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Linksbetweensequencestratigraphyandthemineralogical,

geochemicalandreservoirqualityevolutionofdeepmarine
clasticsediments

Studiesoftheinfluenceofchangesinrelativesealevelandrateofsedimentsupply,
whichmakethebasisforsequencestratigraphy,havesofarbeenmostsuccessfully
appliedtotransitionalandshallowmarineenvironments.Insuchenvironments,there
arealsopotentiallinksbetweensequencestratigraphyandthemineralogicaland
geochemicalmodifications,whichhenceallowaconsiderablyimproveabilityto
predictthereservoirqualityofthesesedimentpackages.Conversely,bothsequence
stratigraphyanditsrelationshiptothemineralogical,geochemicalcompositionand
reservoirqualityofdeepseasedimentsarestillpoorlyconstrainedintheliterature.The
fundamentalhypothesisthatwethusseektotestisthatchangesintherelativesealevel
areprobablyaccompaniedbypredictablechangesintheprimarysandcompositionand
textureaswellasthediageneticmodificationsofdeepmarineclasticsequencesin
passivecontinentalmargins.Thepresentproposalbringstogetheralargespectrumof
approachestodevelopourunderstandingofthegeometryandthepredictionof
reservoirqualityinthistectonicsetting.Adetailedassessmentofthemineralcontent
andtextureofthesereservoirsis,forthefirsttime,tentativelyintegratedwithfacies
analysisinasequencestratigraphycontext,exploringtheinterestofbulkrock
geochemistryinscalingupwardsthemineralogicalinformation.Theexpected
achievementisaconceptualmodelpredictingprimarysandcompositionand,when
combinedwithmodelingofthethermalhistoryandthefluidinducedchangesin
mineralogyandporositypermeability,anintegratedtoolfortheevaluationofreservoir
qualityindeepmarineclasticdeposits.Thesequencesselectedtotestourbasic
hypothesisandthecomplementaritiesoftheproposedapproachesaretakenfrom
offshoreNewJerseyaswellasfromthe4Faeroe/ShetlandandtheVringBasin,atthe
BritishandtheMidNorwegiancontinentalshelves,respectively.

Otherinformation
Diagenesisandreservoirqualityevolutionin
deepwater,marineSandstones

S.Morad,A.Amorosi,D.Garcia,R.Marfil,J.
P.Nystuen,H.Mansurbeg
Inthepastdecade,deepwatermarine
sandstoneshavebecomeincreasinglythe
focusofhydrocarbonreservoirtargets.Thus,
whiletheexplorationandproductionactivities
declineintheNorthSea,theAtlanticmargin,
westoftheBritishIslesandNorwayhasbecomethesiteofintenseexploration
activity.ThetargetsforthisstudyareFaeroe/ShetlandandtheVringBasin,atthe
BritishandtheMidNorwegiancontinentalshelves,respectively.Thediagenetic
evolutionanditsimpactonreservoirqualityevolutionofsandstonesisoneofthe
criticalaspectsinunderstandingthebasicelementsoftheplayinthesesettings.
Unravelingthediageneticevolutionofsandstonesequencesusingintegrated
petrologic,geochemical,sedimentologicalandsequencestratigraphicapproach
providesafirmbasisforbetterunderstandingandpredictionoftheoriginand
distributionoftemporalandspatialreservoirproperties.Thediageneticevolution
pathwaysofsandstonesaregovernedbyseveralinterrelatedparameters,including
compositionofframeworkgrains,organicmattercontent,chemistryofdepositional
waters(marine,meteoricorbrackish)aswellastheextentandtypeofgeochemical
modificationsinducedtothemduetosedimentwaterinteractions,tectonicsetting,and
burialthermalhistoryofthebasin.Furthermore,changesintherelativesealevel,
whichoccursduetoeustaticsealevelchangesand/orthetectonicuplift/subsidence
controlimportantaspectsofsedimentdiagenesissuchas:(1)porewatercomposition,
(2)detritalcompositionandsorting,and(3)sedimentationrates,whichcontrolthe
durationofsedimentresidenceatnearseafloorconditions.
Fig.2.SEMimagesdisplayinggrainreplacing,disorderedkaolinite(A)thathasbeen
transformedpartlyintowellorderedkaoliniteanddickite(B).(C)and(D)Optical
micrographsshowingkaolinitizationofmicaandfeldspar.
Publications:

Caja,M.A.,Marfil,R.,Garcia,D.,Remacha,E.,Gual,G.(2005).Dolomitisation
processesaffectingtheyellowmarkerbedsintheturbiditesystemsoftheHecho
Group,SouthCentralPyreneanbasin,Spain.GeneralAssemblyoftheEuropean
GeosciencesUnion(EGU),Vienna,Austria.GeophysicalResearchAbstracts,Vol.7,
09493.
Mansuberg,H.Morad,S.Amorosi,A.Garcia,D.Marfil,RandNystuen,J.P.(2005).
TheimpactofmeteoricwaterfluxondiageneticalterationsinPaleocenedeepwater,
marinesandstones,TheShetlandfaroesbasin,TheBrithishcontinentalshelf.General
AssemblyoftheEuropeanGeosciencesUnion(EGU),Vienna,Austria.Geophysical
ResearchAbstracts,Vol.7.
Marfil,R.,Garcia,G.,Caja,M.A:,Remacha,E.,Morad,S.,(2006).Condensation
levelsaffectedbydolomitisationandtheirreliabilityastimemarkerswithinsequence
stratigraphyframeworksofturbiditesystems.ExamplesoftheEoceneHechoGroup
(SouthcentralPyrenees,Spain).InLinkingdiagenesistosequencestratigraphyof
sedimentaryrocksSpc.Publsint.Ass:Sediment.Submitted
Caja,M.A.,Mansuberg,H.,Morad,S.,Marfil,R.,Garcia,D.,Remacha,E.,Amorosi,
A.,Thediageneticevolutionandporositydestructionofhybrideturbiditesofthe
HechoGroup(SouthcentralPyrenees,Spain),inpreparation.
Marfil,R.,Garcia,D.,Caja,M.A.,Morad,S.,Mansuberg,H.,Remacha,E.,Amorosi,
A.IntegratedpetrologicalandgeochemicalanalysesofEoceneturbiditesoftheHecho
Group(SouthcentralPyrenees,Spain)inrelationtoprovenancechanges.In
preparation.
Mansurbeg,H.,Morad,S.andPlinkBjrklund,P.,2005.Theimpactofmeteoricwater
onthediageneticalterationsindeepwater,marinesiliciclasticturbidites.Journalof
GeochemicalExploration,(Accepted).
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ProjectLeader:
Sadoon Morad

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UppsalaUniversity DepartmentofEarthSciences Uppsala Sweden

PrincipalInvestigators:
Alessandro Amorosi

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UniversityofBologna DepartmentofEarthSciences Bologna Italy


Daniel Garcia

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EcoleNationaleSuperieuredesMinesdeSt.Etienne
GENERIC SaintEtienne France
Rafaela MarfilPrez

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CentreSPINdepartment

UniversidadComplutensedeMadrid FacultaddeCienciasGeolgicas Dpto.


PetrologiayGeoquimica Madrid Spain
Petter Nystuen

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UniversityofOslo DepartmentofGeology Oslo Norway


RudyAllinJozef Swennen

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CatholicUniversityofLeuven FacultyofEarthandEnvironmental
Sciences AfdelingFysicoChemischeGeologie Heverlee Belgium
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