Cyclostratigraphic analysis of Upper Jurassic marly formations (Bure, eastern Paris Basin): comparison of different tools, record of sedimentary gaps and implications for regional correlations

• Autorzy: Huret, E. , Galbrun, B. , Collin, P-Y. , Boulila, S. , Hinnov, L. , Elion, P. , Ravenne, Ch.
• Konferencja: International Congress on the Jurassic System (7 ; 06-18.09.2006 ; Kraków, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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This study integrates research conducted by ANDRA at the Underground Research Laboratory of Bure (Meuse, France) to investigate the feasibility of a deep geological waste repository in clay for high-level and long-lived intermediate-level radioactive waste. The aim of this study is to detect possible sedimentary gaps, by comparison of different tools (well logging/laboratory measurements) in the Upper Callovian – Lower Oxfordian homogeneous marly formation where the laboratory is located, and to estimate the duration of stages and biostratigraphic zonation by comparison with a basin sequence from the southeast of France that is presumed to have accumulated continuously. The search for hiatuses was made using a high resolution cyclostratigraphic approach based on the study of magnetic susceptibility (MS) and gamma ray (GR) fluctuations. Four ANDRA boreholes (EST 342, EST 322, EST 103 and EST 312) oriented on a SW-NE transect (40 km) were analyzed. Magnetic susceptibility measurements were made on core samples with a Bartington Instruments MS2E1 sensor every 4 cm. Gamma Ray Measurements are realised by well logging (measurement interval: 15.2 cm). Sedimentological data suggest that variations of the clay content influence the long term evolution of MS and GR. The high frequency variations in MS and GR were subjected to spectral analysis. Composite cycles of 0.5, 1 and 2.5 m thickness were recognized on the basis of frequency ratio and correspond to the frequency ratio of orbital Milankovitch cycles. The duration of the Mariae ammonite Zone in the Paris Basin was estimated by counting the cycles, to be between 2.4 and 2.6 My š0.3 ky (borehole EST 322 and EST 103). The amplitude spectrum shows sedimentation rate variations in particular in the Lower Oxfordian and interruptions in cycle evolution correlated to sequential limits. We interpret these zones as short condensed levels. The same methods were applied to sections from the southeast of France (Aspres-sur-Buëch, Thuoux), and the Mariae ammonite Zone estimated to be between 2.3 and 2.8 My of age. By comparison of this biostratigraphic zone between the two studied regions, sedimentary hiatuses of a few hundreds of thousands of years appear to affect the Oxfordian marly formation of the Paris Basin. MS and GR records as laboratory measurements and well logging provide an excellent means for regional stratigraphic correlations, and are especially promising in high resolution cyclostratigraphic studies. Hiatus detection and estimation of their durations can also be considered by this approach.

Słowa kluczowe

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cyclostratigraphy; magnetic susceptibility; Callovian-Oxfordian; hiatuses; Paris Basin; well logging

• Czasopismo: Volumina Jurassica
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: Vol. 4, no. 1
• Strony: 173-174

Twórcy

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Huret, E.

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Galbrun, B.

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Collin, P-Y.

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Boulila, S.

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Hinnov, L.

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Elion, P.

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Ravenne, Ch.

• Université Pierre et Marie Curie, FR CNRS 32 “CEPAGE”, Géologie Sédimentaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 5, France,