Meteoric burial diagenesis of Pennsylvanian arkosic sandstones, southwestern Anadarko basin, Texas

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985 · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6505750

Dutton, S P; Land, L S

Pennsylvanian arkosic sandstones at Mobeetie field were deposited in fan deltas that prograded onto a shallow shelf in the southern Anadarko basin. The detrital minerals of the sandstones reflect the composition of the Precambrian granites and granodiorites that were exposed in the nearby Amarillo uplift. Distal margins of some fandelta lobes were reworked by marine processes, and carbonate fossil fragments and oolites were mixed with terrigenous clastics. The diagenetic history and, hence, reservoir quality of the distal, marine-reworked sandstones differ from those of the more proximal, nonreworked sandstones.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Austin, TX
• OSTI ID: 6505750
• Journal Information: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States) Vol. 69:1; ISSN AAPGB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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