Marine carbonate factories: a global model of carbonate platform distribution

Michel, Julien; Laugié, Marie; Pohl, Alexandre; Lanteaume, Cyprien; Massé, Jean-Pierre; Donnadieu, Yannick; Borgomano, Jean

doi:10.1007/s00531-019-01742-6

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“…Characteristic deposits of this factory correspond to a chemically-driven precipitation mode, which is consistent with a hot and salty marine environment 22,28,38,39 . As highlighted by Michel et al .…”

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confidence: 62%

“…This classification follows the approach of Schlager 9 and Michel et al . 28 and is based on basic ecological and sedimentological knowledge about carbonate-producing biota and grains 8–10,22,23 . A single factory is assigned to the whole platform, depending on dominant characteristic carbonate producers, that might not be exclusive to a given factory.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The 4 factories are defined after Michel et al . 22,28 , by splitting the Schlager 9,16,17 T-factory into “biochemical” and “photozoan-T” factories and the C-factory into “photo-C” and “heterozoan-C” factories.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Continuing these classifications and following the Schlager approach 9 , Michel et al . 28 further defined four platform-scale carbonate factories that are the “heterozoan-C”, “photo-C”, “photozoan-T” and “biochemical” factories.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The carbonate factory classification of Michel et al . 28 that was first defined for a rock record perspective is used in the present study. Our model uses carbonate factory functions 27 to derive carbonate factory occurrences from key oceanographic parameters: SST, SSS, marine primary productivity and water depth 22 .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Global distribution of modern shallow-water marine carbonate factories: a spatial model based on environmental parameters

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Prediction of carbonate distributions at a global scale through geological time represents a challenging scientific issue, which is critical for carbonate reservoir studies and the understanding of past and future climate changes. Such prediction is even more challenging because no numerical spatial model allows for the prediction of shallow-water marine carbonates in the Modern. This study proposes to fill this gap by providing for the first time a global quantitative model based on the identification of carbonate factories and associated environmental affinities. The relationships among the four carbonate factories, i.e., “biochemical”, “photozoan-T”, “photo-C” and “heterozoan-C” factories, and sea-surface oceanographic parameters (i.e., temperature, salinity and marine primary productivity) is first studied using spatial analysis. The sea-surface temperature seasonality is shown to be the dominant steering parameter discriminating the carbonate factories. Then, spatial analysis is used to calibrate different carbonate factory functions that predict oceanic zones favorable to specific carbonate factories. Our model allows the mapping of the global distribution of modern carbonate factories with an 82% accuracy. This modeling framework represents a powerful tool that can be adapted and coupled to general circulation models to predict the spatial distribution of past and future shallow-water marine carbonates.

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Stratigraphic evolution and carbonate factory implications: Case study of the Albian carbonates of the Campos Basin, Brazil

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2020

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Carbonate deposits result from the synergism between sediment production and accommodation creation. However, the intrinsic complexity of these rocks concerning the different modes of sediment precipitation and the extreme sensitivity to diagenetic processes makes mapping facies and interpreting sequences a challenging task.For that reason, understanding the mechanisms of carbonate precipitation has been one of the keystones for building

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The Middle Permian (Capitanian) carbonate platform evolution and stratigraphic architecture of aNeo‐Tethysrim basin, Central Pakistan

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Here we present the stratigraphic architecture and carbonate platform evolution of the Middle Permian (Capitanian) succession (Wargal Formation) of Trans‐Indus Ranges, central Pakistan. The exposed carbonate sequence consists of thin‐ to thick‐bedded bioclastic, nodular, fine‐grained, and sandy limestone. Based on detailed petrographic studies, seven microfacies assemblages have been recognized, suggesting diverse depositional environments including mudflats, lagoon, sand shoal, and middle shelf. The identified age‐diagnostic larger benthic foraminiferal species enabled to assign a Middle Permian (Capitanian) age to the studied section of the Wargal Formation. Based on the vertical arrangements of depositional environments in time, three Transgressive Systems Tracts (TSTs), two Regressive Systems Tracts (RSTs), and 11 high‐resolution fourth/fifth‐order parasequences were delineated. The depositional and sequence stratigraphic analyses of the studied section inferred evolution of the Middle Permian carbonate platform in three stages: (i) marginal marine facies development in the lower part followed by (ii) transitional stage in the middle part, and (iii) finally, aggrading shallow marine facies stage in the upper part. The evolution of carbonate platform can be linked with the cessation of major rifting followed by thermal cooling and establishment of marine Tethyan settings at the margin of the rift flank basin. The diverse facies variation in the second stage of platform evolution argues strongly for the local intra‐plate stresses. Based on petrographic, SEM, and EDS studies, it is concluded that the studied section of Wargal Formation carries porosity values from a range of 2–8% with an average of 5% and can be called a low to moderate hydrocarbon reservoir in the study area.

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Marine carbonate factories: a global model of carbonate platform distribution

Cited by 44 publications

References 128 publications

Global distribution of modern shallow-water marine carbonate factories: a spatial model based on environmental parameters

Global distribution of modern shallow-water marine carbonate factories: a spatial model based on environmental parameters

Stratigraphic evolution and carbonate factory implications: Case study of the Albian carbonates of the Campos Basin, Brazil

The Middle Permian (Capitanian) carbonate platform evolution and stratigraphic architecture of aNeo‐Tethysrim basin, Central Pakistan

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