Attenuated basin-margin sequence stratigraphy of the Palaeoproterozoic Calvert and Isa Superbasins: the Fickling Group, southern Murphy Inlier, Queensland

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作者
Bradshaw, BE
Lindsay, JF
Krassay, AA
Wells, AT
机构
[1] Australian Geol Survey Org, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
[2] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Earth Sci, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
关键词
basin analysis; Fickling Group; mineralisation; Murphy Inlier; Palaeoproterozoic; sequence stratigraphy; Walford Creek prospect;
D O I
10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00794.x
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Sedimentary rocks of the Palaeoproterozoic Calvert and Isa Superbasins are exposed across a large area of northern Australia. Despite the extent of the exposures there is little to indicate the nature of the basin margins as most outcrop boundaries are structurally or erosionally defined, or the margins, where preserved are concealed beneath younger basins. The Murphy Inlier. which forms the boundary between the Mt Isa and McArthur Basins, is unique in that on its southern flanks a basin-margin succession is well-preserved as the Fickling Group. A detailed sequence-stratigraphic analysis of outcrop sections and well logs, supplemented by seismic reflection profiles and SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages, shows that all seven supersequences of the Isa Superbasin and one supersequence from the older Calvert Superbasin are represented in the Fickling Group. Through this high-resolution sequence-stratigraphic framework, it is possible to accurately correlate chronostratigraphically equivalent strata from the McNamara Group on the central Lawn Hill Platform to the Fickling Group on the southern Murphy Inlier. Each supersequence thins substantially from the McNamara Group (similar to 11 km thick) to the Fickling Group (<1 km thick). The combined effects of truncation and onlap of sequences over the Murphy Inlier basement high are responsible for the thinning. Major time breaks of up to 25 million years occur between supersequences in the Fickling Group. Erosional hiatuses are often manifested at the base of supersequences as conglomerate beds composed of silicified detritus from older strata. Sequences in the Fickling Group were generally deposited in a proximal basin-margin setting, while sequences in the McNamara Group were deposited in distal basin depocentres. The proximal depositional setting of Fickling Group sequences reduces the number of thick carbonaceous shale and siltstone intervals. which often host Zn-Pb-Ag and Cu deposits in the McNamara Group. Many host sequences from the McNamara Group are also absent in the Fickling Group due to truncation and onlap pinchout. Consequently, the economic potential of Palaeoproterozoic strata on the southern Murphy Inlier is less than equivalent strata from the central Lawn Hill Platform. Despite this, potential does exist for future discoveries of economic mineral deposits in the Mt Les Siltstone and Walford Dolomite units of the Fickling Group.
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