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
Recommended Citation
Culpepper, Jonathan David, "Porosity development in Pennsylvanian core from Table Mesa and Rattlesnake Fields, northwestern New Mexico" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 3571.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/3571
Comments
Desmoinesian Barker Creek Zone||Ferroan Calcite||Parasequence||Falling Stage Systems Tracts