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Depositional
Environment
The sediment source,
physical processes and
environment of deposition
affect the development of
sedimentary rocks. The
depositional environment
can be :
Shallow or deep water.
Marine (sea) and lake or
continental.
This environment
determines many of the
reservoir characteristics
In a complete Bouma sequence, five divisions can be considered: A) massive or graded, B) Sandy parallel laminations,
C) Rippled and /or convoluted, D) Delicate parallel interlaminations of silt and mud and E) Mud introduced by the
turbidity current and hemipelagic background mud of the basin. As illustrated in the lower part of the figure, the
organization of a turbidite sequence changes with its position in the fan and so with the velocity of the current. Up-dip,
facies A are those of debris flows; facies B, quite rich in sand like those of traction currents; facies C is the classic
turbidite with a complete Bouma sequence (a-b-c-d-e); facies D, rich in thin beds, quite developed bottom-truncated
Bouma sequence (b-c-d-e, c-d-e or d-e). In the fringes (lower fans), the sediments are thin. They are often reworked by
sea floor current, which following continent contours are called contour currents. The reworked sediments exhibit
current ripples and forms, and are called contourites by geologists
A complete Bouma sequence, as illustrated in fig. 26, begins with a graded division A,
which is overlain by parallel laminated division B and cross-laminated division C. In
this example facies D and E are very thin, due to erosion or non-deposition. Indeed,
as said previously, bottom sea currents often erode the upper divisions.
Facies Modeling
Sequence Stratigraphy
Sequence stratigraphy
High-resolution sequence stratigraphybuild multi-cycles by integrating cores and
logging data to determine the position of the turn-point and flooding surfaces
Preserved elements
Logging
for medium-term
cycles
seismic profile
for long-term
cycles
Cross
,
1995
Styles of deposition
onlap
geometry
Aggradation
distributary
channel
Progression
distributary
channel
Distributary
plain
Crevasse splay
Inter-distributary fill
Logging show that more trunk-shaped fluvials or distributary channels are found at the
base of the LTAF and more coarsen-up splays or bars are recognized at the top of the
LTAF, which show a regression cycle with more marine influences on the top.
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REGIONAL SETTING
REGIONAL SETTING
REGIONAL SETTING