Synthesis

• Depositional elements ranging from �uvial trunk river channels to distributary channels, with associated overbank deposits.

• Large variations in form and sedimentology are recorded by the >20 km vs. around 3 km max channel belt width and grain size distribution.

• Transition from a con�ned to an uncon�ned �uvial system as the alluvial plain merges with the deltaic plain of the Triassic Barents Sea.

• Three distinct phases of delta progradation with subsequent transgression.

• Variability in �oodplain and �uvial sedimentology, both planform seismic and core/wireline.

• Anastamosing rivers and increase in coal deposits indicate a humid environment for the Carnian interval.

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Top: The modern Niger Delta. A reasonable analogue for theSnadd Formation. Image from Google Earth.

Top: Rose diagrams plotted against their datasets. Westward,distal, increased dispersal in palaeocurrent trends.

Top: Block diagram of the Lower Snadd Fm showing the gradual transition between the main depositional elements, and di�erences between these. Channel bodies becomemore isolated down depositional dip, due to more accomodation and a higher frequency of channel avulsion.

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