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AAPG Bulletin, V.
1Manuscript received June 12, 1996;
revised manuscript received July 9, 1998; final acceptance November 15,
1999.
2Geography Department, Langara College,
100 West 49th Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia V5Y 2Z6, Canada.
3Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences,
6339 Stores Rd., The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British
Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
ABSTRACT
The Bakken and Exshaw formations and the basal
Banff black shale are divisible into three systems tracts: (1) a transgressive
systems tract, (2) a lowstand systems tract, and (3) a second transgressive
systems tract. Lodgepole and Banff formation carbonates, overlying the
Bakken and Exshaw formations, are part of a highstand systems tract. A
sequence boundary occurs between the lower and middle Bakken members. The
conformable equivalent of this sequence boundary is within the Exshaw black
shale member. Variations in the internal composition of these systems tracts
imply that two depocenters, (1) the Williston basin and (2) the Prophet
trough and the western margin of the North American craton, were affected
differently by relative sea level rise and fall during Bakken and Exshaw
deposition because of differences in water depth and sediment accommodation.
Spatial and temporal changes in black shale and gray mudstone/sandstone,
as highlighted by this sequence stratigraphic interpretation, may have
significant impacts on source rock potential and hydrocarbon reservoir
size, location, and quality.
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