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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 2000; v. 172; p. 291-327;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.172.01.14
© 2000 Geological Society of London

Cenozoic

Sequence stratigraphy and architecture of the Late Pleistocene Lagniappe delta complex, northeast Gulf of Mexico

V. Kolla1, P. Biondi1, B. Long2 & R. Fillon3

1 Elf Exploration-Production, CSTJF, Pau, France
2 INRS-Oceanologie, Rimouski, Canada
3 Texaco Inc., New Orleans, USA

During the last fourth-order glacial-interglacial cycle (e.g. post oxygen isotope stage 5) the Lagniappe Delta system located in the northeast Gulf of Mexico, prograded several tens of miles seaward along two main NE-SW and N-S trending fairways. The delta complex is underlain by a well-developed calcareous shale-rich condensed section that was deposited during isotope stage 5. The delta complex comprises many progradational lobes that were deposited during fifth-order sea-level falls and during the fourth-order maximum lowstand and early rise of sea level associated with isotope stages 4 to 2. Each significant fifth-order sea level fall developed a sequence boundary with an unconformity updip and a correlative conformity downdip on which a delta lobe was deposited. Autocyclic processes also lead to deposition of numerous lobes through lobe switching. During the maximum sea-level lowstand, deep erosion related to the development of an extensive incised valley system occurred across the top of the prograding wedges that were deposited during relative sea-level fall (the falling stage systems tract) and modified all of the previous updip unconformities. The base of the incised valley system, and its correlative downdip conformity, form the main fourth-order sequence boundary. It is on this surface that the last part of the delta complex was deposited during the maximum lowstand and early rise of sea-level. Thus, during the last fourth-order cycle, several fifth-order ‘initial’ sequence boundaries and one fourth-order ‘final’ sequence boundary were formed. Infilling of the incised valley system occurred mainly during the early and late rise of sea-level (isotope stages 2 and younger), prior to a major landward shift of deltaic sedimentation in response to the rapid eustatic rise in sea level during isotope stage 1.





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