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A sporomorph ecogroup model for the Northwest European Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous II : Application to an exploration well from the Dutch North Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

O.A. Abbink ,
J.H.A. Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert ,
C.J. Van der Zwan  and
H. Visscher
O.A. Abbink*
Affiliation:
TNO-NITG, P.O. Box 80015, NL-3508TA Utrecht, The Netherlands; e-mail:o.abbink@nitg.tno.nl
J.H.A. Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, NL-3584 CD Utrecht, The Netherlands; e-mail:j.h.a.vankonijnenburg@bio.uu.nl, h.visscher@bio.uu.nl
C.J. Van der Zwan
Affiliation:
SIEP-SEPTAR, P.O. Box 80, NL-2280 AB Rijswijk, The Netherlands; e-mail:kees.vanderzwan@shell.com
H. Visscher
Affiliation:
TNO-NITG, P.O. Box 80015, NL-3508TA Utrecht, The Netherlands; e-mail:o.abbink@nitg.tno.nl Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, NL-3584 CD Utrecht, The Netherlands; e-mail:j.h.a.vankonijnenburg@bio.uu.nl, h.visscher@bio.uu.nl
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*Corresponding author
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Jurassic shallow marine to non-marine depositional sequences are among the most important economic targets in the North Sea. Detailed, ‘high resolution’ stratigraphy of these sequences has become a necessity in both predictive geological exploration models as well as in production reservoir models. In these paralic sequences, palynomorphs are the most abundant (micro) fossil group. Palynology is increasingly challenged to improve the biostratigraphic control, and to support the sequence stratigraphical framework. Based on a recently developed, conceptual Sporomorph EcoGroup model, the quantitative distribution patterns of terrestrial palynomorphs are grouped in six Sporomorph EcoGroups (SEGs), viz. Upland, Lowland, River, Pioneer, Coastal, and Tidally-influenced SEG. Application of the SEG model to data from a marginal marine, uppermost Callovian - Middle Oxfordian section of NAM well F17-4 from the southern part of the Central North Sea Graben allows the recognition of sea-level fluctuations and climate changes. A marked palaeoclimatic shift occurred in the earliest Middle Oxfordian. The relatively cool-subtropical, humid climate changed into a warmer, subtropical-tropical, drier climate. The sea-level reconstructions based on the SEG model are validated against a latest Callovian - Earliest Oxfordian depositional sequence.

Keywords

palynologyexploration geologyLate Jurassicsequence stratigraphypalaeoclimatesea level
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 81 - 91
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2004

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