Abdullah Adli Zakaria and Howard D. Johnson and Christopher A-L. Jackson and Felix Tongkul (2013) Sedimentary facies analysis and depositional model of the Palaeogene West Crocker submarine fan system, NW Borneo. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 76. pp. 283-300.
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This study outlines a sedimentological analysis of the Palaeogene West Crocker Formation (WCF) around the Kota Kinabalu area of SW Sabah, which represents a large submarine fan depositional system within part of what was the complex and tectonically active margin of NW Borneo. The newly acquired and often extensive outcrop data summarised in this study has resulted in a more complete synthesis of the Crocker fan depositional system than has been previously possible. Seven facies (F1 to F7) have been identified which constitute three main facies groups: (1) sand-dominated facies (F1 to F3), comprise high- to low-density tu rbidites and form the dominant part of the WCF, (2) debris flow-dominated facies (F4 to F6) comprises mud- and sand-dominant debris flows and mass transport deposits (MTD), which form a seconda ry but highly distinctive part of the WCF, and (3) mudstone-dominated facies (F7), repr esent a subordinate part of the WCF. Analysis of the vertical facies successions (from proximal to distal), has resulted in recognition of five major genetic units: (1) Ch annel-levee complex; characterised by thick (30-60 m) thinning and fining upward facies su ccession, which are dominated in their lower part by thick-bedded (1-6 m), amalgamated high -density (Lowe-type) turbidites with rare debrite beds; the upper part is dominated lo w-density (Bouma-type) turbidites, without associated debrite beds. (2) Channelised lobe s; characterized by 2-10 m thick, coarsening upward, which are overlain by 5-20 m thick fining upward facies successions; these successions are dominated by high-density turbidit es (c. 0.5-1 m thick) and linked co-genetic turbidite-debrite beds (0.1-0.5 m thick), with subordinate mudstone facies. (3) Non- channelised lobes; comprise 5-20 m thick coar sening upward facies successions; these start with mudstone facies, which pass gradually upwards into linked co-genetic turbidite-debrite beds; sandstone bed thickness increases upwar ds, while the debrite caps tend to become thinner upwards; high-density turbidites (2-3 m thick beds) form amalgamated units at the top of these successions. (4) Distal lobes; represented mudstone-dom inated intervals with mainly thin (1-10 cm thick) low-density turbidites and occasional muddy debrites. (5) Mass transport complexes (MTCs); characterized by highly defo rmed slumped units (up to 2.5-5 m thick). It is inferred that the five genetic units were deposited within four proposed laterally contiguous depositional environments are: (1) inner fan channel-levee complex; (2) mid-fan channelised lobes; (3) mid-fan non-channelised lobes; and (4) outer fan distal lobes. The West Crocker submarine fan is interpreted as a multiple-sourced, shelf-fed, Type II, low- efficiency, sand-rich depositional system.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | est Crocker Formation, sand-rich submarine fan, fold-thrust system, sedimentological analysis , sedimentary facies, facies associations , channel-levee , lobes , mass-transport deposits |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Depositing User: | MDM FAUZIAH MATSIN |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2013 11:44 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2021 14:25 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/6201 |
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