Reklaw

In the Woodbend Group of central Alberta, shales of the Ireton Formation occupy the basinal areas between the Leduc reefs. Within the shales are thin limestone beds which can be traced as electric-log markers over large areas. These markers probably approximate time lines, and they show a distinct westward divergence from the Ireton-Nisku contact. Their stratigraphic behavior has allowed subdivision of the Ireton Formation into rocks typical of the “three critical environments of deposition” established by Rich (1951a). Studies of cores and well cuttings corroborated the conclusions about environment which were reached by the study of the stratigraphic behavior of the marker beds. The lithologies described by Rich for the unda, clino, and fondo environments are present in the Ireton. The sediments of the Ireton are composed of terrigenous clay transported over a shelf area in the east, combined with fine carbonate derived from the scattered reefs throughout the area. The carbonates of the Upper Ireton are indigenous to the shelf environment. The pattern of shifting environments indicates that the inter-reef area was filled progressively from east to west. The paleogeography of a restricted area during Woodbend time has been deduced in a generalized manner by the application of Rich’s concepts.

@article{olivers1965depositional,
    author = "OLIVERS, T. A. and COWPER, N. W.",
    title = "Depositional Environments of Ireton Formation, Central Alberta",
    year = "1965",
    journal = "AAPG Bulletin",
    abstract = "In the Woodbend Group of central Alberta, shales of the Ireton Formation occupy the basinal areas between the Leduc reefs. Within the shales are thin limestone beds which can be traced as electric-log markers over large areas. These markers probably approximate time lines, and they show a distinct westward divergence from the Ireton-Nisku contact. Their stratigraphic behavior has allowed subdivision of the Ireton Formation into rocks typical of the “three critical environments of deposition” established by Rich (1951a). Studies of cores and well cuttings corroborated the conclusions about environment which were reached by the study of the stratigraphic behavior of the marker beds. The lithologies described by Rich for the unda, clino, and fondo environments are present in the Ireton. The sediments of the Ireton are composed of terrigenous clay transported over a shelf area in the east, combined with fine carbonate derived from the scattered reefs throughout the area. The carbonates of the Upper Ireton are indigenous to the shelf environment. The pattern of shifting environments indicates that the inter-reef area was filled progressively from east to west. The paleogeography of a restricted area during Woodbend time has been deduced in a generalized manner by the application of Rich’s concepts.",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1306/a6633722-16c0-11d7-8645000102c1865d",
    doi = "10.1306/a6633722-16c0-11d7-8645000102c1865d",
    number = "9",
    pages = "1410-1425",
    volume = "49"
}

@misc{tourtelot1971the,
    author = "Tourtelot, Harry Allison and Tailleur, Irvin L.",
    title = "The Shublik Formation and adjacent strata in northeastern Alaska description, minor elements, depositional environments and diagenesis",
    year = "1971",
    booktitle = "Open-File Report",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr71284",
    doi = "10.3133/ofr71284"
}

@article{gordon1977depositional,
    author = "Gordon, M. and Kinney, D. M. and Jehn, P. J. and Young, L. M.",
    title = "Depositional environments on the Pitkin Formation, northern Arkansas",
    year = "1977",
    journal = "Journal of Sedimentary Research",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1306/212f7360-2b24-11d7-8648000102c1865d",
    doi = "10.1306/212f7360-2b24-11d7-8648000102c1865d",
    number = "3",
    pages = "1392-1393",
    volume = "47"
}

@article{harrywdodge1983depositional,
    author = "Harry W. Dodge, Jr., Thomas M. Cran",
    title = "Depositional Environments of Upper Cretaceous Fox Hills Formation, Niobrara and Weston Counties, East-Central Wyoming: ABSTRACT",
    year = "1983",
    journal = "AAPG Bulletin",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1306/03b5b835-16d1-11d7-8645000102c1865d",
    doi = "10.1306/03b5b835-16d1-11d7-8645000102c1865d",
    volume = "67"
}

@article{darrensdueitt1985depositional,
    author = "Darren S. Dueitt, Franz Froelicher",
    title = "Depositional Environments of Wilcox Lignites in Choctaw and Winston Counties, Mississippi: ABSTRACT",
    year = "1985",
    journal = "AAPG Bulletin",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1306/ad462cb3-16f7-11d7-8645000102c1865d",
    doi = "10.1306/ad462cb3-16f7-11d7-8645000102c1865d",
    volume = "69"
}

@article{bergan1988shoreline,
    author = "Bergan, Gail R.",
    title = "Shoreline Depositional Environments of Glen Rose Formation (Lower Cretaceous) in Type Area, Somervell and Hood Counties, Texas: ABSTRACT",
    year = "1988",
    journal = "AAPG Bulletin",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1306/703c97e4-1707-11d7-8645000102c1865d",
    doi = "10.1306/703c97e4-1707-11d7-8645000102c1865d",
    volume = "72"
}

@misc{leipzig1990the1,
    author = "Leipzig, M. R",
    title = "The stratigraphy, electrofacies and depositional environments of the Reklaw Formation of Goliad and adjacent counties, south Texas",
    year = "1990",
    howpublished = "American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 215, no. 1, p. 76- 84",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Leipzig, M. R., 1990, The stratigraphy, electrofacies and depositional environments of the Reklaw Formation of Goliad and adjacent counties, south Texas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 215, no. 1, p. 76- 84.}"
}

@article{jamescslone12000abstract,
    author = "James C Slone1, Jim Mazzullo1",
    title = "Abstract: Facies and depositional environments of the Permian Queen Formation, Howard Glasscock Field, Glasscock and Sterling Counties, Texas",
    year = "2000",
    journal = "AAPG Bulletin",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1306/a9672eec-1738-11d7-8645000102c1865d",
    doi = "10.1306/a9672eec-1738-11d7-8645000102c1865d",
    volume = "84 (2000)"
}

@incollection{crossref2003depositional,
    title = "Depositional Environments of Clay Seal Formation",
    year = "2003",
    booktitle = "Clay Seals of Oil and Gas Deposits",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1201/noe9058095831.ch4",
    doi = "10.1201/noe9058095831.ch4",
    pages = "120-135"
}

@misc{andambrose2018depositional,
    author = "Ambrose, William A. and Zeng, Hongliu and Zhang, Jinyu and Olariu, Mariana. I. and Smith, David and Clift, Sigrid J.",
    title = "Depositional history and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Upper Wilcox Group and Reklaw Formation, northern Bee County, Texas",
    year = "2018",
    booktitle = "Report of Investigations",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.23867/ri0284d",
    doi = "10.23867/ri0284d"
}

@article{lopatina2025the,
    author = "Lopatina, Ekaterina",
    title = "The differential diagnosis of tidal flat facies and adjacent depositional environments",
    year = "2025",
    journal = "Oil and gas geology = Geologiya nefti i gaza",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.47148/0016-7894-2024-6-31-43",
    doi = "10.47148/0016-7894-2024-6-31-43",
    number = "6",
    pages = "31-43"
}