Review of carbonate sand-belt deposition of ooid grainstones and application to Mississippian reservoir, Damme field, southwestern Kansas

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6375770

Handford, C R

Ooid shoals are present (1) in the high-energy zones of carbonate ramps, (2) across broad shelves, and (3) along rimmed carbonate shelf edges. Shoals generally form as depositional strike-oriented or dip-oriented sand bodies in these settings. Marine sand belts, locally present along the shelf edge of the Great Bahama and Little Bahama Banks, are depositional strike-oriented sand shoals made of flood ramps, shields, and channels that terminate in spillover lobes. Their geometry results from an interplay between storm-generated and tide-generated currents with the sea floor. Mississippian oolitic limestones (St. Louis Limestone B-zone), whose geometries resemble modern Bahamian ooid shoals, produce oil and are current exploration targets in southwestern Kansas (Hugoton embayment). As such, a sedimentological and stratigraphic study of a producing field (Damme field, Finney County, Kansas) and a comparison to modern ooid sand bodies is presented. 17 figures.

• Research Organization: ARCO Oil and Gas Co., Plano, TX (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6375770
• Journal Information: AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States) Vol. 72:10; ISSN AABUD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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