Allogenic and autogenic processes combined in the formation of shallow-water carbonate sequences (Middle Berriasian,Swiss and French Jura Mountains) |
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| Authors: | Jonas Tresch André Strasser |
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| Institution: | 1.Dr. M. Kobel?+?Partner AG,Sargans,Switzerland;2.Department of Geosciences,University of Fribourg,Fribourg,Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | Sediment production and accumulation on shallow carbonate platforms are controlled by allogenic, externally controlled processes
(such as sea level, climate, and/or platform-wide subsidence patterns) as well as by autogenic factors that are inherent to
the sedimentary system (such as lateral migration of sediment bodies). The challenge is to determine how and in which proportion
these processes interacted to create the observed sedimentary record. Here, a case study of Middle Berriasian, shallow-marine
carbonates of the Swiss and French Jura Mountains is presented. Based on vertical facies evolution and bedding surfaces, different
orders of depositional sequences (elementary, small-scale, medium-scale) have been identified in the studied sections. The
hierarchical stacking pattern of these sequences and the time span represented by the investigated interval imply that eustatic
sea-level fluctuations in the Milankovitch frequency band were an important controlling factor. The small-scale and medium-scale
sequences relate to the 100 and 400-kyr orbital eccentricity cycles, respectively. The elementary sequences are attributed
to the 20-kyr precession cycle. Differential subsidence additionally produced accommodation changes. The present study focuses
on one specific small-scale sequence situated at the base of the transgressive systems tract of large-scale sequence Be4,
which is identified also in other European basins. This small-scale sequence has been logged in detail at eight different
outcrops in the Jura Mountains. Detailed facies analysis reveals that different depositional environments (tidal flats, internal
lagoons, open lagoons, carbonate sand shoals) were juxtaposed and evolved through time, often shifting position on the platform.
The boundaries of the small-scale (100-kyr) sequence can be followed over the entire study area and thus must have formed
through predominantly allogenic processes (eustatic sea-level fall, the effect of which was locally modified by differential
subsidence). In two sections, five well-developed elementary sequences constitute the small-scale sequence. In the other sections,
the identification of elementary sequences often is difficult because sedimentation was dominated by autogenic processes that
overruled the influence of sea-level fluctuations. In low-energy, tidal-flat and internal-lagoonal settings, orbitally induced
sea-level changes were recorded more faithfully, while high-energy shoals were mainly submitted to autogenic processes and
the allogenic signal is masked. Consequently, the studied Jura platform experienced a combination of auto- and allogenic processes,
which created a complex facies mosaic and a complex stacking of depositional sequences. Nevertheless, the 100-kyr orbital
signal was strong enough to create correlatable sequence boundaries. Within a 100-kyr sequence, however, the unambiguous definition
of sequences related to the 20-kyr orbital cycle is often difficult and the prediction of their lateral or vertical facies
evolution impossible. |
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