sedimentary facies & sea level
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Sedimentary Faciesand
Sea Level Changes
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Sedimentary Facies:
• general appearance or aspects
of a rock (composition & texture).
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Sedimentary Facies:
• original environment of deposition can be determined.
• used to describe vertical and lateral variations in strata.
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Sedimentary Facies:
• facies transform laterally by
gradual changes in their properties
into different, adjacent facies.
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Two types of facies
1). Lithofacies:
distinguishing characteristics are
. . . lithologic
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sandstonefacies shale facies
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Two types of facies
1). Lithofacies: can be degree of difference
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limestone sandstonevs. vs.
fine grained limestone
coarse,
well sorted sandstone
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Two types of facies
2). Biofacies:
differences in biological (fossil)
composition.
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Two types of facies
2). Biofacies:
• can have different adjacent biofacies in the same lithology
• can be sensitive to small environmental differences
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Foraminifera facies
Mississippi Delta
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Changes in sea level
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Transgression:
• Advance of sea over the land
Regression:
• Retreat of the sea from the land
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Idealized gradation:
• Near shore = coarse sediment
- to -
• Off shore = fine sediment
- yielding to -
• Shelf carbonate deposition
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Idealized gradation:
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nearshore
offshore
continent
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No sea level change:
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nearshore
offshore
continent
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Sea level at Time A:
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“the beach”
Sea level change: cross section
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Sea level at Time B:
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“the beach”
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Transgression • facies shift on-shore
• resulting rock unit (sandstone) varies in age laterally
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Shift from Time A to Time B:
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“the beach”
“the beach”
Transgression • facies shift on-shore
• resulting rock unit (sandstone) varies in age laterally
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Time A: on the beach
(sandstone)
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Stand in one spotduring a transgression:
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Time B: underwater (finer
sediment)
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Stand in one spotduring a transgression:
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Regression:
• facies shift off-shore
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Regression:
• facies shift off-shore
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“the beach”“the beach”
Time A Time B
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Regression:
• in one place, facies become more “onshore” (= coarser)
up section
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Ls
Slt
Ss
fine
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• In a vertical column,
facies become
progressively more
"on shore" (coarser)
up section.
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Regression
Conglomerate
Sandstone
Siltstone
Limestone
erosion
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• In a vertical column,
facies become
progressively more
"on shore" (coarser)
up section.
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Regression
Conglomerate
Sandstone
Siltstone
Limestone
erosion
“deep”
“beach”
“land”
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• In a vertical column,
facies become
progressively more
”off shore" (finer)
up section.
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Transgression
Limestone
Siltstone
Sandstone
Conglomerate
erosion
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• In a vertical column,
facies become
progressively more
”off shore" (finer)
up section.
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Transgression
Limestone
Siltstone
Sandstone
Conglomerate
erosion
“deep”
“beach”
“land”
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• A vertical sequence represents
facies that were once laterally
continuous
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Walther’s Law
Limestone
Siltstone
Sandstone
vertical sequence
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• A vertical sequence represents
facies that were once laterally
continuous
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Walther’s Law
Limestone
Siltstone
Sandstone
vertical sequence
Lateral Distribution
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Ls
Sh
Ss• A vertical sequence
represents facies that
were once laterally
continuous
Walther’s Law
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Ls
Sh
Ss
“deep”
“beach”• A vertical sequence
represents facies that
were once laterally
continuous
Walther’s Law
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• The relative sequence is more
important than absolute
completeness.
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Walther’s Law
Limestone
Sandstone
vertical sequence-1
Siltstone
vertical sequence-2
unconformity
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• The relative sequence is more
important than absolute
completeness.
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Walther’s Law
Limestone
Sandstone
vertical sequence-1
Siltstone
vertical sequence-2
unconformity
Transgression Regression
“deep”
“beach”
“land”
“intermediate”
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• Tectonic subsidence(sinking)
• Rise in sea level
• Erosion of shore line
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What cause a Transgression?
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• Tectonic uplift
• Drop in sea level
• Over supply of sediment
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What cause a Regression?
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1. Continental Glaciation
more ice = lower sea level (max. 200 meter change)
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Eustatic sea level change(world wide) - causes?
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30 meter rise
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2. Plate Tectonics
fast spreading rate = high sea level
slow = low sea level
(affects the shape of ocean
basins)
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Eustatic sea level change(world wide) - causes?
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• transgression in one place while regression in another
• local mountain uplift or crustal subsidence
• very rapid influx of sedimentor erosion.
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Local sea level change