TY - JOUR
T1 - A mid-Cretaceous prograding sedimentary complex in the Sisimiut Basin, offshore West Greenland—stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential
AU - Gregersen, Ulrik
AU - Skaarup, Nina
N1 - Funding Information:
The careful review and constructive comments by Flemming Getreuer Christiansen and James A. Chalmers and by the referees, and the figure drawings by Claus B. Jakobsen and Eva Melskens, are acknowledged. The permission from Danpec and Fugro-Geoteam to publish the seismic section BUR/BG25N, and the permission from NUNAOIL A/S to publish the NU9801-407, -409 seismic lines are acknowledged. The Bouger Gravity data are kindly provided from the Danish National Space Center. The work was funded by the Mineral Resources Administration for Greenland (MRA), the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP) under the Greenland Home Rule and by the Danish Energy Agency (DEA). The work and seismic sections (GGU lines) were published with permission from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS).
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - A prograding and aggrading depositional system has been mapped from seismic data in the Sisimiut Basin, offshore West Greenland. Seismic stratigraphic analysis resulted in mapping of three seismic sequences and internal boundaries. Mounds at the base of the prograding sequences may represent massflows, which could be prospective. The sealing deposits are Cretaceous claystone, indicated by correlation to the Ikermiut-1 well. Local closures of mounds, regional seal and hydrocarbon traces in the region indicate a potential for stratigraphic hydrocarbon leads. Amplitude interpretation indicates possible mass-flow deposits within the sequences as well as half-graben syn-rift deposits below, both of which may be prospective.
AB - A prograding and aggrading depositional system has been mapped from seismic data in the Sisimiut Basin, offshore West Greenland. Seismic stratigraphic analysis resulted in mapping of three seismic sequences and internal boundaries. Mounds at the base of the prograding sequences may represent massflows, which could be prospective. The sealing deposits are Cretaceous claystone, indicated by correlation to the Ikermiut-1 well. Local closures of mounds, regional seal and hydrocarbon traces in the region indicate a potential for stratigraphic hydrocarbon leads. Amplitude interpretation indicates possible mass-flow deposits within the sequences as well as half-graben syn-rift deposits below, both of which may be prospective.
KW - Cretaceous sequences
KW - Sisimiut Basin
KW - West Greenland
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U2 - 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.10.005
M3 - Article
SN - 0264-8172
VL - 24
SP - 15
EP - 28
JO - Marine and Petroleum Geology
JF - Marine and Petroleum Geology
IS - 1
ER -