ABSTRACT: Deepwater Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Prediction: Lessons From The Karoo Basin of South Africa

AAPG Bulletin ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Flint1, Peter Sixsmith1, Ma
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sequence Stratigraphy ◽  
Reservoir Prediction ◽  
Karoo Basin

Depositional architecture and sequence stratigraphy of the Karoo basin floor to shelf edge succession, Laingsburg depocentre, South Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 658-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.S. Flint ◽  
D.M. Hodgson ◽  
A.R. Sprague ◽  
R.L. Brunt ◽  
W.C. Van der Merwe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sequence Stratigraphy ◽  
Shelf Edge ◽  
Karoo Basin ◽  
Basin Floor ◽  
Depositional Architecture

scholarly journals A Lacustrine Glacier Retreat Sequence from the Permo-Carboniferous Dwyka Formation, Republic of South Africa

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (103) ◽  
pp. 515-520
Author(s):  
J. N. J. Visser
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Lacustrine Sediments ◽  
Glacier Retreat ◽  
Marine Transgression ◽  
Northern Margin ◽  
Valley Fill ◽  
Karoo Basin ◽  
Ice Retreat ◽  
Glacier Advance

Abstract The upper part of a Permo-Carboniferous glacial valley fill along the northern margin of the Karoo Basin includes glacio-lacustrine sediments. During the last glacier advance into the lake, a bedded heterogeneous diamictite facies was deposited and, on glacier retreat, a sequence of deformed siltstones with diamictite lenses and sandstone beds, varved shale and rhythmite shale was laid down. Black carbonaceous mud was deposited during the subsequent marine transgression. According to varve counts, the glacier receded from the valley over a period of 500 to 1 000 years and it is concluded that the overall ice-retreat rate during the Permo-Carboniferous deglaciation was relatively high.

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