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Abyssal Plains, 44 Acadian-Caledonide INDEX Abyssal plains, 44 maturation of sediment, 115 Acadian-Caledonide orogeny, 31-32, 118 occurrence of, 92 Accommodation space, 69-70 in Pacific Ocean, 103, 113-15 Acquitaine Basin, 66 sandstone diagenesis in, 92 African continent, 66 sedimentary history of, 114-15 African copperbelt, 203-4, 205 volcanism, 115 African rift valley, 47 Backarc spreading, 199 Airborne radiometry, 195 Backbone Mountain anticline, 111 Alabandite, 147 Backstripping, 5, 23, 40-41 Alberta Basin, 32, 98 Backtracking, 22-23, 31, 51 Albitization, 93, 199 Baeumlerite, 164 Algal limestones, permeability of, 160 Balokinesis, 168 Algoma iron deposits, 141-42, 143, 145 Baltimore Canyon trough, 47 Alleghenian-Hercynian orogeny, 32, 116, 118 Bank erosion, 134 Alluvial fans, 56-57, 136 Baraga Group, 143 wet, 133 Barite, 177 Alum shale, 172-73 mineralization, 177 American Geological Institute, 10 Barium deposits, 7 Amphibolites, 144 in Arkansas, 177, 179 Anadarko Basin, analysis of, 4, % at Meggen, 178, 179-80 Analcite, 192 in Nevada, 177-78, 179 precipitation of, 91 at Selwyn Basin, 178, 180 Anastomosing streams, 58 Barrier islands, 58 Andean-type magmatic arc, 192 Bartlesville sands, 112 Andesitic volcanism, 85 Baselap, 68 Anaerobic zone, 62 Base metals, release of, 168 Anhydrite, 161, 163, 166 Basinal fluid flow, 97 crystals, 162 Basinal shale, 143 nodular, 162 Basin analysis. Seealso Evaporite basin analysis Anhydritization, 165-66 advances in geology, geochemistry, and geophysics, 10 Animikie Basin, 142, 143 computer techniques, 11 Ankerite cement, 93 crustal processes, 10-11 Anorogenic granites, 47, 85, 118-19 laboratory techniques, 11 Anoxia, 85 of Arkoma Basin, 103, 110-13 Anoxic basins, manganese deposits on margins of, 147-56 data sources for, 8, 10 Anoxic bottom brines, 160 definition of, 2 Anoxic events, 18, 199 economic analysis in, 2 Aphthitalite, 166 future of sedimentary geology, 23 Appalachian Basin, 47 heat flux and fluid flow, 22 carboniferous cyclothems of, 79, 89 history of, 21-22 Aragonite, 160 for the mineral industry, 1-13 precipitation, 160 of the North Sea, 103-10 Archean granite and greenstone, 195 ore mineral occurrences and depth of mineralization, 8 Arc migration, 47 as prerequisite to exploration for sediment-hosted ore Argylle fields, 107 deposits, 5 Arkansas, lead, zinc, and barium deposits in, 99, 177, 179 questions asked in, 187 Arkansas Novaculite, 177 role of, in exploration for sediment-hosted ore deposits, 1-5 Arkoma Basin, 32, 47, 98-99 steps in, 23 basin analysis of, 103, 110-13 stratigraphic record, 22-23 hydrogeology of, 99, 101 and synsedimentary deposits, 19-20 Arsenopyrite, 141 as twofold process, 2 Asthenosphere, modeling of, 21 utilization of computer modeling in, 23 Asthenospheric upwelling, 30 variation in ore deposits and basins through geologic time, 8 Athabasca-type uranium deposits, 187, 190 world-class ore deposits, basin type and history, 5-8 Athy depth-porosity curve, 108 Basin-and-range topography, 199 Atlantic-type margins, 44 Basin filL 23, 51-89 Atoka deltas, 113 basin clastic sedimentology and facies, 54-56 Atoka Formation, 111 alluvial fans, 56-57 Auk field, 107 anastomosing streams, 58 Aulacogens, 47, 150 black shales, 62-64 Autocyclic relations, 79-80 braided streams, 57-58 Au-U-bearing quartz pebble conglomerates, 187 coastal barrier island systems, 58 continental shelves, 59-60 Backarc basins, 45, 47 deltas, 59 characteristics of, 114 eolian sand bodies, 58 208 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/3807775/9781629490120_backmatter.pdf by guest on 28 September 2021 INDEX 209 intertidal flats, 58-59 Black Warrior Basin, 111, 112 meandering streams, 58 Bloedite, 166 sandstone vertical sequences, 61-62 Bohai Basin, 44 submarine fans, 60-61 Bonanza gas field, 112 basin stratigraphy, 64 Borden Siltstone, 66 cratonic sequences, 64-66 Brabant massif, 104 critique of sea-level curves, 73-78 Braided streams, 57-58, 136 impact of sea-level analysis on stratigraphic concepts, 78 Brent Sands, 107 sea-level evolution, 68-73 Broad depositional systems, 67 seismic stratigraphy, 66-68 Brucite, 162 transgressive-regressive sequences, 79-80 Brushy Basin Members, 192 global sedimentary cycles, 80-83 Bunter Sands, 106 Milankovitch cycles, 87 Burial history, 92 Phanerozoic supercycles, 83-87 Buried topography, 98 paleogeography, 51 modem principles, 51-52 Cahuasas Formation, 154 paleo-distribution of carbonate rocks, 52, 54 Calcite, 190-91 paleo-upwelling, 52 Calcite Compensation Depth (CCD), 81, 115 Basin-forming processes, 23, 25-41 Calcite/gypsum couplets, 165 flexural subsidence, 31-34 Calcrete, 195 intraplate stress, 34-36 Cambrian onlap, 80 isostasy, 25-27 Carbonate rocks, 52 tectonic subsidence and geohistory analysis, 36-41 paleo-distribution of, 52, 54 thermal subsidence, 27-31 Carbon deposits, accumulation of, in cratonic basins, 171-75 Basin-forming tectonics, 45 Carbon dioxide, 84-85 Basin geodynamics, 23, 25-41, 43 Carboniferous cyclothems, 79, 80 Basin hydrogeology, 97-101 Carbon Preference, 95 Basin maturation, 91 Carboxylic acids, and generation of secondary porosity, 94 basin hydrogeology, 97-101 Carnallite, 162, 163 definition of, 91 saturation, 162-63 organic geochemistry, 95-96 Carnotite, precipitation of, 195 sandstone diagenesis, 91-95 Castile Formation, 160 Basin-modifying tectonics, 45 Castile reef, closing of, 160 Basin sedimentology and stratigraphy. See Basin fill Cation loading, 192 Basin stratigraphy, 64 Catskill Delta, 63-64 cratonic sequences, 64-66 Central Appalachian basin, 31 critique of sea-level curves, 73-78 Central Graben, 107 impact of sea-level analysis on stratigraphic concepts, 78 Chamosite, 143, 154 sea-level evolution, 68-73 Chamositic iron ores, 105 seismic stratigraphy, 66-68 Changing plate stress, 35-36 transgressive-regressive sequences, 79-80 Charge factor, 48 Battery-active supergene cappings, 155-56 Chattanooga (Devonian) shales, 62 Beach environment of placer enrichment, 133 Chemistry, whole-rock, 180-81 Benue trough of Nigeria, 47 Chert, Slaven, 177 Berea Formation, 63 Chinese basins, 45 Berthierine, 143 Chinese black shales, 173 Biochemical reactions, role of in sandstone diagenesis, 93-94 Chloritic alteration, 190 Biogenic pelagic facies, 114-15 Chlorite, 154 Biogeography, 51 Chronostratigraphic chart, 68 Biostratigraphy, 64 Chronostratigraphic diagram, 72 Biota in an evaporite basin, 160 Cincinnati arch, 63 Bischofite, 164 Clastics, 162 Bitumen/Organic Carbon ratio, 95 Clastic sedimentology, 18, 52 Black rock exploration, 155 current status of, 54-64 Black Sea Clay fraction, 162 oxygen concentration in seawater, 62 Clay intercalations, 162 vertical profile of, 147 Climate Black shales, 62-64, 187 influence of, on ore accumulations in sedimentary basins, 87-89 case studies, 172 as paleogeographic phenomenon, 51-52 alum shale, 172-73 Clinoptilolite, 192 Chinese black shales, 173 Clinoptylolite, precipitation of, 91 New Albany Shale, 173 Clinton iron deposits, 141, 142-43, 144 Pennsylvanian black shales, 174-75 Coal, 52 chemical properties of, 171-72 carboniferous, 104 cyclic recurrence of, 80 influence of climate on deposits of, 87-89 definitionof, 171 Coastal barrier island systems, 58 metalliferous, 171 Coastal barrier sediment systems, preservation potential of, 79 origin of, 62 Coastal eolian deposits, 134 in stratified basins, 149 Coastal onlap, 68 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/3807775/9781629490120_backmatter.pdf by guest on 28 September 2021 210 INDEX Cod Sands, 107 Dolomites, 167 Coffinite, 195 Douglasite, 163 Colorado plateau type uranium mineralization, 191-93 Downlap, 68 Colton sequences, 66 Dysaerobic zone, 62 Compaction, 36-37 Compaction-driven flow, 99 Economic basement, 45, 103 Computer modeling Economic geology, 17, 47-48, 103 in basin analysis, 23 Edelfisk field, 107 for geologic applications, 11 Ekofiskfield, 107 in paleogeography, 51 Electric logs, 3 Concordance, 68 Electromagnetic techniques, 4 Conodont alteration index, 11 Elliot Lake uraninites, 187, 188, 189 Continental extension, models for, 29 Entrainment component of placer enrichment, 134 Continental paleopositions, computer refinement of, 51 Entrainment equivalence, 131-32 Continental shelves, 59-60 Eolian environment, 133-34 Convergent margin, 43 of placer deposits, 134 Copper Eolian sand bodies, 58 African copperbelt, 203-4, 205 Epigenetic processes, 1 comparison, 204 Epigenetic trace mineralization, 8 exploration, 204-5 Epsomite, 166 Kupferschiefer, 199-201 Erosional truncations, 67 White Pine, 201-3 Evaporite basin analysis. Seealso Basin analysis Copper Harbor Conglomerate of the Oronto Group, 202, 203 climatic constraints, 159 Copper mineralization, 201 heat effects, 160 "Core" shale, 79 initial marine precipitation Coriolis effect, 52, 159 anhydritization, 165-66 Correlation diagrams, 115 aragonite precipitation, 160 Cratonic basins, 7, 43, 44-45, 150 area of water surface, 164-65 accumulation of carbon and metals in, 171-75 basin configuration and facies distribution, 164-65 origin of, 118-19 biota in an evaporite basin, 160 thermal histories of, 7 clastics, 162 Cratonic sag, 44 clay fraction, 162 Cratonic sequences, 64-66 cyclicity of deposition, 165 Crustal processes, 10-11 depth estimates, 165 Crustal rigidity, 31-32 disposal of the magnesium surplus, 167 Crustal stretching, determining magnitude of, 41 effluents, 167-68 Cryophile, 160 epigenetic alterations, 165-66 Cryptomelane, 151 evolution of evaporites, 164 Cuanza Basin, 163 fate of organic matter, 167-68 fluid inclusions, 167 Damara Orogen,
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