Fluvial response to active extension: Evidence from 3D seismic data from the Frio Formation (Oligo-Miocene) of the Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 515-536

  Maynard, James R ^a,b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b ExxonMobil International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial drainage patterns; Seismic geomorphology; Tectonics and sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEISMIC DATA; TECTONICS; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 33646675983     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00782.x     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Alexander, J. and Leeder, M.R. (1987) Active tectonic control on alluvial architecture. In: Recent Developments in Fluvial Sedimentology (Eds F.G. Ethridge, R.M. Flores and M.D. Harvey), SEPM Spec. Publ., 39, 243-252.
2. Ashmore, P.E. (1991) How do gravel bars braid ? Can. J. Earth Sci., 28, 326-341.
3. Bettess, R. and White, W.R. (1983) Meandering and braiding in alluvial channels. Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng., 75, 525-538.
4. Bridge, J.S. (2003) Rivers and Floodplains: Forms, Processes and Sedimentary Record. Blackwell, Oxford, 491 pp.
5. Brown, A.R. (1991) Interpretation of three-dimensional seismic data. AAPG, Tulsa, OK, 341 pp.
6. Brown, L.F., Jr, Loucks, R.G., Trevino, R.H. and Hammes, U. (2004) Understanding growth-fault, intraslope subbasins by applying sequence-stratigraphic principles: Examples from the south Texas Oligocene Frio Formation. AAPG Bull., 88, 1501-1522.
7. Chang, H.H. (1985) River morphology and thresholds. J. Hydraul. Eng., 111, 503-519.
8. Chitale, S.V. (1970) River channel patterns. J. Hydraul. Eng., 96, 201-221.
9. Diegel, F.A., Schuster, D.C., Karlo, J.F., Shoup, R.C. and Tauvers, P.R. (1995) Cenozoic structural evolution and tectono-stratigraphic framework of the norAhern Gulf coast continental margin. In: Salt Tectonics: a Global Perspective (Eds M.P.A. Jackson, D.G. Roberts and S. Snelson), AAPG Mem., 65, 109-151.
10. Galloway, W.E., Hobday, D.K. and Kinji, M. (1982) Frio formation of Texas gulf Coast Plain: Depositional systems, structural framework, and hydrocarbon distribution. AAPG Bull., 66, 649-688.
11. Gawthorpe, R.L. and Leeder, M.R. (2000), Tectono-sedimentary evolution of active extensional basins. Basin Res., 12, 195-218.
12. Guiseppe, A.C. and Heller, P.L. (1998) Long-term river response to regional doming in the Price River Formation, Central Utah. Geology, 26, 239-242.
13. Jin, D. and Schumm, S.A. (1987) A new technique for modelling river morphology. In: International Geomorphology (Ed. V. Gardner), pp. 681-90.Wiley, Chichester.
14. Lane, E.W. (1957) A Study of the Shape of Channels Formed by Natural Streams Flowing in Erodible Material. Missouri River Division Sediment Series No. 9. US Army Engineer Division, Missouri River, Corps of Engineers, Omaha, NE.
15. Mackay, S.D. and Bridge, J.S. (1995) Three dimensional model of alluvial stratigraphy: Theory and application. J. Sed. Res., B65, 7-31.
16. Mitchum, R.M. and Vail, P.R. (1977) Seismic stratigraphy and global change of sea-level: Part 7. Seismic stratigraphy interpretation procedure. In: Seismic Stratigraphy (Ed. C.E. Payton), AAPG Mem., 26, 135-143.
17. Ouchi, S. (1985) Response of alluvial rivers to slow active tectonic movement. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 96, 504-515.
18. Patterson, P.E., Sprague, A.R., Hill, R.E. and McDonald, K.M. (1995), Sequence stratigraphy and fluvial facies architecture, Farrer and Tuscher Formations (Campanian), Tusher Canyon, Utah. Annual AAPG-SEPM Convention, Houston, 5-8 March, P 74A (abstract).
19. Patterson, P.E., Jones, T.A., Donofrio, C.J., Donovan, A.D. and Ottmann, J.D. (2002) Geologic modelling of external and internal reservoir architecture of fluvial depositional systems. In: Geostatistics Rio 2000 (Eds M. Armstrong, C. Bettini, N. Champigny, A. Galli and A. Remacre), pp. 41-52. Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
20. Peakall, J, Leeder, M., Best, J. and Ashworth, P. (2000) River response to lateral ground tilting: A synthesis and some implications for the modelling of alluvial architecture in extensional basins. Basin Res., 12, 413-424.
21. Schumm, S.A. (1963) Sinuosity of alluvial channels on the Great Plains. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 74, 1089-1100.
22. Schumm, S.A. and Khan, H.R. (1972), Experimental study of channel patterns. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 83, 1755-1770.
23. Schumm, S.A., Dumont, J.F. and Holbrook, J.M. (2000), Active Tectonics and Alluvial Rivers. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 276 pp.
24. Sprague, A.R., Patterson, P.E., Hill, R.E., Jones, C.R., Campion, K.M., Van Wagoner, J.C., Sullivan, M.D., Larue, D.K., Feldman, H.R., Demko, T.M., Wellner, R.W. and Geslin, J.K. (2002), The physical stratigraphy of fluvial strata: A hierarchical approach to the analysis of genetically related stratigraphic elements for improved reservoir prediction. AAPG Abstract, pp. 167-168, AGM Houston, March 10-13, 2002.
25. Van den Berg, J.H. (1995), Prediction of alluvial channel pattern of perennial rivers. Geomorphology, 12, 259-279.
26. Whitbread, T., Nicholson, T. and Owens, B. (2000) The Vicksburg of South Texas: A shelf-delta system with attitude. Trans. Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc., 50, 293-307.
27. Wood, L. and Fachmi, M. (2005) Quantitative seismic geomorphology of the Neogene West Natuna Basin, Indonesia. Seismic Geomorphology: Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production, Houston, 10-11 Feb, 2005. Geological Society of London and SEPM Abstract.
28. Zeng, H. and Hentz, T.F. (2004) High-frequency sequence stratigraphy from seismic sedimentology: Applied to Miocene, Vermilion Block 50, Tiger Shoal area, offshore Louisiana. AAPG Bull., 88, 153-174.