Sedimentary architecture and chronostratigraphy of a late Quaternary incised-valley fill: A case study of the late Middle and Late Pleistocene Rhine system in the Netherlands

2016 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 211-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Peeters ◽  
F.S. Busschers ◽  
E. Stouthamer ◽  
J.H.A. Bosch ◽  
M.W. Van den Berg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Incised Valley ◽  
Valley Fill ◽  
Sedimentary Architecture ◽  
Middle And Late Pleistocene

Applying modern interpretation techniques to old hydrocarbon fields to find new reserves: A case study in the onshore Gulf of Mexico, USA

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. T637-T655
Author(s):  
Josiah Hulsey ◽  
M. Royhan Gani
Keyword(s):  
Salt Dome ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Incised Valley ◽  
Valley Fill ◽  
Upper Oligocene ◽  
Hydrocarbon Fields ◽  
Investigative Techniques ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
South Louisiana

This study shows how the use of current geological investigative techniques, such as sequence stratigraphy and modern seismic interpretation methods, can potentially discover additional hydrocarbons in old fields that were previously considered depleted. Specifically, we examine the White Castle Field in South Louisiana, which has produced over 84.1 million barrels of oil and 63.1 billion cubic feet of gas but retains additional recoverable hydrocarbons. The field has pay sections ranging from late Oligocene to late Miocene. The upper Oligocene to early Miocene package, which was underexploited and understudied during the previous exploitation phase, contains three primary reservoirs (Cib Haz, MW, and MR). During most of the late Oligocene, the White Castle Salt Dome was located in a minibasin on the continental slope. The Cib Haz and MW reservoirs were deposited in this minibasin and offer great exploitation potential. The Cib Haz interval is an amalgamation of slumped shelfal limestones, sandstones, and shales interpreted to represent a lowstand systems tract (LST). The MW comprises a shelf-edge delta deposit that is also interpreted as part of a LST. The MR reservoir is interpreted as an incised valley fill located in the continental shelf that was deposited during a lowstand of sea level after the minibasin was filled. Finally, it appears that the minibasin acted as a self-contained hydrocarbon system during the late Oligocene, suggesting the possibility of a shale play. In this study, several new areas of interest are revealed that could contain economical amounts of hydrocarbons.

scholarly journals The role of a proto-Schelde River in the genesis of the southwestern Netherlands, inferred from the Quaternary successions and fossils in Moriaanshoofd Borehole (Zeeland, the Netherlands)

2013 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Slupik ◽  
F.P. Wesselingh ◽  
D.F. Mayhew ◽  
A.C. Janse ◽  
F.E. Dieleman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Source Region ◽  
Fossil Material ◽  
Mammal Faunas

AbstractWe investigated the Quaternary lithological succession and faunas in a borehole near Moriaanshoofd (Province of Zeeland, SW Netherlands), in order to improve our understanding of the depositional context of classical Gelasian mammal faunas from the region. The fossils mostly derive from the base of a fossil-rich interval between 31 m and 36.5 m below the surface, that was initially interpreted as a Middle or Late Pleistocene interglacial marine unit, but turned out to be a Late Quaternary fluvial unit with large amounts of reworked fossils and sediments. Eocene mollusc taxa pinpoint Flanders (Belgium) as the source region for this river. Within the base of this paleo-Schelde River fossil material of various stratigraphic provenance became incorporated.

scholarly journals Stratigraphy and sedimentology of a late Pleistocene incised valley fill: a depositional and paleogeographic model for “Cancagua” deposits in north-western Patagonia, Chile

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Rodrigo M. Vega ◽  
Mauricio Mella ◽  
Sven N. Nielsen ◽  
Mario Pino
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Glacial Cycle ◽  
Incised Valley ◽  
Last Glacial ◽  
Valley Fill ◽  
Sedimentary Deposits ◽  
Facies Associations ◽  
North Western ◽  
The Last Glacial

Late Pleistocene sedimentary deposits outcropping around Valdivia city, locally known as Cancagua, have been subject of contrasting interpretations, from glacial to interglacial sediments. Opposing views emerge from focusing on upstream or coastal sedimentary controls, within a zone were these potentially overlap through a full glacial cycle. Here we present the first detailed facies analysis and a broad chronological framework, reconciling previous interpretations in a single paleogeographic model that encompasses the last glacial cycle. Seven facies associations are described, interpreted as an estuarine complex developed primarily during the last glacial cycle’s highstand, yet accumulating sediments during a substantial part of the falling stage. These results offer the opportunity to extend paleoenvironmental records through a full glacial cycle in northern Patagonia.

Late Quaternary incised-valley fill of the Yangtze delta (China): its stratigraphic framework and evolution

2002 ◽  
Vol 152 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 133-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Congxian Li ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Heping Sun ◽  
Jiaqiang Zhang ◽  
Daidu Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Yangtze Delta ◽  
Incised Valley ◽  
Valley Fill ◽  
Stratigraphic Framework

Correlation of marine events and glaciations on the northeast Atlantic margin

1988 ◽  
Vol 318 (1191) ◽  
pp. 619-635 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Littorina Littorea ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Arctica Islandica ◽  
Northwest Germany ◽  
Middle And Late Pleistocene ◽  
Atlantic Margin ◽  
Age Determinations

Stratigraphic units representing high-sea-level events in Britain, northern France, Belgium, The Netherlands, northwest Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, are correlated by aminostratigraphy ( D (alloisoleucine)/ L (isoleucine) (ratios from Littorina littorea, Macoma balthic, Macoma calcarea and Arctica islandica ). The eight sealevel events recognized are modelled with the constraints provided by the oxygenisotope signal of sea-level variability, and available geochronometric age determinations for calibrating the D/L data. These data are used to constrain the timing and extent of glaciations in the British Isles and Scandinavia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene.

scholarly journals Analysis of Late Pleistocene megafauna and puparia from the Lent dredging site, province of Gelderland (the Netherlands)

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Douw ◽  
Belle E.I. van Rijssen ◽  
René H.B. Fraaije ◽  
Jonathan J.W. Wallaard
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
Artificial Lakes ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Late Pleistocene To Holocene ◽  
Dredging Operation ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

Abstract More than 900 vertebrate bones, ranging from Late Pleistocene to Holocene in age, have been identified in a collection that was recovered by a single dredging operation for the construction of artificial lakes near Lent (Nijmegen, province of Gelderland, the Netherlands). The Late Pleistocene assemblage comprises mainly Weichselian glacial fauna such as mammoths, reindeer and bison. Some Eemian fauna is represented as well, e.g. straight-tusked elephant. The abundance of certain species over others suggests that preservation bias had a considerable impact on this assemblage, while its time-averaged nature resulted in overrepresentation of certain species. A case study is here conducted on a fragmentary skull of a subadult woolly mammoth bull with embedded blowfly puparia. Some of these puparia are fully developed, indicating prolonged exposure of the mammoth carcass.

scholarly journals The Fluvial Reworking of Late Pleistocene Drift, Squamish River Drainage Basin, Southwestern British Colombia

2007 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory R. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Drainage Basin ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Small Component ◽  
Residual Rate ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Valley Fill ◽  
British Colombia ◽  
River Drainage Basin

ABSTRACT Reworked glacial sediment(s) (RGS) represents the component of paraglacial sedimentation derived from the fluvial reworking of late Pleistocene glacial deposits in the postglacial landscape. In Squamish River drainage basin, southwestern British Columbia, the primary source of the RGS transferred to Squamish Valley is fluvial incision into valley-fill deposits in the five major tributary valleys of the watershed. The total volume of RGS transferred to Squamish Valley is 415 x 106m3. The volume of RGS from the individual tributary valleys range from 6 to 130 x 106m3 with valley morphology and late Quaternary history being the important controls upon the specific amount. Geomorphic evidence indicates that the bulk of the RGS was contributed to Squamish Valley thousands of years ago. The transfer of RGS continues at a very low residual rate in the contemporary landscape. RGS appear to represent a minor portion of the Squamish valley-fill and a small component of the postglacial sediments stored in Squamish Valley.

scholarly journals Nature, origin and evolution of a Late Pleistocene incised valley‐fill, Sunda Shelf, Southeast Asia

Sedimentology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 1198-1232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faisal A. Alqahtani ◽  
Howard D. Johnson ◽  
Christopher A.‐L. Jackson ◽  
Mohd Rapi B. Som
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
Incised Valley ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
Valley Fill
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