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Continuous subaqueous deposition of the Permian Castile evaporites, Delaware Basin, Texas and New Mexico

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https://doi.org/10.2110/cor.82.01.0324

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Abstract

Structures that are common in the Castile Formation (Ochoan) of the Delaware Basin, Texas and New Mexico (Fig. 1) include fine planar laminations, breccias, microfolded laminae, and nodular anhydrite. These structures, particularly the laminae, have been used to demonstrate the subaqueous depositional history of the Castile (Anderson and Kirkland, 1966; Anderson et al., 1972; Dean et al., 1975; Dean and Anderson, 1978). Kirkland and Anderson (1970) showed that the microfolds in the Castile are related to larger folds generated by tectonic compression. Breccia beds and chimneys and their relations to vertical and lateral salt dissolution in the Delaware Basin were discussed by Anderson et al. (1972), Anderson (1978), Anderson et al. (1978), and Anderson and Kirkland (1980). In this workshop we will describe and illustrate these structures and summarize how they have been used to understand the depositional and postdepositional history of a major evaporite deposit for which there is no modern analog.

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Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Continuous subaqueous deposition of the Permian Castile evaporites, Delaware Basin, Texas and New Mexico
DOI 10.2110/cor.82.01.0324
Volume 3
Year Published 1982
Language English
Publisher Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
Contributing office(s) Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
Description 30 p.
Larger Work Type Conference Paper
Larger Work Subtype Conference Paper
Larger Work Title Depositional and diagenetic spectra of evaporites
First page 324
Last page 353
Conference Title SEPM Core Workshop
Conference Location Calgary, Canada
Conference Date June 26-27, 1982
Country United States
State New Mexico, Texas
Other Geospatial Delaware Basin
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