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Oklahoma City Geological Society

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The Shale Shaker
Vol. 68 (2017), No. 3. (May/June), Pages 112-138

Sequence-Stratigraphic Framework of the Woodford Shale on the Southern Cherokee Platform of Central Oklahoma

Brenton Joseph McCullough

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The Woodford Shale on the southern Cherokee Platform of central Oklahoma was deposited within two separate thickness trends (Trend 1 and Trend 2) that correspond to erosional features on the underlying Hunton Group. The thickness trends were investigated through core analysis and correlation of regional electrofacies. The high-resolution regional stratigraphy reveals that Trend 2 was preferentially filled during transgression and prior to Trend 1, which suggests that Trend 1 and Trend 2 differ with respect to the deposition and preservation of separate Woodford strata. Distributions of each RGRP were interpreted in the context of sequence stratigraphy, and the majority displayed a progressive transgression from the south-southeast to the north-northwest across the study area. Additionally, an overlying highstand interval appears to have been derived from the east-northeast and prograded to the west-southwest. The resulting regional sequence-stratigraphic framework can be used to identify key surfaces within the study area Woodford Shale, such as the basal sequence boundary and regional maximum-flooding surface. The surfaces identified can be used to develop local sequence-stratigraphic frameworks that agree with regional stratigraphic interpretations.


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