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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Sanem Acikalin CartignyORCiD, Dr Shannon FlynnORCiD, Dr Cees van der Land
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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved.The Bowland sub-basin is a target for hydrocarbon exploration, but to a large extent it remains unex-plored. To determine the economic potential of the Bowland sub-basin, it is important to identify the oceanographic processes involved in the deposition of the Bowland Shale Formation in the Late Mississippian (c. 330 Ma). Palaeoceanographic processes are known to be a major control on the development of hydrocarbon source rocks. This study investigates core (Preese Hall-1 and Becconsall-1Z) materials from the Upper Bowland Shale, and makes a comparison with previously published data (outcrop Hind Clough), all from the Bowland sub-basin, Lancashire, UK. The sedimentology and geochemistry of this formation were determined via a multi-technique approach including X-ray fluorescence, sedimentology, gamma-ray spectra, X-ray diffraction and Rock-Eval pyrolysis. Key trace metal abundances and enrichment factors were used to assess sediment provenance and to determine the bottom-water redox conditions during the deposition of the Upper Bowland Shale. Our results support interpretations of contemporaneous anoxia developing in bottom waters in at least three sites in the Bowland sub-basin. In a comparison with the Fort Worth Basin (Barnett Shale, USA), the Bowland sub-basin was apparently less restricted and deposited under a much higher mean sediment accumulation rate. Knowledge from this study will improve future resource estimates of the Bowland Shale Formation, and challenge the early assumptions that the Barnett Shale is an analogue of the Bowland Shale.
Author(s): Walker J, Emmings JF, Acikalin S, Flynn S, van der Land C, Jones M, Vane CH, Hennissen JAI, Hough E, Wagner T, Craddock L
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Geological Society Special Publication
Year: 2024
Volume: 534
Issue: 1
Pages: 147-164
Print publication date: 27/06/2024
Online publication date: 25/10/2024
Acceptance date: 21/05/2023
Publisher: Geological Society of London
URL: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP534-2022-231
DOI: 10.1144/SP534-2022-231
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