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Marine influence in the depositional environments of the Paluxy Formation (Carr Member), eastern Talco Field, Franklin and Titus Counties, Texas
Gray, Rachel Elaine
Gray, Rachel Elaine
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[Fort Worth, TX] : Texas Christian University,
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2016
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Talco Field is a prolific oil field producing 297,249,754 barrels of oil since its discovery in 1936. The primary hydrocarbon reservoir is the Paluxy Formation, a Lower Cretaceous (Albian Stage) sand rich formation found in the Fredericksburg Group. This study focuses on the depositional environments of the Carr Member in eastern Talco Field. Well log correlation and interpretation of five conventional core located in eastern Talco Field, provide evidence that the Carr Member of the Paluxy Formation was deposited in a mixed energy tide and wave-dominated estuary within an off-axis alluvial system. Results from this study were then compared to previous depositional environments of western and central Talco Field. Comparison of depositional environments across the field suggest the possibility of the Carr Member representing deposits of an incised valley-fill system in the eastern half of the field but due to lack of penetration depth, the basal section cannot be confirmed.
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Geological Sciences