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dc.contributor.advisorGoldstein, Robert H.
dc.contributor.advisorFranseen, Evan K.
dc.contributor.authorDvoretsky, Rachel Ana
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-28T04:01:23Z
dc.date.available2009-08-28T04:01:23Z
dc.date.issued2009-03-10
dc.date.submitted2009
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10210
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/5428
dc.description.abstractThis 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.extent147 pages
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectGeology
dc.subjectCarbonate
dc.subjectGravity-flows
dc.subjectMiocene
dc.subjectModel
dc.subjectReservoir-analog
dc.titleStratigraphy and Reservoir-analog Modeling of Upper Miocene Shallow-water and Deep-water Carbonate Deposits: Agua Amarga Basin, Southeast Spain
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberTsoflias, Georgios P.
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineGeology
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.S.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid6857592
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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