Influence of Shelf and Slope Processes on Deep-Water Sedimentation

2003 ◽  
pp. 577-596
Author(s):  
Erik D. Scott ◽  
Arnold H. Bouma
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water

Benthic foraminiferal zonation in deep-water carbonate platform margin environments, northern Little Bahama Bank

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Carbonate Platform ◽  
Sedimentary Facies ◽  
Depositional Environments ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Sediment Gravity Flows ◽  
Gravity Flows ◽  
Platform Margin ◽  
Water Carbonate

The utility of benthic foraminifera in bathymetric interpretation of clastic depositional environments is well established. In contrast, bathymetric distribution of benthic foraminifera in deep-water carbonate environments has been largely neglected. Approximately 260 species and morphotypes of benthic foraminifera were identified from 12 piston core tops and grab samples collected along two traverses 25 km apart across the northern windward margin of Little Bahama Bank at depths of 275-1,135 m. Certain species and operational taxonomic groups of benthic foraminifera correspond to major near-surface sedimentary facies of the windward margin of Little Bahama Bank and serve as reliable depth indicators. Globocassidulina subglobosa, Cibicides rugosus, and Cibicides wuellerstorfi are all reliable depth indicators, being most abundant at depths >1,000 m, and are found in lower slope periplatform aprons, which are primarily comprised of sediment gravity flows. Reef-dwelling peneroplids and soritids (suborder Miliolina) and rotaliines (suborder Rotaliina) are most abundant at depths <300 m, reflecting downslope bottom transport in proximity to bank-margin reefs. Small miliolines, rosalinids, and discorbids are abundant in periplatform ooze at depths <300 m and are winnowed from the carbonate platform. Increased variation in assemblage diversity below 900 m reflects mixing of shallow- and deep-water species by sediment gravity flows.

Deep Water Reservoir Management Using Fast Turnaround Integrated Reservoir Modelling Workflow

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert-Rik de Zwart ◽  
Jose Varghese ◽  
Prasanta Nayak ◽  
Aloke Saha ◽  
Anna Numpang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Water Reservoir ◽  
Reservoir Management ◽  
Reservoir Modelling

Improving Performance Prediction in Deep-Water Reservoirs: Learning from Outcrop Analogues, Conceptual Models and Flow Simulation

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Stewart ◽  
Paul Alexander Dunn ◽  
Colin Lyttle ◽  
Kirt Campion ◽  
Adedayo Oyerinde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Performance Prediction ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Water Reservoirs

Crustal-Scale Architecture and Heat Flow Account in Ultra-Deep Water Lower Congo Basin

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Salvi ◽  
F. Tsikalas ◽  
F. Lottaroli ◽  
A. Cappelletti ◽  
G.M. Cella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Congo Basin
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