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Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1991 Analysis of Lacustrine Deltaic Sedimentation in the Green River Formation, Southern Uinta Basin, Utah (Volumes I and II) Robert Reginald Remy Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Remy, Robert Reginald, "Analysis of Lacustrine Deltaic Sedimentation in the Green River Formation, Southern Uinta Basin, Utah (Volumes I and II)." 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Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission O rd e r N u m b e r 9200086 A nalysis o f lacustrine deltaic sedim entation in th e G reen River Form ation, southern U in ta B asin, U ta h (Volum es I and n ) Remy, Robert Reginald, Ph.D The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical Col., 1991 UMI 300 N Zeeb Rd Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission ANALYSIS OF LACUSTRINE DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION IN THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, SOUTHERN UINTA BASIN, UTAH A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Geology and Geophysics Volume I by Robert Reginald Remy B.A Providence College, 1978 M.S University of Colorado, 1984 May 1991 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission TABLE OF CONTENTS Page VOLUME TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT IV CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II STRATIGRAPHY OF THE EOCENE PART OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION IN THE SOUTH-CEN­ TRAL UINTA BASIN, UTAH CHAPTER III DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES OF A FLUVIALLYDOMINATED LACUSTRINE DELTA AND OF TRANSGRESSIVE DEPOSITS IN THE GREEN ' RIVER FORMATION, SOUTH-CENTRAL UINTA BASIN, UTAH 59 CHAPTER IV LACUSTRINE HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRAT­ IFICATION PRODUCED BY COMBINED FLOWS, GREEN RIVER FORMATION, UTAH 214 CHAPTER V DISTRIBUTION AND ORIGIN OF ANALCIME IN MARGINAL LACUSTRINE MUDSTONES OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, SOUTH-CEN­ TRAL UINTA BASIN, UTAH 234 CHAPTER VI (FIELD GUIDE TO) DELTAIC AND LACUSTRINE FACIES OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, SOUTHERN UINTA BASIN, UTAH 272 CHAPTER VII CONCLUSIONS 301 COMBINED REFERENCES 309 CHART STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, SOUTH-CEN­ TRAL UINTA BASIN, UTAH in pocket CHART STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTION A-A' SHOWING THE STRATIGRAPHY, LITHOLOGY, AND INTERPRETED DEPOSITIONAL ASSEMBLAGES OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, SOUTH-CENTRAL UINTA BASIN, UTAH in pocket Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHART STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTION B-B' SHOWING THE STRATIGRAPHY LITHOLOGY AND INTERPRETED DEPOSITIONAL ASSEMBLAGES OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, SOUTH-CENTRAL UINTA BASIN, UTAH in pocket VOLUME II APPENDICES 340 Appendix Thickness, Location, and Stratigraphie Markers of Measured Stratigraphie sections 341 Appendix Maps Showing Locations of Measured Sections 342 Appendix Explanation for Symbols Used in Measured Stratigraphie Sections 349 Appendix Measured Sections 350 VITA 394 III Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission ABSTRACT Detailed llthofacles analysis of over 4,500 m of measured sections of most of the Eocene portion of the fluvial and lacustrine Green River Formation in the south-central Uinta Basin documents twelve lithofacies: Sa (nonsinuous trunk streams), Sb (meandering delta distributary channels) Sc (amalgamated delta mouth bars), Sd (regressive deltaic sandsheets) Se (overbank and shallow-lacustrine sandsheets), Sf (crevasse channels and splays), (passively-filled abandoned channels) Mg (subaqueous mudflats), Mr (subaerial mudflats), L (lake-margin carbonate flats), and la and lb (openlacustrine deposits) The lower half of the study section consists of the carbonate marker unit (130 m) and the overlying Sunnyside delta interval (375 m), which record marginal-lacustrine sedimentation along the southern shore of Lake Uinta within and adjacent to a large, fluvially-dominated lacustrine delta informally named the Sunnyside delta Meandering delta distributary channels on the delta plain cannibalized most delta mouth bars Shallow water depths in the southern half of Lake Uinta atttenuated waves and wave-generated currents, thereby preventing the development of shoreface ravinement, beaches, barriers, or significant siliciclastic bars Evaporative pumping on subaeriallyexposed mudflats produced brines which altered detrital clay minerals to analcime The combination of moderately high local subsidence and variations in lake volume produced low amplitude (less than 12 m) fluctuations in relative lake level which, due to the gentle gradient of the delta plain, produced shifts in shoreline position on the order of 40-50 km During periods of rapid relative lake level rise most siliciclastic sediment was trapped upstream, resulting in iv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission the development of extensive, but thin, transgressive shallow-lacustrine carbonates The regressive portion of each depositional cycle consists of upper and lower delta plain, shallow-nearshore lacustrine, and relatively rare delta front deposits The upper half of the study section consists of the transitional interval (200 m), which records a major, but gradual, expansion and deepening of the lake, and the overlying upper member (300 m), which consists of dark mudstone and dolostone and relatively rare hummocky cross-stratified storm deposits produced by combined flows and nearshore-lacustrine sandbodies that accumulated in a generally quiet, but not necessarily very deep, relatively siliciclastic-poor, open-lacustrine setting Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission U P P ER M E M BE R OF G R EEN R IVER FM QREENRIVER FOHMfKTiONS Opori'Lncutlrino NtahoonTW w-BhttIo bod Matiooany o»-analo bod Lowor Doila Plain Assomblaav sombiogoY UpoQCQolut Plain Assotnblaao mixed Opnn-loeuBl>lno ond Shallow Noarshoro-Laeusidno AsMmblafloo Uppof DOIIO Shallow NoorshorO'LacusKIno Auomblogo Lower 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permission MEASURED lop ol uoDor mombor Opon-locusuino Aasomblaoo Tu» (unnnmod) Opan-iacuBUinp AMomblogo Oppn-lacustrino ASBomblago Mahogany oll-ahalo ood Opon-lacu&ldno Assombiogo OP0n'lBCUBt»t 51 Mntkor u Shallow NoaishotO'Lacusitino Astomblogo Shollow Noorahoto-UicutKlno Assombiago C Mntkcr Lower Delia Plain Aseomblaoe D Morkor Goes Into Subouiloeo i ^ o f Delia Plain Auemblago Lithology (w idth o f colum n Indicates grain size): 00 Color Change 200 ^ic?ons)° G reen m udstone Red m udstone D ark m udstone Lim estone Dolostone Kerogenous lam inated dolostone (oil shale) limMreeitrm —uplW)MMrr(iii( iiMtttaKneuMqu T O N G U E OF C O LTO N FM CHART STR ATIG R APH IC CR O S S -S E C TIO N A-A* SH O W IN G THE STR A TIG R A P H Y LITH O LO G Y, AN D IN TE R P R E TE D D E P O S ITIO N A L A S S E M B LA G E S O F TH E G R E E N Robert R R em y (1991) Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission MBASUREO SECTION MEASURED top ol uoDor momBor Opon-locusumo Aasomblaoa Tu» (unnnmod) Opon-iacuBUinp Assombiago Opon-lacustrino Asaornblogo Mahogany oll-ahalo bod SI Mntkor u Opon-iacusKino Asaornblogo Opon-locusbit Asaornblogo Shallow AASomblogo Shollow Noorohoio-Loewsiilno Assombiago C Mntkor Lower Dollo Ploln Assombiago CHARACl Lower Dollo Plain Assombiago lrr*euUr|*g Lithology (w idth o f colum n Indicates grain size): Color Chonao OUeniltstAarp inlncliu* andeommenhr 400 300 Sandstone 200 (m icrons) too 62 Siitstone G reen m udstone Red m udstone Doric m udstone Lim estone Dolostone Kerogenous lam inated dolostone (oil shale) T O N G U E OF C O LTO N FM iiAatttal (no woaqwaow CHART STR ATIG R APH IC C R O S S -S E C TIO N A-A* S H O W IN G THE STR A TIG R A P H Y LITH O LO G Y AN D IN TE R P R E TE D D EPO SITIO N AL A S S E M B LA G E S O F TH E G R E E N R l\ Robert R R em y (1991) Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission A' Shnllow Nooishoro'Ucusirino 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airuclurea.alaciunoandamaigamalienel l nave gradalienal le anarpandee ffia.'ssnTS.v: abaene* el vertical UandaInt tanytailen*, Cemmentnaracianriaa el CHART R PRETËD D E P O S IT IO N A L ASSEIVlB LAGES O F TH E G R E E N RIVER FO R M ATIO N S O U TH -C E N TR A L U IN T A BASIN UTAH R obert R R e m y (1991) REMY, ROBERT R 9200086 © 1991 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission I UBRARX INDIAN CANYON B R ADLEY (1931) Willow Creek-lndian Canyon Surface Section NINE M ILE CANYON W E IS S A N D O TH E R S (1990) Geologic M ap of Price ' X ' Quadrangle T H IS R E P O R T Composite Nine Mile Canyon Surface Section BR ADLEY (1931) G ate Canyon Surface Section HENDEL( Subsurface c Point G as Saline taelos Is same as saline facies of Uinta Form ation of D ane (1955) and Ray and others (1956) ^ T o p of upper member ' Horse Bench Sandstone Lentil O IL SHALE FACIES Horse Dench Sansf£tfiQp_aed_ Base o f upper member laced at base of lahogany ledge (which Includes the Mahogany K y X Zone of thin oil shale beds — T uff (unnamed) ^ Horse Bericlỵ’ S andstone Bed W avy tuff Top o f delta facies at top o f rfm-formlng — SS,0arir.sandstone - U pper oil shale group D ELTA FACIES — B m arker (base) BASAL MEM BER • O m a ik e r (base) (middle marker) I UNEXPOSED I BASE O F L _ J fo r m a tio n I — D m arker (base) Basal 20 m Is cllff*lormlng carbonate sequence (correlated with carbonate marker unit of R yder and others (1976)) SECOND LACUSTRINE FACIES TO N G U E OF WASATCH FORMATION^ TO NGUE OF GREEN RIVER •FORMATION WASATCH FORMATION Upper lacustrine shale unit Lower lacustrine shale unit ✓ C o lor Change carbonate marker • : upp UNIT SHA TONGUE O F COL­ TON f o r m a t i o n W A! TOh T O N Q u io F GREEN’ fỵiv Ê R FORMATON (LOWER BLACK SHALE FACIES O F ABBO TT (1957)) LOW FAC COLTON FORMATION (> 725 m) FLAG STAFF MEMBER OF GREEN RIVER F0RIWAT10N NORTH HORN FORMATION CHART S T R A T IG R A P H IO N O M E N C L A T U R E O F T H E G R E E N R IV E R Robert R Rem ] ReprocJucecJ with permission of the copyright owner Further reprocJuction prohibitecJ without permission NEAR GREEN RIVER M ILE CANYON H E N D E L (1957) Subsurface of Peters Point G as Field JA CO B (1969) Composite Nine Mile Canyon Surface Section D A N E (1955) & R A Y AN D O T H E R S (1956) Composite Surface Section in Central and W estern Nine Mile Canyon Upper tuff zona ^ ^ Surface (at or n e a r S2 m arker X unlir G reen River marker bed Is from 580 to 710 m below surface (m ean: 640 m) , PARACHUTE CREEK MEM BER Top Of delta facies as ^ d e f in e d by Bradley (1931) — M ahogany oil shale bed “ Top A marker (top of deha facies as defined by Jacob (1969)) — m arker (base) Lower tuff zone EVACUATION CREEK M EMBER 5>bed (HorseBench ^ S a n d s to n e Bed) Horse Bench Sandstone Bed II Tuff zone of Parachute ^ C r e s k Mem ber ^ 'b e d (bench-forming sandstone) — OH shale l>ed PARACHUTE GREEK MEM BER Mahogany oli-shale bed -bed (thick clllf-form - TONGUE A OF DOUGLES CREEK MEMBER sandstone) Base of Parachute Creek M em ber placed at base of zone of thin oil shales — C m arker (base) RENEGADE TO NG U E O F " WASATCH FORMATION TONGUE D O F DOUGt-AS j/C R E E K MEMBER O F GREEN ^ RIVER FORMATION TONGUE Y O F W ASATCH FORMATION — D m arker (base) ^ r e e n River f _ m a ! l w bed (top) UPPER iL A C K S HALE FACIES OF A BBO TT (1957) I C A S H ION (1967) Big Canyon Surface Section TONGUE E O F DOUGLAS CREEK MEMBER O F GREEN RIVER FORMATION base o f delta facies (set at persistent c o lo r change upward from gray to brown) BLACK SHALE FACIES LOW ER B LAC K SHALE FACIES O F ABBO TT (1957) Upper producing zone COLTON FORMATION VER TICAL SCALE (IN METERS) CHART iR E E N R IV E R F O R M A T IO N , S O U T H -C E N T R A L U IN T A B A S IN U T A H Robert R R em y (1 9 ) REMY, ROBERT R 9200086©1991 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission NEAR GREEN RIVER IB M ILE CANYON G H E N D E L (1957) Subsurface of Peters Point G as Field JA CO B (1969) Composite Nine Mile Canyon Surface Section D A N E (1955) & R A Y A N D O T H E R S (1956) Composite Surface Section in Central and W estern Nine Mile Canyon Upper tuff zona ^ ^ Surface (at or n e a r S2 m arker X unit) Green River m arker bed Is from 580 to 710 m below surface (m ean: 640 m) , PARACHUTE CREEK MEM BER Top Of delta facies as ^ d e f in e d by Bradley (1931) — Mahogany oil shale bed Top A m arker (top of deha facies as defined by Jacob (1969)) — B m arker (base) Lower tuff zone EVACUATION CREEK MEMBER 5>bed (HorseBench ^ S a n d s to n e Bed) Horse Bench Sandstone Bed T uff zone of Parachute ^ C r e e k Mem ber ^ 'b e d (bench-forming sandstone) — OH shale l>ed PARACHUTE GREEK MEM BER Mahogany oll-shale bed -bed (thick clllf-form - VS, TONGUE A OF DOUGLES CREEK MEMBER sandstone) Base of Parachute Creek M em ber placed at base of zone of thin oil shales — C m arker (base) TONGUE E O F DOUGLAS CREEK MEMBER O F GREEN RIVER FORMATION base o f delta facies (set at persistent c o lo r change upward from gray to brown) UPPER iL A C K SHALE FACIES OF ABBOTT (1957) Hgs BLACK SHALE FACIES LOW ER B LAC K SHALE FACIES O F ABBO TT (1957) U pper producing zone COLTON FORMATION VER TICAL SCALE (IN METERS) CHART G R E E N R IV E R F O R M A T IO N , S O U T H -C E N T R A L U IN T A B A S IN U T A H R obert R R e m y (1 9 ) RENEGADE TO N G U E O F WASATCH FORMATION TONGUE D O F DOUGLAS j/C R E E K MEMBER O F GREEN ^ RIVER FORMATION TONGUE Y O F WASATCH FORMATION — D m arker (base) ^ r e e n River f _ m a ! l w bed (top) CA S H ION (1967) Big Canyon Surface Section REMY, ROBERT R 9200086©1991 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission INDIAN CANYON BR ADLEY (1931) W illow Creek-lndian Canyon Surface Section NINE M ILE CANYON W E IS S A N D O TH E R S (1990) Geologic M ap of Price ' X ' Quadrangle TH IS R E P O R T Composite Nine Mile Canyon Surface Section BR ADLEY (1931) Gate Canyon Surface Section HENDE Subsurfac Point G Saline tacles Is sam e as saline facies of Uinta Formation of Dane (1955) and Ray and others (1956) ^ T o p Of upper member ' Horse Bench Sandstone Lentil O IL SHALE FACIES Horse Dench Sansi£tfiap_aed_ Base o f upper member placed at base of \