New geological data (Middle Triassic, Rhaetian-Liassic and Oligocene) of the Winterswijk quarry, the eastern Netherlands

Herngreen, G.F.W.; Cittert, J.H.A. van Konijnenburg van; Oosterink, H.W.

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“…1), where the lower Muschelkalk Formation is mined for building material. The base of the quarry exposes a~3°-9°dipping monoclinal succession, consisting of~40 m thick section comprising the top few meters of Buntsandstein red marly limestone, followed by a transition of paralic Muschelkalk blue-grey marly limestones to the shallow marine (Herngreen et al 2005) (Fig. 1).…”

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“…1). This well-dated section, palynologically constrained at the Anisian (247.2-242 Ma;Herngreen et al 2005), has a rich fossil fauna, which has been subject to numerous palaeontological studies. These recovered ichnofossils and tetrapod footprints (Oosterink 1976;Demathieu and Oosterink 1988;Diedrich 2000;Schulp et al 2017), reptiles (nothosaurs and placodonts) (Albat 1999;Bickelmann and Sander 2008;Klein 2009Klein , 2012Klein and Albers 2009;Albers 2011;Klein and Scheyer 2013;Klein and Sichelschmidt 2014;Sander et al 2014;Klein et al 2015Klein et al , 2016Voeten et al 2015Voeten et al , 2018Maxwell et al 2016;During et al 2017;Klein and Griebeler 2018;Heijne et al 2019), but also lobsters (Klompmaker and Fraaije 2011), jellyfish (Klompmaker and Fraaije 2011), and insects (van Eldijk et al 2017).…”

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“…The Muschelkalk Formation is unconformably covered by the uppermost Triassic (Rhaetian, 208.5-201.3 Ma;Gradstein et al 2012), pyrite-bearing, poorly consolidated claystone (Herngreen et al 2005). Besides, subrosion pipes (sinkholes) were found within the Muschelkalk, interpreted to a result from the collapse of subsurface cavities that are thought to have formed due to the dissolution of Zechstein salts of the underlying Permian sequence (e.g., Klompmaker et al 2010).…”

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Triassic (Anisian and Rhaetian) palaeomagnetic poles from the Germanic Basin (Winterswijk, the Netherlands)

Hinsbergen¹,

Hinsbergen

Langereis

et al. 2019

J. Palaeogeogr.

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In this paper, we provide two new Triassic palaeomagnetic poles from Winterswijk, the Netherlands, in the stable interior of the Eurasian plate. They were respectively collected from the Anisian (~247-242 Ma) red marly limestones of the sedimentary transition of the Buntsandstein Formation to the dark grey limestones of the basal Muschelkalk Formation, and from the Rhaetian (~208-201 Ma) shallow marine claystones that unconformably overlie the Muschelkalk Formation. The magnetization is carried by hematite or magnetite in the Anisian limestones, and iron sulfides and magnetite in the Rhaetian sedimentary rocks, revealing for both a large normal polarity overprint with a recent (geocentric axial dipole field) direction at the present latitude of the locality. Alternating field and thermal demagnetization occasionally reveal a stable magnetization decaying towards the origin, interpreted as the Characteristic Remanent Magnetization. Where we find a pervasive (normal polarity) overprint, we can often still determine well-defined great-circle solutions. Our interpreted palaeomagnetic poles include the great-circle solutions. The Anisian magnetic pole has declination D ± ΔD x = 210.8 ± 3.0°, inclination I ± ΔI x = − 26.7 ± 4.9°, with a latitude, longitude of 45.0°, 142.0°respectively, K = 43.9, A 95 = 2.9°, N = 56. The Rhaetian magnetic pole has declination D ± ΔD x = 32.0 ± 8.7°, inclination I ± ΔI x = 50.9 ± 8.1°, with a latitude, longitude of 60.6°, 123.9°r espectively, K = 19.3, A 95 = 7.4°, N = 21. The poles plot close to the predicted location of global apparent polar wander paths (GAPWaPs) in Eurasian coordinates and are feasible for future apparent polar wander path construction. They confirm that the intracontinental, shallow-marine Germanic Basin, in which the Muschelkalk Formation was deposited, existed at a palaeolatitude of 14.1°[11.3, 17.1] N, in a palaeo-environment reminding of the Persian Gulf today. In Rhaetian times, palaeolatitudes of 31.6°[24.8, 39.8] N were reached, on its way to the modern latitude of 52°N.

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Triassic (Anisian and Rhaetian) palaeomagnetic poles from the Germanic Basin (Winterswijk, the Netherlands)

Hinsbergen¹,

Hinsbergen

Langereis

et al. 2019

J. Palaeogeogr.

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“…However, all core material and cuttings from 24 wells in the Lower Jurassic Formations could be used for non-mechanical oriented measurements. We retrieved a number of samples from the Sleen Formation at an outcrop at Winterswijk (described by Herngreen et al, 2005).…”

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Shale Plays in The Netherlands

Bouw

Lutgert

2012

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The Netherlands is a mature hydrocarbon province. EBN, the Dutch state participant for hydrocarbon exploitation and exploration, has identified shale plays as one of the contributors to add reserves and to maintain production at the current level.The main source rock for the limited amount of oil accumulations in The Netherlands are the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) oil-prone shales. Lower Carboniferous (Namurian) hot shales have often been suggested as possible contributor to oil and gas Formation in The Netherlands as well, but this has not been proven to date. Recent discoveries of gas in the time-equivalent Bowland shales in the UK have encouraged interest in the production potential of these shales in North-western Europe.In this paper the geological and geomechanical properties of the Lower Jurassic and Lower Carboniferous are presented in a shale play context. The assessment methodology is subdivided in three sections: 1) the overall geology of the play, 2) the type and quantification of hydrocarbons present and 3) the production characteristics. New and specific measurements on core and cutting material include pyrolysis, methane adsorption, mineralogy, texture, porosity, permeability, static and dynamic geomechanical properties, hardness and fracture conductivity.The two identified plays show very distinctive properties. The Lower Jurassic samples indicate to be mostly thermally immature for dry gas implying that liquids can be expected. The Lower Carboniferous samples show areas that are overcooked. Mineralogical and geomechanical data suggest that different stimulation strategies may be necessary for these two plays to produce hydrocarbons effectively. The source rocks of Lower Jurassic age qualify as relatively soft while the Lower Carboniferous shales with high TOC content classify as very hard. Comparing the results of the assessment to known shale plays in the US, the plays position themselves in the opposite extremes of the productive shale play spectrum.

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“…Past research on these shales at Winterswijk is limited. Herngreen et al (2000bHerngreen et al ( , 2005a primarily reported on the palynomorphs of the shale at Quarry IV. Lissenberg (1989) proposed a preliminary Hettangian/Sinemurian age for the shales in the subrosion pipe (Quarry III) based on micropaleontological evidence (ostracods, foraminifers, and holothurians), while Herngreen (1989) suggested a late Hettangian age as based on sporomorphs.…”

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Biostratigraphic correlation, paleoenvironment stress, and subrosion pipe collapse: Dutch Rhaetian shales uncover their secrets

Klompmaker

Herngreen

Oosterink

2010

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A subrosion pipe or sinkhole is a geologic phenomenon that occurs due to dissolution of strata in the subsurface causing the overlying sediments to collapse. The subrosion pipe in the Winterswijk quarry complex in the eastern Netherlands yielded rare, dark-colored shales. Bivalves and palynomorphs indicate that the shales were deposited during the Rhaetian (uppermost Triassic). In addition, detailed correlation with other NW European localities in Great Britain, Austria, and Germany further constrained the age of the shales to the middle of the Rhaetian. The shales were deposited in a near-coastal environment and contained a low diverse macroinvertebrate fauna with bivalves and some brittle stars that lived in a hostile environment, probably caused by low salinity and oxygen levels. These middle Rhaetian shales were mixed with dark-colored middle to late Hettangian sediments, both overlying Middle Triassic (Anisian) strata, which is present in the pipe as well. The presence of Rhaetian sediments in the subrosion pipe reopened the discussion on its age of formation. We suggest that a collapse in the Middle Eocene is most likely. This research expands the knowledge of the marine realms in the uppermost Triassic in Europe, just prior to the Permian-Triassic extinction event.

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New geological data (Middle Triassic, Rhaetian-Liassic and Oligocene) of the Winterswijk quarry, the eastern Netherlands

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Triassic (Anisian and Rhaetian) palaeomagnetic poles from the Germanic Basin (Winterswijk, the Netherlands)

Triassic (Anisian and Rhaetian) palaeomagnetic poles from the Germanic Basin (Winterswijk, the Netherlands)

Shale Plays in The Netherlands

Biostratigraphic correlation, paleoenvironment stress, and subrosion pipe collapse: Dutch Rhaetian shales uncover their secrets

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