Spychala, YT, Hodgson, DM, Flint, SS et al. (1 more author) (2015) Constraining the sedimentology and stratigraphy of submarine intraslope lobe deposits using exhumed examples from the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Sedimentary Geology, 322. 67 - 81. ISSN 0037-0738
Abstract
Intraslope lobe deposits provide a record of the infill of accommodation on submarine slopes and their recognition enables the accurate reconstruction of the stratigraphic evolution of submarine slope systems. Extensive exposures of discrete sand-prone packages in Units D/E and E, Fort Brown Formation, Karoo Basin, South Africa, permit analysis of the sedimentology and stacking patterns of three intraslope lobe complexes and their palaeogeographic reconstruction via bed-scale analysis and physical correlation of key stratal surfaces. The sand-prone packages comprise tabular, aggradationally to slightly compensationally stacked lobe deposits with constituent facies associations that can be attributed to lobe axis, lobe off-axis, lobe-fringe and distal lobe-fringe environments. Locally, intraslope lobe deposits are incised by low aspect ratio channels that mark basinward progradation of the deepwater system. The origin of accommodation on the slope for lobe deposition is interpreted to be due to differential compaction or healing of scars from mass wasting processes. The stacking patterns and sedimentary facies arrangement identified in this study are distinct from those of more commonly recognised basin-floor lobe deposits, thereby enabling the establishment of recognition criteria for intraslope lobe deposits in other less well exposed and studied fine-grained systems. Compared to basin floor lobes, intraslope lobes are smaller volume, influenced by higher degrees of confinement, and tend to show aggradational stacking patterns.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Elsevier B.V. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Sedimentary Geology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Intraslope lobes; submarine slope; slope topography; facies stacking pattern; facies variability; Karoo Basin |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Applied Geosciences (IAG) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2015 15:25 |
Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2016 08:08 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.03.013 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.03.013 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:84909 |