Millstone Grit Cyclicity Revisited, II: Sequence Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Responses to Changes of Relative Sea‐Level

Martinsen, Ole J.; Collinson, J. D.; Holdsworth, B. K.

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“…2B) and the Ross Formation in the Clare Basin, western Ireland (Fig. 2C), record post-rift deposition in basins that inherited their morphology from a phase of earlier Lower Carboniferous rifting (Collison, 1988;Martinsen et al, 1995). The Mam Tor Sandstone is a relatively small, deep-water fan system, probably no longer than 24 km long (Allen, 1960;Walker, 1966), developed in trough fed directly by fluvial and deltaic systems located towards the north and northwest (Aitkenhead et al, 2002).…”

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Short length-scale variability of hybrid event beds and its applied significance

Fonnesu

Haughton

Felletti

et al. 2015

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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Please cite this article as: Fonnesu, M., Haughton, P., Felletti, F., McCaffrey, W., Short length-scale variability of hybrid event beds and its applied significance, Marine and Petroleum Geology (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.03.028. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

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Short length-scale variability of hybrid event beds and its applied significance

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“…Sediment was supplied from the north into deltaic systems and shallow seas and deposited in water depths of less than 100-200 m (Figure 2; Wells et al, 2005). Sea levels in the late Mississippian and early Pennsylvanian were also strongly influenced by a series of glacioeustatic cycles which resulted in global sea level variations of 60-100 m (Rygel et al, 2008) which are well recognised in the UK Namurian (Armstrong et al, 1997;Bott & Johnson, 1967;Church & Gawthorpe, 1994;Hampson et al, 1996;Jerrett & Hampson, 2007;Martinsen et al, 1995;Ramsbottom, 1977;Wright et al, 1927). The Holywell Shale was thus deposited as a succession of marine, brackish and non-marine mudstones on the southwest edge of the Pennine Basin (Figure 2; Collinson, 1988;Davies et al, 2004;Guion & Fielding, 1988).…”

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Geochemical and lithological controls on a potential shale reservoir: Carboniferous Holywell Shale, Wales

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Gluyas

et al. 2016

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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“…The marine bands bound units of cyclical sedimentation ('cyclothems'). Two features of marine band distribution suggest that they record rapid rises and/or highstands in sea-level which were driven by glacio-eustacy (Leeder 1988;Martinsen et al 1995;Hampson et al 1997). First, the widespread extent of many marine bands, throughout the linked basins that formed an epi-continental seaway across northwest Europe (e.g.…”

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“…Correlation of stratal surfaces between vertical sections is aided by conceptual sequence stratigraphic models (Posamentier and Vail 1988;Van Wagoner et al 1990), including those developed for Millstone Grit strata in adjacent basins (e.g. Maynard 1992;Church and Gawthorpe 1994;Martinsen et al 1995;Hampson 1997Hampson , 1998Hampson et al 1997;Jones and Chisholm 1997;O'Mara et al 1999;George 2001). Figure 8 shows a summary correlation panel illustrating the resulting sequence stratigraphic framework.…”

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“…Maynard 1992;Church and Gawthorpe 1994;Martinsen et al 1995;Hampson et al 1996Hampson et al , 1997Wignall and Maynard 1996;Hampson 1997Hampson , 1998Jones and Chisholm 1997;O'Mara et al 1999;George 2001). This paper presents the first application of sequence stratigraphy to the Millstone Grit succession of North Wales, building on previous descriptions of its sedimentology and stratigraphy (Morton 1876;Strahan 1885Strahan , 1890Wood 1936;Jones and Lloyd 1942;Ramsbottom 1974;Davies et al 2004).…”

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Sequence stratigraphy of the upper Millstone Grit (Yeadonian, Namurian), North Wales

Jerrett¹,

Hampson²

2007

Geological Journal

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The upper Millstone Grit strata (Yeadonian, Namurian) of North Wales have been studied using sedimentological facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy. These strata comprise two cyclothems, each containing prodelta shales (Holywell Shale) that pass gradationally upwards into delta-front and delta-plain deposits (Gwespyr Sandstone Formation). The deltas formed in shallow water (<100 m), were fluvial-dominated, had elongate and/or sheet geometries and are assigned to highstand systems tracts. Two delta complexes with distinctive sandstone petrographies are identified: (1) a southerly derived, quartzose delta complex sourced locally from the Wales-Brabant Massif, and (2) a feldspathic delta complex fed by a regional source(s) to the north and/or west. The feldspathic delta complex extended further south in the younger cyclothem. A multistorey braided-fluvial complex (Aqueduct Grit, c. 25 m thick) is assigned to a lowstand systems tract, and occupies an incised valley that was eroded into the highstand feldspathic delta complex in the younger cyclothem. A candidate incised valley cut into the highstand feldspathic delta complex in the older cyclothem is also tentatively identified. Transgressive systems tracts are thin (<5 m) and contain condensed fossiliferous shales (marine bands). The high-resolution sequence stratigraphic framework interpreted for North Wales can be readily traced northwards into the Central Province Basin ('Pennine Basin'), supporting the notion that high-frequency, high-magnitude sea-level changes were the dominant control on stratigraphic architecture.

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Millstone Grit Cyclicity Revisited, II: Sequence Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Responses to Changes of Relative Sea‐Level

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Short length-scale variability of hybrid event beds and its applied significance

Short length-scale variability of hybrid event beds and its applied significance

Geochemical and lithological controls on a potential shale reservoir: Carboniferous Holywell Shale, Wales

Sequence stratigraphy of the upper Millstone Grit (Yeadonian, Namurian), North Wales

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