中国南海西北次海盆西北陆缘洋陆过渡区深水沉积体系特征

高分辨率二维地震资料显示中国南海西北次海盆西北陆缘（水深1 000 m及以下）发育如下深水沉积体系:珠江口盆地南部隆起区缓坡带（水深约1 000~1 500 m、坡度<1.2°）出露神狐南海山,该海山附近发育“海山相关等深流沉积体系”,可能受南海中层水循环（自西向东）底流控制;神狐南海山以南水深约1 500~2 500 m的陆坡区（坡度>2°）普遍发生坡移,发育“重力流滑塌体系”和“峡谷体系”,鲜见等深流沉积;下陆坡区（水深>2 500 m,坡度稍缓<2°）滑塌现象明显减少,主要发育“峡谷体系”以及“席状等深流沉积体系”,席状等深流沉积体系可能受分散的、流速较低的南海深层水循环底流控制。地震沉积记录显示,神狐南海山附近等深流侵蚀特征最早出现于晚中新世早期,其后至现今该区较稳定发育等深流沉积/侵蚀的加积序列,说明南海西北次海盆西北陆缘的稳定底流沉积/侵蚀可追溯至晚中新世早期。     

东沙隆起南缘第四系等深流沉积特征及成因机制

珠江口盆地东沙隆起南缘深水陆坡区（水深约900~2 600 m）是西北太平洋和南海水体交换的活跃区域,发育了类型丰富的等深流沉积体,但等深流沉积特征和成因机制尚不明确,相关研究仍缺乏足够证据。通过区域地震资料和ODP1144站钻井数据分析发现,该区第四系地层中可识别5种深水底流成因的等深流沉积:涂抹形漂积体、伸长形-丘形漂积体、限制形漂积体、沉积物波以及席状漂积体。根据等深流沉积特征、发育类型以及分布范围,从陆坡到深海平原大致依次出现涂抹形漂积体、伸长形-丘形漂积体、限制形漂积体和席状漂积体,而具有波状沉积底形的沉积物波主要发育于陆坡区。东沙隆起南缘第四系等深流沉积的形成、演化受控于多种因素,其中主控因素包括:西北太平洋与南海中-深层水体的"双层"环流结构、科里奥利力的"右偏"效应、冰期-间冰期海平面升降所诱导的底流与重力流交互作用机制以及新构造运动时期火山活动对海底地貌的改造。     

南海北部第四系深层等深流沉积特征及类型*

以地震资料为基础, 对南海北部第四系深层等深流沉积进行了研究。南海北部水深约1200～3000m范围内发育大型长条状漂积体、限制型漂积体、陆坡席状漂积体及沉积物波。大型长条状漂积体外形为丘状, 水道在靠陆一侧发育。限制型漂积体主要沉积于地形突起之间的地势相对低洼处, 外形多平坦, 水道较为发育。陆坡席状漂积体外形为席状。沉积物波面积较大, 部分与漂积体伴生。深层等深流在自北东向南西沿南海陆架运动过程中, 在中上陆坡由于地形变化相对较大及科氏力作用影响形成螺旋型等深流, 进而产生次生环流, 形成大型长条状漂积体及限制型漂积体。在中下陆坡因地形相对平坦、开阔, 等深流为层状水流, 多形成陆坡席状漂积体。本研究不仅能提高对南海深层等深流沉积的认识, 还能为油气勘探服务。     

南海北部珠江口盆地重力流与等深流交互作用沉积特征、过程及沉积模式

通过地震及钻孔资料对南海北部珠江口盆地重力流及等深流沉积进行了研究。南海北部重力流及等深流沉积类型多样,包括峡谷、单向迁移水道、堤岸、朵叶及漂积体。单向迁移水道迁移方向分别为北东向和南西西向,为重力流与等深流交互作用形成。漂积体有大型长条状漂积体、限制型漂积体和陆坡席状漂积体,岩性为粘土、泥质粉沙。南海北部陆坡水深200~1200m范围内发育北东向迁移水道及小规模的漂积体,而水深约1200~3000m内则以朵叶及大规模的漂积体为主,见少量南西西向迁移水道。其中,漂积体多分布于峡谷、水道及朵叶的两侧,为等深流改造堤岸、朵叶等"细粒"沉积物而成。     

中建海底峡谷地貌及沉积特征的分段性

中建海底峡谷具有分段性,但分段的关键地貌特征、各段沉积充填及其控制因素缺乏精细描述和系统论证.综合利用高分辨率二维和三维地震资料,结合水深地貌数据,对中建海底峡谷地貌及沉积特征进行了详细分析,总结了其南北段沉积过程的主控因素.中建海底峡谷呈NW向顺直展布于广乐隆起与西沙隆起之间,以华光礁附近的地貌高点为拐点被分为南北两段.中建海底峡谷北段沉积体系包括重力流沉积（水道、席状沉积、滑塌体）和底流沉积（漂积体、环槽、谷槽）,南段以重力流水道和海底扇为主.北段沉积体系受底流和重力流交互作用控制,底流自中中新世开始出现,改造重力流水道,使其出现侧向迁移或翼部不对称现象,上新世以后重力流作用减弱,底流作用增强,沉积物波和漂积体广泛发育;峡谷南段水道表现出侵蚀-沉积-废弃的沉积旋回,未见底流沉积现象.相对海平面变化导致碳酸盐生产率变化影响物源供应,从而控制水道沉积演化,碳酸盐台地的“高位溢流”作用决定水道在高水位时发育.      

深水单向迁移水道-堤岸沉积体系特征及形成过程

南海珠江口盆地白云深水区及西非下刚果盆地发育一种深水单向迁移水道-堤岸沉积体系,主要包括轴部沉积、侧积体沉积、滑塌/块状搬运复合体沉积、堤岸沉积,另见阶地。该沉积体系水道整体具有单向迁移特征,为重力流和等深流共同作用而成,水道迁移方向与等深流运动方向大致相同。其影响因素包括重力流及等深流相对能量的大小、物源、海平面升降、气候、地形、科氏力及陆架宽度等。阶地成因可分为3种,即重力流侵蚀侧积体成因、沉积失衡滑塌或断层作用成因和重力流在水道内部的差异侵蚀成因。对该沉积体系的研究不仅能加深深水沉积的认识,还可为油气进一步勘探服务。     

南海西北陆缘深水沉积体系内部构成特征

深水沉积是近年来我国海域油气勘探重点之一,利用高精度二维和三维地震剖面的精细解剖,揭示了南海西北陆缘区深水沉积体系类型及其内部构成特征.这些深水地区除堆积正常深海-半深海泥岩外,还发育大量深水重力流沉积,包括块体流沉积、深水峡谷、沉积物波等大型沉积体.研究表明,南海西北陆缘区发育4类陆坡, 即进积型、滑塌型、水道化型、宽缓渐变型陆坡.不同陆坡类型具有不同地貌形态,发育不同的沉积体类型.大型块体流沉积主要发育于滑塌型和水道化型陆坡,沉积物波主要发育于宽缓渐变型陆坡下部及深海中央峡谷长昌段的周缘地区.由于南海西北陆缘自晚中新世以来形成向东开口的喇叭形变深的地貌形态,导致在盆地中央形成了独特的与陆坡走向一致的深海峡谷体系——中央峡谷.该峡谷的沉积充填不仅包括来自于西部峡谷头部的浊积水道沉积,还包括来自于北部陆坡的块体流沉积,特别是来自于滑塌型陆坡的块体流沉积.中央峡谷体系构成了西北陆缘区多源汇聚的深水沉积物输送系统,同时也是南海西北陆缘深水区重要的油气储层发育层系.      

深水重力流与底流交互作用研究进展

重力流和底流是深水环境下的两大基本流动体制,对二者交互作用的研究是当前沉积学研究的前缘和薄弱环节.底流及底流改造沉积物在岩芯上具有上部侵蚀面、双泥层、牵引流成因的各种层理等识别标志;底流成因的漂积体在剖面上呈现透镜状单元、迁移性特征及波状发射等地震反射特征.本文通过综述重力流与底流交互作用的研究成果,认为依据某段地质时期内深水盆地中主导沉积机制的不同,将重力流与底流的交互作用分为以下4种表现形式:①底流对前期重力流沉积进行改造;②重力流对前期底流沉积进行改造;③重力流与底流交互主导同一地区的沉积以及④底流与重力流同时作用于沉积物.相对海平面变化、气候(冰期～间冰期)变化、构造活动、地形地貌等因素,主要通过影响重力流与底流机制的相对强度大小,控制深水重力流与底流交互作用的进行.中国南海具有重力流与底流交互沉积的优越地质条件,发育有单向迁移水道、沉积物波等特色沉积记录.加强现今海流观测,对于南海底流循环格架的建立意义重大.     

等深流沉积研究进展

等深流沉积研究已有约50年的历史,其研究成果极为丰富。近10余年,随着科学技术的发展和海洋意识的提高,等深流沉积研究工作开展迅速,涌现出了大量的新成果。简要回顾了等深流沉积研究的历程,结合最新研究成果,对其进展及认识进行了总结。等深流沉积以细粒沉积为主,沉积构造及生物扰动发育,多呈细-粗-细沉积序列。其类型可分为长条形丘状漂积体、水道型漂积体、补丁型漂积体等7类。沉积模式根据地形、水动力、路径等可分为简单路径模式、复杂路径模式以及等深流与重力流交互作用模式。等深流与重力流交互作用是深水沉积研究热点之一。等深流沉积研究面临的问题及发展方向主要有三方面,即,1）完善识别标志,推广研究成果;2）综合运用多种手段和理论,探讨沉积过程与构造演化、古海洋及气候变化的耦合关系;3）加大油气勘探潜力研究力度。     

坦桑尼亚滨海盆地陆坡峡谷沉积特征及其控制因素*

东非陆缘深水盆地具有巨大油气资源潜力,但对陆坡峡谷沉积特征研究较少,制约有利储集层预测。本研究利用三维地震资料,对东非坦桑尼亚滨海盆地陆坡峡谷开展精细研究。结果表明:(1)研究区陆坡发育多条大型海底峡谷;上陆坡处,坡度较陡,峡谷内以侵蚀作用为主,沉积物主要局限在褶皱推覆带的翼部;褶皱推覆带之外的下陆坡区,坡度变缓,峡谷末端发育席状砂质沉积及砂泥混杂的碎屑流沉积,同时在峡谷北侧发育向北延伸的泥质漂积体;在陆坡边缘,发育海底滑塌,形成块体搬运沉积。(2)峡谷沉积受陆源物质供给、褶皱推覆带、北大西洋底流以及陆坡边界断层等因素控制。受东非裂谷海域分支活动影响,研究区陆架窄、陆坡陡,陆源物质可迅速通过陆架,进入陆坡峡谷:与河流相连的峡谷,物源充足、规模较大,有沉积物发育而没有与河流直接相连的峡谷物源有限、规模较小,峡谷内无明显沉积;褶皱推覆带通过改变海底地形来控制峡谷内沉积分布,褶皱翼部发育沉积,核部则以侵蚀为主;褶皱推覆带外,北大西洋底流与峡谷末端重力流发生交互作用,细粒物质被搬运至峡谷北岸形成漂积体;陆坡边缘断层活跃,峡谷被断层切割,形成断崖,并引发海底滑塌,陆坡处不发育水道及朵体沉积,陆源物质通过峡谷被搬运至更深的深海盆地内。     

Evolution of contourite systems in the late Cretaceous Chalk Sea along the Tornquist Zone

Based on integration of seismic reflection and well data analysis this study examines two major contourite systems that developed during the late Cretaceous in the southern Baltic Sea. The evolution of these Chalk Sea contourite systems between the Kattegat and the southern Baltic Sea started when Turonian to Campanian inversion tectonics overprinted the rather flat sea floor of the epeiric Chalk Sea. The Tornquist Zone and adjacent smaller blocks were uplifted and formed elongated obstacles that influenced the bottom currents. As a consequence of the inversion, the sea floor west of the Tornquist Zone tilted towards the north‐east, creating an asymmetrical sub‐basin with a steep marginal slope in the north‐east and a gentle dipping slope in the south‐west. A south‐east directed contour current emerged in the Coniacian or Santonian along the south‐western basin margin, creating contourite channels and drifts. The previously studied contourite system offshore Stevns Klint is part of this system. A second, deeper and north‐west directed counter‐flow emerged along and parallel to the Tornquist Zone in the later Campanian, but was strongest in the Maastrichtian. This bottom current moderated the evolution of a drift‐moat system adjacent to the elevated Tornquist Zone. The near surface Alnarp Valley in Scania represents the Danian palaeo‐moat that linked the Pomeranian Bay with the Kattegat. The previously studied contourite system in the Kattegat represents the north‐western prolongation of this system. This study links previous observations from the Kattegat and offshore Stevns Klint to the here inferred two currents, a more shallow, south‐east directed and a deeper, north‐west directed flow.     

Three‐dimensional seismic characterization of a complex sediment drift in the South China Sea: Evidence for unsteady flow regime

This study describes a previously unobserved reflection seismic configuration comprising a honeycomb planform and a repeated erosion/infill cross‐section, based on high‐resolution three‐dimensional/two‐dimensional seismic data and bathymetric data. The honeycomb structures cover an area of more than 5000 km² and are developed within the Late Miocene to recent deep‐water sediments of the north‐western South China Sea. Linear erosional troughs up to 10 km long and 1 km wide are widely developed in this area, are intimately related to the particular seismic configuration and interpreted to represent a new type of sediment drift that is caused by unsteady bottom current regimes operating since the Late Miocene. The unsteady bottom current regimes are suggested to be triggered by irregular seabed morphologies. Considerable sea‐floor topography was generated as a direct result of tectonic movements in the area since the Late Miocene, and this topography then influenced the pathways of strong bottom currents. This study highlights that: (i) an unsteady bottom current regime can be laterally extensive and persist for millions of years; (ii) structurally controlled sea‐floor relief plays an important role in controlling the depositional pattern; and (iii) the bottom currents were active since the Late Miocene, flowing from the south‐east through the Xisha–Guangle Gateway and crossing the honeycomb structure zone. This study documents a new style of drift and will help to improve current knowledge of palaeoceanography and understanding of the South China Sea deep‐water circulation which is at present still poorly understood.     

南海西北次海盆深水扇系统沉积演化特征

基于高品质二维地震资料的分析解释,在南海西北次海盆深海平原区识别出大规模深水扇系统。深水扇系统上扇为限制性水道复合体发育区,中扇为多期扇体垂向叠置区,下扇则以水道-朵体沉积为主。琼东南中央峡谷-水道是本区深水扇系统的主要物源通道,沉积物主要来源于红河、北部陆架-陆坡以及中西沙隆起区。本区深水扇系统可基本划分为晚中新世（Ⅰ）、中新世（Ⅱ和Ⅲ）以及第四纪（Ⅳ和Ⅴ）五期。各期深水扇的空间展布受到先存地形和物源供给强度的控制,双峰海山将深水扇系统分隔为南北两部分,早期沉积的扇体改变了后期扇体沉积地形。在丰富物源供给下,水道的冲溢频率较高,各个深水扇之间存在明显的侧向上叠迁移特征。沉积物源和南海北部“三段式”陆坡地形控制着整个南海北部深水扇系统的发育和演化。     

A Lower Ordovician Carbonate Contourite Drift on the Margin of the South China Paleocontinent at Jiuxi,Northern Hunan

Carbonate contourite drift at Jiuxi. Taoyuan, northern Hunan, was developed in a deepwater area ofnorthern Hunan on the margin of the Early Ordovician South China palcocontinent. The Lower Ordoviciansequence in the area is more than 350 m thick and contains well-developed contourites that can be groupedinto the following five types: the calcilutitic, the arenitic, the siltitic. the fine ruditic and the bioclastic. Thefirst three often constitute a complete or incomplete contourite succession. The arenitic contourite is nearlyuniformly distributed as interlayers throughout the succession, creating a monotonously rhythmic texture inthe contourite drift. The pattern of spatial distribution of the succession shows that the contourite drift is ahuge ridge-like sedimentary body extending along the trend of paleoslope. Numerous marks of flow direc-tion have pointed to an eastward paleoflow direction along the slope.     

Contourite drifts, moats and channels in the Upper Cretaceous chalk of the Danish Basin

During the Late Cretaceous, high global sea‐level meant that most of the NW European craton was flooded by the deep epeiric ‘chalk sea’. The classical paradigm for chalk deposition envisages a quiet rain of minute skeletal debris of coccolithophorid algae and other pelagic organisms deposited as horizontal, flat‐lying pelagic oozes with local redeposition by slumps, slides and debris flows along faults and other structural features. Seismic data from the Danish Basin and elsewhere necessitate a revision of this paradigm. These demonstrate that the chalk sea floor had a considerable relief, commonly of more than a hundred metres amplitude, comprising moats, drifts, mounds and channels. Seismic sections from the Kattegat sea illustrate the development in the Maastrichtian of a deep moat adjacent to a topographic ridge formed over the inverted NW–SE‐trending Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone. The moat was up to 120 m deeper than its SW flank which was formed by an internally complex elongate drift, up to 20 km wide with an estimated length of ca 200 km. Smaller mound‐like features, channels and clinoform beds are superimposed on the large‐scale relief. The sea floor relief is interpreted to have formed in response to persistent bottom currents, flowing parallel to bathymetric contours. The initial build‐up of the broad, gently convex‐up sheeted drift was controlled by relatively low‐velocity bottom currents. The region of highest current velocity was gradually shifted NE‐wards towards the inversion zone ridge, resulting in the formation of the deep moat flanked by the elongate drift. The current is interpreted to have flowed from the SE towards NW on the basis of the internal architecture of the elongate drift and the NW‐ward branching and decrease in moat relief. The architecture and morphology of the moat drift and other features of the chalk sea floor are in all aspects similar to contourite systems of modern continental margins. It is accordingly proposed that the fundamental physical oceanographic concept – contour currents and their resulting contourite drifts – is extended to include the deep epeiric seas which covered NW Europe during the Late Cretaceous.     

深水沉积物波及其在南海研究之现状

深水沉积物波的研究始于20世纪50年代。根据成因和结构特征,可以将深水沉积物波划分为细粒底流、细粒浊流、粗粒底流和粗粒浊流等类型。不同类型的沉积物波具有不同的形态、物质组成及分布特征。已提出的深水沉积物波的形成模式主要有背流波模式、逆行沙波模式、内波模式及底形和斜坡失稳混合模式等。1994年太阳号95航次和1999年ODP184航次揭示并证实,南海北部东沙岸外1144站所处的深水陆坡区发育有一高速沉积物牵引体。根据最新的地震资料分析发现,该牵引体实际上由一系列逆陆坡向上倾方向迁移的沉积物波组成,这一发现对于南海北部大陆边缘古海洋、古环境和古气候研究,以及南海深水油气勘探具有重要意义。     

相对海平面变化与南海珠江深水扇系统的响应

根据微体古生物分析建立起来的珠江口盆地第三系相对海平面曲线,具有与全球海平面变化相一致的三级旋回和不一致的二级旋回。三级海平面升降导致了各沉积层序体系域在宽广陆架和陆坡之间的迁移,研究证实,位于南中国海北缘、珠江口外的陆坡深水区广泛发育第三系多层序叠置的南海珠江深水扇系统。区域性构造作用使得珠江口盆地二级海平面变化与全球海平面变化具有不一致性,并形成与全球海退趋势相反的海侵型海平面曲线。受相对海平面变化的控制,现今处于陆坡深水区的白云凹陷自32Ma南海扩张以来经历了三台阶式的海侵事件,形成了台阶式退积层序组合,具有下粗上细的沉积序列;造就了23.8Ma以前的浅水三角洲-滨岸砂泥岩沉积组合;23.8~10.5Ma的深水扇砂泥岩为主的沉积组合;以及10.5Ma以来主要为远端的细粒沉积为主。     

Deep-water Fan Systems and Petroleum Resources on the NorthernSlope of the South China Sea

The shallow shelf delta/strand arenaceous-pelitic deposit region in the north of the Pearl River mouth basin, sitting on the northern continental shelf of the South China Sea, has already become an important oil production base in China. Recent researched has revealed that a great deal of deep-water fans of great petroleum potentiality exist on the Baiyun deep-water slope below the big paleo Pearl River and its large delta. Based on a