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      Note on paramoudra-like carbonate concretions in the Urenui Formation, North Taranaki: possible plumbing system for a Late Miocene methane seep field

      Nelson, Campbell S.; Schellenberg, Francesca; King, Peter R.; Ricketts, Brian D.; Kamp, Peter J.J.; Browne, Gregory H.; Campbell, Kathleen A.
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      Nelson, C.S., Schellenberg, F., King, P., Ricketts, B., Kamp, P.J.J., Browne, G. & Campbell, K. (2004). Note on paramoudra-like carbonate concretions in the Urenui Formation, North Taranaki: possible plumbing system for a Late Miocene methane seep field. In Proceedings of New Zealand Petroleum Conference 2004, 7 – 10 March, Crown Minerals, Ministry of Economic Development, Wellington.
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      A reconnaissance study of calcitic and dolomitic tubular concretions in upper slope mudstone of the Late Miocene Urenui Formation exposed along the north Taranaki coastline indicates that they have a complex diagenetic history involving different phases of carbonate cementation and likely hydrofracturing associated with build up of fluid/gas pressures. The concretions resemble classical paramoudra in the European chalk, but are not siliceous and do not have a trace fossil origin. Stable oxygen and carbon isotope data suggest that the micritic carbonate cements in the Urenui paramoudra were probably sourced primarily from ascending methane fluid/gases, and that they precipitated entirely within the host mudstone below the seafloor. We suggest the paramoudra may mark the subsurface plumbing networks of a Late Miocene cold seep system, in which case they have relevance to the evolution and migration of hydrocarbons in Taranaki Basin, at this site perhaps focussed along the Taranaki Fault. The presence of dislodged and mass-emplaced paramoudra in the axial conglomerate of channels within the Urenui mudstone suggests there could be a connection between the loci of seep field development and slope failure and canyon cutting on the Late Miocene Taranaki margin.
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      2004
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      Conference Contribution
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      Ministry of Economic Development
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      This article has been published in Proceedings of New Zealand Petroleum Conference 2004, 7 – 10 March. © 2004 Nelson, C.S., Schellenberg, F., King, P., Ricketts, B., Kamp, P.J.J., Browne, G. & Campbell, K.
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