Delineation of a sandstone-filled incised valley in the Lower Cretaceous Dina-Cummings interval: implications for development of the Winter Pool, west-central Saskatchewan

Bauer, Dustin B.; Leckie, Dale A.; Hubbard, Stephen M.; Dolby, Graham

doi:10.2113/gscpgbull.57.4.409

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“…Cantuar Formation (Leckie et al, 1997) Basal Quartz Formation Taber-Cutbank Formation (Zaitlin et al, 2002) Cumming/Dina Members (Bauer et al, 2009) McMurray Formation (Ranger & Pemberton, 1997) This Study Basal Quartz Formation (Ardies et al, 2002) C a n tu a r F o rm a ti o n (P u tn a m , 1 9 8 9 )…”

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“…Despite the fact that these sub‐basins remained relatively disconnected through much of the Early Cretaceous, Aptian and Early Albian‐aged incised valley complexes have been identified in all three palaeo‐valleys (Fig. C; Putnam, ; Cant, ; Cant & Abrahamson, ; Alway & Moslow, ; Leckie et al ., ; Ranger & Pemberton, ; Terzuoli & Walker, ; Cant, ; Ardies et al ., ; Arnott et al ., ; Zaitlin et al ., ; Hubbard et al ., ; Bauer et al ., ). Historically, incision of these valleys has been variably ascribed to combinations of Cordilleran and/or basement tectonics as well as eustatic processes; however, specific controlling mechanisms for these eustatic fluctuations have not been identified.…”

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“…Large‐scale incised valley complexes and sub‐aerial exposure surfaces have been documented throughout the WCFB (Fig. A and C; Putnam, ; Cant, , ; Cant & Abrahamson, ; Leckie et al ., ; Terzuoli & Walker, ; Ardies et al ., ; Arnott et al ., ; Zaitlin et al ., ; Hubbard et al ., ; Bauer et al ., ), as well as within numerous basins around the world during the Aptian (Fig. ; Table ; e.g.…”

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“…(A) Overview of Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy in the Western Canadian Foreland Basin (Al, Albian; Ap,Aptian; Ba, Barremian; Ha, Hauterivian; Va, Valanginian). Documented incised valleys are indicated in red (fromPutnam, 1989;Cant, 1996Cant, , 1998 Alway & Moslow, 1997;Leckie et al, 1997;Ranger & Pemberton, 1997;Terzuoli & Walker, 1997; Ardies et al, 2002;Zaitlin et al, 2002;Bauer et al, 2009). (B) Stratigraphic framework used in this study (modified fromHein & Cotterill, 2006).…”

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The impact of Aptian glacio‐eustasy on the stratigraphic architecture of the Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada

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High-frequency incised valley systems and subaerial exposure surfaces are prevalent in Aptian-aged units, having been documented in numerous basins around the world. In light of a growing body of palynological, geochemical and sedimentological evidence, a glacio-eustatic mechanism for their generation has been suggested, driven by the waxing and waning of polar ice caps. The densely-penetrated McMurray Formation of north-eastern Alberta, Canada, provides a unique opportunity to test for an Aptian glacio-eustatic signal within the Western Canadian Foreland Basin. This study combines detailed drill core description with wireline log-based stratigraphic analysis to map and evaluate a series of drainage networks located along the cratonic edge of the Western Canadian Foreland Basin. Four stratigraphically distinct composite channel-form bodies are documented across an area >14 000 km 2 . Composite channel-form bodies are up to 50 km wide and locally exceed 70 m thick, subtending from upward-coarsening parasequence sets 2 to 12 m thick; bounding marine flooding surfaces are mappable over distances exceeding 280 km along the north-south trending basin. Detailed internal fill characterization of the four composite channel-form bodies suggests that three represent tidal-fluvial incised valley networks, and one represents a deltaic distributary system. At least six cycles of transgression and regression are apparent within the McMurray Formation stratigraphy. Recent biostratigraphic assessment has constrained deposition of the McMurray Formation between ca 125 Ma and 118 Ma, and periods on the order of 0Á7 to 1Á7 Ma are estimated for the mapped transgressive-regressive cycles. The high frequency nature of these Aptian sequences suggests that the sea-level oscillations recorded in McMurray Formation strata are consistent with a glacioeustatic driver. Linking the internal stratigraphic architecture of the McMurray Formation with interpreted global cooling events and sea-level drops provides the first evidence of glacio-eustasy within Early Cretaceous strata of western Canada.

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“…Incised valleys are key feature of sedimentary systems (Blum et al, 2013), especially during periods of sea level lowstand when they act as highways across the shelves for the sediments produced in catchments on land. In the last few decades, the study of incised valleys has been the focus of many research papers, involving people interested in fluvial and coastal evolution, paleo-climate reconstructions, sequencestratigraphic models and exploration geology (Posamentier and Vail, 1988;Van Wagoner et al, 1990;Blum and Aslan, 2006;Strong and Paola, 2008;Bauer et al, 2009;Rodriguez et al, 2010;Martin et al, 2011). In order to ease the dialog among several research communities, a suite of different nomenclatures has been introduced, depending on where the incision took place (Zaitlin et al, 1994), the nature of substrate (Blum et al, 2013), the size (Ashley and Sheridan, 1994) and the shape (Simms et al, 2006) of the valley, as well as the presence of single vs. multiple erosional surfaces (Zaitlin et al, 1994) and the nature of their sediment infill (Simms et al, 2006).…”

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