New Insights into the Stratigraphy and Evolution of the Houtman Sub-basin, Offshore Northern Perth Basin, from a Detailed Sequence Stratigraphic Study  

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Robertson, D. | Jones, A. | Mantle, D.

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A detailed sequence stratigraphic study has been undertaken on the three wells in the Houtman Sub-basin: Gun Island 1, Houtman 1 and Charon 1. The study focussed on the Early-Late Jurassic Cattamarra Coal Measures, Cadda Formation and Yarragadee Formation succession. Wireline log character, cuttings, sidewall core and conventional core lithologies and palynological data were used to identify facies and paleoenvironments. Palynology for all wells has been reviewed, including new data collected by Geoscience Australia for Gun Island 1. Facies stacking patterns were used to define systems tracts and subsequently ten third-order depositional sequences. At the second-order (supersequence) level, the Cattamarra Coal Measures record a transgression culminating in maximum flooding in the Cadda Formation followed by highstand aggradation and regression in the Yarragadee Formation. The third-order sequences characterised in this study overprint this supersequence and control the local distribution of facies. The relative dominance of a facies may be either enhanced or diminished depending upon its position within the larger second-order supersequence. For example, a number of transgressive systems tracts within the dominantly non-marine Yarragadee Formation and Cattamarra Coal Measures record multiple, dinocyst-bearing, minor marine incursions into the Houtman Sub-basin. These marine incursions are not evident in the Yarragadee Formation in Charon 1, indicating a lack of accommodation space or proximal sediment input in the north during the mid-late Jurassic. The combined influence of these third-order and second-order sequences on facies distribution has significant implications for the distribution of potential reservoirs and seals in the Houtman Sub-basin and for regional palaeogeographic reconstructions of the Perth Basin.

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• sequence stratigraphy

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• sedimentary basins

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• geology

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• marine

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