dc.contributor.advisor | Goldstein, Robert H. | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Franseen, Evan K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dvoretsky, Rachel Ana | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-08-28T04:01:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-08-28T04:01:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-03-10 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10210 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5428 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study documents the basin-wide stratigraphic characterization and 3-D reservoir-analog modeling of upper Miocene carbonate deposits in the Agua Amarga basin, southeast Spain. Paleotopography and relative fluctuations in sea level were primary controls on the deposition of shallow-water heterozoan and subsequent deep-water photozoan-dominated, coarse- and fine-grained gravity flow deposits and interstratified hemipelagic-pelagic sediments. Gently sloping basin paleotopography in conjunction with two successive periods of shallow marine inundation promoted in situ deposition of shallow-water volcaniclastic skeletal packstone-grainstones and skeletal grainstones. Distribution of these deposits was important in modifying paleotopography prior to deposition of deep-water strata. Deep-water deposits following basin inundation consisted of interstratified sediment gravity flows and hemipelagic-pelagic sediments. Focused-flow and dispersed-flow deposits documented in this study challenge traditional paradigms. The major control on the development of these systems was the presence or absence of a paleotopographic feature that focused debris shed from the linear platform margin into the basin. Resulting facies distributions, depositional geometries, and ratios of coarse- to fine-grained sediment within the focused-flow system suggest that similar deposits in the subsurface would make prolific hydrocarbon reservoirs. | |
dc.format.extent | 147 pages | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Geology | |
dc.subject | Carbonate | |
dc.subject | Gravity-flows | |
dc.subject | Miocene | |
dc.subject | Model | |
dc.subject | Reservoir-analog | |
dc.title | Stratigraphy and Reservoir-analog Modeling of Upper Miocene Shallow-water and Deep-water Carbonate Deposits: Agua Amarga Basin, Southeast Spain | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Tsoflias, Georgios P. | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Geology | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.S. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 6857592 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |