Facies model of a sedimentary record for a Pantanal-like inland wetland     

David Eric Tineo 《Sedimentology》2020,67(7):3683-3717

Despite recent advances in wetland studies, ancient wetland deposits are still not well documented, and their facies characteristics are poorly registered. Sedimentary facies and sequence stratigraphic analysis of the Miocene Yecua Formation (Chaco foreland basin, Central Andes, Bolivia) and their comparison to Pantanal-like modern wetlands provide an insight into their variability, suggesting a facies model for large inland wetlands that developed in a tropical–subtropical climate. Sedimentological features show that clastic, chemical and biological processes in these environments lead to distinguishable lithofacies variations. Six architectural elements are described: (i) muddy sublittoral (FA1); (ii) mixed siliciclastic–carbonate shoreface (FA2); (iii) sand-flat (FA3) and (iv) mud-flat (FA4) deposits; (iv) floodplain (FA5); and (vi) simple channel deposits (FA6). The succession is composed of shallowing-upward parasequences with different facies characteristics caused by climatically-driven changes of the water level over three orders of magnitude and cyclicity. These cyclic changes reflect a climatic control on the sedimentation. A palaeoclimatic interpretation suggests a generally warm, humid climate with marked rainfall regime changes. The aim of this article is to use this dataset to improve the understanding of depositional elements, lithologies and stratigraphy in tropical–subtropical large inland wetlands. The proposed criteria will help in recognizing inland wetland deposits in other sedimentary basins.  相似文献   

细粒沉积物理模拟研究进展与展望   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

周川闽  张志杰  邱振  成大伟  袁选俊  刘银河  黄秀 《沉积学报》2021,39(1):253-267

沉积物理模拟是指在限定条件下对不同沉积环境中的沉积过程进行模拟的实验,其对研究水利工程、环境科学、环境工程、海洋学、沉积学及油气勘探等具有重要意义,但其发展远不能满足生产需求,特别是近年来快速崛起的非常规油气勘探的需求.前人基于无黏性均匀沙的研究,已经建立一系列的泥沙运动理论及方程,在泥沙特性、沉积底形、地貌景观、重力...  相似文献   

Impact of recycling and lateral sediment input on grain size fining trends—Implications for reconstructing tectonic and climate forcings in ancient sedimentary systems     

Rebekah M. Harries  Linda A. Kirstein  Alex C. Whittaker  Mikael Attal  Ian Main 《Basin Research》2019,31(5):866-891

Grain size trends in basin stratigraphy are thought to preserve a rich record of the climatic and tectonic controls on landscape evolution. Stratigraphic models assume that over geological timescales, the downstream profile of sediment deposition is in dynamic equilibrium with the spatial distribution of tectonic subsidence in the basin, sea level and the flux and calibre of sediment supplied from mountain catchments. Here, we demonstrate that this approach in modelling stratigraphic responses to environmental change is missing a key ingredient: the dynamic geomorphology of the sediment routing system. For three large alluvial fans in the Iglesia basin, Argentine Andes we measured the grain size of modern river sediment from fan apex to toe and characterise the spatial distribution of differential subsidence for each fan by constructing a 3D model of basin stratigraphy from seismic data. We find, using a self‐similar grain size fining model, that the profile of grain size fining on all three fans cannot be reproduced given the subsidence profile measured and for any sediment supply scenario. However, by adapting the self‐similar model, we demonstrate that the grain size trends on each fan can be effectively reproduced when sediment is not only sourced from a single catchment at the apex of the system, but also laterally, from tributary catchments and through fan surface recycling. Without constraint on the dynamic geomorphology of these large alluvial systems, signals of tectonic and climate forcing in grain size data are masked and would be indecipherable in the geological record. This has significant implications for our ability to make sensitive, quantitative reconstructions of external boundary conditions from the sedimentary record.  相似文献   

Stratigraphic complexity in fluvial fans: Lower Eocene Green River Formation,Uinta Basin,USA     

Jianqiao Wang  Piret Plink‐Bjrklund 《Basin Research》2019,31(5):892-919

In this study, measured outcrop sections and geolocated photomosaics are integrated with areal mapping of channel dimensions, degree of amalgamation, calculations of channel‐to‐floodplain ratios and sedimentary facies variability to study and quantify the channel and floodplain deposits in the Sunnyside Delta Interval of the Lower Eocene Green River Formation in the Uinta Basin, Utah. Vertically, sand content and bed thickness increases, due to an increase in the channel‐to‐floodplain ratio, channel size and the degree of channel amalgamation. Laterally, the channel‐to‐floodplain ratio, channel size, the degree of channel amalgamation and the sand content in channel facies decreases in the paleo‐downstream direction. Such vertical and lateral transitions identify the Sunnyside Delta Interval as a fluvial fan (or distributive fluvial system). However, the vertical and lateral transitions occur at multiple spatial scales, demonstrating considerable stratigraphic complexity as compared to the existing facies and architectural models suggested for fluvial megafans and distributive fluvial systems. The smallest‐scale transitions are identified as avulsion‐related packages that form the building blocks of the stratigraphy, whereas the intermediate‐ and largest‐scale transitions are suggested to be related to lobe and whole fan progradation respectively. This documented complexity indicates the significance of self‐organization in building fluvial fan stratigraphy, and demonstrates that changes in the degree of channel amalgamation or in channel‐to‐floodplain ratio are not linked to accommodation changes. On facies scale, an abundance of Froude supercritical‐flow and high‐deposition‐rate facies, in‐channel mud deposits, and in‐channel bioturbation and desiccation indicate deposition in rivers with highly variable discharge. Such discharge conditions suggest seasonally and inter‐annually variable precipitation conditions in the US Western Interior in the Early Eocene.  相似文献   

冀中坳陷饶阳凹陷蠡县斜坡沙一下亚段地震沉积学     

张以明  葛家旺  张锐锋  陈贺贺  谢世建  冯广业  孟婧 《地球科学与环境学报》2019,(1):54-68

冀中坳陷饶阳凹陷蠡县斜坡因富含油气而备受关注,随着勘探程度的不断提高,岩性-地层油气藏成为蠡县斜坡增储上产的主要目标,明确砂体成因类型及其分布演化规律是油气高效勘探开发的关键。综合利用岩芯、测井和三维地震资料,开展了蠡县斜坡北段沙一下亚段地震沉积学研究。依据沙一下亚段顶、底界面T4和T42地震反射标志层以及内部T43地震反射标志层,将沙一下亚段划分为尾砂岩段和特殊岩性段。浅水三角洲成因的尾砂岩段可细分为浅水三角洲平原、浅水三角洲前缘(内前缘和外前缘)及前浅水三角洲等3种亚相类型;特殊岩性段以滩坝-湖泊沉积为特征,砂体类型主要为砂质碎屑岩滩坝,碳酸盐岩滩坝次之。尾砂岩段沉积时期,浅水三角洲体系在平面上表现出明显的分带性,浅水三角洲内前缘水下分流河道砂体分布范围广,最大推进距离达15km,是研究区的主力储层;从早到晚,伴随着湖平面逐步上升,西南部物源逐步占据主导地位,而北部物源影响范围减小。特殊岩性段沉积时期,湖平面迅速上升,浅水三角洲体系完全退出蠡县斜坡北段,沉积体系以滨浅湖—半深湖和滩坝沉积为特征,砂体类型主要为砂质碎屑岩滩坝,分布在研究区东部(面积约12km2),大多平行于湖岸线呈条带状展布。根据沉积学和地震沉积学研究,分别建立了研究区尾砂岩段和特殊岩性段时期的沉积模式,为下一步储层预测和油气勘探开发提供参考。  相似文献   

Contrasting Pliocene fluvial depositional systems within the rapidly subsiding South Caspian Basin; a case study of the palaeo-Volga and palaeo-Kura river systems in the Surakhany Suite,Upper Productive Series,onshore Azerbaijan     

Stephen J. Vincent  Clare E. Davies  Keith Richards  Elmira Aliyeva 《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2010

The South Caspian Basin contains major hydrocarbon reservoirs within the largely Early Pliocene Productive Series. This paper describes and contrasts outcrops of the uppermost ∼500 m of the series (the Surakhany Suite) deposited by two of the main fluvial systems that supplied the Azeri margin of the basin. Sedimentary facies and, for the first time from the Productive Series, palynological analyses document fluvial channel belt complexes, sheetflood overbank and flood plain to flood plain lake environments. The Productive Series on the Apsheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan, was supplied predominantly from the north by the palaeo-Volga river system. It displays an overall fining-upward trend, such that the Surakhany Suite at Lokbatan is dominated by mudstone. Siltstone and coarser-grained sediments make up 28% of the section. Channel bodies are on average 1.5 m thick and form 13% of the succession. In the sub-surface of the Apsheron Peninsula, ratty wireline log responses also indicate that siltstone and sandstone bodies are predominantly thin bedded, with SP-derived net-to-gross sand ratios of ∼0.35–0.40. The succession in the Kura Basin was sourced predominantly from the west by the palaeo-Kura river system. It displays a coarsening-upward trend, such that in the middle and upper Surakhany Suite at Babazanan siltstone and coarser sediments make up 52% of the section. It is characterised by numerous stacked and laterally continuous channel sandstone bodies that are on average 5.8 m thick and comprise 42% of the outcrop. In the sub-surface of the Kura Basin, wireline log responses of the Surakhany Suite have a blocky character and indicate SP-derived net-to-gross sand ratios of 0.26–0.38. These values are similar to calculated sandstone volumes at outcrop (44%). The palynological data, including multivariate analyses, show that the main controls on palynomorph distribution are the degree of fluvial or lacustrine influence, subaerial exposure and salinity. Despite their more lithic nature, Surakhany Suite sandstones derived from the palaeo-Kura river system along the Kurovdag-Babazanan-Neftchala trend have similar or better petrophysical properties than those derived from the palaeo-Volga river on the Apsheron Peninsula and its offshore continuation. This is probably due to their coarser-grain size. This, combined with their greater sandstone body thickness, would suggest that the axis of the Kura Basin forms the most promising part of the Azeri sector of the South Caspian Basin for exploration within the uppermost part of the Productive Series.  相似文献   

Middle Pleistocene environments,landscapes and tephrostratigraphy of the Armenian Highlands: evidence from Bird Farm 1, Hrazdan Valley     

Jenni E. Sherriff  Keith N. Wilkinson  Poppy Harding  Hayley Hawkins  Rhys G. O. Timms  Daniel S. Adler  Emily J. Beverly  Simon P. E. Blockley  Boris Gasparyan  Christina J. Manning  Darren Mark  Samvel Nahapetyan  Katie J. Preece 《第四纪科学杂志》2022,37(1):6-27

The significance of the southern Caucasus in understanding Pleistocene hominin expansions is well established. However, the palaeoenvironments in which Palaeolithic occupation of the region took place are presently poorly defined. The Hrazdan river valley, Armenian Highlands, contains a rich Palaeolithic record alongside Middle Pleistocene volcanic, fluvial and lacustrine strata, and thus offer exciting potential for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. We present the first results of sedimentological, geochemical, tephrostratigraphical and biological (diatoms) study of the sequence of Bird Farm 1, located in the central part of the valley. These data show six phases of landscape development during the interval 440–200 ka. The sequence represents the first quantitative Pleistocene diatom record from the Armenian Highlands and the southern Caucasus, and indicates the persistence of a deep, stratified lacustrine system, with evidence for changing lake productivity that is tentatively linked to climate. Furthermore, major element chemical characterization of visible and crypto-tephra horizons in the sequence enables the first stages of the development of a regional tephrostratigraphy. Together, the evidence from Bird Farm 1 demonstrates the importance of lacustrine archives in the region for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and highlights the potential for linkages between archives on both a local and regional scale.  相似文献   

黑海西北部多瑙河峡谷北侧陆坡沉积特征及其与古气候的关系          下载免费PDF全文

张艺璇  白辰阳  刘宇佳  杨海琳  LIVIORuffine  赖勇  卢海龙 《中国地质》2022,49(3):880-900

【研究目的】在末次冰期，全球气候变化以千年尺度的快速、大幅度温度波动旋回为特征，这种波动变化在两极冰芯、深海沉积、中国黄土和洞穴石笋等诸多地质样品中均有记录。黑海位于北大西洋与东亚季风区过渡带，具有极有代表性的沉积记录。本文旨在通过对黑海沉积序列的研究，建立起其区域环境变化与北大西洋及东亚季风气候域气候变化的联系。【研究方法】研究对取自黑海西北部罗马尼亚陆坡区多瑙河峡谷北侧GAS-CS12钻孔的长22.0 m的岩芯样品，进行了粒度、矿物成分、主量元素、有机碳、总氮及碳氮同位素等分析。【研究结果】揭示出该段岩芯沉积于末次冰期中后期“Neoeuxine”湖相阶段，可划分为5个沉积单元，对应于北大西洋H4、H3、H1气候变化事件、末次冰盛期（LGM）及Bolling-Allerod气候变暖事件。【结论】建立起了其沉积序列及区域环境变化与北大西洋及东亚季风气候域气候变化的联系，印证了末次冰期千年尺度的气候变化事件在北大西洋、东亚季风区及两者过渡带上具有高度的一致性。创新点：建立了黑海西北沉积序列与区域环境变化的关系；补充了北大西洋与东亚季风区两者过渡带上气候波动事件的可靠时标。  相似文献