THE PETROLOGY OF THE MIDDLE JURASSIC SANDSTONES FROM THE MURCHISON FIELD, NORTH SEA
作者:
A. C. Morton,
B. Humphreys,
期刊:
Journal of Petroleum Geology
(WILEY Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 3
页码: 245-260
ISSN:0141-6421
年代: 1983
DOI:10.1111/j.1747-5457.1983.tb00570.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
A petrographical investigation of the sandstones of the Brent Group (Middle Jurassic) from the Murchison field has produced evidence for the existence of two transgressive events within the sequence, one occurring immediately above the Etive Fm., the other within the upper part of the Ness Fm. These transgressions have not been previously recorded in Murchison and their discovery demands that some modification be made to the existing depositional model for the Brent Group of this area. A volcanic ash horizon has been found in a similar stratigraphic position to that recorded from Statfjord, and if this, and the two transgressive horizons noted above, are of more than local extent they could prove to be useful stratigraphic markers.Although the diagenesis of the Brent Group sandstones in Murchison differs little from that recorded elsewhere in the Brent province, the interpretation of the timing of the development of certain phases differs somewhat from those of other authors. In particular, kaolinite development appears to have taken place soon after burial in response to periods of emergence and weathering during Brent Group deposition, rather than through groundwater circulation during the Kimmerian tectonic phase.
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