干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): A microfacies analysis of arid continental carbonates from the Cedar Mesa Sandstone Formation, Utah, USA

Arid

DOI	10.1002/dep2.99
	A microfacies analysis of arid continental carbonates from the Cedar Mesa Sandstone Formation, Utah, USA
	Pettigrew, Ross P.; Rogers, Steven L.; Clarke, Stuart M.
通讯作者	Pettigrew, RP
来源期刊	DEPOSITIONAL RECORD
EISSN	2055-4877
出版年	2020
卷号	6 期号:1 页码:41-61
英文摘要	Arid continental environments are typically dominated by siliciclastic aeolian, alluvial and fluvial deposits. Despite their common recognition within these environments, carbonate deposits are often overlooked, yet they can provide vital insight into the depositional history, climate and tectonic controls of a sedimentary basin. This work presents a detailed microfacies analysis of the carbonates found within the Cedar Mesa Sandstone Formation of the Western USA. The Cedar Mesa Sandstone Formation is an early Permian, predominantly aeolian succession, exposed across much of the Colorado Plateau of southern Utah and northern Arizona. The formation is dominantly clastic erg deposits, that grade into a mixed carbonate/clastic sedimentary succession interbedded with carbonate and evaporitic units, interpreted to represent sabkha or sabkha-like deposits. While many authors have worked within the aeolian dominated facies and have proposed various facies schemes for the siliciclastic components, comparatively little attention has been paid to the mixed evaporitic/clastic/carbonate aeolian-sabkha transition zone. In this work the microfacies of the carbonates present within the Cedar Mesa Sandstone are analysed, in order to: (a) develop a record of, and interpret carbonate components, (b) propose depositional mechanisms and (c) identify evolutionary trends that stand alongside the formation's clastic depositional story. Six microfacies are presented: (MF1) Clastic Influenced Carbonate Wackestone; (MF2) Laminated Carbonate Wackestone/Packstone; (MF3) Microbial Laminated Fenestral Bindstone; (MF4) Rounded Mudclast Wackestone; (MF5) Laminated Bioclastic-Ostracod-Carbonate Wackestone and (MF6) Microcrystalline Quartz. The microfacies have been interpreted to document the development of carbonate interdune, lacustrine and continental sabkha environments influenced by localized fault control juxtaposed across a wetting and drying climate cycle and provide useful comparisons for other mixed evaporite/carbonate and clastic sequences.
英文关键词	Continental sabkha microbial carbonates microfacies Utah
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Accepted
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000499706200001
WOS关键词	JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE ; LOWER CUTLER BEDS ; STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION ; SOUTHERN UTAH ; PARADOX BASIN ; AEOLIAN DUNE ; STROMATACTIS ; DEPOSITS ; ORIGIN ; ZECHSTEIN
WOS类目	Geology
WOS研究方向	Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/334188
作者单位	[Pettigrew, Ross P.; Rogers, Steven L.; Clarke, Stuart M.] Keele Univ, Basin Dynam Res Grp, Keele ST5 5BG, Staffs, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pettigrew, Ross P.,Rogers, Steven L.,Clarke, Stuart M.. A microfacies analysis of arid continental carbonates from the Cedar Mesa Sandstone Formation, Utah, USA[J],2020,6(1):41-61.
APA	Pettigrew, Ross P.,Rogers, Steven L.,&Clarke, Stuart M..(2020).A microfacies analysis of arid continental carbonates from the Cedar Mesa Sandstone Formation, Utah, USA.DEPOSITIONAL RECORD,6(1),41-61.
MLA	Pettigrew, Ross P.,et al."A microfacies analysis of arid continental carbonates from the Cedar Mesa Sandstone Formation, Utah, USA".DEPOSITIONAL RECORD 6.1(2020):41-61.