Depositional history and petroleum geology of the Carboniferous to Cretaceous sediments in the northern part of East Greenland

Stemmerik, Lars; Christiansen, Flemming G.; Piasecki, Stefan; Jordt, B.; Marcussen, Christian; Nøhr‐Hansen, Henrik

doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-88943-0.50009-5

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“…1) formed as a result of multiple rift events through the late Paleozoic to the Paleogene, prior to the opening of the northern North Atlantic in the Paleogene. Evidence for rifting in the Carboniferous and the Early Triassic comes from East Greenland to the west (Stemmerik et al 1993;Surlyk 1990;Seidler et al 2004), with mid-Jurassic events recognized both in East Greenland (Price and Whitham 1997) and the Halten Terrace area (Corfield et al 2001). Intense Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous rifting is well documented across the rift in East Greenland (Surlyk 1990) and Mid Norway (Swiecicki et al 1998;Doré et al 1999), leading to the formation of the Vøring and Møre basins (Brekke et al 1999), both of which contain very thick Cretaceous successions.…”

Section: Jurassic-paleocene Sand Provenance In the Norwegian Seamentioning

confidence: 99%

Detrital Rutile Geochemistry and Thermometry as Guides to Provenance of Jurassic-Paleocene Sandstones of the Norwegian Sea

Morton¹,

Chenery²

2009

Journal of Sedimentary Research

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This paper explores the potential for use of rutile geochemistry as a provenance tracer in Jurassic-Paleocene sandstones in hydrocarbon exploration wells from the Norwegian Sea.Previous studies in this area, concentrating on provenance-sensitive heavy-mineral ratios, The development of rutile geochemistry as a provenance tracer is especially important given the stability of rutile in both diagenetic and surficial weathering conditions. The technique yields information that can be utilised to reveal the ultimate source-rock lithology and metamorphic facies, even in highly modified sandstones that may have lost most other provenance information.

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Section: Jurassic-paleocene Sand Provenance In the Norwegian Seamentioning

confidence: 99%

Detrital Rutile Geochemistry and Thermometry as Guides to Provenance of Jurassic-Paleocene Sandstones of the Norwegian Sea

Morton¹,

Chenery²

2009

Journal of Sedimentary Research

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“…Radiometric dating at Meishan (47) suggests a time interval of Ϸ0.5 million years between the ␦ 13 C decline and the first appearance of H. parvus (46). Assuming a P-Tr boundary close to the inception of Claraia (10), and assuming uniform rates of siliciclastic sediment accumulation in the basal part of the Wordie Creek Formation, this figure would imply that the time lag between terrestrial ecosystem collapse and plant extinction had a duration of 0.5-0.6 million years.…”

Section: Time-delayed Extinctionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The predominantly fine-grained siliciclastic sediments of these formations were deposited in a narrow, elongate, shallow-marine basin. Rapid subsidence and high sedimentation rates produced one of the most expanded P-Tr sedimentary records in the world (10). At the margins of the basin, the P-Tr transition generally is marked by a hiatus, but in deepest parts of individual subbasins in southern Jameson Land, a complete sequence has been preserved (11).…”

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Life in the end-Permian dead zone

Looy

Twitchett²,

Dilcher³

et al. 2001

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The fossil record of land plants is an obvious source of information on the dynamics of mass extinctions in the geological past. In conjunction with the end-Permian ecological crisis, Ϸ250 million years ago, palynological data from East Greenland reveal some unanticipated patterns. We document the significant time lag between terrestrial ecosystem collapse and selective extinction among characteristic Late Permian plants. Furthermore, ecological crisis resulted in an initial increase in plant diversity, instead of a decrease. Paradoxically, these floral patterns correspond to a ''dead zone'' in the end-Permian faunal record, characterized by a paucity of marine invertebrate megafossils. The time-delayed, end-Permian plant extinctions resemble modeled ''extinction debt'' responses of multispecies metapopulations to progressive habitat destruction.

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“…The rifting and block faulting processes continued throughout the Mesozoic, specifically the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous time periods (Surlyk, 1990and Stemmerik et al, 1993. This can be seen on seismic reflection line data as shallower extension fault systems and basin infill sequences (Figures 10-16).…”

Section: Jurassic -Cretaceousmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…The area started to rift during the Devonian. First initial post-Caledonian deposition initiated the basin during a time of block faulting, and continued rifting during the Early and Late Carboniferous (Surlyk, 1990(Surlyk, , 2003Stemmerik et al, 1993). Up to 3000 m of fluvial and lacustrine sediments were deposited in active half-grabens (Henriksen et al, 2009) onto the Caledonian basement (Figure 11 & 12) forming a distinct unconformity (seismic reflection horizon "Caledonian Basement -Pre-Devonian"; Figures 10-15).…”

Section: Devonian -Carboniferousmentioning

confidence: 99%