1992 Articles

New Sequence Perspective on the Devonian Reef Complex and the Frasnian-Famennian Boundary, Canning Basin, Australia

Kennard, John M.; Southgate, Peter N.; Jackson, Michael J.; O'Brien, Phillip E.; Christie-Blick, Nicholas; Holmes, Ann E.; Sarg, J. F.

The application of concepts of sequence stratigraphy to seismic and well data has led to a new understanding of the subsurface Devonian reef complex of the Canning Basin. It demonstrates marked reciprocal sedimentation with lowstand terrigenous sediments largely restricted to the basin and transgressive and highstand carbonate sediments on the platform. Preliminary outcrop studies indicate the potential of these concepts to modify significantly the existing lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic interpretations of this classic exhumed reef complex, including the stratigraphic context of the Frasnian-Famennian boundary in the Canning Basin.