塔里木盆地下古生界白云岩储层类型及特征

根据60口井岩心及薄片的观察,塔里木盆地寒武系—奥陶系白云岩储层可划分为五种类型。萨布哈白云岩储层发育于潮间—潮上坪蒸发环境,以泥晶白云岩为特征,孔隙类型有膏溶孔及白云岩砾间孔。渗透回流白云岩储层发育于潟湖蒸发环境,以礁滩体组构选择性白云石化为特征,孔隙类型有铸模孔、膏溶孔、残留粒间孔。埋藏白云岩储层以白云石交代灰质或白云石重结晶形成的结晶白云岩为特征,孔隙类型有晶间孔及晶间溶孔。热液白云岩储层以受热液改造的结晶白云岩为特征,往往与热液矿物伴生,受断层、不整合面等热液通道控制。构造裂缝型白云岩储层储集空间除裂缝外,常见沿裂缝发育的溶孔。不同类型白云岩储层的主控因素和分布规律各不相同。     

塔深1井寒武系白云岩储层同位素流体地球化学示踪

通过对塔里木盆地沙雅隆起阿克库勒凸起东部塔深1井寒武系白云岩岩石学特征及成岩成因分析,影响塔深1井寒武系地层流体改变主要成岩有准同生期、埋藏期和后期热液改造期等.塔深1井寒武系白云岩及充填孔、洞、缝内方解石的氧、碳、锶同位素地球化学特征表明:准生期白云岩δ~(13)C_(PDB)值(0.9‰～1.8‰)偏正、δ~(18)C_(PDB)值(-10.1‰～-4.2‰)偏负反映准同生期泥微晶白云石成因属于高盐度的海水使得碳酸盐泥发生白云石化;埋藏期白云岩碳、氧随重结晶作用加强,白云岩晶粒由细向粗变化值随埋深增加,由于同位素分馏作用而偏负,δ~(18)C_(PDB)值(-10.02‰～-5.7‰)呈明显的下降,但δ~(13)C_(PDB)值(-1.4‰～0‰)组成变化不大;后期热液白云岩在热液作用下δ~(18)C_(PDB)值普遍低于-10‰(δ~(18)C_(PDB)/‰-13.1～-9.4,δ~(13)C_(PDB)/‰-2～-0.647);基质方解石δ~(18)C_(PDB)值为-10.1‰～-10.13‰,δ~(13)C_(PDB)值为-1.48‰～-1.62‰;充填孔洞缝粗-巨晶方解石δ~(18)C_(PDB)值为-10.89‰～-14.28‰,δ~(13)C_(PDB)值为-2‰～-3.09‰,反映准同生期→埋藏期→后期热液晶粒大小由泥微晶→细晶→中晶→粗晶氧碳同位素值逐渐变小偏负,据~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr(0.707 284～0.746 888)值均远高于现今海洋中海水的锶同位素组成(0.708)及围岩的锶同位素(0.707 284),说明鞍形白云石以及方解石结晶时的孔隙流体不是残余在岩石孔隙中的同生期海水,而是外来的富含锶的流体,也就是深部热液流体.渗透回流白云石化、埋藏白云石化和高温热液白云石化等特征表明白云岩形成于超盐度、埋藏和高温热液等3种不同的环境,因此影响储层形成与分布,从而影响对白云岩的勘探.     

鄂尔多斯盆地马家沟组中组合马五_5亚段白云岩特征及成因机理

通过对鄂尔多斯盆地马家沟组五段5亚段白云岩的岩石学和地球化学研究表明,主要岩性有泥晶白云岩、泥粉晶白云岩和粉晶白云岩等三类。泥晶白云岩类为泥晶结构,阴极发光为暗红光,白云石有序度低;Na、K和Sr值较高;δ~(13)C平均-1.23‰,δ~(18)O平均-7.59‰,锶同位素平均值0.709 81,形成于闭塞局限、盐度相对较高的环境,由准同生白云石化作用所形成,并发育少量晶间微孔。泥粉晶白云岩类为泥晶—细粉晶结构,不发光或发极暗的红光,白云石有序度0.75;常量元素、微量元素大幅降低;δ~(13)C和δ~(18)O的平均值分别是-0.43‰和-7.29‰,锶同位素平均值0.709 36,由准同生后回流渗透白云石化作用所形成,并发育晶间孔。粉晶白云岩不发光或发极暗红光,白云石有序度0.81;常量元素、微量元素有明显的突变;δ~(13)C和δ~(18)O平均值分别为-0.65‰和-6.46‰,锶同位素平均值0.709 67,由埋藏白云石化作用所形成,并发育晶间扩溶孔或溶蚀孔。     

塔里木盆地寒武系—下奥陶统白云岩成因及识别特征

对63口井岩心及薄片的观察以及大量阴极发光、碳氧同位素、包裹体及电子探针能谱的分析,认为塔里木盆地寒武系—下奥陶统白云岩主要有四种成因,分别对应有四种白云岩类型,即萨布哈白云岩、渗透回流白云岩、埋藏白云岩和热液白云岩。前两者受沉积相控制,后两者受成岩相控制。萨布哈白云岩发育于同生—准同生期蒸发成岩环境的潮间—潮上坪,渗透回流白云岩发育于同生—准同生期蒸发成岩环境的澙湖中,埋藏白云岩发育于埋藏期的深、浅埋藏环境,热液白云岩发育于埋藏期的深埋藏环境。总结了四种不同成因的白云岩的岩石特征及地球化学特征。认识到叠合盆地古老海相地层的白云石化机理复杂,白云岩类型多样,白云岩结构特征不但与沉积相密切相关,更受埋藏期白云石化作用的叠加改造。     

川中磨溪—高石梯地区栖霞组白云岩特征及成因机制

川中磨溪—高石梯地区栖霞组发育滩相白云岩,目前对滩相中差异白云石化机理不明确,导致难以预测优质白云岩储层的分布。在岩石学和地层特征研究基础上,通过分析不同类型白云岩的微量元素及碳、氧、锶同位素特征,结合颗粒滩类型和构造背景,系统研究了该区不同类型白云岩的成因机理及模式。结果显示:研究区栖霞组白云岩中白云石以细晶为主,中晶和粗晶次之,晶形多为半自形—自形。白云岩具有明显的残余颗粒结构,表明原始岩性为颗粒灰岩。细晶、细—中晶白云岩的阴极发光整体较暗,呈暗红色至红色,稀土元素配分模式与同期灰岩相似,白云岩的87Sr/86Sr比值大部分落于二叠纪海水的87Sr/86Sr比值范围之内,表明白云岩的成岩流体与海水沉积的灰岩具有同源性。白云岩的δ13C值（3.73‰~4.19‰）与同期灰岩δ13C值（3.61‰~4.93‰）相近,表明白云岩与灰岩具有一致的碳源。从灰岩到白云岩,Sr含量明显减少且Mn含量有所增加,说明灰岩经过一定的成岩作用被交代形成白云岩,该类白云岩为埋藏条件下地层中富Mg2+的流体交代孔隙型颗粒灰岩而成;中—粗晶白云岩的阴极发光呈红色,具明显环带特征,且具有高的Mn含量、低Sr/Ba比值及铕的正异常,87Sr/86Sr比值高于同期海水值,δ18O值在-8.06‰~-8.52‰,为颗粒灰岩在埋藏期受持续、充足的云化流体供给而成,较高的包裹体均一温度和δ18O值明显偏负均指示埋藏白云化作用过程还受到局部高温的影响。总体而言,埋藏白云岩化是该区白云岩的主要成因,地层中富镁的流体在压力和热对流的双重影响下进行迁移,促进白云岩化流体的运移,但局部地区鞍形白云石的形成遭受了后期不同程度的热液改造作用。     

四川盆地西北部中二叠统栖霞组砂糖状白云岩特征及成因机制——以广元上寺剖面为例

四川盆地西北部中二叠统栖霞组砂糖状白云岩储层勘探获得重大突破,但钻探结果表明此类砂糖状白云岩发育层位和规模变化极大,因而对其成因的把握是这类白云岩储层分布预测的关键。本文以四川盆地西北部上寺剖面栖霞组为例,通过宏微观岩石学、碳氧同位素和电子探针分析发现砂糖状白云岩具有如下特征:①主要分为层状白云岩与斑块状白云岩两类,其中层状白云岩主要位于栖二段中部,斑状白云岩则分布较为广泛,位于栖一段底部和栖二段层状白云岩上部与下部;②层状白云岩由中—粗晶白云石构成,呈砂糖状,阴极射线下发红光,MgO/CaO为0.68,δ~(13)C_(PDB)和δ~(18)O_(PDB)均值为2.42‰与-6.18‰;③栖一段底部白云质灰岩内的白云石化斑块由细—粉晶白云石构成,阴极射线下多不发光,MgO/CaO为0.54,δ~(13)C_(PDB)和δ~(18)O_(PDB)均值为1.69‰与-1.23‰;④栖二段顶部与底部斑块均呈砂糖状,阴极射线下顶部为具有不发光的核心与发红光环带的细晶白云石组成,而底部为发暗红光的中粗晶白云石组成,MgO/CaO分别为0.59和0.68,δ~(13)C_(PDB)和δ~(18)O_(PDB)均值分别为2.16‰、-6.50‰和3.32‰、-3.75‰。基于以上野外工作与室内分析结果认为,①栖霞组底部发育两个准同生暴露面,其下为斑状岩溶系统,岩溶系统多被白云石化;②栖霞组顶部发育早成岩期暴露面,岩溶分带清晰可见,岩溶系统均被白云石化;③砂糖状白云岩是由于重卤水回流渗透白云石化与热液白云石化叠合形成,但由于岩溶发育的位置与程度的不同导致两期白云石化叠合的结果存在差异。     

中二叠统茅口组白云岩发育机理:以川中-川东地区为例

白云岩储层是茅口组一种重要的储层类型,其成因是研究重点。为此,以川中-川东地区茅口组白云岩为例,通过露头观测、岩心观察、岩石薄片鉴定及岩石地球化学分析的方法,分析了茅口组白云岩(石)的成因。结果表明:茅口组白云岩(石)可划分为层状粉晶白云岩、层状细-中晶白云岩、灰岩中零散分布的白云石、透镜状中-粗晶白云岩和鞍形白云石胶结物5种类型。其中,层状粉晶白云岩原始结构保存较好,地球化学特征与原始灰岩相似,是早期埋藏环境下形成的产物;层状细-中晶白云岩与层状粉晶白云岩相伴生,δ¹⁸O值较灰岩偏负,包裹体均一温度大于正常地层埋藏温度,部分样品可见Eu正异常,是由层状粉晶白云岩在热液作用下重结晶形成;灰岩中零散分布的白云石则与矿物的稳定化有关;透镜状中-粗晶白云岩和鞍形白云石胶结物镜下可见白云石晶面弯曲和波状消光,其δ¹⁸O值可达-10‰,包裹体均一温度高于正常地层埋藏温度,Eu正异常明显,是典型的热液白云岩(石)。     

中国南方地区奥陶系热液-岩溶改造型白云岩储层发育机理——以黔中地区下奥陶统为例

以黔中地区下奥陶统为例,通过野外剖面观测、实验分析等工作,揭示了白云岩的热液-岩溶改造特征,并探讨了其发育机理。研究区下奥陶统红花园组和桐梓组以白云岩为主,在白云岩构造裂缝和溶蚀孔洞中见白云石、方解石、沥青的充填,具有典型的斑马纹状构造。充填白云石为粗晶粒状的鞍形白云石,具有弯曲晶面和波状消光的特征,阴极发光呈现较强的红色。充填白云石的碳同位素δ~(13)C在-2.2‰~-0.8‰之间,平均值为-1.47‰,氧同位素δ~(18)O在-12.2‰~-7.6‰之间,平均值为-9.4‰,与围岩白云石相比明显偏轻。充填白云石的稀土元素具有典型的Eu正异常特征,δEu最高达91.9。根据地质演化背景和流体作用类型,奥陶系白云岩储层发育过程为:早奥陶世沉积过程中发生同生/准同生白云石化作用;中晚奥陶世至早志留世,受都匀运动影响,白云岩暴露至地表遭受岩溶作用,形成岩溶孔洞型白云岩储层;中泥盆世遭受构造热液进一步对白云岩进行的溶蚀改造,所形成的溶蚀孔洞为天然气的主要储集空间。     

渤海湾盆地黄河口凹陷沙河街组白云岩成因机理

为了研究渤海湾盆地黄河口凹陷沙河街组白云岩成因机理,通过岩心观察、薄片鉴定、阴极发光、X衍射、扫描电镜、背散射、碳氧同位素等方法,分析白云石岩石学、形貌学和同位素地球化学特征.结果表明,白云岩呈黄棕色,发育大量溶蚀孔和高岭石、燧石等矿物,δ13C值为-0.50‰~4.58‰,δ18O值为-14.58‰~-2.19‰,总体具有δ13C低正值,δ18O负值的特点.泥晶白云石,由微米级球状白云石和白云石化蓝细菌组成,亚微米级孔隙发育,见薄片状细菌丝和草莓状黄铁矿;纤维状白云石环边胶结物充填在溶蚀孔洞或围绕颗粒表面生长;菱形白云石,漂浮状分散在孔隙中.准同生期,硫酸盐还原菌的催化作用形成球形白云石;随后,受大气淡水淋滤,在湖底成岩环境微生物影响下形成纤维状白云石环边胶结物;浅埋藏期,由于埋藏白云岩化形成菱形白云石.这为古老湖相白云岩微生物成因提供具体实例,且对该地区勘探提供参考.      

川东北下三叠统飞仙关组白云岩的地球化学特征

四川盆地川东北部下三叠统飞仙关组是我国重要的天然气储集层,白云石化的鲕粒滩为主要的油气储集层,鲕粒滩主要发育在川东北碳酸盐台地的边缘,台地内主要为泥晶碳酸盐岩夹蒸发岩。鲕粒滩在不同程度上发生白云石化并形成鲕粒白云岩,一些研究者把它们看成近地表混合水白云岩,但飞仙关组鲕粒白云岩的微量元素铁和锰、白云石的阴极发光、白云岩的稳定同位素C和O值、87Sr/86Sr比值等特征表明这些白云岩具有埋藏成因的证据。下三叠统飞仙关组白云岩具有暗红色阴极发光,微量元素Fe为600×10-6~1000×10-6,Mn为14×10-6~78×10-6,稳定同位素氧组分为-6.73~-3.65‰（PDB）,（平均值为-4.89‰PDB）,稳定同位素锶（87Sr/86Sr）为0.707 35~0.708 00。薄片下可以看到白云石沿着裂缝交代,上述的特征表明白云岩在埋藏条件下形成的。     

Microcrystalline dolomite in a middle Permian volcanic lake: Insights on primary dolomite formation in a non-evaporitic environment

Lacustrine dolomite nucleation commonly occurs in modern and Neogene evaporitic alkaline lakes. As a result, ancient lacustrine microcrystalline dolomite has been conventionally interpreted to be formed in evaporitic environments. This study, however, suggests a non-evaporitic origin of dolomite precipitated in a volcanic–hydrothermal lake, where hydrothermal and volcanic processes interacted. The dolomite occurs in lacustrine fine-grained sedimentary rocks in the middle Permian Lucaogou Formation in the Santanghu intracontinental rift basin, north-west China. Dolostones are composed mainly of nano-sized to micron-sized dolomite with a euhedral to subhedral shape and a low degree of cation ordering, and are interlaminated and intercalated with tuffaceous shale. Non-dolomite minerals, including quartz, alkaline feldspars, smectite and magnesite mix with the dolomite in various proportions. The ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios (0.704528 to 0.705372, average = 0.705004) and δ²⁶Mg values (−0.89 to −0.24‰, average = −0.55‰) of dolostones are similar to those of mantle rocks, indicating that the precipitates mainly originated from fluids that migrated upward from the mantle and were subject to water–rock reactions at a great depth. The δ¹⁸O values (−3.1 to −22.7‰, average = −14.0‰) of the dolostones indicate hydrothermal influence. The trace and rare earth element concentrations suggest a saline, anoxic and volcanic–hydrothermally-influenced subaqueous environment. In this subaqueous environment of Lucaogou lake, locally high temperatures and a supply of abundant Mg²⁺ from a deep source induced by volcanic–hydrothermal activity formed favourable chemical conditions for direct precipitation of primary dolomite. This study's findings deepen the understanding of the origin and processes of lacustrine primary dolomite formation and provide an alternative possibility for environmental interpretations of ancient dolostones.     

滨里海盆地东缘北特鲁瓦地区白云岩特征及其储层发育机制

白云岩是滨里海盆地盐下石炭系碳酸盐岩的重要储层类型。在岩芯、薄片、物性与地球化学等资料分析的基础上,对研究区KT-Ⅰ油组的白云岩类型与储集性能进行了分析,并探讨了其储层发育的控制因素与模式。结果表明,白云岩类型与其储集物性具有较明显的相关性,以生屑铸模孔及溶蚀扩大孔为主的残余生屑白云岩物性与含油气性最好,以晶间（溶）孔为主的粉细晶白云岩和以生屑铸模孔及晶间孔为主的泥粉晶白云岩次之,而以晶间微孔为主的泥晶白云岩最差,难以成为有效储层。原生孔隙发育的相对高能生屑滩环境是该区优质白云岩储层发育的相带基础。晚石炭世准同生期大气淡水溶蚀作用与以渗透回流白云化（白云石有序度分布于0.32～0.67,δ13C介于-0.22‰～5.94‰,δ18O介于-1.09‰～2.45‰）为主的早期白云化作用为白云岩储层早期孔隙的发育与保存奠定了坚实的基础;早二叠世以来埋藏期各类裂缝的发育及酸性流体的溶蚀作用则对储层的晚期扩孔改造至关重要。     

Sedimentology,stable‐isotope geochemistry and palaeoenvironment of dolostones capping late Precambrian glacial sequences in Australia

Thin (<10 m), extensive dolostones conformably capping late Precambrian glaciogenic rocks in the Kimberley region and the Adelaide Geosyncline commonly comprise micritic dolomite apparently of ‘primary’ or early diagenetic origin. Their aphanitic texture, the presence of algal and cryptalgal lamination, tepee structures and intraclastic rocks, and the lack of saline evaporites or their pseudomorphs, suggest deposition mainly in supratidal to lagoonal environments under a seasonally evaporitic/humid climate. Less common oolitic or pelletal rocks and a finely laminated shaly dolostone facies also suggest peritidal to marine influences.

The ‘cap’ dolostones (omitting possible large erratics) have a δ¹⁸O mean of —6.4 ± 1.9% vs. PDB and a δ¹³C mean of —1.9 ± 2.1% vs. PDB. The oxygen mean is comparable to that determined for other late Precambrian ‘primary’ or early diagenetic dolostones not associated with glaciogenic rocks and presumably deposited under warm conditions. The carbon mean, in contrast, is lighter than that determined for other late Precambrian dolostones.

The sedimentological and oxygen‐isotope data are consistent with relatively high formation‐temperatures for the cap dolostones. Abrupt climatic warming at the close of late Precambrian glacial epochs is implied.     

四川盆地东南地区林1井灯影组鞍形白云石成因及其意义

对四川盆地东南地区林1井上震旦统灯影组鞍形白云石的岩相学特征和碳、氧、锶同位素特征及流体包裹体成分与温度进行研究,认为它属热液成因。研究区热液活动在岩相学上表现为充填状鞍形白云石,发育鞍形白云石线状充填晶洞。鞍形白云石共生矿物包括石英、沥青等。鞍形白云石δ18O值和δ13C值异常偏负,87Sr/86Sr值异常偏高,与围岩差异明显。鞍形白云石原生流体包裹体均一温度为270～320℃,明显超过了该井最高埋藏温度;流体包裹体的气相部分以CO2、CH4和N2为主,液相部分以H2O和CO2为主。这些特征表明,形成鞍形白云石的流体来自于基底的热液,灯影组白云岩受热液溶蚀改造而发育热液改造型白云岩储层,并有过油气成藏过程。     

Palaeoproterozoic magnesite: lithological and isotopic evidence for playa/sabkha environments

Magnesite forms a series of 1‐ to 15‐m‐thick beds within the ≈2·0 Ga (Palaeoproterozoic) Tulomozerskaya Formation, NW Fennoscandian Shield, Russia. Drillcore material together with natural exposures reveal that the 680‐m‐thick formation is composed of a stromatolite–dolomite–‘red bed’ sequence formed in a complex combination of shallow‐marine and non‐marine, evaporitic environments. Dolomite‐collapse breccia, stromatolitic and micritic dolostones and sparry allochemical dolostones are the principal rocks hosting the magnesite beds. All dolomite lithologies are marked by δ¹³C values from +7·1‰ to +11·6‰ (V‐PDB) and δ¹⁸O ranging from 17·4‰ to 26·3‰ (V‐SMOW). Magnesite occurs in different forms: finely laminated micritic; stromatolitic magnesite; and structureless micritic, crystalline and coarsely crystalline magnesite. All varieties exhibit anomalously high δ¹³C values ranging from +9·0‰ to +11·6‰ and δ¹⁸O values of 20·0–25·7‰. Laminated and structureless micritic magnesite forms as a secondary phase replacing dolomite during early diagenesis, and replaced dolomite before the major phase of burial. Crystalline and coarsely crystalline magnesite replacing micritic magnesite formed late in the diagenetic/metamorphic history. Magnesite apparently precipitated from sea water‐derived brine, diluted by meteoric fluids. Magnesitization was accomplished under evaporitic conditions (sabkha to playa lake environment) proposed to be similar to the Coorong or Lake Walyungup coastal playa magnesite. Magnesite and host dolostones formed in evaporative and partly restricted environments; consequently, extremely high δ¹³C values reflect a combined contribution from both global and local carbon reservoirs. A ¹³C‐rich global carbon reservoir (δ¹³C at around +5‰) is related to the perturbation of the carbon cycle at 2·0 Ga, whereas the local enhancement in ¹³C (up to +12‰) is associated with evaporative and restricted environments with high bioproductivity.     

塔里木盆地下古生界白云岩类型及成因*

塔里木盆地下古生界白云岩勘探潜力巨大。在下古生界构造演化、沉积背景分析的基础上, 结合前人的白云岩分类方案, 首先根据形成时期将塔里木盆地下古生界白云岩分为准同生白云岩和准同生后白云岩两大类。在此基础上, 综合运用岩心、薄片、阴极发光、扫描电镜、碳氧稳定同位素资料, 对上述两类白云岩进一步细分。其中准同生白云岩, 可进一步分为云坪型准同生白云岩、潟湖型准同生白云岩与微生物白云岩, 云坪型、潟湖型准同生白云岩是在准同生阶段由蒸发泵白云化形成的;本次研究首次在膏模孔内发现完整哑铃状白云石, 拓宽了微生物白云岩的存在范围。准同生后白云岩包括浅埋藏白云岩、中—深埋藏白云岩和热液白云岩3类, 浅埋藏白云岩由调整白云化及渗透回流白云化形成;中—深埋藏白云岩主要为埋藏白云化的产物;热液白云岩由沿断裂或裂缝的热液白云化所形成。     

Multiphase dolomitization of deeply buried Cambrian petroleum reservoirs,Tarim Basin,north‐west China

Cambrian dolostone reservoirs in the Tarim Basin, China, have significant potential for future discoveries of petroleum, although exploration and production planning is hampered by limited understanding of the occurrence and distribution of dolomite in such ancient rocks buried to nearly 8 km. The study herein accessed new drill core samples which provide an opportunity to understand the dolomitization process in deep basins and its impact on Cambrian carbonate reservoirs. This study documents the origin of the dolostone reservoirs using a combination of petrology, fluid‐inclusion microthermometry, and stable and radiogenic‐isotopes of outcrop and core samples. An initial microbial dolomitization event occurred in restricted lagoon environments and is characterized by depleted δ¹³C values. Dolomicrite from lagoonal and sabkha facies, some fabric‐retentive dolomite and fabric‐obliterative dolomite in the peloidal shoal and reef facies show the highest δ¹⁸O values. These dolomites represent relatively early reflux dolomitization. The local occurrence of K‐feldspar in dolomicrite indicates that some radiogenic strontium was contributed via terrigenous input. Most fabric‐retentive dolomite may have precipitated from seawater at slightly elevated temperatures, suggested by petrological and isotopic data. Most fabric‐obliterative dolomite, and medium to coarse dolomite cement, formed between 90°C and 130°C from marine evaporitic brine. Saddle dolomite formed by hydrothermal dolomitization at temperatures up to 170°C, and involved the mixing of connate brines with Sr‐ enriched hydrothermal fluids. Intercrystalline, moldic, and breccia porosities are due to the early stages of dolomitization. Macroscopic, intergranular, vuggy, fracture and dissolution porosity are due to burial‐related dissolution and regional hydrothermal events. This work has shown that old (for example, Cambrian or even Precambrian) sucrosic dolomite with associated anhydrite, buried to as much as 8000 m, can still have a high potential for hosting substantial hydrocarbon resources and should be globally targeted for future exploration.