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Core and Outcrop Description Guide

The document provides guidelines for describing and interpreting core and outcrop sections. It includes: 1. Describing the outcrop geometry, dimensions, lithology, contacts, sedimentary structures, and sequencing of lithology units. 2. Interpreting the sedimentary processes, ecology, depositional environment, type of reservoir, and stratigraphy based on core descriptions. Facies models are constructed from core interpretation to infer fluvial, coastal, or deepwater depositional systems. 3. An example core description and interpretation of the Mallawa-1 section in the Tonasa Formation is given to demonstrate the approach.

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Core and Outcrop Description Guide

The document provides guidelines for describing and interpreting core and outcrop sections. It includes: 1. Describing the outcrop geometry, dimensions, lithology, contacts, sedimentary structures, and sequencing of lithology units. 2. Interpreting the sedimentary processes, ecology, depositional environment, type of reservoir, and stratigraphy based on core descriptions. Facies models are constructed from core interpretation to infer fluvial, coastal, or deepwater depositional systems. 3. An example core description and interpretation of the Mallawa-1 section in the Tonasa Formation is given to demonstrate the approach.

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CORE / OUTCROP

DESCRIPTION &
INTERPRETATION
CORE/OUTCROP
DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETATION
GUIDE LINE

BIRD EYE VIEW ANT VIEW


1. Outcrop Geometry & dimension • Geometry & Bedding
• Lithology
2. Lithology unit (divide lateral & • Contact
vertical lithology continuity;
• Sedimentary Structures
wedging, stacking.
(primary)
3. Contact every lithology unit • Miscellaneous
(erosional, gradational, sharp).
4. Sequencing (f/u; c/u; blocky)
5. Sedimentary structure
1

3A
3B

Example: Mallawa-1 Section


unit lithology description outcrop photo

cm
240

1 Limestone, probably TONASA FM

erosional base

200 clay plug, mudstone and coaly shale, propably


part of floodplain or crevassesplay

2
vf sst – shale, cu (?)

150 Paleosol (C/B zone)

3A vf sst – shale, cu (?)

100 Paleosol (C/B zone) sideritic zone

vf sst – shale, cu (?)


3A

50

erosional base

4 calcarenite MALLAWA-1 SECTION


Day 1. July 18 2005
Time. 13.30 – 18.00 WITA
0 Geologist : ADB, JAP
CORE AND OUTCROP INTERPRETATION

1) Sedimentary Processes 4) Type of reservoir


- High – Low energy - Paleocurrents, flow orientation
- Bedload –Suspended load - Internal bedding
- Biochemical-organic sediment - Geometry, architecture..
- Upper/lower flow regime - Seals
- Conclusion
2) Ecology 5) STRATIGRAPHY
- Fossils - Event and markers (FS, MFS, SB, WRS, etc.)
- Roots - Cycle and sequences
- Plant debris - Relative sea level
- Ichnofacies - Regional paleogeography and seismic
- Depositional setting
non marine, paralic, neritic, bathyal, abyssal, etc)
3) Depos. environment
- Fluvial ( Floodplain, channel, type of channel..)
- Coastal-deltaic (coastal plain, dist. channel, d. front, etc.)
- Deep water ( turbidites, channels , lobes etc.)
- Other.
CORE INTERPRETATION

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1) Sedimentary Processes

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2) Ecology

3) Depositonal Environment

4) Type of Reservoir

5) Stratigraphy Coa llowingu


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Facies model for anastomosed river sedimentation from core interpretation at the Potomac Formation, modified from Miall 19
PJ Sugarman et al
Facies model for delta plain sedimentation from core interpretation at the Potomac Formation, modified from Reading, 1986
PJ Sugarman et al

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