Provenance of Triassic sandstones on the southwest Barents Shelf and the implication for sediment dispersal patterns in northwest Pangaea

• Published in: Marine and Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Fleming, Edward J., Flowerdew, Michael, Smyth, Helen R., Scott, Robert A., Morton, Andrew C., Omma, Jenny E., Frei, Dirk, Whitehouse, Martin J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: 02 - Geodynamics; Geophysics and Tectonics; Severnaya Zemlya; Taimyr
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3758/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3758/1/1-s2.0-S0264817216303439-main.pdf; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3758/7/mmc1.xlsx; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264817216303439; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.10.005

Thick Triassic siliciclastic units form major reservoir targets for hydrocarbon exploration on the Barents Shelf; however, poor reservoir quality, possibly associated with variation in provenance, remains a key risk factor in the area. In this study, sandstone dispersal patterns on the southwest Bar...