Determining sedimentary processes and environments of argillaceous rocks by fabric analysis techniques
Conference
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· AAPG Bull.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6015819
A detailed study of shale and mudstone sedimentary fabrics within cores through the Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale (Lower Cretaceous, central Utah) was conducted to test the utility of micro-fabric and macro-fabric analyses for interpreting the depositional environments of argillaceous rocks. Methods of fabric analysis included x-radiography, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and thin-section petrography; total organic carbon (TOC) and x-ray diffraction mineralogy were also analyzed. The environments of deposition of Ferron sandstones had been determined previously from an outcrop and core study so environments of associated argillaceous rocks could be inferred.
- Research Organization:
- Potsdam College of the State Univ. of New York
- OSTI ID:
- 6015819
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-880301-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: AAPG Bull.; (United States) Journal Volume: 72:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CRETACEOUS PERIOD
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UTAH