Guarujá Formation
Geological formation of the Santos Basin near Brazil
The Guarujá Formation (Portuguese : Formacão Guarujá ) is a geological formation of the Santos Basin offshore of the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Paraná and Santa Catarina . The predominantly calcarenite formation with marls dates to the Early Cretaceous period; Early Albian epoch and has a maximum thickness of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). The formation is the second-most important post-salt reservoir rock of the Santos Basin.
Etymology
The formation is named after the city of Guarujá , São Paulo.
Description
The Guarujá Formation is 832 to 2,500 metres (2,730 to 8,202 ft) thick,[ 1] and consists of oolitic calcarenites , which laterally grade to greyish ochre and brownish grey calcilutites and grey marls . These facies are interbedded with the alluvial clastics of the Florianópolis Formation . The Guarujá name is restricted to the lowest limestone intercalation, previously named Lower Guarujá by Ojeda and Ahranha in Pereira and Feijó (1994). The microfacies indicate a tidal flat to shallow lagoon and open carbonate platform depositional environment . The age based on planktonic foraminifera and pollen is Early Albian .[ 2]
Petroleum geology
The formation is the second-most important post-salt reservoir rock of the Santos Basin,[ 3] after the Itajaí-Açu Formation .[ 4] [ 5]
See also
References
^ Kiang Chang et al., 2008, p.32
^ Clemente, 2013, p.22
^ Contreras, 2011, p.34
^ a b c d e f "Santos Basin Fields" . Archived from the original on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-09-07 .
^ Vieira, 2007, p.9
^ Juarez, 2013, p.14
^ ANP Yearbook, 2014, p.30
^ Coral Field: Case History in Oil Producing Albian Carbonates in Santos Basin, Brazil
^ Estrela do Mar, Cavalo Marinho oil output by 2007
^ Juarez, 2013, p.11
Bibliography
ANP (2014), Oil, natural gas and biofuels - Statistical Yearbook , ANP , pp. 1–73
Clemente, Pilar (2013), Petroleum geology of the Campos and Santos basins, Lower Cretaceous Brazilian sector of the South Atlantic margin , Danmarks Tekniske Universitet , pp. 1–33, retrieved 2017-09-04
Contreras, Jorham (2011), Seismo-stratigraphy and numerical basin modeling of the southern Brazilian continental margin (Campos, Santos, and Pelotas basins) (PhD thesis) (PDF) , Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , pp. 1–171, retrieved 2017-09-04
Juarez Feijó, Fávio (2013), "Santos Basin: 40 Years from Shallow to Deep to Ultra-Deep Water" (PDF) , Search and Discovery , 10553 : 1–49, retrieved 2017-09-04
Kiang Chang, Hung; Assine, Mario Luis; Santos Corrêa, Fernando; Setsuo Tinen, Julio; Campane Vidal, Alexandre; Koike, Luzia (2008), "Sistemas petrolíferos e modelos de acumulação de hidrocarbonetos na Bacia de Santos" (PDF) , Revista Brasileira de Geociências , 38 : 29–46, doi :10.25249/0375-7536.2008382S2946 (inactive 1 November 2024), retrieved 2017-09-04 {{citation }}
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