Siliciclastic sediment across the North Queensland margin (Australia): A Holocene perspective on reciprocal versus coeval deposition in tropical mixed siliciclastic-carbonate systems

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 572-586

  Francis, Jason M ^a   Dunbar, Gavin B ^b,c   Dickens, Gerald R ^a,c   Sutherland, Ian A ^c   Droxler, André W ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBONATION; FELDSPAR; HEMATITE; OCEAN CURRENTS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTATION; STORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TROPICS;

CARBONATE DEPOSITION; CARBONATE MATERIALS; CONVENTIONAL MODELS; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; SILICICLASTIC CARBONATES; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 34447539634     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.057     Document Type: Article

References (83)

1. ALEXANDER, I., ANDRES, M.S., BRAITHWAITE, C.J.R., BRAGA, J.C., COOPER, M.J., DAVIES, P.J., ELDERFIELD, H., GILMOUR, M.A., KAY, R.L.F., KROON, D., MACKENZIE, J.A., MONTAGGIONI, L.F., SKINNER, A., THOMPSON, R., VASCONCELOS, C., WEBSTER, J., AND WILSON, P.A., 2001, New constraints on the origin of the Australian Great Barrier Reef; results from an international project of deep coring: Geology, v. 29, p. 483-486.
2. AMOS, K.J., ALEXANDER, J., HORN, A., POCOCK, G.D., AND FIELDING, C.R. , 2004, Supply limited sediment transport in a high-discharge event of the tropical Burdekin River, North Queensland, Australia: Sedimentology, v. 51, p. 145-162.
3. BELPERIO, A.P., 1983, Terrigenous sedimentation in the central Great Barrier Reef lagoon: A model from the Burdekin Region: Australia, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, v. 8, p. 179-190.
4. BELPERIO, A.P., AND SEARLE, D.E., 1988, Terrigenous and carbonate sedimentation in the Great Barrier Reef Province, in Doyle, L.J., and Roberts, H.H., eds., Carbonate Clastic Transitions: Amsterdam, Elsevier, p. 143-174.
5. BORER, J.M., AND HARRIS, P.M., 1991, Lithofacies and cyclicity of the Yates Formation, Permian Basin; implications for reservoir heterogeneity: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, v. 75, p. 726-779.
6. BRODIE, J.E., AND FURNAS, M., 1996, Cyclones, river flood plumes and natural water extremes in the central Great Barrier Reef: Downstream effects of land use: Brisbane, Department of Natural Resources, p. 367-375.
7. BURRAGE, D.M., STEINBERG, C.R., SKIRVING, W.J., AND KLEYPAS, J.A., 1996, Mesoscale circulation features of the Great Barrier Reef region inferred from NOAA satellite imagery: Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 56, p. 21-41.
8. CARTER, R.M., JOHNSON, D.P., AND HOOPER, K., 1993, Episodic post-glacial sea-level rise and the sedimentary evolution of a tropical continental embayment (Cleveland Bay, Great Barrier Reef shelf, Australia): Australian Journal of Earth Science, v. 40, p. 229-255.
9. CONAGHAN, P.J., 1964, Sediments and sedimentary processes in Gladstone Harbour, Queensland: University of Queensland, Department of Geology, Papers, v. 6, p. 1-52.
10. CORRÈGE, T., 1993, Late Quaternary paleoceanography of the Queensland Trough (western Coral Sea) based on Octracoda and the chemical composition of their shells:, The Australian National University, 194 p.
11. CÓZAR, P., SOMERVILLE, I.D., RODRIGUEZ, S., MAS, R., AND MEDINA-VAREA, P., 2006, Development of a late Visćan (Mississippian) mixed carbonate/siliciclastic platform in the Guadalmellato Valley (southwest Spain): Sedimentary Geology, v. 183, p. 269-295.
12. DAVIES, P.J., AND HOPLEY, D., 1983, Growth facies and growth rates of Holocene reefs in the Great Barrier Reef: Australia, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, v. 8, p. 237-251.
13. DAVIES, P.J., MCKENZIE, J.A., AND PALMER-JULSON, A., et al. 1991, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: College Station, Texas, Initial Reports, v. 133.
14. DEVLIN, M., WATERHOUSE, J., TAYLOR, J., AND BRODIE, J., 2001, Flood plumes in the Great Barrier Reef: Spatial and temporal patterns in composition and distribution: Townsville, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 114 p.
15. DICKENS, G.R., DUNBAR, G.B., HUDSON, N., FILDES, K., LARCOMBE, P., AND CARTER, R.M., 1999, Geochemical discrimination of sediment facies on the North Queensland Margin, in Heap, A.D., ed., North Queensland Sedimentologists' 1st Annual Workshop: Townsville, James Cook University, School of Earth Sciences, p. 58-62.
16. DOROBEK, S.L., AND READ, J.F., 1986, Sedimentology and basin evolution of the Siluro-Devonian Helderberg Group, Central Appalachians: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 56, p. 601-613.
17. DRUFFEL, E.R.M., AND GRIFFIN, S., 1999, Variability of surface ocean radiocarbon and stable isotopes in the southwestern Pacific: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 104, p. 607-613.
18. DUNBAR, G.B., 2000, Late Quaternary evolution of the northeast Australian continental margin:, James Cook University, 108 p.
19. DUNBAR, G.B., AND DICKENS, G.R., 2003a, Massive siliciclastic discharge to slopes of the Great Barrier Reef Platform during sea-level transgression: Constraints from sediment cores between 15°S and 16°S latitude and possible explanations: Sedimentary Geology, v. 162, p. 141-158.
20. DUNBAR, G.B., AND DICKENS, G.R., 2003b, The shedding of shallow marine carbonate over space and time in a tropical mixed siliciclastic-carbonate system: Carbonate components of late Quaternary periplatform ooze east of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Sedimentology, v. 50, p. 1061-1077.
21. DUNBAR, G.B., DICKENS, G.R., AND CARTER, R.M., 2000, Sediment flux across the Great Barrier Reef shelf to the Queensland Trough over last 300 ky: Sedimentary Geology, v. 133, p. 49-92.
22. EVANS, I, KENDALL, C.G.St.C., AND BUTLER, J.C., 1977, Genesis of Liassic shallow and deep water rhythms central high Atlas Mountains, Morocco: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 47, p. 120-128.
23. 14 C dates on pristine corals: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 24, p. 1781-1796.
24. FERRO, C.E., DROXLER, A.W., ANDERSON, J.B., AND MUCCIARONE, D., 1999, Late Quaternary shift of mixed siliciclastic-carbonate environments induced by glacial eustatic sea-level fluctuations in Belize, in Harris, P.M., Saller, A.H., and Simo, J.A., eds., Advances in Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy; Application to Reservoirs, Outcrops and Models, SEPM, Special Publication 63, p. 385-411.
25. FIELDING, C.R., TRUEMAN, J.D., DICKENS, G.R., AND PAGE, M.C., 2003, Anatomy of the buried Burdekin River channel across the Great Barrier Reef shelf: How does a major river operate on a tropical mixed siliciclastic/carbonate margin during sea level lowstand?: Sedimentary Geology, v. 157, p. 291-301.
26. FIELDING, C.R., TRUEMAN, J.D., AND ALEXANDER, J., 2006, Holocene depositional history of the Burdekin River delta of northeastern Australia: A model for a low-accommodation, highstand delta: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 76, p. 411-428.
27. GAGAN, M.K., SANDSTROM, M.W., AND CHIVAS, A.R., 1987, Restricted terrestrial carbon input to the continental shelf during Cyclone Winifred: Implications for terrestrial runoff to the Great Barrier Reef Province: Coral Reefs, v. 6, p. 113-119.
28. GAGAN, M.K., JOHNSON, D.P., AND CARTER, R.M., 1988, The cyclone Winifred storm bed, central Great Barrier Reef shelf, Australia: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 58, p. 845-856.
29. HANDFORD, C.R., AND LOUCKS, R.G., 1993, Carbonate depositional sequences and systems tracts - responses of carbonate platforms to relative sea-level changes, in Loucks, R.G., and Sarg, J.F., eds., Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy: Recent Developments and Applications: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 57, p. 3-41.
30. HARRIS, P.T., DAVIES, P.J., AND MARSHALL, J.F., 1990, Late Quaternary sedimentation on the Great Barrier Reef continental shelf and slope east of Townsville, Australia: Marine Geology, v. 94, p. 55-77.
31. HARRIS, P.T., HEAP, A.D., PASSLOW, V., HUGHES, M., DANIELL, J., HEMER, M., AND ANDERSON, O., 2005, Tidally incised valleys on tropical carbonate shelves: An example from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Marine Geology, v. 220, p. 181-204.
32. HEAP, A.D., DICKENS, G.R., AND STEWART, L.K., 2001, Late Holocene sediment in Nara Inlet, central Great Barrier Reef platform, Australia: sediment accumulation on the middle shelf of a tropical mixed clastic/ carbonate system: Marine Geology, v. 176, p. 39-54.
33. HEAP, A.D., DICKENS, G.R., STEWART, L.K., AND WOOLFE, K.J., 2002, Holocene storage of siliciclastic sediment around islands on the middle shelf of the Great Barrier Reef Platform, north-east Australia: Sedimentology, v. 49, p. 603-621.
34. ISERN, A.R., ANSELMETTI, F.S., and BLUM, P., et al., (eds.), 2002, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: College Station, Texas, Initial Reports, v. 194.
35. JAMES, N.P., AND GINSBURG, R.N., 1979, The seaward margin of Belize barrier and atoll reefs: International Association of Sedimentologists, Special Publication 3, 191 p.
36. JOHNSON, D.P., AND SEARLE, D.E., 1984, Post-glacial seismic stratigraphy, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Sedimentology, v. 31, p. 335-353.
37. KERSHAW, A.P., MCKENZIE, G.M., AND MCMINN, A., 1993, A Quaternary vegetation history of northeastern Queensland from pollen analysis of ODP site 820, in McKenzie, J.A., Davies, P.J., and Palmer-Julson, A., et al., (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: College Station, Texas, Scientific Results, v. 133, p. 107-114.
38. KING, B., MCALLISTER, F., WOLANSKI, E., DONE, T., AND SPAGNOL, S., 2001, River plume dynamics in the central Great Barrier Reef, in Wolanski, E., ed,, Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press, p. 145-160.
39. KLOVAN, J.E., 1974, Development of Western Canadian Devonian Reefs and Comparison with Holocene Analogues: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, v. 58, p. 787-799.
40. LAMBECK, K., ESAT, T.M., AND POTTER, E., 2002, Links between climate and sea levels for the past three million years: Nature, v. 419, p. 199-206.
41. LAMBECK, A., AND WOOLFE, K.J., 2000, Composition and textural variability along the 10 m isobath, Great Barrier Reef: Evidence for pervasive northward sediment transport: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 47, p. 327-335.
42. LARCOMBE, P., AND CARTER, R.M., 2004, Cyclone pumping, sediment partitioning and the development of the Great Barrier Reef shelf system: A review: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 23, p. 107 135.
43. LARCOMBE, P., RIDD, P.V., PRYTZ, A., AND WILSON, B., 1995a, Factors controlling suspended sediment on inner-shelf coral reefs, Townsville, Australia: Coral Reefs, v. 14, p. 163-171.
44. LARCOMBE, P., CARTER, R.M., DYE, J., GAGAN, M.K., AND JOHNSON, D.P. , 1995b, New evidence for episodic post-glacial sea-level rise, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Marine Geology, v. 127, p. 1-44.
45. LUICK, J.L., MASON, L., HARDY, T., AND FURNAS, M.J., 2007, Circulation in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon using numerical tracers and in situ data: Continental Shelf Research, v. 27, p. 757-778.
46. MACK, G.H., AND JAMES, W.C., 1986, Cyclic sedimentation in the mixed siliclastic-carbonate Abo Hueco transitional zone (Lower Permian), southwestern New Mexico: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 56, p. 635-647.
47. MAGEE, J.W., MILLER, G.H., SPOONER, N.A., AND QUESTIAUX, D., 2004, Continuous 150 k.y. monsoon record from Lake Eyre, Australia: Insolation-forcing implications and unexpected Holocene failure: Geology, v. 32, p. 885-888.
48. MARSHALL, S.M., AND STEPHENSON, T.A., 1933, Sedimentation on Low Isles Reef and its relation to coral growth: Great Barrier Reef Expedition, Scientific Report, v. 3, p. 219-245.
49. MAXWELL, W.G.H., 1968, Atlas of the Great Barrier Reef: Amsterdam, Elsevier, 258 p.
50. MAXWELL, W.G.H., AND SWINCHATT, J.P., 1970, Great Barrier Reef: regional variation in a terrigenous carbonate province: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 81, p. 691-724.
51. MOSS, A.J., RAYMENT, G.E., RIELLY, N., AND BEST, E.K., 1993, A preliminary assessment of sediment and nutrient exports from Queensland coastal catchments: Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage, Environment Technical Report 5, 27 p.
52. Moss, P.T., KERSHAW, A.P., AND GRINDROD, J., 2005, Pollen transport and deposition in riverine and marine environments within the humid tropics of northeastern Australia: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 134, p. 55-69.
53. MOUNT, J.F., 1984, Mixing of siliciclastic and carbonate sediments in shallow shelf environments: Geology, v. 12, p. 432-435.
54. MüLLER, G., AND GASTNER, M., 1971, The "Karbonat-Bombe," a simple device for the determination of the carbonate content in sediments, soils and other materials: Nueus Jahrbuch Für Mineralogie, v. 10, p. 466-469.
55. NEIL, D.T., ORPIN, A.R., RIDD, P.V., AND YU, B., 2002, Sediment yield and impacts from river catchments to the Great Barrier lagoon: Marine and Freshwater Research, v. 53, p. 733-752.
56. NOTT, J., AND PRICE, D., 1994, Plunge pools and paleoprecipitation: Geology, v. 22, p. 1047-1050.
57. ORME, G.R., WEBB, J.P., KELLAND, N.J., AND SARGENT, G.E.G., 1978, Aspects of the geological history and structure of the northern Great Barrier Reef, in Stoddart, D.R., and Yonge, M., eds., The Northern Great Barrier Reef, Royal Society (London), Philosophical Transactions, v. 291, p. 23-35.
58. ORPIN, A.R., RIDD, P.V., AND STEWART, L.K., 1999, Assessment of the relative importance of major sediment-transport mechanisms within the central Great Barrier Reef lagoon: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 46, p. 883-996.
59. ORPIN, A.R., BRUNSKILL, G.J., ZAGORSKIS, I., AND WOOLFE, K.J., 2004, Patterns of mixed siliciclastic-carbonate sedimentation adjacent to a large dry-tropics river on the central Great Barrier Reef shelf, Australia: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 51, p. 665-683.
60. PAGE, M.K., DICKENS, G.R., AND DUNBAR, G.B., 2003, Tropical view of Quaternary sequence stratigraphy: Siliciclastic accumulation on slopes east of the Great Barrier Reef since the Last Glacial Maximum: Geology, v. 31, p. 1013-1016.
61. PARNELL, K.E., 1988, Physical process studies in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: Progress in Physical Geography, v. 12, p. 209-236.
62. PEERDEMAN, F.M., AND DAVIES, P.J., 1993, Sedimentological response of an outer-shelf, upper slope sequence to rapid changes in Pleistocene Eustatic sea level: Hole 820A, Northeastern Australian Margin, in McKenzie, J.A., Davies, P.J., and Palmer-Julson, A., et al., eds., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, Texas, Scientific Results, v. 133, p. 163-174.
63. PICKARD, G.L., DONGUY, J.R., HENIN, C., AND ROUGERIE, R., 1977, A review of the physical oceanography of the Great Barrier Reef and western Coral Sea: Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series, v. 2, 134 p.
64. SALAMA, M.S., 1990, Late Quaternary sedimentary characteristics, processes and evolution of the Princess Charlotte Bay area: A Great Barrier Reef province [Ph.D. thesisc]: University of Queensland, Brisbane.
65. SCOFFIN, T.P., AND TUDHOPE, A.W., 1985, Sedimentary environments of the Central Region of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia: Coral Reefs, v. 4, p. 81-93.
66. SKJOLD, L.J., 1988, A seismic and sedimentary study of the late Quaternary development of the Lloyd Bay area, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia [unpublished thesisc]: University of Queensland, Brisbane.
67. SMITH, W.H.F., AND SANDWELL, D.T., 1997, Global sea floor topography from satellite altimetry and ship depth soundings: Science, v. 277, p. 1956-1962.
68. 14C database and revised CALIB radiocarbon calibration program: Radiocarbon, v. 35, p. 215-230.
69. SUTHERLAND, I.A., 2000, A GIS approach to modeling Holocene carbonate sediments on the North Queensland Margin, Australia [unpublished thesisc]:, James Cook University, 131 p.
70. SYMONDS, P.A., DAVIES, P.J., AND PARISI, A., 1983, Structure and stratigraphy of the Great Barrier Reef: Australia: Bureau of Mineral Resources, Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, v. 8, p. 277-291.
71. TAYLOR, J.C., 1991, Computer programs for standardless quantitative analysis of minerals using the full powder diffraction profile: Powder Diffraction, v. 6, p. 2-9.
72. THOMAS, M.F., NOTT, J.M., AND PRICE, D.M., 2001, Late Quaternary stream sedimentation in the humid tropics: A review with new data from NE Queensland, Australia: Geomorphology, v. 39, p. 53-68.
73. TRAYKOVSKI, P., GEYER, W.R., IRISH, J.D., AND LYNCH, J.F., 2000, The role of wave-induced density-driven fluid mud flows for cross-shelf transport on the Eel River continental shelf: Continental Shelf Research, v. 20, p. 2113-2140.
74. VAN SICLEN, D.C., 1958, Depositional topography - examples and theory: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, v. 42, p. 1897-1913.
75. WARD, I.A.K., LARCOMBE, P., AND CUFF, C., 1995, Stratigraphic control of the geochemistry of Holocene inner-shelf facies, Great Barrier Reef: Marine Geology, v. 129, p. 47-62.
76. WARD, I.A.K., LARCOMBE, P., BRINKMAN, R., AND CARTER, R.M., 1999, Sedimentary processes and the Pandora wreck, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Journal of Field Archaeology, v. 26, p. 41-53.
77. WESSEL, P., AND SMITH, W.H.F., 1991, Free software helps map and display data: American Geophysical Union, EOS, Transactions, v. 72, p. 445-446.
78. WILSON, J.L., 1967, Cyclic and reciprocal sedimentation in Virgilian strata of southern New Mexico: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 78, p. 805-818.
79. WOLANSKI, E., AND RUDDICK, B., 1981, Water circulation and shelf waves in northern Great Barrier Reef lagoon: Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, v. 32, p. 721-740.
80. WOLANSKI, E., AND SPAGNOL, S., 2000, Pollution by mud of Great Barrier Reef coastal waters: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 16, p. 1l51-1156.
81. WOOLFE, K.J., AND LARCOMBE, P., 1998, Terrigenous sediment accumulation as a regional control on the distribution of reef carbonates, in Camoin, G.F., and Davies, P.J., eds., Reefs and carbonate platforms in the Pacific and Indian oceans, International Association of Sedimentologists, Special Publication 25, p. 295-310.
82. WYRTKI, K., 1960, Surface circulation in the Coral and Tasman Seas: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australian Division of Fisheries and Oceanography.
83. ZANN, L.P., 1995, Our Sea, Our Future, Major Findings of the State of the Marine Environment Report for Australia: Townsville, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.