Facies, stratigraphy, and evolution of a middle ediacaran. Sequence stratigraphy american association of petroleum. This combined data set allows for the recognition of both eustatic and tectonic controls on carbonate platform sequence architecture during the wolfcampian. Type 2 sequence boundaries formed early in platform development, whereas type 1 sequence boundaries dominated later. Depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy of. Depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy of a mixed siliciclasticcarbonate ramp. Depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy of carbonate mudrocks using sedimentology, multiscale electrofacies visualization, and geochemical analyses. These outcrops show various patterns of photozoan including coral and heterozoan abundances, but have not been studied in detail in terms of sequence stratigraphy, controls on deposition, and reservoir character. On a distally steepened ramp, there may be much resedimentation of outer. Mclaughlin pi, brett ce, taha mclaughlin sl, cornell sr 2004 highresolution sequence stratigraphy of a mixed carbonatesiliciclastic, cratonic ramp upper ordovician.
Pdf facies partitioning and sequence stratigraphy of a mixed. Carbonate sequence stratigraphy university of georgia. Outcropbased sequence stratigraphy and reservoir characterization of an upper mississippian mixed carbonatesiliciclastic ramp, mayes county, oklahoma by scott andrew shelley bachelor of science in geology oklahoma state university stillwater, ok 2014 submitted to the faculty of the graduate college of the oklahoma state university. Sequence stratigraphy of a tidally dominated carbonate. Stratigraphy, facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of. Read sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of a tithonianvalanginian carbonate ramp vaca muerta formation. This course focuses on carbonate sequence stratigraphy from a petroleum systems standpoint. The reconstructed ramp to basin transect illustrates a progressive upward change in thirdorder sequence boundary type during evolution of the mission canyon platform. Effect of relative sealevel change on carbonate reservoir distribution and quality for exploration. Sequence stratigraphy of an intrashelf basin carbonate ramp to rimmed platform transition.
Sequence stratigraphy and bedding rhythms of an outer ramp limestone succession late kimmeridgian, northeast spain b. Triassic muschelkalk carbonate platforms of eastern spain. Systems tracts, models and application to the muschelkalk carbonate platforms of eastern spain chapter pdf available april 2009 with 1,343 reads. Asia, 1996 pages 255255 sequence stratigraphy of a mixed carbonatesiliciclastic ramp setting. Only two wells have cored limestone in these mixed lithologies. Sequence stratigraphy of a mixed carbonate siliciclastic. Alongside 3d seismic, longreach horizontal drilling and the application of plate tectonics to exploration, sequence stratigraphy has been one of the greatest scientific advances within the petroleum geology industry of the last 50 years.
Sequence stratigraphy studies show two sequences, each one with a transgressive system tract, marked by open marine microfacies, and then a retrogradational highstand, marked by barrier and lagoonal facies. Paulasantos b cristian guacaneme a marly babinski a carolina bedoyarueda a marilia peloso a kamilla amorim c d jhon afonso c matheus kuchenbecker e f. Pdf facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of a. Sedimentology and depositional sequences of a kimmeridgian. Mississippian carbonate ramptobasin transitions in south. Depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of the. Processes such as backstepping, drowning, deepwater marine erosion, ramp. Carbonate facies were defined based on the classification of dunham. Miocene proximal to distal ramp systems that are exposed for 50 km along new road cuts, and nearby quarries figure 2. Read controls on facies and sequence stratigraphy of an upper miocene carbonate ramp and platform, melilla basin, ne morocco. Each of the dominantly carbonate units within the conasauga represents this gradual transition from a ramplike platform to basin transition into a rimmed platform. Many sequence stratigraphy principles and particularly seismic stratigraphy have been developed from the marine realm, often from studies of passive continental margins involving clastic dominated deltaic and marine shelf areas, or carbonate ramps, where system tracts and facies may extend for many hundreds or even thousands of kilometers. It usually involves subdividing a sedimentary basin fill into individual sequence s of deposition hence the name, which can then be linked to changes in the two fundamental parameters of sediment supply and accommodation the amount of space available for deposition.
An example from the cenomanian to turonian galala formation in. Sequence stratigraphy and bedding rhythms of an outer ramp. Mississippian fort paynesalem interval, kentucky view open ld5655. Maryville limestone middle cambrian, southern appalachians. Porosity, evolution and diagenesis in a sequence stratigraphic framework, volume 55 1st edition. In terms of sequence stratigraphy, the transgressive and highstand systems tracts tst and hst are the most important depositional periods for carbonate ramps. Ter sequence 1 corresponds to a faultblock carbonate ramp system dominated by.
Pdf in terms of sequence straigraphy, the transgressive and highstand systems tracts tst and hst are the most important depositional. Sequence stratigraphy and chemostratigraphy of an ediacarancambrian forelandrelated carbonate ramp bambui group, brazil author links open overlay panel sergio caetanofilho a gustavo m. Highfrequency carbonatesiliciclastic cycles in the miocene. Moore, 9780444508386, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Great basin paleozoic carbonate platform usgs publications. Lithostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and depositional. Proceedings of the international symposium on sequence stratigraphy in s. The tithonianberriasian vaca muerta, carrin cura and picun leufu formations in the southern neuquen basin were deposited on a tidally dominated, mixed carbonate siliciclastic ramp. Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of a miocene warmtemperate carbonate ramp, montagna della maiella, italy. Khufai formation, sultanate of oman magdalena osburn, john grotzinger, and kristin bergmann abstract the khufai formation is the oldest carbonate platform of the cryogenian to lowermost cambrian huqf supergroup. Wolfcampian carbonate platform sequence stratigraphy of. Paleogeographic reconstruction of facies belts at precise moments in time is the goal of the sequence stratigrapher. However, a large part of iran, consisting of the centraleast.
The facies architecture of these ramps was reconstructed by means of facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy. Stratigraphy, facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of the eocene succession in the shabrawet area north eastern desert, egypt. Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of an upper. Sequence stratigraphy of an intrashelf basin carbonate. Sequence stratigraphy is the study of genetically related facies within a framework of chronostratigraphically significant surfaces. Sequence stratigraphy is a working methodology that. Sedimentologic and sequence stratigraphic model of a. Sequence stratigraphy and the development of a clinoformal carbonate ramp on an abandoned delta system. The sequence stratigraphic architecture of mississippian strata from the sacramento and san andres mountains, southcentral new mexico. Paleontologic data, integrated with seismic and well log data, are an integral part of sequence stratigraphic analysis. Ward2 1conocophillips, 14066 westlake 2 building, 580 westlake park boulevard, houston, texas 77079. These may be the lower frequency subdivisions that can be interpreted from seismic, or higher frequency subdivisions outcrop and well logs. The upper oligocene cebu limestone in central philippines represents the early sedimentary fill of the visayan basin, which.
These types of sequence stratigraphic models are relatively. Sequence stratigraphy of an intrashelf basin carbonate ramp to. Stratigraphic controls on facies distribution in carbonates. Five major 3rdorder depositional sequences have been identified. Mississippian carbonate ramptobasin transitions in southcentral. Instead of boring you with details as to what milankovitch band you should expect to see in what type of carbonate, we will focus on two main areas. Facies, stratigraphy, and evolution of a middle ediacaran carbonate ramp. Iran alborz binalud facies analysis sequence stratigraphy carbonate ramp introduction presentday iran is part of the alpinehimalayan orogenic belt, which is bordered by the arabian shield to the southwest and the turan plate to the northeast fig. The concepts and models developed in this paper for carbonate. This fiveday course covers the basic concepts of carbonate sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy with emphasis on their practical applications for oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production. Sequence stratigraphy of a south florida carbonate ramp and bounding siliciclastics late miocenepliocene. The transition between the maryville limestone middle cambrian and the overlying nolichucky shale late cambrian is. Characterization of a carbonate mudrock reservoir by integrating sequence stratigraphy, sonic velocity, and characterization of the macro to micropore architecture beth vanden berg1 and g.
Geological society of america, bulletin 105, 306322. In general, carbonate facies develop on gently sloping shelves that can be divided into three main zones. Sequence stratigraphy and the development of a clinoformal. Al ibrahim 1, rick sarg 1, neil hurley 2, dave cantrell 3 and john d. A stratigraphic characterization of this unit includes. Carbonate sequence stratigraphy although most of this website focuses on shallowmarine siliciclastic systems, sequence analysis can be just as readily applied to carbonate systems. Porosity, evolution and diagenesis in a sequence stratigraphic framework. Summary carbonate ramps are a type of carbonate platform where there is no major break of slope from the shoreline into deeper water.
Pdf depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy of a. Facies partitioning and sequence stratigraphy of a mixed siliciclasticcarbonate ramp stack in the gelasian of sicily s italy. Sequence stratigraphy is jargonladen and typically presented in an overly complicated manner which turns many students off. Pliensbachian, toarcian, lusitanian basin, portugal, carbonate ramp, lithostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy in the lusitanian basin central portugal, the middleupper liassic series are characterized by an expressive marly limestone accumulation, sediments that were deposited on a homoclinal carbonate ramp. Basinal, outer, middle, shallow and back ramp facies associations are recognized and a sequence stratigraphic analysis reveals that the ramp record consists of three shallowing. Paleogeography and sequence stratigraphy in dariyan. This lab is a simple and straightforward introduction to sequence stratigraphic interpretations of a carbonate platform using a combination of facies analysis, facies correlations, hand samples, thin sections, and is followed up by students reconstructing the platform. A seaward zone below normal wave base a zone where wave energy interacts with sediment a landward lowenergy zone depositional slope, geologic age, water energy, and climate control the basic facies pattern. Pdf sequence stratigraphy of a south florida carbonate.
Paleogeography and sequence stratigraphy studies of this formation and correlation it with of. Carbonate ramps are common in all geological periods, but were dominant at times. A set of carbonate sequence stratigraphy exercises click on the highlighted title above to access the exercises that are available on this site to examine the hierarchy of scales expressed by carbonate strata. Tuwaiq mountain and hanifa formations, saudi arabia mustafa a. Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of silurian carbonate ramps in the turan kopehdagh and central iran plates with emphasis on gondwana tectonic event. Characterization of a carbonate mudrock reservoir by. Carbonates have several aspects that make their response to relative sealevel changes and the character of their sequence stratigraphic elements somewhat different. These inner ramp carbonate strata correlate with outer ramp to basinal deposits to the northwest in the sierra diablo mountains on the western shelf of the delaware basin. During the tst, different geometries are produced, depending on the relative rates of sea. Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of a tithonian.