Author: John C. Farrell (Graduate student)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carbon
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Abstract: Paleobathymetric position, rates of primary production and detrital input play an important role in determining the sedimentologic character of the highly heterogeneous Miocene Monterey Formation. Although many studies have documented the vertical succession of compositionally distinct lithostratigraphic members, only a few have investigated lateral variability within fine-grained facies. Here, we present a detailed examination of core and modern well logs over an interval within the McDonald and Antelope members of the Monterey Formation to understand the sedimentological relationships and lateral variation of organic matter, biogenic-silica and detritus in the Belridge oil field area of the San Joaquin Basin. This work characterizes significant lateral variation well within the length of a standard horizontal well (5,000’ to 10,000’ ft). A better understanding of thickness and compositional lateral variation in fine-grained systems has practical applications ranging from field exploration and reserve estimates to operational optimization in geosteering, drilling and completions.
Lateral Variation of Fine-grained, Organic-rich Sediments of the Miocene Monterey Formation, Belridge Field Area, California
Author: John C. Farrell (Graduate student)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carbon
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Abstract: Paleobathymetric position, rates of primary production and detrital input play an important role in determining the sedimentologic character of the highly heterogeneous Miocene Monterey Formation. Although many studies have documented the vertical succession of compositionally distinct lithostratigraphic members, only a few have investigated lateral variability within fine-grained facies. Here, we present a detailed examination of core and modern well logs over an interval within the McDonald and Antelope members of the Monterey Formation to understand the sedimentological relationships and lateral variation of organic matter, biogenic-silica and detritus in the Belridge oil field area of the San Joaquin Basin. This work characterizes significant lateral variation well within the length of a standard horizontal well (5,000’ to 10,000’ ft). A better understanding of thickness and compositional lateral variation in fine-grained systems has practical applications ranging from field exploration and reserve estimates to operational optimization in geosteering, drilling and completions.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carbon
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Abstract: Paleobathymetric position, rates of primary production and detrital input play an important role in determining the sedimentologic character of the highly heterogeneous Miocene Monterey Formation. Although many studies have documented the vertical succession of compositionally distinct lithostratigraphic members, only a few have investigated lateral variability within fine-grained facies. Here, we present a detailed examination of core and modern well logs over an interval within the McDonald and Antelope members of the Monterey Formation to understand the sedimentological relationships and lateral variation of organic matter, biogenic-silica and detritus in the Belridge oil field area of the San Joaquin Basin. This work characterizes significant lateral variation well within the length of a standard horizontal well (5,000’ to 10,000’ ft). A better understanding of thickness and compositional lateral variation in fine-grained systems has practical applications ranging from field exploration and reserve estimates to operational optimization in geosteering, drilling and completions.
The Monterey Formation
Author: Caroline M. Isaacs
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231105859
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Provides an extraordinary case study of a classic marine petroleum system in the prolific oil basins of California. Based on results from the Cooperative Monterey Organic Chemistry Study, the volume examines paleoenvironmental conditions, organic-matter deposition, source-rock characteristics, thermal maturation, and oil generation in the Monterey Formation.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231105859
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Provides an extraordinary case study of a classic marine petroleum system in the prolific oil basins of California. Based on results from the Cooperative Monterey Organic Chemistry Study, the volume examines paleoenvironmental conditions, organic-matter deposition, source-rock characteristics, thermal maturation, and oil generation in the Monterey Formation.
Monterey Formation and Associated Coarse Clastic Rocks, Central San Joaquin Basin, California
Author: L. A. Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diagenesis
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diagenesis
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Stratigraphy, Diagenesis, and Structural Deformation of the Monterey Formation, Central California Coast
Author: Richard J. Behl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781565763586
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This field trip guidebook uses the Miocene Monterey Formation as a natural laboratory to understand the origin, distribution and physical properties of biogenic, siliceous and organic-rich mudrocks deposited from clastic-starved, upwelling systems above marginal marine basins. Based on a successful week-long, professional short-course led for many years by the authors, the guidebook teaches how to distinguish types of siliceous, calcareous/dolomitic, phosphatic and organic-rich rocks and to understand relationships between depositional environment, sediment and rock composition, diagenetic evolution, and bedding style or stacking patterns. Knowledge of the chemical and mineralogic character and the physical properties of these rocks is then applied to understand variations in mechanical stratigraphy and fracture architecture that can enhance prediction of petroleum reservoir properties.The field guide takes the user to spectacular, classic outcrops of different facies of the Miocene Monterey Formation exposed along the coast of southern and central California. The great heterogeneity of the Monterey Formation permits investigation of siliceous, calcareous, phosphatic and carbonaceous mudrocks and their different properties and deformational behavior that can be applied to other mudstones around the world. Their occurrence within a complex and varied tectonically active setting provides exposures that presenting different aspects, perspectives and styles of deformation from extension to compression to strike-slip faulting, with bedding-scale to formational-scale expressions.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781565763586
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This field trip guidebook uses the Miocene Monterey Formation as a natural laboratory to understand the origin, distribution and physical properties of biogenic, siliceous and organic-rich mudrocks deposited from clastic-starved, upwelling systems above marginal marine basins. Based on a successful week-long, professional short-course led for many years by the authors, the guidebook teaches how to distinguish types of siliceous, calcareous/dolomitic, phosphatic and organic-rich rocks and to understand relationships between depositional environment, sediment and rock composition, diagenetic evolution, and bedding style or stacking patterns. Knowledge of the chemical and mineralogic character and the physical properties of these rocks is then applied to understand variations in mechanical stratigraphy and fracture architecture that can enhance prediction of petroleum reservoir properties.The field guide takes the user to spectacular, classic outcrops of different facies of the Miocene Monterey Formation exposed along the coast of southern and central California. The great heterogeneity of the Monterey Formation permits investigation of siliceous, calcareous, phosphatic and carbonaceous mudrocks and their different properties and deformational behavior that can be applied to other mudstones around the world. Their occurrence within a complex and varied tectonically active setting provides exposures that presenting different aspects, perspectives and styles of deformation from extension to compression to strike-slip faulting, with bedding-scale to formational-scale expressions.
Diagenesis in the Monterey Formation Examined Laterally Along the Coast Near Santa Barbara, California
Author: Caroline M. Isaacs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Geochemistry of Minor Elements in the Monterey Formation, California
Author: David Z. Piper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geochemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geochemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Diagenesis, Deformation, and Fluid Flow in the Miocene Monterey Formation
Author: Peter Eichhubl
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diagenesis
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diagenesis
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Age of the Lospe Formation (Early Miocene) and Origin of the Santa Maria Basin, California
Author: Richard G. Stanley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Understanding the Monterey Formation and Similar Biosiliceous Units across Space and Time
Author: Ivano W. Aiello
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813725569
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813725569
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Chemostratigraphy of Hemipelagic Facies of the Montery Formation and Equivalent Sedimentary Rocks, Los Angeles Basin, California
Author: Rebecca K. Lanners
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781303766633
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Abstract: The submarine-fan-dominated, proximal Los Angeles basin contains interstratified hemipelagic strata coeval with the widespread Miocene Monterey Formation that accumulated in other California margin basins. Although more detrital-rich and containing greater abundance of plagioclase and muscovite than more distal, outboard basins, a four-part compositional zonation is recognized in the fine-grained facies, similar to the stratigraphic succession of the Santa Barbara coastal area. In ascending stratigraphic order, these include a basal interbedded calcareous-siliceous zone, a phosphatic zone, a calcareous-siliceous zone, and an uppermost siliceous zone. To establish these zonations, 125 samples from five wells in a north-south transect across the western basin from East and West Beverly Hills, Inglewood, and Wilmington oil fields were analyzed for bulk chemical composition by XRF and quantitative mineralogy by XRD and FTIR. The mineralogic composition of the fine-grained detrital fraction makes use of geochemical equations for sedimentary components developed elsewhere unsuitable to the Los Angeles basin.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781303766633
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Abstract: The submarine-fan-dominated, proximal Los Angeles basin contains interstratified hemipelagic strata coeval with the widespread Miocene Monterey Formation that accumulated in other California margin basins. Although more detrital-rich and containing greater abundance of plagioclase and muscovite than more distal, outboard basins, a four-part compositional zonation is recognized in the fine-grained facies, similar to the stratigraphic succession of the Santa Barbara coastal area. In ascending stratigraphic order, these include a basal interbedded calcareous-siliceous zone, a phosphatic zone, a calcareous-siliceous zone, and an uppermost siliceous zone. To establish these zonations, 125 samples from five wells in a north-south transect across the western basin from East and West Beverly Hills, Inglewood, and Wilmington oil fields were analyzed for bulk chemical composition by XRF and quantitative mineralogy by XRD and FTIR. The mineralogic composition of the fine-grained detrital fraction makes use of geochemical equations for sedimentary components developed elsewhere unsuitable to the Los Angeles basin.