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f Carboniferous Coals from Northern Norway - a Window into the Early Diagenesis of Carboniferous Coals
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 57th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, May 1995, cp-90-00498
- ISBN: 978-90-73781-06-1
Abstract
A Lower Carboniferous coal-bearing succession was penetrated by two shallow cores drilled on the Finnmark Platform off the north toast of Norway, which recovered a total of 210 metres of core. The cored succession consists of a series of erosive, fining upwards fluvial channel sandstones, interbedded with siltstones and carbonaceous shales or coals. These sediments are part of a northeast-dipping seismic package located along the downthrown margin of a small fault-bounded basin which was subject to regular marine incursions. Biostratigraphic data indicate a Lower Carboniferous (Visean) age for the cored succession.