Williams, Trevor and Pirmez, Carlos (1999): FMS images from carbonates of the Bahama Bank slope, ODP Leg 166; lithological identification and cyclo-stratigraphy

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 166
ODP 166 1003
ODP 166 1004
ODP 166 1005
ODP 166 1006
ODP 166 1007
ODP 166 1008
ODP 166 1009
Identifier:
2000-013879
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Creator:
Williams, Trevor
University of Leicester, Department of Geology, Leicester, United Kingdom
author

Pirmez, Carlos
Gail Williamson Associates, United Kingdom
author

Identification:
FMS images from carbonates of the Bahama Bank slope, ODP Leg 166; lithological identification and cyclo-stratigraphy
1999
In: Lovell, Mike (editor), Williamson, Gail (editor), Harvey, Peter (editor), Borehole imaging; applications and case histories
Geological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
159
227-238
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 166 cored a transect of holes through the prograding carbonate sequences that form the western slope of the Great Bahama Bank, with the aim of detailing the relationship between the sequences and changes in sea-level over the last 25 Ma. A total of 1200 m of FMS resistivity images from Site 1003 (lower slope) and Site 1005 (mid-slope) were divided into three image facies types, with the aid of calibration against the recovered core. Type 1 was conductive (poorly cemented) sediment dominated by pelagic components, Type 2 was resistive (well cemented) sediment dominated by platform (neritic) components, and Type 3 was highly resistive (very well cemented) sediment, usually calciturbidites but occasionally hardgrounds. Much of the section is composed of metre-scale alternations between Type 1 and Type 2 sediment. We have used the cycle thicknesses in the Middle Miocene to obtain a sedimentation rate curve and to refine the biostratigraphy. The cyclicity is modulated by the precessional astronomical cycle. The FMS images were used to evaluate the lithostratigraphic position and significance of prominent isolated uranium peaks. The peaks tend to occur just below the tops of calci-turbidite-rich units, sometimes coincident with sequence boundaries and maximum flooding surfaces.
English
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:24.3500
West:-79.2800East: -79.0300
South:23.3000

Applied geophysics; Stratigraphy; Atlantic Ocean; carbonate rocks; cement; Cenozoic; cycles; cyclostratigraphy; Formation MicroScanner; geophysical profiles; geophysical surveys; Great Bahama Bank; identification; Leg 166; lithofacies; lithostratigraphy; middle Miocene; Miocene; Neogene; North Atlantic; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 1003; ODP Site 1004; ODP Site 1005; ODP Site 1006; ODP Site 1007; ODP Site 1008; ODP Site 1009; pelagic environment; resistivity; sedimentary rocks; sedimentation; sedimentation rates; seismic profiles; surveys; Tertiary; well logs; well-logging;

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