龙虎泡地区高台子油层成岩作用及其对储集岩孔隙演化的影响

龙虚泡地区高台子油层储集岩基本上由岩屑长石粉砂岩组成。压实作用、胶结作用、溶蚀作用、粘土矿物的转化作用和交代作用对沉积岩 (物 )进行了改造。根据岩石的结构可以看出压实作用发育于早成岩阶段,方解石胶结物的结构和碳、氧稳定同位素组成说明方解石胶结作用发育于早成岩阶段。压实作用和方解石结作用对孔隙的减少起着决定性影响。长石和中基性火山岩岩屑的溶蚀作用使得孔隙有一定程度的增加。压实作用和胶结作用也阻止了自生石英的生长和次生孔隙带的形成。     

地下孔隙率和渗透率在空间和时间上的变化及影响因素

地下岩石孔隙率和渗透率在空间和时间上的变化受众多因素控制,总的说来,包括沉积与成岩两个最为主要的因素。沉积盆地的性质和沉积环境控制了沉积物的组成、岩石的结构和原生孔隙。沉积作用所经历的时间相对较短而进程较快;成岩作用所经历的时间相对较长而进程较慢。从对孔隙率和渗透率的控制作用来说,成岩作用的研究难度相对较大。近年来,一些传统的形成地下岩石次生孔隙的机制受到挑战,这些传统机制中最为主要的是有机酸对铝硅酸溶解形成次生孔隙,但这会造成介质pH值的升高,碳酸盐矿物和高岭石的沉淀。地下岩石中碳酸水溶解产生的次生孔隙也是有限的。新的机制如大气淡水的溶解作用,深部冷却地下水的溶解作用,硅酸盐的水解都得到了人们的普遍接受,这对于次生孔隙成因的解释及地下岩石孔隙率和渗透率的预测十分重要。对于碳酸盐岩来说,与不整合面附近的古喀斯特有关的油气藏得到了更多的关注。深埋藏过程中碳酸盐岩成岩作用的研究中,温度和压力的影响对不同碳酸盐矿物溶解及沉淀作用的差异性控制了地下碳酸盐岩孔隙率和渗透率分布.     

鄂尔多斯盆地三叠系延长组砂岩钠长石化与热液成岩作用研究

鄂尔多斯盆地延长组储层砂岩发育大量自生钠长石矿物,其成因和产出与浊沸石有关,含量和分布比浊沸石多而广泛,但没有引起人们的注意。大量详细岩相学观察发现延长组储层砂岩发育丰富的自生钠长石,其主要为由斜长石碎屑蚀变形成或呈胶结物充填分布在砂岩碎屑颗粒之间。钠长石中含有大量原生的发亮黄色荧光的油气包裹体,表明其形成与油气注入同时。电子探针成分分析表明,钠长石Na2O含量较高,几乎为斜长石的纯钠长石端员(NaAlSi3O8),没有钙长石端员(CaAl2Si2O8)。激光拉曼光谱特征反映出钠长石为沉积成岩期形成的低温钠长石,而非来源于岩浆岩或者变质岩区的碎屑钠长石。应用LA-MC-ICP/MS原位微分析技术对钠长石进行的稀土元素分析表明,延长组砂岩钠长石具有热水成岩作用地球化学特征,属于热液成岩作用产物。认为大量钠长石形成与石油充注的同时进行导致了储层致密过程中岩性油藏的形成。延长组储层砂岩中热液成岩作用对油藏形成和分布意义重大,值得重视和研究。     

The evolution of the Cappadocia Geothermal Province,Anatolia (Turkey): geochemical and geochronological evidence

Cappadocia Geothermal Province (CGP), central Turkey, consists of nine individual geothermal regions controlled by active regional fault systems. This paper examines the age dating of alteration minerals and the geochemistry (trace elements and isotopes) of the alteration minerals and geothermal waters, to assess the evolution of CGP in relation to regional tectonics. Ar–Ar age data of jarosite and alunite show that the host rocks were exposed to oxidizing conditions near the Earth’s surface at about 5.30 Ma. Based on the δ¹⁸O–δD relationhip, water samples had a high altitude meteoric origin. The δ³⁴S values of jarosite and alunite indicate that water samples from the southern part of the study area reached the surface after circulation through volcanic rocks, while northern samples had traveled to the surface after interacting with evaporates at greater depths. REY (rare earth elements and yttrium) diagrams of alteration minerals (especially illite, jarosite and alunite) from rock samples, taken from the same locations as the water samples, display a similar REY pattern to water samples. This suggests that thermal fluids, which reached the surface along a fault zone and caused the mineral alteration in the past, had similar chemical composition to the current geothermal water. The geothermal conceptual model, which defines a volcanically heated reservoir and cap rocks, suggests there are no structural drawbacks to the use of the CGP geothermal system as a resource. However, fluid is insufficient to drive the geothermal system as a result of scanty supply of meteoric water due to evaporation significantly exceeding rainfall.     

母岩性质对砾岩储层中自生绿泥石发育的影响及油气储层意义-以准噶尔盆地玛湖凹陷玛北地区下乌尔禾组为例

近期取得重大发现的准噶尔盆地玛湖凹陷砾岩油气藏表现出近源、粗粒、深埋、低渗的特征,其中下乌尔禾组（砂）砾岩储层质量与其中自生绿泥石及其伴生的成岩作用密切相关。基于大量铸体薄片观察和扫描电镜、电子探针、X荧光光谱等测试技术,对玛湖凹陷北部地区二叠系下乌尔禾组四段开展了岩石学、矿物学研究,以明确自生绿泥石含量、分布、成因及其对储层的影响,探索火山岩物源供给条件下储层成岩作用差异和优质储层发育规律。研究表明:1）玛北地区自生绿泥石主要为铁—镁过渡型偏富铁绿泥石,以颗粒薄膜、孔隙衬里和孔隙充填产出,物质主要来源于中基性火山物质;2）研究区发育4个砾岩扇体,物源区母岩性质差异较为明显。玛东斜坡夏盐扇、玛东扇砾岩储层中发育大量的自生绿泥和浊沸石,玛西斜坡夏子街扇和黄阳泉扇砾岩储层自生绿泥石缺乏,以浊沸石胶结为特点。不同母岩性质砾岩体在埋藏成岩演化过程发育不同的成岩序列;3）砾岩储层质量与物源区母岩性质关系密切,玛东斜坡自生绿泥石和浊沸石的析出导致储层胶结程度高、整体致密,储层质量取决于后期裂缝的改造。玛西斜坡缺乏自生绿泥石,浊沸石的析出抵抗了储层压实作用,保存了少量原生孔隙,为后期酸性流体的注入和浊沸石的溶蚀提供了可能。其中构造高部位浊沸石溶蚀程度高,储层质量好。     

岩浆侵入对围岩储层的成岩及其变质特征的影响及意义——以松辽盆地南部辉绿岩侵入带露头研究为例

以松辽盆地南部团山子采石场辉绿岩侵入露头为例,采用连续密集取样、常规分析和碳氧稳定同位素测试等方法,对围岩储层的成岩及其变质特征进行分析,进而探讨岩浆侵入对围岩的影响及其储层意义。岩浆侵入对角岩围岩的影响包括：1）自生绢云母距离侵入体越远,其含量越少;2）粘土矿物主要为成岩晚期的伊利石和绿泥石;3）角岩中发育特殊“气孔-杏仁”构造。岩浆侵入对上覆砂岩的影响表现为：1）造成自生石英的特征分布;2）造成粘土矿物的不均匀分布;3）形成反映应力挤压特征的颗粒结构。角岩中浊沸石发育和高岭石不发育对应碱性环境,不利于热液微裂缝中碳酸盐矿物的溶蚀。因此,尽管角岩发育微孔、微缝等少量储集空间（平均孔隙度为1.70%）,但其渗透能力很低（平均渗透率小于0.1 mD）。侵入活动对研究露头砂岩储层物性造成的不利影响,主要是由于挤压作用和热液流动作用使自生矿物不均匀分布,从而导致或加剧了砂岩储层的非均质性。     

山东省牛庄洼陷古近系沙河街组沙三中亚段储集层成岩作用研究

山东省牛庄洼陷古近系沙河街组沙三中亚段储集层岩石类型以长石岩屑砂岩和岩屑长石砂岩为主,岩石结构成熟度和成分成熟度均较低。砂岩成岩作用包括压实作用、胶结作用、交代作用、溶解作用等。压实作用主要有刚性颗粒发生脆性破裂、颗粒之间呈线接触和凹凸接触、岩石碎屑颗粒呈明显的定向排列、塑性颗粒挤压变形或刚性颗粒嵌入变形颗粒中、粘土质碎屑被挤压变形发生假杂基化等五种表现形式。胶结物主要有泥质胶结物、碳酸盐胶结物、自生粘土矿物和自生石英、长石。交代作用主要有石英交代长石颗粒、碳酸盐胶结物交代石英、长石及岩屑颗粒、碳酸盐胶结物之间的相互交代。发生溶解作用的主要是石英、长石和岩屑颗粒,胶结物中主要是碳酸盐矿物。目前研究区沙三中亚段储集层成岩演化处于晚成岩A期。影响成岩作用的主要因素为岩石成分、沉积环境、孔隙流体性质等。成岩作用对储集物性的影响主要表现在孔隙度和渗透率的变化,其中压实作用和胶结作用使储层原生孔隙迅速减少、渗透率降低,使得储集物性变差;而溶解作用是次生孔隙发育的主要因素,从而改善砂岩的储集性能。     

Transformational changes of clay minerals, zeolites and silica minerals during diagenesis

Diagenetic transformation of clay minerals, zeolites and silica minerals in Cretaceous and Tertiary argillaceous rocks from deeply drilled wells in Japan were studied. Transformations of these minerals during diagenesis were as follows: in clay minerals, montmorillonite → montmorillonite-illite mixed-layer mineral → illite; in zeolites, volcanic glass → clinoptilolite → heulandite and/or analcite → laumontite and/or albite; in silica minerals, amorphous silica → low-cristobalite → low-quartz. Maximum overburden pressures and geothermal temperatures corresponding to these transformations in each well studied were calculated. For clay minerals, a pressure of approximately 900 kg cm^?2 and a temperature of about 100°C are necessary for the transformation from montmorillonite to mixed-layer mineral and 920 kg cm^?2 and 140°C for mixed-layer mineral to illite. Transformation from kaolinite to other minerals requires much higher pressures and temperatures than from montmorillonite to mixed-layer mineral. For zeolites, 330 kg cm^?2 and 60°C are required for the transformation from volcanic glass to clinoptilolite, 860 kg cm^?2 and 120°C for clinoptilolite to heulandite and/or analcite, and 930 kg cm^?2 and 140°C for heulandite and/or analcite to laumontite and/or albite. For silica minerals, 250 kg cm^?2 and 50°C are necessary for the transformation from amorphous silica to low-cristobalite and 660 kg cm^?2 and 70°C for low-cristobalite to low-quartz. Based on these diagenetic mineral transformations, seven mineral zones are recognized in argillaceous sediments. On the other hand, from the porosity studies of argillaceous sediments in Japan, the process of diagenesis is classified into the following three stages. The early compaction stage is marked by shallow burial and viscous rocks with more than 30% porosity. The late compaction stage is characterized by intermediate burial and plastic rocks with 30-10% porosities. The transformation stage is marked by deep burial and elastic rocks with less than 10% porosity.     

自生粘土矿物对文昌A凹陷深部储层的制约

目前关于自生粘土矿物对深层孔隙结构及油气运聚的影响方面的研究十分薄弱.综合利用铸体薄片、全岩XRD、扫描电镜、恒速压汞等测试手段,分析自生粘土矿物对孔隙连通性、孔喉直径及其分布的影响,并结合埋藏史和生烃史探讨了低渗透砂岩不同孔隙结构类型的油气差异富集条件.珠海组深部储层压实作用较强,自生粘土矿物含量较高.碎屑颗粒以线接触-凹凸接触为主,识别出"孔隙+粗喉道"和"喉道主控"2种孔隙结构类型,前者孔隙体积和粗喉道占比较高,后者主要以细喉道为主;自生粘土矿物分割占据大量孔喉空间,自生伊利石主要为孔喉充填型,自生绿泥石主要为颗粒包壳型;珠海组储层与下渐新统恩平组烃源岩不整合接触形成纵向"下生上储"、横向连续分布的有利源储组合,烃源岩持续生烃.珠海组是典型的深埋藏碎屑岩低渗储层,仍具备良好的储集条件,储层发育受机械压实作用和自生粘土矿物共同控制;压实作用是原生孔隙损失的初始因素,以绿泥石和伊利石为代表的自生粘土矿物高度发育是制约优质储层发育的关键因素.      

松辽盆地营城组火山岩储层成因及储集性能演化过程

在岩心观察基础上,通过应用全岩主量元素分析、显微镜下常规与铸体薄片观察鉴定和定量统计、图像孔喉分析、物性测试、X-射线衍射分析、包裹体荧光分析、均一温度与激光拉曼探针成分分析等多种手段,研究了松辽盆地营城组火山岩岩性和火山岩储层成因; 结合成岩作用与储集空间特征研究,分析了火山岩储层孔隙演化过程。结果表明,火山岩经历了冷却成岩作用、岩浆期后热液作用、风化淋滤剥蚀作用以及埋藏成岩作用等4个成岩作用阶段。火山岩储层的形成、孔隙演化和储集性能的改善主要与火山岩在浅埋A期后期-深埋成岩B期成岩过程中的断裂、不整合面及构造裂缝的发育以及热液流体沿断层、不整合面和构造裂缝流动的过程中对火山岩产生溶蚀作用密切相关,营城组火山岩属于构造-岩性火山岩气藏。     

Lithium isotopes in island arc geothermal systems: Guadeloupe, Martinique (French West Indies) and experimental approach

We report lithium (Li) isotopic measurements in seawater-derived waters that were discharged from geothermal wells, thermal springs, and sub-marine springs located in volcanic island arc areas in Guadeloupe (the Bouillante geothermal field) and Martinique (Lamentin plain and the Diamant areas). While Li isotopic signatures of the geothermal fluids collected from deep reservoirs were found to be homogeneous for a given site, the δ⁷Li signatures for each of these reservoirs were significantly different. The first low temperature (25-250 °C) experiments of Li isotope exchange during seawater/basalt interaction confirmed that Li isotopic exchange is strongly temperature dependent, as previously inferred from natural studies. Li isotopic fractionation ranged from +19.4‰ (Δ_{solution-solid}) at 25 °C to +6.7‰ at 250 °C. These experiments demonstrated the importance of Li isotopic fractionation during the formation of Li-bearing secondary minerals and allowed us to determine the following empirical relationship between isotopic fractionation and temperature: Δ_{solution-solid} = 7847/T − 8.093. Application of experimental results and literature data to the Bouillante area suggested that geothermal water was in equilibrium at 250-260 °C. It likely has a deep and large reservoir located in the upper sheeted dike complex of the oceanic crust, just below the transition zone between andesite volcanic flows and the basaltic dikes. The upper dike section, from which Li is extracted by hydrothermal fluids, was characterized by light Li isotopic values in the rocks, indicating retention of ⁶Li by the altered rocks. For the Lamentin and Diamant areas, the geothermal fluids appeared to be in equilibrium with reservoir volcano-sedimentary rocks at 90-120 °C and 180 °C, respectively. Further evidence for this argument is provided by the fact that only the Na/Li thermometric relationship determined for sedimentary basins yielded temperature values in agreement with those measured or estimated for the reservoir fluids. This suggests the importance of a sedimentary signature in these reservoir rocks. Altogether, this study highlights that the use of Li isotopic systematics is a powerful tool for characterizing the origin of geothermal waters as well as the nature of their reservoir rocks.     

Hydrogeochemical and hydrogeological investigations of thermal waters in the Usak Area (Turkey)

Thermal waters of the Usak area have temperatures ranging from 33 to 63°C and different chemical compositions. These waters hosted by the Menderes Metamorphic rocks emerge along fault lineaments from two geothermal reservoirs in the area. The first reservoir consists of gneiss, schists, and marbles of the Menderes Metamorphic rocks. The recorded reservoir is Pliocene lacustrine limestone. Hydrogeochemical studies indicate that thermal waters were mixed with surface waters before and/or after heating at depth. The results of mineral equilibrium modeling indicate that all the thermal waters are undersaturated at discharge temperatures for gypsum, anhydrite, and magnesite minerals. Calcite, dolomite, aragonite, quartz, and chalcedony minerals are oversaturated in all of the thermal waters. Water from the reservoir temperatures of the Usak area can reach upto120°C. According to δ¹⁸O and δ²H values, all thermal and cold groundwater are of meteoric origin.     

准噶尔盆地下二叠统风城组致密碎屑岩储层发育特征

准噶尔盆地西北缘乌尔禾-夏子街地区下二叠统风城组发育了典型的致密碎屑岩储层。综合地质和地球物理资料, 研究了该区储层发育特征。结果表明风城组沉积早期和晚期扇体规模相对较大,零星分布有小规模的滑塌浊积扇和滩坝砂 体。风城组沉积中期,湖盆水体扩张,扇体不发育。滩坝砂岩物性好于扇三角洲前缘砂体,好于浊积扇。高成熟度的砂砾 岩为优质储层（岩相）。岩石组分中的火山物质影响储层的成岩演化,进而影响储层质量。塑性的凝灰岩屑降低抗压实能 力;凝灰岩屑在埋藏过程中水解、蚀变,析出不同自生矿物,破坏孔隙;长石、岩屑、基质和各种自生矿物溶蚀,一定程 度上增加孔隙。风城组碎屑岩储层整体为低孔、低渗的致密砂岩储层,“甜点”发育受多因素复合控制,包括沉积相带、岩 石组分、粒度、成熟度、溶蚀作用的发育程度等。     

山东东营牛庄洼陷沙三中亚段浊积砂体储层特征及影响因素

山东东营牛庄洼陷沙三中亚段浊积砂体储层以长石细砂岩、岩屑细砂岩及粉砂岩为主 ,结构成熟度及成分成熟度均较低。储层微观特征研究表明 ,砂体中发育了剩余原生粒间孔、粘土矿物杂基内的微孔隙、粒间溶孔、粒内溶孔及微裂缝等储集空间类型 ,孔隙结构以低渗细喉型为主 ,为物性较差的中低孔、低渗型储层。通过对储层物性影响因素的研究得出 ,岩石组构、沉积微相、成岩作用和异常超压的形成与分布是影响本区浊积砂体储层物性的主要因素。其中 ,碳酸盐胶结物、硅质胶结物及自生粘土矿物是致使储层物性变差的主要原因 ,沉积物中有机质的大量生烃以及粘土矿物在转化过程中所释放出的酸性水的溶解作用是产生次生孔隙的重要因素 ,而异常超压的存在、高的地温场及烃类的早期进入是部分原生孔隙和次生孔隙得以保存的重要条件。     

海拉尔盆地贝尔凹陷火山碎屑岩自生碳酸盐矿物分布及对储层物性的影响

为了查明火山碎屑岩中自生碳酸盐矿物的分布特征及对储层物性的影响,以海拉尔盆地贝尔凹陷火山碎屑岩为研究对象,调查火山碎屑岩中自生碳酸盐矿物的类型,并通过统计50余口探井的碳酸盐含量及储层物性数据,探讨其分布特征及对储层物性的影响。结果表明：海拉尔盆地贝尔凹陷火山碎屑岩中自生碳酸盐矿物主要为方解石和白云石,其次为菱铁矿、片钠铝石和铁白云石;纵向上随着埋藏深度增加出现两个碳酸盐含量高值带,分别出现在1 500～1 900m和2 200～2 700m深度,前者主要为以胶结作用为主的连生方解石和显晶方解石及菱铁矿,后者主要为以交代作用为主的晚期方解石、白云石、铁白云石和片钠铝石;湖底扇等分选较差的沉积相为碳酸盐矿物发育的有利相带,扇-辫状河三角洲相为次有利相带;靠近德尔布干深大断裂的井碳酸盐含量要高于远离该断裂的井,且在该断裂附近的德2、德6和德8等井中见片钠铝石自生矿物,这主要因为断层是CO2逸散的通道,断层处的富CO2流体能够与围岩反应生成碳酸盐矿物;熔结凝灰岩和凝灰岩中的碳酸盐矿物含量要高于沉凝灰岩、凝灰质砂岩及普通砂岩,这主要因为火山岩及火山碎屑物质中金属离子含量高,易于释放,从而结合CO23-形成碳酸盐矿物;贝尔凹陷内储层孔隙度和渗透率等参数与碳酸盐含量呈负相关关系,说明碳酸盐含量对储层物性主要起破坏作用。     

西藏日喀则地区蛇绿质沉积岩的成岩后生变化及其地质意义

洋壳裂开后,发展成新的扩张中心,形成了新洋壳,除典型的镁铁质蛇绿岩外,在板块迁移过程中,它们的上面还沉积有蛇绿质沉积物,这套沉积岩系的产生、形成和变化与海底扩张及板块运动有着密切关系。对这类沉积物的组合、沉积特征和成岩变化的研究,随着板块学说研究的深入,越来越为广大地质学家所重视,其研究结果不但能反映这类沉积的性质和特殊环境,而且还可以从一个侧面来验证板块演化的过程。作为大陆碰撞型板块造山运动典型的地区,西藏雅鲁藏布缝合带上,也沉积和保存着这类属于洋壳上部的岩层,对此,作者于1980-1981年相继进行了考察,本文就是在野外工作的基础上通过岩石学、地球化学研究,来讨论这类沉积物的成岩后生变化及其地质意义。     

渤南油田中部古近系沙河街组低渗透储层岩石学和成岩作用

该区储层岩石类型主要为岩屑质长石砂岩，溶解作用是主要的建设性成岩作用，压实、自生矿物充填和胶结作用是主要的破坏性成岩作用，成岩阶段处于晚成岩A亚期。该区储层较高的孔隙度是晚成岩期强烈的溶解作用形成次生溶孔的结果，而储层砂岩较低渗透率的主要成因机理是成岩期各种自生矿物的充填和胶结作用；此外，溶蚀作用形成的孤立、互不连通的粒间孔也是形成低渗微细喉道储层的主要原因。有利孔隙组合为粒间溶蚀孔-原生粒间孔-粒内破碎缝，有利储层的分布受砂体分布、构造配置及成岩作用的联合控制。     

青海柴达木盆地北缘构造带九龙山地区侏罗系储层特征

通过对九龙山地区重点探井岩心样品的观测、薄片鉴定、扫描电镜分析,结合储层物性和压汞数据,系统研究了九龙山地区侏罗系碎屑岩储层的岩石学特征、物性特征、成岩作用及孔隙演化规律。结果表明,碎屑岩储层主要以粗砂岩、中砂岩和细砂岩为主;胶结物类型主要为碳酸盐类胶结物、硅质胶结和自生黏土矿物;孔隙类型以残余粒间孔隙和溶蚀孔隙为主,孔隙与吼道匹配关系较好;储集岩成分成熟度低、结构成熟度中等-差;颗粒间主要以点-线接触为主;储集岩成岩作用较强,主要处于中成岩阶段A期。     

FixAl及同位素方法在EGS返排液研究中的应用

增强地热系统(EGS)是开采低渗透率热岩体中热能的技术,属于广义的地热储工程。其中,作为换热介质被注入岩体并在换热后返回地表的返排液,不仅是岩体地球化学特征的信息载体,而且其物理化学行为直接影响着EGS系统的运行效果。FixAl化学热力学模拟和水同位素十三线图解在天然水热系统评价中得到了广泛应用,对返排液研究的实用性则是文章的核心问题。文中收集了全球主要EGS项目的返排液资料,基于FixAl方法分析矿物与返排液的化学平衡状态,并计算了流体在深部的热交换温度,用同位素模型验证了EGS系统中原生卤水的驱替过程。研究结果表明,上述方法在EGS返排液研究中是适用的。此外,返排液的化学特征对EGS的指示意义还包括厘定原生卤水在返排液中所占比例,识别岩浆挥发分溶解及储层改造时的添加剂残留,预测结垢趋势和流体腐蚀性等。未来需要通过更多的实验和模拟方法深入研究返排液的化学特征,建立EGS的热-水-力-化学(THMC)耦合模型,为科学开发深层地热能提供依据。     

The impact of diagenetic fluid–rock reactions on Rotliegend sandstone composition and petrophysical properties (Altmark area, central Germany)

In the framework of the German R&D joint project CLEAN (CO₂ large-scale enhanced gas recovery in the Altmark natural gas field), Rotliegend reservoir sandstones of the Altensalzwedel block in the Altmark area (Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany) have been studied to characterise litho- and diagenetic facies, mineral content, geochemical composition, and petrophysical properties. These sands have been deposited in a playa environment dominated by aeolian dunes, dry to wet sand flats and fluvial channel fills. The sediments exhibit distinct mineralogical, geochemical, and petrophysical features related to litho- and diagenetic facies types. In sandstones of the damp to wet sandflats, their pristine red colours are preserved and porosity and permeability are only low. Rocks of the aeolian environment and most of the channel fill deposits are preferentially bleached and exhibit moderate to high porosity and permeability. Although geochemical element whole rock content in these rocks is very similar, element correlations are different. Variations in porosity and permeability are mainly due to calcite and anhydrite dissolution and differences in clay coatings with Fe-bearing illitic-chloritic composition exposed to the pore space. Moreover, mineral dissolution patterns as well as compositions (of clays and carbonate) and morphotypes of authigenic minerals (chlorite, illite) are different in red and bleached rocks. Comparison of the geochemical composition and mineralogical features of diagenetically altered sandstones and samples exposed to CO₂-bearing fluids in laboratory batch experiments exhibit similar character. Experiments prove an increase in wettability and water binding capacity during CO₂ impact.