From Depositional Systems to Sedimentary Successions on the Norwegian Continental Margin

Allard W. Martinius works for Statoil R&D with additional experience from technical service (production and exploration) as well as field development. His main interests are in clastic sedimentology and stratigraphy of fluvial and shallow marine systems, fauna-substrate relationships, and static and dynamic reservoir characterization for hydrocarbon production.Rodmar Ravnås is Principal Geologist in Shell Exploration Norway and Associate Professor at University of Stavanger, Norway. His main interest is in clastic sedimentology and the integration of tectonics and depositional systems, and its application to petroleum exploration and prospecting.John Howell is Professor at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Prior to Aberdeen he was at the University of Bergen in Norway and the Chief Geologist at Rocksource ASA. His main interests are in clastic sedimentology, stratigraphy, reservoir modelling and novel methods for the acquisition of digital outcrop data.Ron Steel is Professor at the University of Texas in Austin and Sixth-Century Chair at the University of Aberdeen, UK. His main interests are in clastic sedimentology & stratigraphy, and particularly in the architecture and growth of shelf margins, and the routing of sediment from there to deepwater.Jonathan P. Wonham graduated from Imperial College, London and the University of Liverpool (Ph.D.) and now works for Total in France. He has 25 years of experience as a sedimentologist/petroleum geologist covering the fields of research, development and exploration geology, especially focusing on the North Sea. His publications focus on reservoir evaluation oriented aspects of sequence stratigraphy, tidal deposition, turbidites and mixed siliciclastic-carbonate systems.

• Preface viiDedication to John Gjelberg, Michael Talbot and Trevor Elliott xiGeneric autogenic behaviour in fluvial systems: lessons from experimental studies 1G. PostmaClimatic and tectonic controls on Triassic dryland terminal fluvial system architecture, central North Sea 19T. McKieLate Triassic to Early Jurassic climatic change, northern North Sea region: impact on alluvial architecture, palaeosols and clay mineralogy 59J.P. Nystuen, A.V. Kjemperud, R. Müller, V. Adestål and E.R. SchomackerApplying accommodation versus sediment supply ratio concepts to stratigraphic analysis and zonation of a fluvial reservoir 101A.W. Martinius, C. Elfenbein and K.J. KeoghInvestigating the autogenic process response to allogenic forcing: experimental geomorphology and stratigraphy 127W. Kim, A. Petter, K. Straub and D. MohrigThe autostratigraphic view of responses of river deltas to external forcing: a review of the concepts 139T. Muto and R.J. SteelAutogenic process change in modern deltas: lessons for the ancient 149C. OlariuMorphodynamic modelling of wave reworking of an alluvial delta and application of results in the standard reservoir modelling workflow 167M.M. Hillen, N. Geleynse, J.E.A. Storms, D.J.R. Walstra and R.M. GroenenbergSedimentation at the Jurassic–Triassic boundary, south-west Barents Sea: indication of climate change 187A. RysethHalten Terrace Lower and Middle Jurassic inter-rift megasequence analysis: megasequence structure, sedimentary architecture and controlling parameters 215R. Ravnås, K. Berge, H. Campbell, C. Harvey and M. NortonUpdated depositional and stratigraphic model of the Lower Jurassic Åre Formation, Heidrun Field, Norway 253C. Thrana, A. Næss, S. Leary, S. Gowland, M. Brekken and A. TaylorDepositional dynamics and sequence development in a tidally influenced marginal marine basin: Early Jurassic Neill Klinter Group, Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland 291J.M. Ahokas, J.P. Nystuen and A.W. MartiniusEustatic, tectonic and climatic controls on an early syn-rift mixed-energy delta, Tilje Formation (Early Jurassic, Smørbukk field, offshore mid-Norway) 339A.A. Ichaso and R.W. DalrympleTectonic influence on the Jurassic sedimentary architecture in the northern North Sea with focus on the Brent Group 389A. Folkestad, T. Odinsen, H. Fossen and M.A. PearceMesozoic and Cenozoic basin configurations in the North Sea 417E.M. Jarsve, J.I. Faleide, R.H. Gabrielsen and J.P. Nystuen3D forward modelling of the impact of sediment transport and base level cycles on continental margins and incised valleys 453D. GranjeonTectonic control on sedimentation, erosion and redeposition of Upper Jurassic sandstones, Central Graben, North Sea 473J.P. Wonham, I. Rodwell, T. Lein-Mathisen and M. ThomasThe Garn Formation (Bajocian-Bathonian) in the Kristin Field, Halten Terrace: its origin, facies architecture and primary heterogeneity model 513C. Messina, W. Nemec, A.W. Martinius and C. ElfenbeinChannel development in the chalk of the Tor Formation, North Sea: evidence of bottom current activity 551M. Gennaro and J.P. WonhamMassFLOW-3DTM as a simulation tool for turbidity currents: some preliminary results 587R. Basani, M. Janocko, M.J.B. Cartigny, E.W.M. Hansen and J.T. EggenhuisenThe Ormen Lange turbidite systems: sedimentary architectures and sequence structure of sandy slope fans in a sediment-starved basin 609R. Ravnås, A. Cook, K. Engenes, H. Germs, M. Grecula, J. Haga, C. Harvey and J.A. MaceachernUnravelling the nature of deep-marine sandstones through the linkage of seismic geomorphologies to sedimentary facies; the Hermod Fan, Norwegian North Sea 647B.K.L. Bryn and M.A. AckersIndex 677