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Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a thick, areally extensive fluvial-marine transition, Missisauga Formation, offshore Nova Scotia, and its correlation with shelf margin and slope strata

2006; Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists; Volume: 54; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2113/gscpgbull.54.2.152

2368-0261

Don I. Cummings, Bruce S. Hart, R. W. C. Arnott,

Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Research Article| June 01, 2006 Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a thick, areally extensive fluvial–marine transition, Missisauga Formation, offshore Nova Scotia, and its correlation with shelf margin and slope strata Don I. Cummings; Don I. Cummings Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, cummings@geol.queensu.ca 1Current address: Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Bruce S. Hart; Bruce S. Hart Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar R. William C. Arnott R. William C. Arnott Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Don I. Cummings 1Current address: Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, cummings@geol.queensu.ca Bruce S. Hart Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7 R. William C. Arnott Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Publisher: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Received: 11 May 2005 Accepted: 05 Apr 2006 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 2368-0261 Print ISSN: 0007-4802 © The Society of Canadian Petroleum Geologists Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology (2006) 54 (2): 152–174. https://doi.org/10.2113/gscpgbull.54.2.152 Article history Received: 11 May 2005 Accepted: 05 Apr 2006 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Don I. Cummings, Bruce S. Hart, R. William C. Arnott; Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a thick, areally extensive fluvial–marine transition, Missisauga Formation, offshore Nova Scotia, and its correlation with shelf margin and slope strata. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 2006;; 54 (2): 152–174. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gscpgbull.54.2.152 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyBulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology Search Advanced Search Abstract A 100 m thick, more than 20 km wide upward-fining succession at the top of the Lower Cretaceous Upper Member of the Missisauga Formation was investigated in the Panuke Field, offshore Nova Scotia, using core, well logs and 3-D seismic data. The succession consists of 50 m of dune cross-stratified sandstone overlain by 50 m of tide-influenced heterolithic strata, which in turn is overlain by 150 m of mudstone of the Naskapi Member of the Logan Canyon Formation. The succession is interpreted to be a fluvial–marine transition formed during a long-term (3rd order) relative sea-level rise. The two main Panuke reservoirs are thin (<5 m) sheet-like sandstones at the Missisauga–Naskapi contact interpreted to be remnants of a wave-formed barrier system. In seismic data, the Upper Member of the Missisauga Formation correlates basinward with progradational shelf-margin reflections, suggesting that the sheet-like fluvial sandstone at the base of the upward-fining succession transferred sediment, and possibly sand, to the continental slope. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.