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Abstract
Facies and Lithological Controls on Paleomagnetism: An Example From the Rainbow South Field, Alberta, Canada
ABSTRACT
Paleomagnetic analysis of specimens from the Middle Devonian Sulphur Point Formation in four wells in the Rainbow South field, Alberta, Canada, showed magnetization that correlated with the different lithological fractions and facies observed within the wells. In limestone, the fine-grained mudstones contain a Late Devonian magnetization with the paleopole at 36.3°N, 99.4°E (dm = 6.3°, dp = 11.7°) while the coarser-grained grainstones and packstones contain a Tertiary or present-day magnetization with a paleopole at 81.2°N, 210.6°E (dm = 4.7°, dp = 4.5°). Of five previously identified dolomitic fractions or phases, three were isolated in sufficient quantity to allow standard paleomagnetic analysis and age determination: the fine-crystalline dolomite had a paleopole of 75.2°N, 143.0°E (dm = 12.1°, dp = 14.1°) in the Middle to Upper Jurassic; the medium-crystalline dolomite had a paleopole of 69.9°N, 190°E (dm = 10.5°, dp = 11.2°) in the Cretaceous; and the saddle dolomite paleopole at 74.9°N, 203.2°E (dm= 5.6°, dp = 5.8°) was of Paleocene or Eocene age. Insufficient samples of the earliest dolomitic phase, dolomicrite, were available for statistical analysis. However, the paleoinclination suggests a minimum age of Early Jurassic. Paleomagnetic dates thus confirm the relative order of dolomite formation as identified in previous studies.
The presence of the Paleocene-Eocene magnetization is one of the most significant findings in this study. This magnetization is present in specimens containing vug-filling, replacement or veined saddle dolomite, and is carried by magnetite. Thus, in the Rainbow South Field, the timing of saddle dolomite is unambiguous, and its precipitation must be due to the Laramide Orogeny.
RESUME
L'analyse paleomagnetique d'echantillons de la Formation de Sulphur Point du Devonien moyen de quatre puits du champ de Rainbow Sud, Alberta, Canada, montre des magnetisations qui sont correlees aux differentes fractions lithologiques et aux facies observes dans les puits. Dans le calcaire, les mudstones a grain fin contiennent une magnetisation du Devonien superieur avec un paleopole a 36.3°N, 99.4°E (dm, dp = 6.3°, 11.7°) alors que les grainstones et packstones a grain plus grossier contiennent une magnetisation du Tertiaire ou du temps present a 81.2°N, 210.6°E (dm, dp = 4.7°, 4.5°). Des cinq fractions ou phases dolomitiques identifiees precedemment, trois ont ete isolees en quantite suffisante pour permettre une analyse paleomagnetique standard et une determination de l'age : la dolomite a cristaux fins avait un paleopole de 75.2°N, 143.0°E (dm, dp = 12.1°, 14.1°) associe au Jurassique moyen a superieur; la dolomite a cristaux moyens avait un paleopole a 69.9°N, 190°E (dm, dp = 10.5°, 11.2°) du Cretace; et la dolomite en selle presentait un paleopole a 74.9°N. 203.2°E (dm, dp = 5.6°, 5.8°) qui etait d'un age Paleocene ou Eocene. La phase dolomitique la plus jeune offrait des echantillons insuffisants pour accomplir une analyse statistique; toutefois la paleoinclinaison suggere un age minimum du Jurassique inferieur. Les dates paleomagnetiques confirment donc l'ordre relatif de formation de la dolomite tel qu'identifiee dans les etudes anterieures.
La presence de magnetisation du Paleocene-Eocene est l'une des decouvertes les plus significatives de cette etude. La magnetisation est presente dans les echantillons contenant de la dolomite de remplissage de cavite, de remplacement or en selle veinee, et est supportee par de la magnetite. Ainsi donc, dans le champ de Rainbow Sud, la chronologie de la dolomite en selle n'est pas ambigue et sa precipitation est due a l'orogenese de Laramide
Traduit par Lynn Gagnon
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