Copyright by Nysha Chaderton 2009 - The University of Texas at ...
Copyright by Nysha Chaderton 2009 - The University of Texas at ...
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Form<strong>at</strong>ion. This interpret<strong>at</strong>ion requires the Scotland Form<strong>at</strong>ion to be an older unit than<br />
the Oceanic Form<strong>at</strong>ion; however some age over lap has been noted <strong>by</strong> some workers.<br />
Speed (1982) contended th<strong>at</strong> the Oceanic Form<strong>at</strong>ion was deposited within the<br />
Tobago Forearc Basin and has subsequently been thrust more than 20 km eastward to its<br />
present position. Speed interpreted the Oceanic Form<strong>at</strong>ion as having a lower section<br />
which exhibited nappe geometries as a result <strong>of</strong> its eastward transport<strong>at</strong>ion, and an upper<br />
section which was a single undisrupted sheet. <strong>The</strong> timing <strong>of</strong> the emplacement <strong>of</strong> this<br />
sheet is said to be l<strong>at</strong>e Miocene or Pliocene when the sheet was thought to have fully<br />
covered the underlying Scotland Form<strong>at</strong>ion. This interpret<strong>at</strong>ion accounts for the over-<br />
lapping age d<strong>at</strong>es <strong>of</strong> the Scotland and Oceanic Form<strong>at</strong>ion but requires significant<br />
transl<strong>at</strong>ion and over thrusting <strong>of</strong> sediments th<strong>at</strong> is not observed in seismic d<strong>at</strong>a.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are inconsistencies with both <strong>of</strong> the previously mentioned interpret<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
and further examin<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the Scotland Form<strong>at</strong>ion th<strong>at</strong> outcrops onshore Barbados and<br />
analysis <strong>of</strong> the seismic d<strong>at</strong>a will allow us to gain an understanding <strong>of</strong> the depositional<br />
environments and loc<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the Scotland and the Oceanic Form<strong>at</strong>ions. Outcrops <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Scotland Form<strong>at</strong>ion on the island <strong>of</strong> Barbados were examined, to determine the l<strong>at</strong>eral<br />
continuity and vertical facies associ<strong>at</strong>ions and architectural elements within the Scotland<br />
outcrops, to define an environment <strong>of</strong> deposition for each described outcrop and to place<br />
these dispar<strong>at</strong>e outcroppings <strong>of</strong> the Scotland in a large-scale framework <strong>of</strong> depositional<br />
setting for these units.<br />
3. <strong>The</strong> n<strong>at</strong>ure <strong>of</strong> the Petroleum System <strong>of</strong> the southern BAP<br />
Oil and gas is produced from the Woodbourne Oil field in onshore Barbados from<br />
wh<strong>at</strong> are believed to be structurally segmented Scotland Form<strong>at</strong>ion sandstones within a<br />
petroleum system where the play elements are poorly understood. <strong>The</strong> Sandy Lane #1<br />
well drilled <strong>of</strong>fshore Barbados proved significant sands in the sections <strong>of</strong> interest in<br />
<strong>of</strong>fshore basins and recorded gas shows; however no liquid hydrocarbon shows have been<br />
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