Aspects of Late Triassic/Early Jurassic and Middle Jurassic fluvial sedimentation in the Viking Graben area, North Sea

摘要

The Viking Graben of the North Sea is the site of the economically important Brent hydrocarbon province. This dissertation focuses on the nature of non-marine and coastal plain deposits of Late Triassic - Early Jurassic (Statfjord Formation) and Middle Jurassic (Ness Formation) age in the Viking Graben of the North Sea. Most of the work has been dedicated to the study of the Statfjord Formation, which is analyzed on a regional scale. For the Ness Formation, a local study of its sedimentology within the Oseberg Field, offshore Norway, is presented. The work comprises five papers dealing with sedimentological, architectural, paleogeographical, and stratigraphical aspects of fluvial deposition. 300 refs., 85 figs., 11 tabs.