Carbonate platform evolution: from a bioconstructed platform margin to a sand-shoal system (Devonian, Guilin, South China)

ABSTRACT The depositional organization and architecture of the middle–late Devonian Yangdi rimmed carbonate platform margin in the Guilin area of South China were related to oblique, extensional faulting in a strike‐slip setting. The platform margin shows two main stages of construction in the late Givetian to Frasnian, with a bioconstructed margin evolving into a sand‐shoal system. In the late Givetian, the platform margin was rimmed with microbial buildups composed mainly of cyanobacterial colonies (mostly Renalcis and Epiphyton). These grew upwards and produced an aggradational (locally slightly retrogradational) architecture with steep foreslope clinoforms. Three depositional sequences (S3–S5) are recognized in the upper Givetian strata, which are dominated by extensive microbialites. Metre‐scale depositional cyclicity occurs in most facies associations, except in the platform‐margin buildups and upper foreslope facies. In the latest Givetian (at the top of sequence S5), relative platform uplift (± subaerial exposure) and associated rapid basin subsidence (probably a block‐tilting effect) caused large‐scale platform collapse and slope erosion to give local scalloped embayments along the platform margin and the synchronous demise of microbial buildups. Subsequently, sand shoals and banks composed of ooids and peloids and, a little later, stromatoporoid buildups on the palaeohighs, developed along the platform margin, from which abundant loose sediment was transported downslope to form gravity‐flow deposits. Another strong tectonic episode caused further platform collapse in the early Frasnian (at the top of sequence S6), leading to large‐scale breccia release and the death of the stromatoporoid buildups. Siliceous facies (banded cherts and siliceous shales) were then deposited extensively in the basin centre as a result of the influx of hydrothermal fluids. The platform‐margin sand‐shoal/bank system, possibly with gullies on the slope, persisted into the latest Frasnian until the restoration of microbial buildups. Four sequences (S6–S9), characterized by abundant sand‐shoal deposits on the margin and gravity‐flow and hemipelagic deposits on the slope, are distinguished in the Frasnian strata. Smaller‐scale depositional cyclicity is evident in all facies associations across the platform–slope–basin transect. The distinctive depositional architecture and evolution of this Yangdi Platform are interpreted as having been controlled mainly by regional tectonics with contributions from eustasy, environmental factors, oceanographic setting, biotic and sedimentary fabrics.     

Lithofacies Features and Formation Conditions of Meotian Rocks in the Azov–Kuban Region

The lithofacies features and formation conditions of Meotian rocks in the Azov–Kuban region are defined. It is shown that the bryozoan organogenic buildups were formed in the Enikale (Kerch) Strait, as well as in the littoral–shallow-water areas of the sedimentary basin. Currents flowing from the Azov–Kuban Sea favored an intense bioherm formation in the paleostrait. They provided the optimal hydrodynamic regime for this process and supplied bryozoans with the needed nutrient medium. The obtained data can be used for estimating the metallogenic potential of Meotian reefal deposits in the Azov–Kuban region.     

The Metal Potential of Carbonate Rocks in Ancient Reef Systems of Northeastern Asia

Carbonate organogenic buildups (reefs) are lithofacies barriers of marine basins separating sedimentation facies zones. Together with seafloor depressions, they make up two-facies systems that are favorable for the formation of stratiform lead, zinc, and copper deposits. Organogenic reefs are formed at the boundary between the littoral zone and the remaining shelf area, as well as on terraces separating the shelf and continental slope zones. The reefs control the stratiform copper mineralization in the first case and the MV-type lead–zinc mineralization in the second case. This work describes the following reef systems of northeastern Asia incorporating base metal deposits: Chencha (Late Riphean) system of the Zhuya–Patom Trough, West Yakutian (Early–Middle Cambrian), Tankhai–Ust'mil (Middle Cambrian), and Lena (Late Cambrian) systems of the Siberian Platform, and Urul'tun (Early Devonian) and Kamenka (Middle Devonian) systems of the Omulev and Kolyma blocks. The two-facies genetic model of the MV-type lead–zinc and stratiform copper deposits is substantiated.     

Waulsortian buildups of Waulsort,Belgium

The biostratigraphy and sedimentology of the late Tournaisian, Waulsortian buildups of the type area, at Waulsort (Belgium), are examined in detail. Four buildups are present. Overall, they span the stratigraphic interval from the base of the Ivorian stage to the lower part of the Moliniacian stage, ending just below the base of the Viséan. Petrographic study shows that all Waulsortian Phases are represented, the older buildups being of Phases A and B, whereas the youngest ranges through Phases A to D. The relatively crude Phase classification is refined by correspondence analysis, which shows that the grain types present in the Waulsortian and associated limestones conform closely to the relay (systematic shift of relative importance of grain types) described from other Waulsortian buildups in Belgium. A Relay Index, derived from the correspondence analysis and defining the position of each sample in the compositional relay, is plotted on stratigraphic logs of the sections studied to allow detailed comparison with other Waulsortian and peri-Waulsortian sections in the Dinant area for which similar curves already exist. The Waulsort buildups are found to fit closely into the depositional and palaeobathymetric patterns established or suspected in the area. Two shallowing upward sequences seem to be present, separated by an abrupt deepening. The earlier, relatively minor shallowing trend, in the Polygnathus communis carina Zone, is here recorded in buildup facies for the first time: previous evidence had come from the laterally equivalent facies. The other shallowing trend, which extends through the Scaliognathus anchoralis Zone and culminates near the base of the Moliniacian stage, is the regional, late Tournaisian regression which had a major influence on the biota of the Waulsortian banks in Belgium and was probably largely responsible for cessation of bank growth over most of the area.     

滨里海盆地东缘石炭系KT-II层碳酸盐岩微相特征与沉积环境研究--以扎纳若尔地区为例

为解决滨里海盆地东缘扎纳若尔地区石炭系KT-II层碳酸盐岩储层非均质性问题,对其沉积微相内部沉积模式进行更详细的剖析和精细刻画。研究结果表明:①研究区石炭系KT-II层碳酸盐岩的岩性以亮晶颗粒石灰岩为主,灰泥颗粒石灰岩及灰泥石灰岩次之。②根据沉积特征及沉积环境差异,碳酸盐岩沉积可划分为潮坪、浅滩和滩间洼地。以水深、水动力条件及盐度特征为基础,将碳酸盐岩浅滩划分为破浪滩和升浪滩两种微相,并根据其组成不同进一步细分为类滩、有孔虫滩、藻粒滩和鲕粒滩亚微相。③按照Wilson理想化碳酸盐岩综合相模式,研究区归属于开阔台地相内部沉积,并与Irwin陆表海能量模型进行对应分析:潮坪相对应于靠近海岸的Z带;滩相沉积对应于稍近海岸的Y带,洼地对应于远离海岸的X带。     

曹妃甸浅滩潮道保护意义及曹妃甸新老填海规划对比分析

曹妃甸填海工程是全国第一大填海工程,拟填海造陆310 km2,建设曹妃甸工业区。曹妃甸海区有曹妃甸外缘深槽和老龙沟深槽两大港口潜力区,建设曹妃甸工业区,使其充分发挥优良港口的作用是合理的。但填海面积过大,填挖土石方严重不平衡,尤其是通岛公路的建设阻断了曹妃甸浅滩潮道是曹妃甸老填海规划的主要缺陷。曹妃甸浅滩潮道是浅滩区的重要潮流通道,对维护老龙沟深槽港口潜力区和区域海洋环境有重要作用,不应被阻断而应当保留畅通。海洋专家们的呼吁对曹妃甸填海规划的修改起了重要作用。近来出台的曹妃甸新填海规划做了重大修改:准备再开通浅滩潮道,恢复北东东向的浅滩潮流系统;要在老龙沟附近修建一个大港池,使老龙沟深槽港口潜力区得到保护和利用;填挖土石方平衡有了明显改善;增加了岸线;减轻了对海洋环境的影响。但仍然存在某些需要进一步完善和推敲之处。津塘—曹妃甸地区是中国两大地面沉降区之一,应做好防止地面沉降、海洋灾害及地震灾害等隐患的准备。填海面积不宜过大,少填多察,多做海洋环境检测。填海要在海洋环境容量能够承受的情况下循序渐进地进行。     

河北饶阳凹陷中央隆起带古近系沙三段上部碳酸盐岩沉积模式研究

通过岩心和薄片观察及测井解释等手段,以揭示饶阳凹陷中央隆起带大王庄油田沙三段上部碳酸盐岩沉积特征及沉积模式为目的开展工作,得到以下认识:饶阳凹陷中央隆起带古近系沙三段上部发育碳酸盐岩滩坝沉积,藻砂屑云岩、鲕粒云岩、泥晶云岩及含陆源碎屑的藻屑—鲕粒云岩是本区主要的岩石类型。滩坝发育四种沉积微相,包括藻屑碳酸盐岩滩微相、鲕粒碳酸盐岩滩微相、泥晶碳酸盐岩湖湾微相及含陆源碎屑的颗粒碳酸盐岩滩微相。研究区碳酸盐岩的分布主要受到湖平面变化、古地形、构造活动强度及陆源碎屑物质供应程度的影响,中央隆起带古地貌微环境的不同,直接影响到岩石类型和沉积微相的差异,高部位形成藻屑碳酸盐岩和鲕粒碳酸盐岩,低部位的低能环境形成泥晶碳酸盐岩湖湾。藻屑碳酸盐岩滩和鲕粒碳酸盐岩滩微相是本区碳酸盐岩滩坝最有利的油气储集相带。该区沉积微相的研究及相模式的建立有助于饶阳凹陷中央隆起带大王庄油田下一步精细的储层预测,也为类似地区的碳酸盐岩储层预测提供了可借鉴的地质模型。     

川中磨溪—高石梯地区下寒武统龙王庙组层序格架内滩体的发育演化特征及对储层的控制

川中磨溪—高石梯地区龙王庙组可划分为两个三级层序。通过大量岩心、薄片以及测井资料综合分析,磨溪—高石梯地区龙王庙期整体属于局限台地沉积,可划分为台内滩、滩间洼地以及潟湖亚相。以台内滩颗粒含量、沉积构造以及单层滩体沉积厚度为基础,结合测井响应特征分析,将台内滩划分为滩核、滩翼以及白云岩坪等微相,并建立了台内滩的3种典型沉积序列:滩翼—滩核—白云岩坪、潟湖—滩间洼地—台内滩,以及滩间洼地—台内滩。层序格架内台内滩的纵横向发育特征表明:SQ_2时期较SQ_1时期更为发育,滩体单层厚度和总厚度均较大,层序界面附近的滩核—白云岩坪沉积序列上部为最有利的储层发育相带。     

四川盆地中部磨溪地区龙王庙组沉积微相研究

结合四川盆地早寒武世龙王庙期区域沉积背景,本文对川中磨溪地区下寒武统龙王庙组的岩石类型、沉积构造、测井响应等沉积相标志进行了详细研究,探讨了磨溪地区龙王庙组的沉积微相特征及分布规律。研究表明早寒武世龙王庙期磨溪地区主要位于局限台地内,包括澙湖、颗粒滩和云坪三个亚环境,沉积产物以晶粒云岩及颗粒云岩为主。纵向上,龙王庙组由两个向上变浅的沉积旋回构成,旋回底部以澙湖沉积为主,中上部以颗粒滩沉积为主,顶部以云坪沉积为主。其中,颗粒滩亚相根据不同的岩性组合、沉积构造、颗粒岩累计厚度、单滩体颗粒岩厚度等可划分为滩主体(滩核)、滩翼以及滩间洼地三个微相。平面上,龙王庙组上下两段的沉积相展布具有明显的继承性,较龙王庙组下段而言,上段沉积时滩体的沉积范围、规模均有所扩大,同时颗粒滩具有向东迁移的趋势。磨溪地区龙王庙组沉积微相的展布主要受沉积期微古地貌以及相对海平面变化的影响,本文最后建立了磨溪地区龙王庙组颗粒滩沉积演化模式。     

The carbonate factory of Middle Triassic buildups in the Dolomites, Italy: a quantitative analysis

Middle Triassic carbonate buildups of the Dolomites were high in relief (500–1000m) and small in size (one to a few square kilometres in area). A paradox results from the carbonate platform model that invokes the platform top, including reef rims, as the carbonate factory and flanking beds as talus deposits. Most buildups consist largely of clinoforms (inclined at 10-50°) whereas massive reef rocks and stratified buildup interiors are poorly developed or absent. Facies and modal analysis of 323 thin sections from buildups of the Marmolada indicate that clinoforms are: (i) predominantly composed of in situ boundstones (56% of all samples); (ii) primarily made up of early cements (37 vol.%), microbial crusts (17 vol.%), micritic intraclasts (10 vol.%) and Tubiphytes (8 vol.%); and (iii) contain diagnostic shallow water grains (dasyclads, coated grains) that are less abundant by 1-2 orders of magnitude compared with buildup interior facies. These data suggest that the clinoforms themselves were the main carbonate factory of the Triassic buildups. Stratified buildup interior rocks and massive reef rocks were apparently not a prerequisite for buildup growth and clinoform progradation.     

塔里木盆地奥陶系碳酸盐岩颗粒滩沉积组合及展布特征

本文综合露头、钻/测井、地震以及薄片等资料的研究,开展了塔里木盆地奥陶系碳酸盐岩颗粒滩沉积特征的研究。本次研究首次厘定了颗粒滩的划分标准,总结了塔里木盆地奥陶系发育藻粒滩、内碎屑滩、鲕粒滩和生物碎屑滩四类颗粒滩;明确了四类颗粒滩的微观和宏观沉积特征:藻粒滩由藻粒、球粒和藻团块构成,与结晶云岩互层沉积;内碎屑的含量和形态揭示了内碎屑滩的部位和沉积区的能量,内碎屑滩自鹰山组开始大规模发育;鲕粒滩主体区其他颗粒类型不发育,鲕粒滩主要分布在塔中和玉北地区的台缘带;生物碎屑滩由生物骨架碎屑和生物颗粒构成,与生物礁复合共生,集中在台缘带及台缘内侧分布,一间房组开始大规模发育。颗粒滩发育段对应低GR值,主体部位GR曲线呈箱型、漏斗型或钟型,侧缘部位呈指状或尖峰状,台缘带颗粒滩向台内迁移呈退积反射特征。在此基础上,建立了塔里木盆地碳酸盐岩颗粒滩的四种沉积组合样式:藻礁滩互层式、厚层滩加积式、薄层滩退积式和生物礁滩复合式。其中,藻礁滩互层式和礁滩复合式颗粒滩分布受相带影响,具有局限性,易于形成有效油气藏,在塔中地区奥陶系已得到证实。厚层滩加积式和薄层滩退积式颗粒滩在鹰山组分布广泛,结合颗粒滩的沉积展布规律及储层成因分析,得出鹰山组颗粒滩储层具有区域优势分布特征。     

Specific Features of Carbonate Platform Formation: Evidence from the Middle Carboniferous East Ural Gulf

During the Moscovian Age, the eastern part of the Russian Platform was occupied by the shallow-water East European Basin (EEB) characterized by predominantly carbonate sedimentation. In the Cis-Ural region of this basin, the deep Cis-Ural Sea (CUS) occupied the Ural Foredeep. The Paleo-Ural Range separated the CUS from the narrow and long East Ural Gulf, which was connected in the south with the main part of the EEB and a sea within the Turan Plate. The Moscovian paleogeographic setting is shown in three paleogeographic maps. Middle Carboniferous organogenic buildups from the eastern slope of the Urals have been time and again described previously. However, the repeated study of these features did not prove the biogenic nature of all of them. This work presents characteristics of two, newly discovered, unique (in terms of nature and structure) coastal bioherms. One bioherm lies at the base of the Moscovian stage and consists of phylloid algae. The second bioherm, located at a higher level, has a complex structure and is made up of foraminifers, algae, and stromatolites. After the desiccation and development of karst features on the surface, the bioherm was buried under sandy–clayey sediments accumulated in freshened water.     

塔里木盆地苏盖特布拉克地区下寒武统肖尔布拉克组碳酸盐岩微生物建造特征*

塔里木盆地苏盖特布拉克地区下寒武统肖尔布拉克组发育3种类型碳酸盐岩微生物（蓝细菌）建造,即下部微生物丘状和层状建造、中上部微生物礁和顶部叠层石建造。微生物丘状和层状建造的特点是似层状孔洞和纹层结构发育,形成于潮下高能带,与微生物席粘结有关,分布相对稳定。微生物礁是由枝状或丛状微生物骨架生长和微生物席粘结两种方式形成,分布较广,可分为两大期：第1大期发育在海退背景下,呈宏观块状建造特征;第2大期则发育在较大的海侵背景下,呈现两期点礁特征。叠层石建造发育在更大范围的海侵背景下,超覆于点状建造之上,要求的水动力条件相对较强,由微生物粘结作用形成,其中叠层石和核形石是其重要标志,仅分布在研究区北部的苏Ⅱ、苏Ⅲ和苏Ⅳ剖面近顶部。     

川中雷口坡组四~3亚段地震相分析——应用波形分类技术研究沉积相的实例

在工区面积大、钻井少的情况下开展地震相研究,可以有效绘出沉积相展布图。对四川盆地中部雷口坡组四3亚段利用GS1和YS104两口井进行地震地质标定,建立了膏盐湖、白云岩坪及颗粒滩等几种不同沉积微相的地震响应模式。膏盐湖相表现为强振幅、高连续的地震响应,而颗粒滩及白云岩坪主要表现为中振幅、低连续的地震响应特征。在地质标定基础上,对全区利用波形分类技术开展地震相研究,恢复了古沉积环境,获得了颗粒滩相及白云岩坪的展布图,这些分布区是有利储层的发育区。龙岗—营山—南充—蓬溪一带处于颗粒滩、白云岩坪有利相带,且处于雷四3亚段地层剥蚀线附近,受岩溶改造强烈,储层较为发育,是川中地区的重要勘探对象。     

Early to mid-Viséan shallow water platform buildups,north Co. Dublin,Ireland

A number of carbonate buildups in north Co. Dublin, long assigned to the late Viséan (Asbian), are shown on the basis of coral, foraminiferal and algal evidence to be early to mid-Viséan (late Chadian to Holkerian) in age. They are equivalent in age to beds ranging from the upper part of the Lane Formation to the top of the Holmpatrick Formation. The buildups are poorly exposed and relatively small, probably only a few tens of metres across at most. Buildup sediments are massive to crudely bedded and dominated by peloidal, clotted and dense uniform micrites displaying lime mudstone and bioclastic wackestone textures. Dasycladacean algae are common in the buildups and cryptalgal fabrics are locally important. Cavities in the buildups are generally small (< 5 cm) and lined with inclusion-rich radiaxial calcite cements. Micritization of bioclasts and cements is ubiquitous. Enclosing off-buildup limestones are skeletal and intraclastic grainstones possessing sedimentary structures indicative of deposition in moderate to high energy environments. Fossil and petrographic evidence from the buildups also indicate a shallow water origin for the north Co. Dublin buildups. Compared with the slightly older Tournaisian (Courceyan to early Chadian) Waulsortian buildups which developed extensively in the Dublin Basin, these younger platform buildups are smaller and more isolated and possess a diverse suite of algal components and cryptalgal fabrics. Nevertheless, components in the north Co. Dublin buildups most closely resemble the shallowest phase D Waulsortian buildups, particularly in the presence of abundant peloids and micritized cements. The north Co. Dublin buildups developed on a carbonate platform (the Milverton Platform), adjacent to the Dublin Basin, whereas the Waulsortian developed in a deeper ramp setting. Following the demise of the Waulsortian in early Chadian time carbonate buildups established themselves on the shallow platforms. It is suggested that the microbial communities responsible for these buildups may have ‘evolved’ from older phase D Waulsortian communities and that he north Co. Dublin platform buildups represent the shallow water end of a spectrum of Viséan buildups.     

New data on the structure and composition of stromatolite buildups (Northern Anabar Region)

Lamination, a characteristic feature of stromatolites, is related to thin alternation of mineral and organogenic layers. The present paper is devoted to structures of Lower Riphean stromatolites in the Fomich River area (northern Anabar Uplift) that were described for the first time and studied with an electron microscope. Two Colonnella forms with different microstructures were examined. It has been established that a banded texture is observed if an organogenic layer is mainly composed of tightclusters of filiform (theread like) particles. However, a clotted texture is recorded if the layer is represented by isolated coccomorphic (rounded) particles. The chemical composition of these tiny structures, which can accumulate several elements, is discussed and analyzed. In the past, the organogenic layer represented a biofilm that comprised a complex-function cyanobacterial community.     

Diagenesis and Porosity of the Cambrian‐Ordovician Carbonate Shoal Facies at Yangjiaping,Shimen, Hunan

Abstract: Upper Cambrian‐Lower Ordovician shoal‐facies carbonate rocks are well developed in the Yangjiaping section, Shimen, Hunan, and their types are also highly varied. There are both monomictic shoal‐facies rocks (e.g. sparite oolitic limestone and sparite calcarenite) and polymictic shoal‐facies rocks (e.g. grainstone, whose grain types include sand‐ and pebble‐sized fragments, bioclasts, oolites, algal mats etc.). What is different is that the Upper Cambrian shoal‐facies rocks have been mostly strongly dolomitized into shoal‐facies dolomite with various residual textures. This paper presents an in‐depth study of various kinds of diagenesis and pore space evolution occurring in this section and suggests that the diagenetic sequences of shoal‐facies rocks in the study area is dominantly of retrogressive type.     

Mesophotic coral buildups in a prodelta setting (Late Eocene,southern Pyrenees,Spain): a mixed carbonate–siliciclastic system

Lower Priabonian coral bioherms and biostromes, encased in prodelta marls/clays, occur in the Aínsa‐Jaca piggyback basin, in the South Central Pyrenean zone. Detailed mapping of lithofacies and bounding surfaces onto photomosaics reveals the architecture of coral buildups. Coral lithosomes occur either isolated or amalgamated in larger buildups. Isolated lithosomes are 1 to 8 m thick and a few hundred metres wide; clay content within coral colonies is significant. Stacked bioherms form low‐relief buildups, commonly 20 to 30 m thick, locally up to 50 m. These bioherms are progressively younger to the west, following progradation of the deltaic complex. The lowermost skeletal‐rich beds consist of bryozoan floatstone with wackestone to packstone matrix, in which planktonic foraminifera are abundant and light‐related organisms absent. Basal coral biostromes, and the base of many bioherms, consist of platy‐coral colonies ‘floating’ in a fine‐grained matrix rich in branches of red algae. Corals with domal or massive shape, locally mixed with branching corals and phaceloid coral colonies, dominate buildup cores. These corals are surrounded by matrix and lack organic framework. The matrix consists of wackestone to packstone, locally floatstone, with conspicuous red algal and coral fragments, along with bryozoans, planktonic and benthonic foraminifera and locally sponges. Coral rudstone and skeletal packstone, with wackestone to packstone matrix, also occur as wedges abutting the buildup margins. Integrative analysis of rock textures, skeletal components, buildup anatomy and facies architecture clearly reveal that these coral buildups developed in a prodelta setting where shifting of delta lobes or rainfall cycles episodically resulted in water transparency that allowed zooxanthellate coral growth. The bathymetric position of the buildups has been constrained from the light‐dependent communities and lithofacies distribution within the buildups. The process‐product analysis used here reinforces the hypothesis that zooxanthellate corals thrived in mesophotic conditions at least during the Late Eocene and until the Late Miocene. Comparative analysis with some selected Upper Eocene coral buildups of the north Mediterranean area show similarities in facies, components and textures, and suggest that they also grew in relatively low light (mesophotic) and low hydrodynamic conditions.     

Sedimentary Facies and Distribution of Reservoir Rocks from the Feixianguan Formation in the Daxian-Xuanhan Region, NE Sichuan

The Lower Triassic Feixianguan Formation in the Daxian-Xuanhan region, northeastern Sicbuan is interpreted to be a carbonate platform intermediate between the West Hubei-East Cbongqing marine basin and Guangyuan-Wangcang marine basin. Outcrops, well logs and seismic data have disclosed that three sedimentary facies can be identified for the formation： open platform, platform exposed shoal and restricted platform facies. During the early stage of deposition of the Feixianguan Formation, there existed a sedimentary framework all the same as the Late Permian one： open platform in the west, and platform exposed shoal, restricted platform and open platform eastwards. The gradual increase of the shoal area permitted eastward migration of the shoal facies. During the deposition of the third member of the Feixianguan Formation, the study area was invaded by temporary transgressions. Till the deposition of the fourth member of the formation, the study area was prevailed over the unified restricted platform deposits, as indicated by the sedimentary model for the typical carbonate platform shoal deposits. The reservoir rocks in the Feixianguan Formation consist mostly of solution opening dolostone, and the rock types are assembled by oolitic dolostone, residual oolitic dolostone and sucrosic residual oolitic medium- to coarse-grained dolostone. The deep and shallow dual laterologs show relatively high resistivity, clear amplitude differences and time difference saltation of acoustic waves in some intervals. The seismic responses are indicated by low-frequency and highly variable amplitudes and chaotic reflection configurations. The reservoir rocks are characterized by high porosity-high permeability and medium porosity-medium permeability, showing a marked correlation between porosity and permeability. Solution openings are extremely developed in the reservoir rocks, including cast pores, intergranular solution openings, intercrystal pores, intercrystal solution openings, solution openings （caves） and minute fissures. Macropores and coarse pore throats are common. The reservoir rocks are apparently controlled by sedimentary facies in distribution patterns. Vertically, they occur dominantly in the second and first members of the Feixianguan Formation, and laterally in the platform exposed shoals and restricted platforms, where good natural gas potential is expected.     

Research on Diageneses of Cambrian Shoal Facies Carbonate Rocks in the Xiadong Area, Hubei Province

With continuous outcrops, developed shoal fades rocks, complete types of diagenesis and changeable diagenetic environments, Cambrian strata are well developed in the Xiadong area, Yichang, Hubei Province. Under the combined influence of numerous diageneses, secondary pores can be formed, which result in better reservoir properties of the rock strata.The Cambrian rocks in this area consist of mainly carbonate rocks and secondarily detrital rocks. The carbonate rocks are dominated by grainstones including wormkalk, calcirudite-calcarenite, oolitic limestone and oncolitic limestone. Graded bedding and cross bedding are well developed in the strata, which indicates that the formation environment is of a high-energy shoal facies.In this area, there has developed a sequence of stable Cambrian platform carbonate deposition. The evolution trend is as follows: open sea shelf facies→intertidal low-energy restricted sea facies→Hntertidal high-energy shoal facies→coastal shoal facies→evaporite tidal-flat facies