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SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY
卷 187, 期 3-4, 页码 205-227出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.028
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Corrib; Triassic; basin; dolocrete; palaeoclimate change
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The Lower Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group (SSG) reservoir in the Corrib Field is predominantly fine- to medium-grained fluvial sandstone with minor aeolian and playa sediments that formed under semi-arid to and conditions. There is no evidence of roots, burrows or organic-rich soils in the SSG suggesting an environment with sparse vegetation in the catchment and sedimentation from a predominantly braided sand-dominated river. Dolomite is the main porosity-occluding cement (< 25 vol.%) in the Sherwood Sandstone Group reservoir in the Corrib Gas Field, offshore west of Ireland. Dolomite is demonstrably early diagenetic since it is non-ferroan, brightly luminescent, occurs in rocks with high (uncompacted) intergranular volumes and grew before all burial diagenetic cements. Conversely, calcrete is the dominant early diagenetic cement in well 27/5-1 in the SSG, similar to 50 km south of Corrib. Dolocrete and/or calcrete are represented throughout the entire SSG interval and typically form under conditions of very low sediment accumulation rates. Dolocrete occurs equally in all facies showing that it is not a result of depositional processes. Core goniometry data in the Corrib Field revealed that the general palaeoflow direction was from south to north. During progressive evaporation of river- and ground-water calcite formed first, followed by dolomite further downstream with gypsum formed last if evaporation continues. This well-established pattern indicates that well 27/5-1 has calcrete and Corrib has dolocrete since they both result from evaporative concentration of ground- and river-water during flow down the very shallow Triassic palaeogradient. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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