Stratigraphic analysis of the Paleocene Beaufort Formation, Lenoir and Craven Counties, North Carolina
Conference
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· Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)
OSTI ID:6119084
- Univ. of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC (United States). Dept. of Earth Sciences
The Beaufort Formation (BF) occurs in the inner coastal plain in a fault-bounded basin associated with the Graingers wrench zone. The unit disconformably overlies the Cretaceous Peedee Fm., and is overlain disconformably by either the Eocene Castle Hayne Limestone or younger units. Although the BF is only known to crop out along the western margin of the basin, approximately 36 core-holes penetrate the unit in the basin. Core-hole analysis indicates that the BF rapidly varies in thickness from 0--85 feet over a distance of several hundred feet. The BF is divided into the lower Jericho Run Member of Danian age and an upper unnamed member of Thanetian age. The Jericho Run Member (JRM) is principally a light-gray to gray siliceous mudstone which in some places contains interbeds of very fine to coarse glauconitic quartz sand. The mudstone is often burrowed and can contain as much as 40% quartz and 15% glauconite usually concentrated in thin laminae or burrows. The JRM is the most widespread member of the BF obtaining a maximum thickness of 53 feet. Where present, it always lies disconformably on the Peedee Formation and is either overlain disconformably by the unnamed member or younger sediments. Planktic foraminifera assigned to the P1 zone indicate that the JRM is Danian in age. The unnamed member is characterized by a gray-green to dark green glauconitic sand with minor thin sandy carbonates. When the JRM is absent, the unnamed member disconformably overlies the Peedee Formation with the contact marked by a thin phosphate-pebble conglomerate. The unnamed member is not as widely distributed as the Danian member, but its thickness in some areas exceeds 78 feet. The unnamed member contains up to 10% more glauconite and larger amounts of phosphatic material than the JRM. Planktic foraminifera (P4) and calcareous nannofossils (NP6) indicate that the unnamed member is Thanetian in age.
- OSTI ID:
- 6119084
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9304188--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States) Journal Volume: 25:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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