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:
Related Expeditions:
ODP 166 ODP 166 1003 ODP 166 1004 ODP 166 1005 ODP 166 1006 ODP 166 1007 ODP 166 1008 ODP 166 1009
Identifier:
ID:
2000-013879
Type:
georefid
Creator:
Name:
Williams, Trevor
Affiliation:
University of Leicester, Department of Geology, Leicester, United Kingdom
Role:
author
Name:
Pirmez, Carlos
Affiliation:
Gail Williamson Associates, United Kingdom
Role:
author
Identification:
Title:
FMS images from carbonates of the Bahama Bank slope, ODP Leg 166; lithological identification and cyclo-stratigraphy
Year:
1999
Source:
In: Lovell, Mike (editor), Williamson, Gail (editor), Harvey, Peter (editor), Borehole imaging; applications and case histories
Publisher:
Geological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
Volume:
159
Issue:
Pages:
227-238
Abstract:
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.
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English
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Coverage: Geographic coordinates: North:24.3500 West:-79.2800 East:
-79.0300 South:23.3000
Keywords: 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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