Facies analysis and its relation to point-sourced growth faults in river-dominated prodeltaic delta front deposits of the Cretaceous Ferron Notom Delta, Utah, USA

This study emphasizes a localized stress field (i.e., point sourced) associated with sandy mouth bar deposits, which acted as fault initiation points. This contrasts with the distributed stress regimes commonly associated with regional-scale growth faults along continental margins. This can lead to expanded, but localized, reservoir compartments within river-dominated deltaic systems, especially those in epeiric seas or other shallow-water sedimentary basins, such as Prudhoe Bay Field, Alaska.