Upper Old Red Sandstone sedimentation in the Buchan Oilfield, North Sea
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doi: 10.1144/sjg21030227 |
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| Authors: | Richards, Philip C. |
| Author Affiliations: | Primary: Br. Geol. Surv., Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Volume Title: | Orcadian Basin |
| Volume Authors: | Allison, Iain, editor; Biggar, Gordon M.; Brown, Stewart; Fannin, Nigel G. T.; Hall, Jeremy; Owen, Alan W.; Smythe, David K.; Trewin, Nigel H.; Grant, Douglas |
| Source: | The Orcadian Basin, edited by Iain Allison, Gordon M. Biggar, Stewart Brown, Nigel G. T. Fannin, Jeremy Hall, Alan W. Owen, David K. Smythe, Nigel H. Trewin and Douglas Grant. Scottish Journal of Geology, 21(3), p.227-237. Publisher: Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. ISSN: 0036-9276 |
| Publication Date: | 1985 |
| Note: | In English. 21 refs.; illus. incl. 1 table, strat. cols., sketch maps |
| Summary: | A fining- and maturing-upwards fluvial sequence of Devonian to Visean age forms the reservoir section of the Buchan oilfield, approx 150 km NE of Aberdeen. The upward change in facies and sedimentation style is interpreted as being due to the combined influences of three processes: 1) a rise in sea-level that raised river base levels; 2) a change in climate and 3) a decrease in the sediment supply from the source area, which was possibly a granitic intrusion to the WNW of the area. [R.A.H.] |
| Subjects: | Acoustical logging; Applications; Clastic rocks; Cyclic processes; Devonian; Fluvial environment; Gamma-ray methods; Lithofacies; Offshore; Old Red Sandstone; Paleozoic; Petroleum; Planar bedding structures; Provenance; Reservoir rocks; Resistivity; Sand bodies; Sandstone; Sea-level changes; Sedimentary rocks; Sedimentary structures; Sedimentation; Siltstone; Stratigraphy; Stream transport; Transgression; Well logs; Well-logging; Atlantic Ocean; Europe; Great Britain; North Atlantic; North Sea; Orcadian Basin; Scotland; United Kingdom; Western Europe; Buchan Field; Environment |
| Coordinates: | N571000 N572000 W0015000 W0021000 |
| Abstract Numbers: | 86M/3856 |
| Record ID: | 1986047158 |
| Copyright Information: | GeoRef, Copyright 2019 American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Mineralogical Abstracts, United Kingdom, Twickenham, United Kingdom |
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