Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1986
Abstract
Sands and minor gravels are concentrated in middle and lower fan channel fills, and in lower fan channel-mouth deposits. Silts and clays occur in overbank deposits, passive channel fills, and interbeds associated with coarser facies. Graded bedding and lamination, both of varying thickness, are the dominant sedimentary structures in all environments. At this stage in their depositional history, the sands are relatively clean, have high porosities, show only minor pore-reducing diagenetic effects, and thus have excellent hydrocarbon reservoir potential. -from Authors
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Initial reports DSDP, Leg 96, Ft. Lauderdale to Galveston, Texas, 1983
First Page
489
Last Page
503
Recommended Citation
Thayer, P., Roberts, H., Bouma, A., & Coleman, J. (1986). Sedimentology and petrology of Mississippi Fan depositional environments, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 96.. Initial reports DSDP, Leg 96, Ft. Lauderdale to Galveston, Texas, 1983, 489-503. https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.96.122.1986