Depositional Environments and Diagenesis of Upper Pennsylvanian Marchand Sandstones on South, East, and Northeast Flanks of the Anadarko Basin

Abstract

This thesis concerns the depositional environment and diagenesis of the Upper Pennsylvanian Marchand sandstones. Electric logs, gamma-ray logs, and compensated formation density logs were used to prepare isopach maps and cross sections. Analyses of cores and cross sections and isopach maps were used to interpret depositional environment. Thin section studies and scanning electron microscopy of selected samples permitted interpretation of diagenetic history.