scholarly journals A Provenance Study of Upper Jurassic Hydrocarbon Source Rocks of the Flemish Pass Basin and Central Ridge, Offshore Newfoundland, Canada

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
Matthew Scott ◽  
Paul J. Sylvester ◽  
Derek H. C. Wilton
Keyword(s):  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Heavy Minerals ◽  
Mobile Belt ◽  
Central Ridge ◽  
Depositional Age ◽  
Late Neoproterozoic ◽  
Heavy Mineral Analysis

A number of hydrocarbon discoveries have been made recently in the Flemish Pass Basin and Central Ridge, offshore Newfoundland, Canada, but there is only limited geological information available. The primary goal of this study was to determine the sedimentary provenance and paleodrainage patterns of mudstones and sandstones from the Upper Jurassic Rankin Formation, including the Upper and Lower Kimmeridgian Source Rock (organic-rich shale) members and Upper and Lower Tempest Sandstone Member reservoirs, in this area. A combination of heavy mineral analysis, whole-rock geochemistry and detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology was determined from cores and cuttings from four offshore wells in an attempt to decipher provenance. Detrital heavy minerals in 20 cuttings samples from the studied geologic units are dominated by either rutile + zircon + apatite ± chromite or rutile + apatite + tourmaline, with minor zircon, indicating diverse source lithologies. Whole rock Zr-Th-Sc trends suggest significant zircon recycling in both mudstones and sandstones. Detrital zircon U-Pb ages were determined in two mudstone and four sandstone samples from the four wells. Five major U-Pb age groups of grains were found: A Late Jurassic group that represents an unknown source of syn-sedimentary magmatism, a Permian–Carboniferous age group which is interpreted to be derived from Iberia, a Cambrian–Devonian group derived from the Central Mobile Belt of the Newfoundland–Ireland conjugate margin, and two older age groups (late Neoproterozoic and >1 Ga) linked to Avalonia. The Iberian detritus is abundant in the Central Ridge and southern Flemish Pass region and units containing sizable populations of these grains are interpreted to be derived from the east whereas units lacking this population are interpreted to be sourced from the northeast and possibly also the west. The Upper Tempest Sandstone contains Mesozoic zircons, which constrain the depositional age of this unit to be no older than Late Tithonian.

scholarly journals A multidisciplinary approach for the quantitative provenance analysis of siltstone: Mesozoic Mandawa Basin, southeastern Tanzania

2019 ◽  
Vol 484 (1) ◽  
pp. 275-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Caracciolo ◽  
S. Andò ◽  
P. Vermeesch ◽  
E. Garzanti ◽  
R. McCabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
Heavy Mineral ◽  
Heavy Minerals ◽  
Provenance Analysis ◽  
Etch Pits ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Heavy Mineral Analysis

AbstractThis paper shows how heavy minerals and single-grain varietal studies can be conducted on silt (representing c. 50% of world's sediments) sediments to obtain quantitative data as efficiently as for sand-sized sediments. The analytical workflows include heavy mineral separation using a wide grain-size window (15–355 μ) analysed through integrated optical analysis, Raman spectroscopy, QEMSCAN microscopy and U–Pb dating of detrital zircon. Upper Jurassic–Cretaceous silt-sized sediments from the Mandawa Basin of central-southern Tanzania have been selected for the scope of this research. Raman-aided heavy mineral analysis reveals garnet and apatite to be the most common minerals together with durable zircon, tourmaline and subordinate rutile. Accessory but diagnostic phases are titanite, staurolite, epidote and monazite. Etch pits on garnet and cockscomb features on staurolite document the significant effect of diagenesis on the pristine heavy mineral assemblage. Multivariate statistical analysis highlights a close association among durable minerals (zircon, tourmaline and rutile, ZTR) while garnet and apatite plot alone reflecting independence between the three groups of variables with garnet increasing in Jurassic samples. Raman data for garnet end-member analysis document different associations between Jurassic (richer in A, Bi and Bii types) and Cretaceous (dominant A, Ci and Cii types) samples. U–Pb dating of detrital zircon and their statistical integration with the above-mentioned datasets provide further insights into changes in provenance and/or drainage systems. Metamorphic rocks of the early and late Pan-African orogeny terranes of the Mozambique Belt and those of the Irumide Belt acted as main source of sediment during the Jurassic. Cretaceous sediments record a broadening of the drainage system reaching as far as the Usagran–Ubendian Belt and the Tanzanian Archean Craton.

scholarly journals Revisiting the Intermediate Sediment Repository Concept Applied to the Provenance of Zircon

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Manuel Francisco Pereira ◽  
Cristina Gama
Keyword(s):  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Beach Sand ◽  
Density Estimator ◽  
Zircon Age ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
Sedimentary System ◽  
Siliciclastic Rocks

This paper revisits the intermediate sediment repository (ISR) concept applied to provenance, using a comparison of the detrital zircon population of Holocene beach sand from the southwest Portuguese coast with populations from their potential source rocks. The U–Pb age of detrital zircon grains in siliciclastic rocks allows for the interpretation of provenance by matching them with the crystallization ages of igneous source (protosource) rocks in which this mineral originally crystallized or which was subsequently recycled from it, acting as ISRs. The comparative analysis of the Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Cretaceous ages using recent statistical tools (e.g., kernel density estimator (KDE), cumulative age distribution (CAD), and multidimensional scaling (MDS)) suggests that the zircon age groups of Carboniferous, Triassic, and Pliocene-Pleistocene ISRs are reproduced faithfully in Holocene sand. Furthermore, the recycling of a protosource (Cretaceous syenite) in a sedimentary system dominated by ISRs is evaluated. It is argued that the ISR concept, which is not always taken into account, is required for a better understanding of the inherent complexity of local provenance and to differentiate sediment recycling from first- cycle erosion of an igneous rock.

scholarly journals KETERKAITAN UNSUR TANAH JARANG TERHADAP MINERAL BERAT ILMENIT DAN RUTIL PERAIRAN PANTAI GUNDI, BANGKA BARAT

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor C.D. Aryanto ◽  
Joni Widodo ◽  
Purnomo Raharjo
Keyword(s):  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
The Other ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Heavy Minerals ◽  
Mineral Analysis ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Rare Element ◽  
Sediment Samples ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Heavy Mineral Analysis

Berdasarkan hasil analisa unsur terhadap 7 contoh sedimen permukaan dasar laut di Perairan Pantai Gundi, Bangka Barat, yang kemudian dianalisa dengan menggunakan metode Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) dapat diketahui konsentrasi kandungan unsur Niobium (Nb) dan unsur Tantalum (Ta). Selain itu dilakukan pula analisa mineral berat dengan menggunakan larutan pemisah bromoform (BJ 2,83) terhadap 15 contoh. Konsentrasi kandungan unsur jarang seperti Niobium dapat mencerminkan keberadaan mineral berat ekonomis, yaitu mineral berat yang resisten terhadap pelapukan dan mengandung unsur Titanium (Ti), seperti mineral Ilmenit (FeTiO3) dan rutil (TiO2). Juga dapat dibuktikan, di daerah selidikan bahwa keberadaan unsur Niobium dan Tantalum di alam hampir dapat dipastikan selalu berasosiasi. Di daerah selidikan asosiasi ini berupa mineral columbite-tantalite (Fe,Mn)Nb2O6-(Fe,Mn)Ta2O6 dan pyrochlore (Na, Ca, Ce…)2 Nb2O6F. Selain itu masih dengan memperhatikan asosiasi kedua unsur ini dapat diketahui pula asal batuan sumber dari sedimen-sedimen dimana mineral tersebut terakumulasi, karena asosiasi antara unsur Niobium dan Tantalum merupakan penciri untuk daerah pegmatis. Based on element analysis of 7 surface sediment samples from Gundi Waters, Western Bangka by using Inductively Coupled Plasm (ICP), the content of rare element Niobium (Nb) and Tantalum (Ta) can be identified. On the other hand heavy mineral analysis with float-sink method using bromoform as separator liquid has been applied for 15 samples. Based on observations the concentration of Niobium (Nb) element reflects the present of heavy minerals consisted of Titanium (Ti) element, such as Ilmenit (FeTiO2) and Rutil (TiO2). It is can also be proved that in the investigated area Niobium (Nb) and Tantalum (Ta) elements are occure in association. In the study area, this association shows as columbite-tantalite (Fe,Mn)Nb2O6-(Fe,Mn)Ta2O6 and pyrochlore (Na, Ca, Ce…)2 Nb2O6F minerals. Moreover, based on this association, it can be recognized the source rocks of the sediment where the minerals accumulate as association of these two elements are specific for pegmatic area.

scholarly journals Igneous rock area and age in continental crust

Geology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanan E. Peters ◽  
Craig R. Walton ◽  
Jon M. Husson ◽  
Daven P. Quinn ◽  
Oliver Shorttle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Continental Crust ◽  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Igneous Rock ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Crustal Growth ◽  
Zircon Age ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Early Increase ◽  
Depositional Age ◽  
Detrital Zircon Ages

Rock quantity and age are fundamental features of Earth’s crust that pertain to many problems in geoscience. Here we combine new estimates of igneous rock area in continental crust from the Macrostrat database (https://macrostrat.org/) with a compilation of detrital zircon ages in order to investigate rock cycling and crustal growth. We find that there is little or no decrease in igneous rock area with increasing rock age. Instead, igneous rock area in North America exhibits four distinct Precambrian peaks, remains low through the Neoproterozoic, and then increases only modestly toward the recent. Peaks in Precambrian detrital zircon age frequency distributions align broadly with peaks in igneous rock area, regardless of grain depositional age. However, detrital zircon ages do underrepresent a Neoarchean peak in igneous rock area; young grains and ca. 1.1 Ga grains are also overrepresented relative to igneous area. Together, these results suggest that detrital zircon age distributions contain signatures of continental denudation and sedimentary cycling that are decoupled from the cycling of igneous source rocks. Models of continental crustal evolution that incorporate significant early increase in volume and increased sedimentation in the Phanerozoic are well supported by these data.

scholarly journals The Pre-Grenvillian assembly of the southeastern Laurentian margin through the U–Pb–Hf detrital zircon record of Mesoproterozoic supracrustal sequences (Central Grenville Province, Quebec, Canada)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
K. Papapavlou ◽  
A. Moukhsil ◽  
A. Poirier ◽  
J.H.F.L. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Crustal Evolution ◽  
Crustal Growth ◽  
Grenville Province ◽  
Mantle Reservoir ◽  
Depositional Age ◽  
Laurentian Margin

Abstract The detrital zircon perspective on the pre-collisional crustal evolution of the Grenville Province remains poorly explored. In this study, we conducted in situ laser ablation U–Pb–Hf isotopic microanalysis on detrital zircon grains from three pre-orogenic (>1 Ga) supracrustal sequences that crop out in the Central Grenville Province (Lac Saint-Jean region, QC, CA). Detrital zircon grains from vestiges of these sequences record three dominant age peaks at c. 1.46 Ga, 1.62 Ga, 1.85 Ga, and a subordinate peak at 2.7 Ga. The 1.46 Ga and 1.62 Ga age peaks are recorded in detrital zircon grains from a quartzite associated with a metavolcanic sequence (i.e. Montauban Group) with a maximum depositional age of c. 1.44 Ga. In contrast, the c.1.85 Ga age peak is observed from recycled zircon grains in metasediments with maximum depositional ages between 1.2 and 1.3 Ga. The suprachondritic Hf isotope composition in detrital zircon grains of the 1.46 Ga and 1.62 Ga age populations records juvenile crustal growth during peri-Laurentian accretionary orogenesis related to the Pinwarian (1.4–1.5 Ga) and Mazatzalian–Labradorian (1.6–1.7 Ga) events. The detrital zircon grains associated with Penokean–Makkovikian (1.8–1.9 Ga) source rocks record reworking of c. 2.7 Ga continental crust derived from a near-chondritic mantle reservoir. Overall, crust-forming and basement reworking events associated with accretionary orogenesis in southeastern Laurentia are retained in the detrital zircon load of Precambrian basins even after the terminal Grenvillian collision and assembly of Rodinia.

Detrital zircon ages from the islands of Inousses and Psara, Aegean Sea, Greece: constraints on depositional age and provenance

2008 ◽  
Vol 145 (6) ◽  
pp. 886-891 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUIDO MEINHOLD ◽  
DIRK FREI
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Detrital Zircons ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Icp Ms ◽  
Eastern Aegean ◽  
Depositional Age ◽  
Late Neoproterozoic ◽  
Early Palaeozoic ◽  
Detrital Zircon Ages

AbstractU–Pb LA–SF–ICP–MS analyses of detrital zircons from a metalitharenite on Inousses Island, Greece, gave major age groups of 310–350, 450–500, 550–700, 900–1050 and 1880–2040 Ma and minor peaks between 2600 and 2800 Ma. The youngest concordant zircon grains of 310–330 Ma indicate the maximum age of deposition to be Late Carboniferous, rather than Ordovician, as had been earlier assumed. The lack of zircon ages between 1.1 and 1.8 Ga, coupled with the occurrence ofc.2-Ga-old zircons, imply a northern Gondwana-derived source. Detrital zircons from a garnet–mica schist on Psara Island yielded a major age group ofc.295–325 Ma and only minor Early Palaeozoic and Late Neoproterozoic ages. The youngest grains around 270 Ma indicate the maximum age of deposition to be Late Permian. The Early Palaeozoic ages support a source from terranes at the southern margin of Laurussia during the Late Palaeozoic and hence clarify the palaeotectonic position of units from the eastern Aegean Sea within the Palaeotethyan realm.

Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of late Neoproterozoic – early Cambrian sedimentary rocks in the Cathaysia Block: constraint on its palaeo-position in Gondwana supercontinent

2019 ◽  
Vol 156 (9) ◽  
pp. 1587-1604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Xiong ◽  
Yaoling Niu ◽  
Hongde Chen ◽  
Anqing Chen ◽  
Chenggong Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Early Cambrian ◽  
Lhasa Terrane ◽  
Northern India ◽  
Cathaysia Block ◽  
Late Neoproterozoic

AbstractWe present updated U–Pb ages and Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons and whole-rock geochemical data to investigate the provenance and tectonic setting of late Neoproterozoic and early Cambrian sandstones from the Cathaysia Block, in order to offer new constraints on its tectonic evolution and its palaeo-position within the supercontinent. The source rocks for the studied sandstones were dominated by felsic–intermediate materials with moderate weathering history. U–Pb dating results show major populations atc. 2500 Ma, 1000–900 Ma and 870–716 Ma with subordinate peaks at 655–532 Ma, consistent with the global Neoarchean continental crust growth, assembly and break-up of Rodinia, and Pan-African Event associated with the formation of Gondwana. Zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopic data suggest that most derived from exotic terranes once connected to the Cathaysia Block. Using whole-rock geochemical analysis, it was determined that the studied sedimentary rocks were deposited in a passive continental margin and the Cathaysia and Yangtze blocks were part of the same continent; no Cambrian ocean existed between them. Compiling a detrital zircon dataset from Qiangtang, northern India, the Lhasa Terrane and Western Australia, the Cathaysia Block seems to be more similar to the Qiangtang and western part of the northern India margin, instead of having a direct connection with the Lhasa Terrane and Western Australia in the Gondwana reconstruction during the late Neoproterozoic and Cambrian eons.

scholarly journals Detrital zircon signatures in Precambrian and Paleozoic sedimentary units in southern New Brunswick – more pieces of the puzzle

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 275-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra M. Barr ◽  
Deanne Van Rooyen ◽  
Brent V. Miller ◽  
Chris E. White ◽  
Susan C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
West African Craton ◽  
Multiple Datasets ◽  
Amazonian Craton ◽  
Appalachian Orogen ◽  
Depositional Age ◽  
Late Neoproterozoic ◽  
Detrital Zircon Ages

Southern New Brunswick consists of a complex collage of fault-bounded belts of Late Neoproterozoic igneous and metamorphic rocks, Early Paleozoic sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous units, and overlying Carboniferous sedimentary rocks. The area also contains the boundary between the Avalonian and Ganderian terranes as interpreted in the northern Appalachian orogen. New detrital zircon ages reported here provide improved understanding of depositional ages and provenance of diverse Neoproterozoic to Carboniferous rocks in this complex area. Detrital zircon data from samples with Neoproterozoic maximum depositional ages indicate a dominantly Gondwanan provenance with a strong influence from the Amazonian craton. However, quartzite from The Thoroughfare Formation on Grand Manan Island contains dominanly 2 Ga zircon grains, consistent with derivation from the West African Craton. The age spectrum is similar to that from the Hutchins Island Quartzite in the Isleboro block in Penobscot Bay, Maine, strengthening the previously proposed correlation between the two areas. Cambrian samples also show prominent peri-Gondwanan provenance with strong influence from Ediacaran to Early Cambrian arc magmatism. The maximum depositional ages of these samples are consistent with previous interpretations of Cambrian ages based on fossil correlations and field data. A Carboniferous sample from Avalonia shows a significant contribution from Devonian magmatism as the youngest detrital component, although its depositional age based on field relationships is Carboniferous. The results exemplify the need to integrate multiple datasets in making interpretations from detrital zircon data.

Sequence stratigraphy of source and reservoir rocks in the Upper Permian and Jurassic of Jameson Land, East Greenland

1998 ◽  
pp. 43-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Stemmerik ◽  
Gregers Dam ◽  
Nanna Noe-Nygaard ◽  
Stefan Piasecki ◽  
Finn Surlyk
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Stratigraphy ◽  
Middle Jurassic ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Upper Permian ◽  
Shallow Marine ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
Reservoir Rocks

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Stemmerik, L., Dam, G., Noe-Nygaard, N., Piasecki, S., & Surlyk, F. (1998). Sequence stratigraphy of source and reservoir rocks in the Upper Permian and Jurassic of Jameson Land, East Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 180, 43-54. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v180.5085 _______________ Approximately half of the hydrocarbons discovered in the North Atlantic petroleum provinces are found in sandstones of latest Triassic – Jurassic age with the Middle Jurassic Brent Group, and its correlatives, being the economically most important reservoir unit accounting for approximately 25% of the reserves. Hydrocarbons in these reservoirs are generated mainly from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay and its correlatives with additional contributions from Middle Jurassic coal, Lower Jurassic marine shales and Devonian lacustrine shales. Equivalents to these deeply buried rocks crop out in the well-exposed sedimentary basins of East Greenland where more detailed studies are possible and these basins are frequently used for analogue studies (Fig. 1). Investigations in East Greenland have documented four major organic-rich shale units which are potential source rocks for hydrocarbons. They include marine shales of the Upper Permian Ravnefjeld Formation (Fig. 2), the Middle Jurassic Sortehat Formation and the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation (Fig. 4) and lacustrine shales of the uppermost Triassic – lowermost Jurassic Kap Stewart Group (Fig. 3; Surlyk et al. 1986b; Dam & Christiansen 1990; Christiansen et al. 1992, 1993; Dam et al. 1995; Krabbe 1996). Potential reservoir units include Upper Permian shallow marine platform and build-up carbonates of the Wegener Halvø Formation, lacustrine sandstones of the Rhaetian–Sinemurian Kap Stewart Group and marine sandstones of the Pliensbachian–Aalenian Neill Klinter Group, the Upper Bajocian – Callovian Pelion Formation and Upper Oxfordian – Kimmeridgian Hareelv Formation (Figs 2–4; Christiansen et al. 1992). The Jurassic sandstones of Jameson Land are well known as excellent analogues for hydrocarbon reservoirs in the northern North Sea and offshore mid-Norway. The best documented examples are the turbidite sands of the Hareelv Formation as an analogue for the Magnus oil field and the many Paleogene oil and gas fields, the shallow marine Pelion Formation as an analogue for the Brent Group in the Viking Graben and correlative Garn Group of the Norwegian Shelf, the Neill Klinter Group as an analogue for the Tilje, Ror, Ile and Not Formations and the Kap Stewart Group for the Åre Formation (Surlyk 1987, 1991; Dam & Surlyk 1995; Dam et al. 1995; Surlyk & Noe-Nygaard 1995; Engkilde & Surlyk in press). The presence of pre-Late Jurassic source rocks in Jameson Land suggests the presence of correlative source rocks offshore mid-Norway where the Upper Jurassic source rocks are not sufficiently deeply buried to generate hydrocarbons. The Upper Permian Ravnefjeld Formation in particular provides a useful source rock analogue both there and in more distant areas such as the Barents Sea. The present paper is a summary of a research project supported by the Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy (Piasecki et al. 1994). The aim of the project is to improve our understanding of the distribution of source and reservoir rocks by the application of sequence stratigraphy to the basin analysis. We have focused on the Upper Permian and uppermost Triassic– Jurassic successions where the presence of source and reservoir rocks are well documented from previous studies. Field work during the summer of 1993 included biostratigraphic, sedimentological and sequence stratigraphic studies of selected time slices and was supplemented by drilling of 11 shallow cores (Piasecki et al. 1994). The results so far arising from this work are collected in Piasecki et al. (1997), and the present summary highlights the petroleum-related implications.

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