Permian Stratigraphy and Facies, Permian Basin (Texas—New Mexico) and Adjoining Areas in the Midcontinent United States

Mazzullo, S. J.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-78590-0_3

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“…The larger bivalvemarine cement build-ups in Wegener Halvù Sequences 2 and 3 differ from more southerly located build-ups in the Zechstein basin of Europe and the Permian Capitan Reef of southern USA (e.g. Smith, 1981a,b;Mazzullo, 1995) by being smaller and much less diversi®ed.…”

Section: Sedimentary Faciesmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…This is reflected in the very different geometries of modern cool‐ and warm‐water carbonate platforms and their different response to changes in relative sea level (James, 1997). Such differences have been recorded between Permian open shelf, cool‐water carbonates dominated by bryozoans, brachiopods and crinoids, and rimmed shelf, warm‐water carbonates with a more diverse biota including abundant calcareous algae and calcisponges (Mazzullo, 1995; Beauchamp & Desrochers, 1997; Stemmerik, 1997). The Upper Permian Wegener Halvø Formation carbonates of central East Greenland were deposited at a palaeolatitude of approximately 32–35°N (Scotese & McKerrow, 1990; Scholle et al ., 1993), close to the confluence of the equatorial and mid‐latitude atmospheric circulation cells.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sequence stratigraphy of a low productivity carbonate platform succession: the Upper Permian Wegener Halvø Formation, Karstryggen Area, East Greenland

Stemmerik¹

2001

Sedimentology

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The carbonate platform of the Upper Permian Wegener Halvø Formation in the Karstryggen area of central East Greenland is an example of a carbonate system with low production rates (2–3 cm kyr–1) and differs from most other carbonate platforms by the lack of well‐developed highstand progradation. The platform consists of three depositional sequences that formed in response to Kazanian sea‐level cycles. Pinning point curves for the subaerial exposure surfaces separating the depositional sequences quantify the amplitude of the relative sea‐level fluctuations in the range of 70–140 m. The platform developed on the karstified surface of an older Permian carbonate platform with a topographic relief locally exceeding 70 m. The predepositional relief influenced deposition in all three sequences. Transgressive systems tracts are thin and commonly dominated by condensed siliciclastic deposits in off‐platform areas and palaeo‐lows. Over palaeotopographic highs they consist of aggrading cementstones. Highstand deposits are limited to palaeotopographic elevated areas and consist of cementstone build‐ups along the basin margin, and shallow subtidal to intertidal carbonates and evaporites in the platform area. Elsewhere, carbonate deposition took place during falling sea‐level, and thin laterally extensive units of shallow‐marine grainstones rest directly on top of deeper marine shales in the two first sequences, whereas thick prograding units of oolitic grainstones form the forced regressive systems tract of the uppermost sequence.

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Section: Sedimentary Faciesmentioning

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Sequence stratigraphy of a low productivity carbonate platform succession: the Upper Permian Wegener Halvø Formation, Karstryggen Area, East Greenland

Stemmerik¹

2001

Sedimentology

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“…The evaporites of the Lower San Andres Formation were deposited in shallow water to subaerially exposed environments (Hovorka, 1987). The San Andres Formation is lowermost Guadalupian in age, estimated to be ϳ274 Ma and equivalent to the Ufimian Stage (Mazzullo, 1995;Menning, 1995). Rb-Sr data from early diagenetic clays in Lower San Andres Unit 4 gave an age of 275 Ϯ 1 Ma (Long et al, 1997).…”

Section: San Andres Formation Texas Usamentioning

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The major-ion composition of Permian seawater

Lowenstein

Timofeeff

Kovalevych

et al. 2005

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

107

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“…The stratigraphic record for this region is well-constrained due to conodont and fusulinid biostratigraphic studies (e.g., Ross, 1963;Ross, 1995;, which allows for accurate correlations with the U.S. Midcontinent (e.g., . An erosional unconformity marks the boundary between Pennsylvanian and Permian strata in the Permian Basin (Candelaria et al, 1992;Fitchen et al, 1995;Mazzullo, 1995;Hill, 1996;Harrell and Lambert, 2007; Figure 2). In places, the boundary is expressed as an angular unconformity, which has been attributed to tectonic activity related to the final phase of thrusting within the Marathon orogenic belt (Ross, 1986;Hill, 1996).…”

Section: Permian Basin Texas Usamentioning

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“…that existed as a segmented foreland basin during the late Palaeozoic. These relatively deep basins contain some of the most complete Permian sections in northern Pangea (Fitchen et al, 1995;Mazzullo, 1995;Hill, 1996). During the PPT, the region was located within 5 o of the palaeoequator ; Fig.…”

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The Pennsylvanian–Permian transition in the low-latitude carbonate record and the onset of major Gondwanan glaciation

Koch

Frank

2011

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Recent studies suggest a marked expansion of glacial ice across much of Gondwana beginning in the earliest Permian. Because expansion of glacial ice results in a lowering of sea level, the imprint of ice expansion should be evident worldwide as significant exposure event, hiatuses, or other evidence for sea level drop at or near the Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary. This literature review investigates the signature of an Early Permian expansion of Gondwanan ice through examination of stratigraphic records from eight carbonate-dominated, palaeotropical regions across Pangaea. Tropical carbonate environments are used because most form in tectonically quiescent regions and are sensitive indicators of eustatic change. Correlation between stratigraphic sections is achieved using the most current biostratigraphic and absolute time constraints available. All studied sections show a sequence boundary or basinward shift in facies at or near the Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary, supporting the hypothesis of a significant expansion of glacial ice and global eustatic lowstand beginning in the Early Permian. By contrast, a series of mid-Sakmarian-Kungurian transgression events in the palaeotropics are interpreted to reflect the asynchronous deglaciation of Gondwana. The stratigraphic framework developed herein will allow for better correlations among stratigraphic records from Gondwana and northern Pangaea, which will ultimately improve the understanding of how carbonate systems respond to global icehouse conditions, such as during the late Palaeozoic.

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Permian Stratigraphy and Facies, Permian Basin (Texas—New Mexico) and Adjoining Areas in the Midcontinent United States

Cited by 20 publications

References 30 publications

Sequence stratigraphy of a low productivity carbonate platform succession: the Upper Permian Wegener Halvø Formation, Karstryggen Area, East Greenland

Sequence stratigraphy of a low productivity carbonate platform succession: the Upper Permian Wegener Halvø Formation, Karstryggen Area, East Greenland

The major-ion composition of Permian seawater

The Pennsylvanian–Permian transition in the low-latitude carbonate record and the onset of major Gondwanan glaciation

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