Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Kirkland, L. Brenda

Committee Member

Dewey, P. Christopher

Committee Member

Schmitz, W. Darrel

Date of Degree

5-2-2009

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Geosciences

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Geosciences

Abstract

Table Mesa and Rattlesnake Fields are located on the Four Corners Platform, New Mexico, between the Paradox Basin to the north and San Juan Basin to the south. Diagenesis is extensive and includes partial dissolution and replacement of ooids, partial silicification of allochems and matrix, and filling of pore space with large, blocky calcite. Pore types include interparticle, intraparticle, and vuggy, with much porosity lost to late cementation. Porosity is greatest in cycles interpreted as regressive deposits with meteoric and burial diagenesis being most significant to porosity enhancement. Sea level and depositional history are shown to be significantly useful in predicting patterns of porosity development and destruction. These results are directly applicable to other economically important carbonate platforms.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/15039

Comments

Desmoinesian Barker Creek Zone||Ferroan Calcite||Parasequence||Falling Stage Systems Tracts

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