin as inverted oblique rift.
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