Reform of Carbonate Rock Subsurface by Crustose Lichens and Its Environmental Significance

Crustose lichens are distributed extensively in karst areas in Southern China. They can be found on the surface of carbonate rocks. Through biophysical and biochemical processes, crustose lichens reform the subsurface of carbonate rocks and in the meanwhile change their physical and chemical properties: (1) the mechanical strength decreases by 17.04° on average (up to 33.2° ); (2) the chemical solution surface area increases from 28.26% to 75.36% (lichen microholes considered only); and (3) the water-holding capacity is greatly improved. Comparative field experiments between biokarst samples underneath crustose lichens and fresh rock samples with the same composition and texture show that the corrosional rate of carbonate rocks of the former is 1.264-1.643 times higher than that of the latter. Crustose lichens are considered as an activator of the surface corrosion of carbonate rocks.     

湖相碳酸盐岩在建立苏北盆地下第三系层序地层格架中的作用

在建立苏北盆地层序地层格架的同时,研究了碳酸盐岩在其中的作用,提出了碳酸盐岩结核和团块的分布是识别层序地层界面和体系域标志;粒屑碳酸盐岩的沉积迁移也可作为识别不同体系域的重要标志;碳酸盐岩的序列变化是识别准层序,准层序组的标志;稳定分布的暗色细粒碳酸盐岩与泥岩的互层是识别凝缩层和最大湖泛面的标志,认为今后在层序地层分析中应充分发挥湖相碳酸盐岩特有的作用。     

塔里木盆地寒武—奥陶系碳酸盐岩层序地层在油气勘探中的应用

塔里木盆地是中国重要的油气资源战略接替区之一,其海相碳酸盐岩油气勘探难度大,地层划分与对比的准确性与精度直接影响油气勘探各个环节工作的开展。本文对寒武—奥陶系碳酸盐岩层序地层学理论体系的应用、层序界面类型与识别标志及具代表性的层序划分方案等基础问题进行了论述,重点探讨了层序地层格架中烃源岩与岩溶型储层的预测及层序界面对于流体的输导作用,提出了塔里木盆地碳酸盐岩层序地层学研究中存在的一些关键问题,并对今后的发展趋势提出了初步设想。     

非岩溶流水中碳酸盐岩试块的侵蚀速率及其控制因素: 以湖南郴州礼家洞为例

2004年2月、9月、12月和2005年3月,利用澳大利亚产的微侵蚀计(M EM,M icroe-rosion m eter)对湖南郴州礼家洞观测点非岩溶流水中的碳酸盐岩(包括石灰岩和白云岩)试块进行了侵蚀速率的精确测定,共取得数据1550个。用SPSS应用软件对数据进行了处理,发现礼家洞非岩溶流水中的碳酸盐岩的侵蚀速率异常的高,最大的达到了13.6mm/a。在每次测量碳酸盐岩侵蚀速率的同时,使用德国WTW公司生产的MultilineP3多参数自动记录仪,对每个碳酸盐岩试块放置点的水温、pH值、电导率进行了现场监测,并取回水样分析了其中的主要阴阳离子浓度。通过对这些水化学资料的分析,发现礼家洞非岩溶流水的侵蚀能力很强,表现在水的CO2分压很高(可达到12882Pa),而方解石和白云石的饱和指数很低(分别达到-4.78和-10.35)。对比发现,非岩溶流水中碳酸盐岩的侵蚀速率与其方解石和白云石的饱和指数呈负相关关系,即水中方解石和白云石的饱和指数愈低,碳酸盐岩的侵蚀速率就愈高。此外,观察发现,碳酸盐岩试块本身的结构特别是本试验中白云岩的粗晶结构对其侵蚀速率有巨大的影响,反映了机械侵蚀(流水的物理搬运)对侵蚀速率的贡献(可达90%以上),这与传统的将碳酸盐岩试片放入土壤中测得的主要是化学溶蚀速率不同。     

塔里木盆地沙雅隆起北部一元古宙潜山气藏地震解析、地层特征与时代研究

文章利用钻井岩心、岩石薄片、测井、地震资料对塔里木盆地沙雅隆起北部三道桥气田潜山的地层格架、岩石岩相特征进行分析,并通过钻井岩心样品的锆石U-Pb年代学和野外地质露头地层对比研究,对这套潜山地层的时代进行了限定。研究结果表明三道桥潜山是一套厚度在700~800 m,浅变质的海相碎屑岩-碳酸盐岩沉积,3个碎屑锆石样品的最小谐和年龄为(1522±16)Ma,表明其沉积或成岩时代应不早于中元古代。该潜山是迄今为止塔里木盆地内获得工业油气的最古老的潜山。     

全球古生界海相碳酸盐岩大油气田特征及油气分布

古生界海相碳酸盐岩油气对中国能源安全具有重要意义。以全球古生界海相碳酸盐岩大油气田的最新资料为基础,系统统计分析了古生界海相碳酸盐岩大油气田的地质特征及其分布规律。截至2013年底,全球15个含油气盆地中共发现了89个古生界海相碳酸盐岩大油气田,油气可采储量达495.9×10⁸,t油当量,占全球海相碳酸盐岩层系油气总储量的20.9%。研究表明,大油气田分布在中东、前苏联、北美和亚太地区,其中,大油田主要分布于前苏联和北美,大气田则主要位于中东和亚太,20世纪70年代是大气田发现的高峰期。大油气田的油气主要来自古生界烃源岩,以志留系、石炭系、二叠系和泥盆系(按重要性排序)为主;烃源岩岩性主要为泥页岩、沥青质泥页岩和沥青质碳酸盐岩。盖层以蒸发岩和碎屑岩为主。层系上,油气主要富集于二叠系、石炭系和奥陶系,白云岩和生物礁储集层占重要地位。埋深上,储量分布相对集中的埋深为2500~3000,m、3500~4000,m和4000~4500,m,分别占总储量的52.6%、15.9%和9.5%。油气藏类型上,以构造圈闭为主,不过近年来发现的大油气田的非构造圈闭比例有所增大。建议中国古生界海相油气勘探应重视白云岩储集层,更重要的是,应加强深层海相碳酸盐岩层系油气成藏机理和分布主控因素的研究。     

An evaluation of the relationship between physical/mechanical properties and mineralogy of landscape rocks as determined by hyperspectral reflectance

We investigated the relationships between mineral content and the physical and mechanical properties of landscape rock using a non-destructive remote sensing method applied in the laboratory. Using this technique, the spectral properties of the landscape rock could be collected at different wavelengths without harming the samples. Differences in spectral reflectance were compared with the physical and mechanical properties of the stone. Significant correlations were observed between reflectance values and the rocks’ mechanical and physical properties, with correlation coefficients of 95 to 99 %. However, establishing a correlation between two variables is not a sufficient condition to establish a causal relationship. Mineral densities and mineral content are characteristics used for the classification of landscape rock. We have concluded that although spectral signatures from landscape rock can be used for predicting which stones might have similar features when comparing two batches of stone, the high correlations we discovered cannot confirm a cause and effect relationship that would allow for the prediction of a rock’s physical and mechanical properties. Although this conclusion is disappointing, the mineral content and the significant correlations discovered by hyperspectral reflectance scanning can be used as supplementary information when comparing two samples of landscape rock.     

吉木萨尔凹陷二叠统芦草沟组地层与沉积环境特征研究

准噶尔盆地吉木萨尔凹陷芦草沟组是我国近些年致密油气勘探开发的热点地区之一。本文利用岩心、岩石薄片、测井和地震等资料,在识别和分析芦草沟组主要岩石类型的基础上,对芦草沟组的沉积演化特征、层序地层格架和沉积环境的变迁等方面进行了综合研究。研究表明,芦草沟组岩性主要为碎屑岩和碳酸盐岩两个大类,其中碎屑岩以泥页岩和粉（细）砂岩为主,碳酸盐岩主要为白云岩和灰岩。沉积特征表现为：下部（F 段）、中部（C+D段）和上部（A 段）的泥页岩层段,发育于湖进时期的深湖至半深湖相沉积,为烃源岩层段;下部致密储集层段（E 段）和上部致密储集层段（B 段）,发育于湖退期的浅湖相、三角洲前缘相沉积。由于后期的构造隆升,芦草沟组的沉积环境由早期的开阔湖盆逐渐向后期封闭的局限湖盆转变,沉积水体也逐渐向咸化和还原环境转变。     

中国陆上叠合盆地中下组合油气成藏条件及勘探潜力

简要阐述了中国陆上主要叠合盆地中下组合烃源岩、储层和油气藏分布等基本油气地质特征,指出了进一步勘探的领域。认为:叠合盆地中下组合普遍发育有利烃源岩,成熟度普遍较高,因而以生气为主;具有多期成藏特点,且以晚期为主;叠合盆地中下组合发育碳酸盐岩、火山岩、砂砾岩与变质岩四大类储层,它们的储集物性受埋深影响较小,在较大埋深下仍可发育优质储层;叠合盆地中下组合油气藏以岩性、地层及复合型为主,相态复杂,是多期成藏的结果;叠合盆地中下组合油气分布与古隆起发育、沉积或火山相带以及断裂带、不整合面发育密切相关;叠合盆地中下组合是中国陆上含油气盆地未来勘探的重点领域之一。     

Mass and magnetic properties for 3D geological and geophysical modelling of the southern Agnew–Wiluna Greenstone Belt and Leinster nickel deposits,Western Australia

Physical property measurements provide a critical link between geological observations and geophysical measurements and modelling. To enhance the reliability of gravity and magnetic modelling in the Yilgarn Craton's Agnew–Wiluna Greenstone Belt, mass and magnetic properties were analysed on 157 new rock samples and combined with an existing corporate database of field measurements. The new samples include sulfide ore, serpentinised and olivine-bearing ultramafic host-rocks, granitoid, and felsic and mafic volcanic and volcaniclastic country rock. Synthesis of the data provides a useful resource for future geophysical modelling in the region. Several rock types in the region have sufficiently distinct physical properties that a discriminant diagram is proposed to facilitate a basic classification of rock types based on physical properties. However, the accumulation of emplacement, metamorphic, hydrothermal and structural processes has complicated the physical properties of the rocks by imposing duplicate and sometimes opposing physical property trends. The data confirm that massive sulfide and ultramafic rocks have the most distinctive mass and magnetic properties but with variability imposed by their complex history. Sulfide content imposes the strongest control on densities, but can only be identified when comprising >10 vol% of the rock. The pyrrhotite-rich Ni-sulfide assemblages generally have similar magnetic properties to the host ultramafic rocks, but can have much lower susceptibilities where the thermal history of the rocks has favoured development of hexagonal pyrrhotite over monoclinic pyrrhotite. In ultramafic rocks that contain <10 vol% sulfides, density and susceptibility are primarily controlled by serpentinisation, with olivine breaking down to serpentine and magnetite in the presence of water. Serpentinisation dramatically lowered densities and increased susceptibilities, but had limited influence on the intensity of remanent magnetisation. All ultramafic rocks contain multidomain magnetite, and most contain low coercivity grains prone to overprinting by in situ viscous remanent magnetisation or drilling-induced isothermal remanent magnetisation during extraction. Despite the low coercivities, Koenigsberger ratios of 1–20 are observed indicating that viscous remanent magnetisation aligned parallel to the present Earth field must be considered in any magnetic modelling. It is also noted that coarser-grained intrusive varieties of all rock types (e.g. granite, gabbro) show remanent magnetisation intensities 1–2 orders of magnitude greater than their extrusive equivalents (felsic and basaltic volcanics).     

X-ray tomography in petrophysical studies of core samples from oil and gas fields

The porosity and permeability of core rocks were studied by X-ray tomography. This method has a high potential for studying petrophysical properties of rocks, because it permits not only a general quantitative estimation of the void volume but also visualization of the rock texture, including pores, cavities, cracks, and zones of different densities in the matrix. X-ray tomography permits detailed studies of rock inhomogeneity, which are necessary for the elaboration of reliable porosity-permeability models for hydrocarbon pools. The investigations at Perm State National Research Polytechnic University have shown that X-ray tomography of core samples has a wide spectrum of applications in petroleum geology. Nikon Metrology XT H 225 X-ray computed tomography makes it possible to examine samples with a standard diameter (30 mm) and whole core samples (100 mm). The structure of voids in carbonate and terrigenous rocks was studied on samples with standard and full diameters; the results of hydrochloric acid treatment of carbonate reservoir rocks were visualized; and the mechanical properties of rock salts were studied. Three-dimensional models for the structure of voids and mineral matrix of the core samples have been constructed with the use of the Avizo Fire software.     

珠江流域碳酸盐岩与硅酸盐岩风化对大气CO_2汇的效应

对珠江流域11个测站的河水1个水文年4次取样进行水化学和同位素测试分析,揭示无论是碳酸盐岩区还是硅酸盐岩区,岩石风化均使河流的离子成分以HCO3-、Ca2+、Mg2+为主,碳酸盐岩风化溶蚀速率和由碳酸盐岩风化溶蚀引起的大气CO2消耗量分别为27.60 mm/ka和540.21x103mol/(km2·a-1),是硅酸盐岩风化速率和由硅酸盐岩风化引起的大气CO2消耗量的10.8倍和6.7倍,说明碳酸盐岩风化是流域碳汇过程及效应的主体。由于有利的水热条件和高的碳酸盐岩面积比例,珠江流域平均岩石风化速率和由岩石风化作用引起的大气CO2消耗量分别为30.15mm/ka和620.36×103mol/(km2·a-1),为全球60条河流平均值的2.6倍。     

On the strength of transversely isotropic rocks

Accurate prediction of strength in rocks with distinct bedding planes requires knowledge of the bedding plane orientation relative to the load direction. Thermal softening adds complexity to the problem since it is known to have significant influence on the strength and strain localization properties of rocks. In this paper, we use a recently proposed thermoplastic constitutive model appropriate for rocks exhibiting transverse isotropy in both the elastic and plastic responses to predict their strength and strain localization properties. Recognizing that laboratory‐derived strengths can be influenced by material and geometric inhomogeneities of the rock samples, we consider both stress‐point and boundary‐value problem simulations of rock strength behavior. Both plane strain and 3D loading conditions are considered. Results of the simulations of the strength of a natural Tournemire shale and a synthetic transversely isotropic rock suggest that the mechanical model can reproduce the general U‐shaped variation of rock strength with bedding plane orientation quite well. We show that this variation could depend on many factors, including the stress loading condition (plane strain versus 3D), degree of anisotropy, temperature, shear‐induced dilation versus shear‐induced compaction, specimen imperfections, and boundary restraints.     

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。     

白云石有序度对湖相混积碳酸盐岩储集层物性的控制作用:以柴达木盆地英西地区渐新统为例

对英西地区渐新统湖相混积碳酸盐岩储集层的物性特征及主控因素进行了分析。系统地开展了岩石矿物学特征、物性分析、孔隙结构、白云石有序度测试、无序白云石成因机理及其对储层物性的影响研究,提出英西地区渐新统储集层主要为"低孔-特低渗"型储层,其孔隙发育程度主要受控于岩石中的白云石含量,其中白云石有序度对岩石物性具有重要的控制作用。研究结果表明:(1)测井孔隙度与岩石中的白云石含量呈明显正相关关系,而与泥质含量呈负相关关系;(2)理想模式下,当岩石中白云石含量为100%时,有序白云石的分子结构决定了其孔隙度应为13%,研究区氦气法实测孔隙度与白云石含量相关关系投点图中的数据点大多分布在该理想模式线附近;(3)理想模式线上方的样品,其晶间孔多被扩大改造,有的被碎屑颗粒支撑扩大,有的被微弱溶蚀扩大,理想模式线下方的样品,其晶间孔多被黄铁矿或其他物质半充填而变小;(4)少数岩石样品的白云石含量较高但其孔隙度值较小,主要为有序度较低的白云石或者无序白云石,在白云石含量相同的条件下,有序度越高,其孔隙越发育。     

Modeling of gas generation from the Alam El-Bueib formation in the Shoushan Basin, northern Western Desert of Egypt

The Shoushan Basin is an important hydrocarbon province in the northern Western Desert, Egypt, but the burial/thermal histories for most of the source rocks in the basin have not been assigned yet. In this study, subsurface samples from selected wells were collected to characterize the source rocks of Alam El-Bueib Formation and to study thermal history in the Shoushan Basin. The Lower Cretaceous Alam El-Bueib Formation is widespread in the Shoushan Basin, which is composed mainly of shales and sandstones with minor carbonate rocks deposited in a marine environment. The gas generative potential of the Lower Cretaceous Alam El-Bueib Formation in the Shoushan Basin was evaluated by Rock–Eval pyrolysis. Most samples contain sufficient type III organic matter to be considered gas prone. Vitrinite reflectance was measured at eight stratigraphic levels (Jurassic–Cretaceous). Vitrinite reflectance profiles show a general increase of vitrinite reflectance with depth. Vitrinite reflectance values of Alam El-Bueib Formation range between 0.70 and 0.87 VRr %, indicating a thermal maturity level sufficient for hydrocarbon generation. Thermal maturity and burial histories models predict that the Alam El-Bueib source rock entered the mid-mature stage for hydrocarbon generation in the Tertiary. These models indicate that the onset of gas generation from the Alam El-Bueib source rock began in the Paleocene (60 Ma), and the maximum volume of gas generation occurred during the Pliocene (3–2 Ma).     

柴达木盆地西部北区新近系非常规低渗储集层特征及控制因素分析

柴达木盆地西部北区新近系储集层岩石成分复杂,矿物成分包括石英、长石等陆源碎屑,也有较多碳酸盐矿物和黏土矿物,且粒度偏细,通过一般薄片鉴定难以准确进行岩性定名。本文主要对该区南翼山、油泉子、小梁山和咸水泉四个含油构造储集层岩石类型进行分析,基于岩芯观察和薄片鉴定,借助X射线全岩矿物分析,认为该区储集层岩石为陆源碎屑物质和化学成因的碳酸盐混合沉积的岩石类型,按黏土含量、碳酸盐含量和石英长石含量做出矿物三角图,提出岩性分类方案,将储集层岩性划分为泥岩、砂岩、碳酸盐岩和混合沉积类。该区储集层岩石物性普遍较差,孔隙类型包括粒间溶蚀孔隙、微裂缝和微孔隙等。压实作用、溶蚀作用及胶结充填作用是控制储集层性能的主要因素。     

湖相白云岩成因模式及其储集性

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