期刊
SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY
卷 364, 期 -, 页码 141-159出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.12.015
关键词
Tununk Shale; Mudstone fades analysis; Mudstone depositional model; Storm-dominated shelf; Geostrophic current; Epicontinental seas
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资金
- Indiana University Shale Research Consortium
- Geological Society of America
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
- Indiana University Department of Geological Sciences
- Anadarko
- Chevron
- ConocoPhillips
- ExxonMobil
- Shell
- Statoil
- Marathon
- Whiting
- Wintershall
Lower-Middle Turonian strata of the Tununk Shale Member of the greater Mancos Shale were deposited along the western margin of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway during the Greenhorn second-order sea level cycle. In order to examine depositional controls on facies development in this mudstone-rich succession, this study delineates temporal and spatial relationships in a process-sedimentologic-based approach. The 3-dimensional expression of mudstone facies associations and their stratal architecture is assessed through a fully integrative physical and biologic characterization as exposed in outcrops in south-central Utah. Sedimentologic characteristics from the millimeter- to kilometer-scale are documented in order to fully address the complex nature of sediment transport mechanisms observed in this shelf muddy environment. The resulting facies model developed from this characterization consists of a stack of four lithofacies packages including: 1) carbonate-bearing, silty and sandy mudstone (CSSM), 2) silt-bearing, calcareous mudstone (SCM), 3) carbonate-bearing, silty mudstone to muddy siltstone (CMS), and 4) non-calcareous, silty and sandy mudstone (SSM). Spatial and temporal variations in lithofacies type and sedimentary fades characteristics indicate that the depositional environments of the Tununk Shale shifted in response to the 2nd-order Greenhorn transgressive-regressive sea-level cycle. During this eustatic event, the Tununk shows a characteristic vertical shift from distal middle shelf to outer shelf (CSSM to SCM facies), then from outer shelf to inner shelf environment (SCM to CMS, and to SSM fades). Shifting depositional environments, as well as changes in dominant-paleocurrent direction throughout this succession, indicate multiple source areas and transport mechanisms (i.e. longshore currents, offshore-directed underflows, storm reworking). This study provides a rare documentation of the Greenhorn cycle as exposed across the entire shelf setting. High-resolution mapping of genetically related packages facilitate the development of process-based depositional models that can be utilized for lateral correlations into the equivalent foredeep strata of the Cretaceous Interior. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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