期刊
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
卷 68, 期 8, 页码 1149-1161出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2021.1915867
关键词
carbonates; porosity; compaction trend; IODP Sites U1459-U1464; offshore Western Australia; dolomite; aragonite; Perth Basin; Northern Carnarvon Basin; Roebuck Basin
资金
- K-IODP by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea
- Brain Pool program - Ministry of Science and ICT through the NRF of Korea [2017H1D3A1A01054745]
- German Science Foundation [320220579]
- Australian IODP office
- ARC Basins Genesis Hub [IH130200012]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2017H1D3A1A01054745] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
This paper investigates porosity variations and compaction trends in Miocene to Holocene carbonates off the west coast of Australia. The study reveals that porosity variations are primarily depth-dependent and compaction affects porosity reduction. Differences in texture and dominant mineral content contribute to major porosity deviations.
In this paper, we describe porosity variations in Miocene to Holocene carbonates off the west coast of Australia and assess their compaction trends. The porosity values were measured using discrete samples of Sites U1459-U1464 obtained by the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 356. The carbonate deposits have been influenced by a range of textures and diagenetic conditions throughout a nearly continuous sequence of geological ages from the Miocene to Holocene and at core depths from 0 to 1100 m below the seafloor. The collected samples were mostly grainstone, packstone, wackestone and mudstone textures. Dolostones and dolomitic carbonates were described at the Miocene intervals. Compaction trends were estimated exponentially and linearly based on cored sites, carbonate textures and dominant mineralogies (dolomite, calcite/aragonite). At all six sites, porosity distribution and reduction were generally depth-dependent. The porosity converged to about 30% between 750 and 1100 m, which suggests that the carbonates were close to the densest packing by mechanical compaction at a burial depth of similar to 750 m. The porosity deviations are associated with textures and dominant mineralogies. Increasing mud content from grainstone to mudstone is a controlling factor for initial porosity and porosity reduction rate. Dolomitisation, dolomitic cementation, aragonite needle-rich mud and non-skeletal grains cause deviations from the depth-dependent compaction trends. Reflux-related cementation generally decreases porosity in Miocene dolomitic intervals. Higher porosity values of the Quaternary wackestone and mudstone at Site U1461 resulted from the presence of aragonite needle-rich mud hosting abundant micropores and from a high sedimentation rate. The occurrence of non-skeletal grains, such as ooids and peloids, as well as occasional meteoric exposure led to porosity inversion, occluding interparticle permeability and the creation of moldic pores. KEY POINTS 1. Porosity variations of Miocene-Holocene carbonates off the west Australian coast are primarily depth-dependent. 2. Mechanical compaction affected porosity reduction down to a value of similar to 30% at a burial depth of similar to 750 m. 3. Differences in texture-based compaction trends were affected by increasing mud content. 4. Major porosity deviations are associated with dolomitisation, dolomitic cementation, aragonite needle-rich mud and non-skeletal grains.
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