Sedimentology of the tide-dominated Jurassic Lajas Formation, Neuquen Basin, Argentina
dc.contributor.author | Mcllroy, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Flint, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Howell, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Timms, Nicholas Eric | |
dc.contributor.editor | G. D. VEIGA | |
dc.contributor.editor | L. A. SPALLETTI | |
dc.contributor.editor | J. A. HOWELL | |
dc.contributor.editor | E. SCHWARZ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T10:53:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T10:53:00Z | |
dc.date.created | 2010-04-29T20:02:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mcllroy, Duncan and Flint, Stephen and Howell, John and Timms, Nicholas. 2005. Sedimentology of the tide-dominated Jurassic Lajas Formation, Neuquen Basin, Argentina, in G. D. Veiga, L. A. Spalletti, J. A. Howell, E. Schwarz (ed), The Neuquen Basin, Argentina: A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics (Geological Society, London, Special Publication Number 252). pp. 83-107. Bath, UK: Geological Society of London. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6428 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.252.01.05 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Tidal depositional systems are often interpreted as lowstand/transgressive estuarine deposits within sequences that are either wave or river dominated during highstand times. The Middle Jurassic Lajas Formation of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina, comprises 600 m of well-exposed tide-dominated facies deposited within four unconformity bounded sequences, spanning approximately 4.5 Ma. Facies associations include tide dominated deltas, sandy-heterolithic tidal channel fills and extensive progradational tidal-flat successions, which are locally cut by heterolithic tidal channel fills. Despite the narrow bathymetric depositional range and the complex facies variability, flooding surfaces can be defined and mapped along a 48 km-long outcrop belt. These flooding surfaces allow definition of three distinct types of parasequence that exhibit coarsening-upwards, finingupwards and coarsening- to fining-upwards motifs. Sequence boundaries are marked by widespread, but shallow, incision, and the juxtaposition of stacked fluvial/tidal channel fills on a variety of subtidal and intertidal facies. Unconventional grain-size changes at sequence boundaries can occur where basin ward facies shifts are marked by juxtaposition of heterolithic-argillaceous intertidal/supratidal mudflat deposits on subtidal sandflat facies. The maintenance of macrotidal conditions through complete base-level cycles is interpreted as being due to the structural topography inherited from rifting, causing the whole sub-basin to behave as a structurally controlled embayment. | |
dc.publisher | Geological Society of London | |
dc.subject | Argentina | |
dc.subject | tidal depositional systems | |
dc.subject | sedimentology | |
dc.subject | Jurassic Lajas Formation | |
dc.title | Sedimentology of the tide-dominated Jurassic Lajas Formation, Neuquen Basin, Argentina | |
dc.type | Book Chapter | |
dcterms.source.volume | 252 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 83 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 107 | |
dcterms.source.title | The Neuquen Basin, Argentina: A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics (Geological Society, London, Special Publication Number 252) | |
dcterms.source.isbn | 1-86239-190-4 | |
dcterms.source.place | Bath, UK | |
dcterms.source.chapter | 16 | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available | |
curtin.faculty | Department of Applied Geology | |
curtin.faculty | Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
curtin.faculty | WA School of Mines |