Date of Award
January 2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Geology
First Advisor
Stephan Nordeng
Abstract
Applying sequence stratigraphy methods to the Tyler Formation (Mississippian-Pennsylvanian) can yield valuable data about Tyler geological history. The Tyler Formation has 14 facies across that are consistent across the Dickinson Field, Stark County, North Dakota. The Upper Tyler is a marine dominated environment with large limestone and black shale deposits with an overlying smaller terrestrial deposit capped by a paleosol. The Upper Tyler records a single sea level rise and fall cycle. The Lower Tyler is a deltaic environment with several sandstone deposits. The Lower Tyler has 3 paleosols overlying a coarsening upward pattern of marine shales to nearshore and channel sands. The Lower Tyler records at least two sequence boundaries. Sequence boundaries are consistent across the field and are a possible surface to correlate across the basin.
Recommended Citation
Farzaneh, Michael Christopher, "Sequence Stratigraphy Of The Tyler Formation (Mississippian-Pennsylvanian) In Dickinson Field, Stark County, North Dakota" (2017). Theses and Dissertations. 2207.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/2207
