Universität zu Köln

Herbig, Hans-Georg ORCID: 0000-0002-8878-8378 (2016). Mississippian (Early Carboniferous) sequence stratigraphy of the Rhenish Kulm Basin, Germany. Geol. Belg., 19 (1-2). S. 81 - 111. BRUSSELS: GEOLOGICA BELGICA. ISSN 2034-1954

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Abstract

The Rhenish Kulm Basin is a deeper-water foreland basin developing in front of the Variscan Orogen in Germany. Three major facies interfinger and might overwhelm the adjacent one in time. These are (1) internal siliciclastic flysch facies, (2) central starved basin facies, and (3) calciturbidite facies. Calciturbidites are derived from the Northwest European shallow-water carbonate platform or not preserved intrabasinal sources. Besides, a deep intrabasinal swell facies is characterized by condensed successions. Diagnostic rock types within each facies enable the recognition of systems tracts of third-order depositional sequences. The interpretation of faunal developments and bioevents support these attributions. Hence, for the first time a sequence stratigraphic subdivision of the Rhenish Kulm Basin into 13 sequences is achieved, ranging from the latest Devonian to the early Namurian. The lower nine sequences are correlated with the Dinantian sequences earlier established on the Belgium shallow-water platform. Two Brigantian sequences 10 and 11 are identified and, despite the prograding Variscan Orogen, the two lower Namurian (Pendleian, Arnsbergian) sequences 12 and 13. The results demonstrate the successful application of sequence stratigraphy in a deeper-water basin, show that sea-level changes overrule the general, more gradual tectonic development of the basin, and prove the Palaeotethyan, if not global isochroneity of Mississippian sequences.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Herbig, Hans-Georg UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8878-8378 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-288429
DOI:	10.20341/gb.2016.010
Journal or Publication Title:	Geol. Belg.
Volume:	19
Number:	1-2
Page Range:	S. 81 - 111
Date:	2016
Publisher:	GEOLOGICA BELGICA
Place of Publication:	BRUSSELS
ISSN:	2034-1954
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOUTH PORTUGUESE ZONE; SEA-LEVEL; NORTHERN FRANCE; FACIES; BOUNDARY; BELGIUM; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MOUNTAINS; ORIGIN; SEDIMENTATION Multiple languages Geology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28842