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Title: | Sedimentation and Diagenesis in Sandstones of the Mannville Group (Lower Cretaceous), Southeastern Alberta |
Authors: | Kavanagh, Paul |
Advisor: | Middleton, G. V. |
Department: | Geology |
Keywords: | Sedimentation;Diagenesis;Sandstones;rock fragments;SEM textures;permeability |
Publication Date: | May-1981 |
Abstract: | <p> Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group sandstones of Alberta were deposited in non-marine and marginal environments. A shallow sea transgressed several times over the study area and left evidence of tidal action. The proportion of rock fragments increases from Lower Mannville to Upper Mannville sandstones due to the uplifting of strata to the west. </p> <p> Observed petrographic and SEM textures indicate that authigenic pyrite, quartz and calcite cements were precipitated in that order followed by the dissolution of carbonate material and feldspar grains with the simultaneous precipitation of kaolinite and quartz. The secondary (or dissolution) porosity is the result of an influx of acidic pore waters. This secondary porosity is best developed in the Ellerslie Sandstone because its remnant intergranular porosity and permeability are superior to the porosity and permeability in the overlying sandstones. The present degree of diagenesis in the sandstones is largely controlled by the permeability of the rock. </p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18702 |
Appears in Collections: | Bachelor theses |
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