Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: Samuel Caulfield-Kerney, David Wray, Ken Ratcliffe, Ted Playton, Paul Montgomery, Eric Tohver, Roger Hocking, Peter Haines, Maodu Yan, Joseph Kirschvink, Kliti Grice, Kate Trinajstic, Kelly Hillbun, David Katz, Jeroen Hansma, Sergei Pisarevsky, Peter Cawood, Peter Ward
Date Published: August 2013
Number of Pages: 1
Abstract:
The Canning Basin Chronostratigraphy Project (CBCP) aims at developing alternative methods for high-resolution chronostratigraphic correlation to address problems such as subsurface data limitations and poor biostratigraphic resolution. One type of constraint is ‘Elemental Chemostratigraphy’, and has been widely applied and successful in siliciclastic settings. Its use in carbonate settings, however, is infantile, reflecting a lack of understanding in how elemental parameters respond in carbonate settings. Whether carbonate chemostratigraphic correlations can be viewed as lithostratigraphic or chronostratigraphic, and the nature in which base level fluctuations are detected, are examples of remaining challenges.