Lyell Collection
Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Lyell Centre  |   Lyell Collection  |   Subscriptions   |   Geological Society  |   Email alerts  |   Online bookshop  |   Help

Keywords:
Author:
Advanced search>>
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Whitaker, M. F.
Right arrow Articles by Cannon, S. J. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
GeoRef
Right arrow GeoRef Citation
Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1992; v. 61; p. 169-202;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.061.01.10
© 1992 Geological Society of London

Palynological review of the Brent Group, UK sector, north sea

M. F. Whitaker1, M. R. Giles2 & S. J. C. Cannon1

1 The Geochem Group Ltd, Chester Street, Chester CH4 8RD, UK
2 Shell UK Exploration and Production, Shell-Mex House, Strand, London, UK

A biostratigraphical zonation of the Brent Group, applicable within local oil field areas, has been established. It comprises 11 palynozones and subzones, eight of which are confined to the Ness Formation. Palynomorph associations and palynofacies types are shown to broadly correspond to specific palaeoenvironments. A regional ‘event’ scheme is outlined which establishes chronostratigraphical correlations and suggests temporal relationships between deltaic and delta front sediments. Integrated palynofacies data have allowed the development of deltaic sub-palaeoenvironments and lithofacies to be examined with respect to time and, in this way, to chart the possible progress of the delta as it prograded. Similarly, this approach enables possible areas of concentrated fluvial channel activity to be identified and the likely migration of these fluvial fairways with time. The implications of this depositional model for reservoir development and performance is discussed, showing the varying orientation of the delta front and barrier sands as it changed from a predominantly N-S trend during its early stages to WNW-ESE in its final stages.





This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Geological Society, London, Special PublicationsHome page
T. R. Olsen and R. J. Steel
The significance of the Etive Formation in the development of the Brent system: distinction of normal and forced regressions
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2000; 172: 91 - 112.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Geological Society, London, Special PublicationsHome page
J. J. Veldkamp, M. G. Gaillard, H. A. Jonkers, B. K. Levell, M. G. Gaillard, and H. A. Jonkers
A Kimmeridgian time-slice through the Humber Group of the central North Sea: a test of sequence stratigraphic methods
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 1996; 114: 1 - 28.
[Abstract] [PDF]