Paleomagnetic dating of burial diagenesis in Mississippian carbonates, Utah

被引:36
作者
Blumstein, AM [1 ]
Elmore, RD
Engel, MH
Elliot, C
Basu, A
机构
[1] Univ Oklahoma, Sch Geol & Geophys, Norman, OK 73019 USA
[2] Georgia State Univ, Dept Geol, Atlanta, GA 30302 USA
关键词
remagnetization; burial diagenesis;
D O I
10.1029/2003JB002698
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 [地球物理学]; 070902 [地球化学];
摘要
[1] The objective of this study is to test models for the origin of widespread secondary magnetizations in the Mississippian Deseret Limestone. The Delle Phosphatic Member of the Deseret Limestone is a source rock for hydrocarbons, and modeling studies indicate that it entered the oil window in the Early Cretaceous during the Sevier orogeny. Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic results from the Deseret Limestone and the stratigraphically equivalent Chainman Shale in central and western Utah indicate that the units contain two ancient magnetizations residing in magnetite. Burial temperatures are too low for the magnetizations to be thermoviscous in origin, and they are interpreted to be chemical remanent magnetizations (CRMs). Fold tests from western Utah indicate the presence of a prefolding Triassic to Jurassic CRM. Geochemical (Sr-87/Sr-86, delta(13)C, and delta(18)O) and petrographic analyses suggest that externally derived fluids did not alter these rocks. This CRM was acquired at the beginning of the oil window and is interpreted to be the result of burial diagenesis of organic matter. A second younger CRM in western central Utah is apparently postfolding and is probably Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary in age. On the basis of the thermal modeling, the timing overlaps with the oil window. These results are consistent with a connection between organic matter maturation and remagnetization. Modeling of the smectite-to-illite transformation in the Deseret Limestone suggests a mean age prior to acquisition of both CRMs, although the range for illitization overlaps with the Triassic to Jurassic CRM. The results of this study support the hypothesis that pervasive CRMs can be related to burial diagenetic processes. In addition, paleomagnetism can be used to determine the timing of such processes, which can benefit hydrocarbon exploration efforts.
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