Eolian dune field of Late Triassic age, Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia

Hubert, John F.; Mertz, Karl A.

doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1980)8<516:edfolt>2.0.co;2

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“…According to Hubert and Mertz (1980), the Upper Triassic eolian beds of Nova Scotia yielded crossbedding resultants dipping to the west-southwest.…”

Section: Paleowindsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Pennsylvanian to Jurassic eolian transportation systems in the western United States

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1988

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“…According to Hubert and Mertz (1980), the Upper Triassic eolian beds of Nova Scotia yielded crossbedding resultants dipping to the west-southwest.…”

Section: Paleowindsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Eolian sandstones in the Wolfville Formation of Nova Scotia are intercalated with fluvial beds that had a source in nearby highlands farther north (Hubert and Mertz, 1980). The close association of fluvial and eolian deposits suggests that the dune sand came from nearby stream beds.…”

Section: Source Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pennsylvanian to Jurassic eolian transportation systems in the western United States

Peterson

1988

Sedimentary Geology

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“…The 'Budleighensis' drainage system is also shown (blue). Directional arrows (red, green, brown) Leleu et al 2009) and subordinate aeolian dune deposits (Hubert & Mertz 1980 and alluvial fan sediments (Hubert & Mertz 1984). The contact between the formations corresponds to a major change in facies architecture to mud-rich playa margin deposits containing evaporites and ephemeral fluvial sheetsandstones (Hubert & Hyde 1982;Mertz & Hubert 1990;Gould 2001).…”

Section: Fundy Basin Nova Scotia Canadamentioning

confidence: 98%

An integrated study of Permo-Triassic basins along the North Atlantic passive margin: implication for future exploration

Redfern

Shannon

Williams

et al. 2010

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Permo-Triassic rift basins offer important hydrocarbon targets along the Atlantic margins. Their fill is dominated by continental red beds, comprising braided fluvial, alluvial fan, aeolian, floodplain and lacustrine facies. These relatively lightly explored basins span both the Atlantic and Tethyan domains and developed above a complex basement with inherited structural fabrics. Sparse data in offshore regions constrain understanding of depositional geometries and sedimentary architecture, further impeded by their deep burial beneath younger strata, combined with the effects of later deformation during continental breakup. This paper provides results from a multidisciplinary analysis of basins along the Atlantic margin. Regional seismic and well data, combined with geochemical provenance analysis from the European North Atlantic margins, are integrated with detailed outcrop studies in Morocco and Nova Scotia. The research provides new insights into regional basin tectonostratigraphic evolution, sediment fill, and reservoir distribution, architecture and quality at a range of scales. Regional seismic profiles, supported by key well data, indicate the presence of post-orogenic collapse basins, focused narrow rifts and low-magnitude multiple extensional depocentres. Significantly, Permo-Triassic basin geometries are different and more varied than the overlying Jurassic and younger basins. Provenance analysis using Pb isotopic composition of detrital K-feldspar yields new and robust controls on the sediment dispersal patterns of Triassic sandstones in the NE Atlantic margin. The evolving sedimentary architecture is characterized by detailed sedi-mentological studies of key outcrops of age equivalent Permian-Triassic rifts in Morocco and Nova Scotia. The interplay of tectonics and climate is observed to influence sedimentation, which has significant implications for reservoir distribution in analogue basins. New digital outcrop techniques are providing improved reservoir models, and identification of key marker horizons and sequence boundaries offers a potential subsurface correlation tool. Future work will address source and seal distribution within the potentially petroliferous basins.

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“…8); (b) the Pb isotopic range of K-feldspar from Lower Triassic sandstones in the Slyne Basin; (c) the Pb isotopic range of K-feldspar from Permo-Triassic sandstones in the Rockall Basin (Dooish gas condensate discovery); (d) the Pb isotopic range of K-feldspar in Foula Formation sandstones from basins west of Shetland. Leleu et al 2009) and subordinate aeolian dune deposits (Hubert & Mertz 1980 and alluvial fan sediments (Hubert & Mertz 1984). The contact between the formations corresponds to a major change in facies architecture to mud-rich playa margin deposits containing evaporites and ephemeral fluvial sheetsandstones (Hubert & Hyde 1982;Mertz & Hubert 1990;Gould 2001).…”

Section: Fundy Basin Nova Scotia Canadamentioning

confidence: 99%

Stratigraphic trapping potential in the Carboniferous of North Africa: developing new play concepts based on integrated outcrop sedimentology and regional sequence stratigraphy (Morocco, Algeria, Libya)

Lubeseder

Redfern

Petitpierre

et al. 2010

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Permo-Triassic rift basins offer important hydrocarbon targets along the Atlantic margins. Their fill is dominated by continental red beds, comprising braided fluvial, alluvial fan, aeolian, floodplain and lacustrine facies. These relatively lightly explored basins span both the Atlantic and Tethyan domains and developed above a complex basement with inherited structural fabrics. Sparse data in offshore regions constrain understanding of depositional geometries and sedimentary architecture, further impeded by their deep burial beneath younger strata, combined with the effects of later deformation during continental breakup. This paper provides results from a multidisciplinary analysis of basins along the Atlantic margin. Regional seismic and well data, combined with geochemical provenance analysis from the European North Atlantic margins, are integrated with detailed outcrop studies in Morocco and Nova Scotia. The research provides new insights into regional basin tectonostratigraphic evolution, sediment fill, and reservoir distribution, architecture and quality at a range of scales. Regional seismic profiles, supported by key well data, indicate the presence of post-orogenic collapse basins, focused narrow rifts and low-magnitude multiple extensional depocentres. Significantly, Permo-Triassic basin geometries are different and more varied than the overlying Jurassic and younger basins. Provenance analysis using Pb isotopic composition of detrital K-feldspar yields new and robust controls on the sediment dispersal patterns of Triassic sandstones in the NE Atlantic margin. The evolving sedimentary architecture is characterized by detailed sedimentological studies of key outcrops of age equivalent Permian-Triassic rifts in Morocco and Nova Scotia. The interplay of tectonics and climate is observed to influence sedimentation, which has significant implications for reservoir distribution in analogue basins. New digital outcrop techniques are providing improved reservoir models, and identification of key marker horizons and sequence boundaries offers a potential subsurface correlation tool. Future work will address source and seal distribution within the potentially petroliferous basins.

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Eolian dune field of Late Triassic age, Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia

Cited by 49 publications

References 1 publication

Pennsylvanian to Jurassic eolian transportation systems in the western United States

Pennsylvanian to Jurassic eolian transportation systems in the western United States

An integrated study of Permo-Triassic basins along the North Atlantic passive margin: implication for future exploration

Stratigraphic trapping potential in the Carboniferous of North Africa: developing new play concepts based on integrated outcrop sedimentology and regional sequence stratigraphy (Morocco, Algeria, Libya)

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