HIGH RESOLUTION INTEGRATED VAIL-GALLOWAY SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LEONARDIAN BONE SPRING FORMATION, N. DELAWARE BASIN, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

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dc.contributor.advisorPigott, John D.
dc.contributor.authorFrazier, Cyril
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBedle, Heather
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCarpenter, Brett
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-13T20:36:47Z
dc.date.available2019-12-13T20:36:47Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.date.manuscript2019-12
dc.description.abstractLeonardian-aged Bone Spring Formation of the Northern Delaware Basin is investigated using both 3D seismic and petrophysical data. An integrated Vail-Galloway sequence stratigraphic approach was adopted to account for the mixed siliciclastic-carbonate intervals comprising the Bone Spring Formation and their cyclic alternation according to the reciprocal sedimentation model. The optimized lateral and vertical resolution afforded by well-tied seismic data afforded the interpretation of high-resolution sequence stratigraphic frameworks, which in turn provided insights into relative sea level change throughout the Leonardian. Sediment stacking patterns and evolving vertical accommodation as controls on Bone Spring Formation deposition were confirmed, and the reciprocal sedimentation model validated. Inherited topography was further identified as a governing control over observed depositional trends, arising from both extensional deformation and carbonate architecture. Even more, sequence stratigraphic analysis suggests the existence of hitherto undocumented lowstand systems tract (LST) deposits in the upper intervals of the Bone Spring Formation that either fell beneath seismic tuning resolution or were subjected to significant erosional processes such as the passage of mass transport deposits (MTDs) or sediment gravity flows. A dynamic erosional-depositional model positing a mechanism to further explain the absent LST deposits, and which conforms to the overarching reciprocal sedimentation model, is proposed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/323219
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.subjectSeismic stratigraphyen_US
dc.subjectDelaware Basinen_US
dc.subjectSequence stratigraphic frameworken_US
dc.subjectBone Spring Formationen_US
dc.thesis.degreeMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.titleHIGH RESOLUTION INTEGRATED VAIL-GALLOWAY SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LEONARDIAN BONE SPRING FORMATION, N. DELAWARE BASIN, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICOen_US
ou.groupMewbourne College of Earth and Energy::School of Geosciencesen_US
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shareok.orcid0000-0001-8390-1696en_US

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