Comparison of the Eastern and Western Kentucky coal fields (Pennsylvanian), USA—why are coal distribution patterns and sulfur contents so different in these coal fields?

More than 130 Mt of Pennsylvanian coal is produced annually from two coal fields in Kentucky. The Western Kentucky Coal Field occurs in part of the Illinois Basin, an intercratonic basin, and the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field occurs in the Central Appalachian Basin, a foreland basin. The basins are only separated by 140 km, but mined western Kentucky coal beds exhibit significantly higher sulfur values than eastern Kentucky coals. Higher-sulfur coal beds in western Kentucky have generally been inferred to be caused by more marine influences than for eastern Kentucky coals.Comparison of strata in the two coal fields shows that more strata and more coal beds accumulated in the Eastern than Western Kentucky Coal Field in the Early and Middle Pennsylvanian, inferred to represent greater generation of tectonic accommodation in the foreland basin. Eastern Kentucky coal beds exhibit a greater tendency toward splitting and occurring in zones than time-equivalent western Kentucky coal beds, which is also inferred to represent foreland accommodation influences, overprinted by autogenic sedimentation effects. Western Kentucky coal beds exhibit higher sulfur values than their eastern counterparts, but western Kentucky coals occurring in Langsettian through Bolsovian strata can be low in sulfur content. Eastern Kentucky coal beds may increase in sulfur content beneath marine zones, but generally are still lower in sulfur than mined Western Kentucky coal beds, indicating that controls other than purely marine influences must have influenced coal quality.The bulk of production in the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field is from Duckmantian and Bolsovian coal beds, whereas production in the Western Kentucky Coal Field is from Westphalian D coals. Langsettian through Bolsovian paleoclimates in eastern Kentucky were favorable for peat doming, so numerous low-sulfur coals accumulated. These coals tend to occur in zones and are prone to lateral splitting because of foreland tectonic and sedimentation influences. In contrast, Westphalian D coal beds of western Kentucky accumulated during low differential tectonic accommodation, and therefore tend to be widespread and uniform in characteristics, but exhibit higher sulfur values because they accumulated in seasonally drier paleoclimates that were unfavorable for peat doming. Hence, basin analyses indicate that many differences between the mined coals of Kentucky's two coal fields are related to temporal changes in paleoclimate and tectonic accommodation, rather than solely being a function of marine influences.     

中扬子地区下古生界海相泥-页岩含气勘探远景

利用中扬子区下古生界页岩的野外露头地质剖面、有机地球化学分析数据和钻井显示资料,分析中扬子下古生界页岩气资源勘探远景。研究表明,中扬子区下古生界海相泥-页岩主要以下寒武统水井沱组(或牛蹄塘组)和上奥陶统五峰组—下志留统龙马溪组为主。上述2套泥质岩和页岩有机质含量丰富、有机质类型好、热演化程度高,多数已达到成熟—过成熟阶段,是有效页岩气气源岩。中扬子区自加里东以来经历了多期构造运动、构造隆升和挤压作用,改善了页岩储层的储集性能,提高页岩气聚集量。湘鄂西区和江汉平原区南部下寒武统泥-页岩可作为有利页岩气勘探选区,而鄂西渝东区钻井揭示志留系见工业性气流,表明该区志留系页岩气潜力较大。     

鄂尔多斯盆地北部山西组页岩沉积相及其对页岩储层的控制作用

鄂尔多斯盆地北部山西组页岩气储层与煤层共生,页岩有机质含量较高,具有较大的资源勘探潜力。为精细表征控制山西组页岩储层分布的沉积微相,根据测井数据、录井数据、岩芯观察描述、薄片分析、粒度分析、X射线衍射全岩分析以及总有机碳含量(TOC),研究了山西组页岩储层岩相与沉积微相类型,在山西组识别出(灰)黑色碳质页岩、(灰)黑色含碳质页岩、(灰)黑色含碳质(粉)砂质页岩、(深)灰色含碳质页岩、(深)灰色页岩、(深)灰色(粉)砂质页岩和含钙质页岩7种岩相。这些岩相沉积在富植沼泽、贫植沼泽、三角洲平原分流间洼地、曲流河河间洼地、天然堤与决口扇远端微相环境,其中富植沼泽、贫植沼泽与成煤的泥炭沼泽、泥炭坪环境比邻共生,且在山二段时期更发育。富植沼泽和贫植沼泽微相控制了具有较高TOC的(灰)黑色碳质页岩、(灰)黑色含碳质页岩、(灰)黑色含碳质(粉)砂质页岩和(深)灰色含碳质页岩的分布,是控制山西组页岩储层分布的有利微相。     

羌塘盆地中生界海相黑色泥页岩特征及页岩气远景区预测

青藏高原羌塘盆地中生界发育上三叠统肖茶卡组（T3x）、中侏罗统布曲组（J2b）和上侏罗统索瓦组（J3s）3套海相黑色泥页岩,形成于有机质比较丰富且易于保存的营养型还原性沉积环境,以台地相为主,其次为盆地相和三角洲相;厚度在41～474 m范围内,有机碳（TOC）含量平均值为0.25%～8.34%,有机质类型主要为Ⅱ型干酪根,镜质体反射率（Ro）平均值为1.21%～3.0%,处于高-过成熟生气阶段,脆性矿物以石英、长石为主,含量为65%～70%,页岩孔隙度约2%。与美国主要盆地产气页岩各项指标相比较,羌塘盆地中生界海相黑色泥页岩具有厚度大、有机质丰度低、热演化熟度高、脆性矿物种类多、石英含量较低、长石和粘土矿物含量较高及孔隙度低的特征,具备了形成页岩气基本地质条件,是我国海相页岩气勘探的沉积盆地之一,综合评价预测的页岩气远景区以上三叠统肖茶卡组（T3x）分布范围大,其次是布曲组（J2b）和索瓦组（J3s）。     

Isotopic evidence for the origin of sulfur in the Herrin (no. 6) coal member of Illinois

The sulfur isotopic composition of the Herrin (No. 6) Coal from several localities in the Illinois Basin was measured. The sediments immediately overlying these coal beds range from marine shales and limestones to non-marine shales. Organic sulfur, disseminated pyrite, and massive pyrite were extracted from hand samples taken in vertical sections.The $\text{δ}{}^{34}\text{S}$ values from low-sulfur coals (< 0.8% organic sulfur) underlying nonmarine shale were +3.4 to +7.3%₀ for organic sulfur, +1.8 to +16.8%₀ for massive pyrite, and +3.9 to +23.8%₀ for disseminated pyrite. In contrast, the $\text{δ}{}^{34}\text{S}\text{values from high-sulfur coals}$ (> 0.8% organic sulfur) underlying marine sediments were more variable: organic sulfur, ?7.7 to +0.5%₀, pyrites, ?17.8 to +28.5%₀. In both types of coal, organic sulfur is typically enriched in ³⁴S relative to pyritic sulfur.In general, δ ³⁴S values increased from the top to the base of the bed. Vertical and lateral variations in δ ³⁴S are small for organic sulfur but are large for pyritic sulfur. The sulfur content is relatively constant throughout the bed, with organic sulfur content greater than disseminated pyrite content. The results indicate that most of the organic sulfur in high-sulfur coals is derived from post-depositional reactions with a ³⁴S-depleted source. This source is probably related to bacterial reduction of dissolved sulfate in Carboniferous seawater during a marine transgression after peat deposition. The data suggest that sulfate reduction occurred in an open system initially, and then continued in a closed system as sea water penetrated the bed.Organic sulfur in the low-sulfur coals appears to reflect the original plant sulfur, although diagenetic changes in content and isotopic composition of this fraction cannot be ruled out. The wide variability of the δ ³⁴S in pyrite fractions suggests a complex origin involving varying extents of microbial H₂S production from sulfate reservoirs of different isotopic compositions. The precipitation of pyrite may have begun soon after deposition and continued throughout the coalification process.     

华南晚二叠世层序—古地理及聚煤规律*

晚二叠世是地质历史中重要的成煤时期,在中国南方多个省区都形成了可采煤层。受海平面变化的影响,华南地区晚二叠世发育一套完整的陆相—海陆过渡相—海相含煤岩系。通过对野外露头及钻孔剖面资料分析,识别出了区域不整合面、下切谷底部冲刷面、河道间古土壤层和沉积相转换面等关键层序地层界面,以及依据海相石灰岩标志层横向分布规律反映的区域最大海泛面,同时结合前人关于华南地区地层对比及煤层对比方面的成果,将华南上二叠统划分为3个三级层序及9个体系域。利用单因素分析多因素综合作图法恢复了各层序中岩相古地理及煤层分布规律,结果表明:层序Ⅰ中煤层主要形成于潮控下三角洲平原以及潟湖潮坪环境,厚煤层的展布受这些沉积相带控制;层序Ⅱ中三角洲平原环境中煤层最厚,开阔台地煤层最薄,平面上煤层厚度表现为西部厚、中部次之、东部无煤的阶梯式递变;层序Ⅲ中煤层主要形成于三角洲平原环境,此时聚煤作用主要发生于华南西部的康滇古陆东侧,在华南中部及东部大部地区发育的浅海台地和深水盆地均不利于聚煤作用发生。     

Geochemical constraints on marine invasion and provenance change related to the opening of the Japan Sea: an example from the Lower Miocene shales in the Hoda section,Shimane Peninsula,SW Japan

Geochemical changes related to the opening of the Japan Sea are described in the Miocene shale sequence across the boundary of the nonmarine Koura and the marine Josoji formations in southwest Japan. Typical shales of the Koura Formation were derived from source material of acid to intermediate compositions. The Josoji Formation consists of black shales and is more homogeneous in composition than the Koura Formation, with gradual change from intermediate to basic source rock compositions. CIA values [chemical index of alteration; ratio of (Al to Al+Ca+Na+K)×100] for the upper Koura and Josoji formations show higher values (70–80) than those of the underlying lower and middle Koura Formation (40–60). This indicates that highly weathered detritus was supplied to the basin after transgression of the Japan Sea. Both Koura and Josoji shales are depleted in Nb compared with the average composition of cratonic shales, suggesting a volcanic arc signature. Total organic carbon and nitrogen contents increase gradually upward in the two formations, while total sulfur contents show oscillatory change. This relationship suggests a signal of fluctuating sea water invasion into the sedimentary basin during the deposition of the upper units of the Koura Formation (probably between 20–23 Ma) and a regression dominated by fluvial conditions for the lower Josoji Formation.     

Environmental and tectonic influences on the formation and distribution of carbonate nodules above the Springfield coal seam, southern Illinois Basin

Carbonate nodules have been encountered for many years in the southern Illinois Basin, in parts of southern Illinois, southern Indiana, and southwestern Kentucky. The nodules occur as oblate spheroids of calcium carbonate that are isolated in the shale immediate roof of coal mines. They are common in the Springfield coal seam, known as the No. 5 seam in Illinois, and as the No. 9 seam in western Kentucky. Several different mechanisms have been proposed for the formation of various semi-spherical objects in coal measure rocks. The distribution and association with rooted horizons suggest that carbonate nodules in black fossiliferous shale observed in the roof of a studied mine in the Springfield seam represent pedogenic carbonate paleosols, which formed in a caliche-favoring environment subsequent to Springfield mire deposition. This interpretation is supported by ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isotope ratios of 0.710893 ± 13 to 0.711035 ± 12, which indicate a freshwater rather than seawater source.Petrographic examination of rock textures and mineral grains indicates that nodules collected from two Illinois Basin coal mines are composed of subangular grains of fine-grained, crystalline microspar. Although the carbonate is not ferroan, iron hydroxide stains interstices between microspar grains. The rounded, commonly pinched boundaries of nodules truncate commonly imbricated microspar grains. In contrast, concentric growth patterns are not observed except as defined by secondary, subhedral to euhedral pyrite crystals that form a diffuse, concentric replacement zone around the nodule's outer rind. Polished slickensides, with well-developed radial slickenlines, are developed at highly compacted margins in black shale or mudstone that commonly encases the carbonate nodules.Of the 450 carbonate nodules documented at a study mine in the southern Illinois Basin, the long axes of 36% are preferentially aligned parallel to regional structures such as anticline axes and drag folds that are interpreted to have formed in response to compression during the Late Pennsylvanian-Permian Alleghanian orogeny. Mapping also suggests that clusters of carbonate nodules are spatially associated with the trends of low-angle drag folds in the immediate roof of the Springfield seam at the study mine. The preferential elongation and distribution with respect to tectonic structures suggest that regional compression influenced the shape and distribution of carbonate nodules, and that nodule lithification may have been approximately contemporaneous with regional deformation.     

Generation and migration of light hydrocarbons (C2C7) in sedimentary basins

Sixty-five samples from selected source bed-type shale sequences from three exploration wells were analysed for yield and detailed composition of light hydrocarbons(C₂C₇) by a new hydrogen stripping/capillary gas chromatographic technique. In spite of low maturation levels (0.35–0.55% vitrinite reflectance), significant generation of ethane and propane was recognized in a Jurassic source bed sequence bearing hydrogen-poor kerogens. Light hydrocarbon generation in another and mature Jurassic source rock sequence is controlled by kerogen quality. Associated with a change from hydrogen-poor to hydrogen-rich kerogens, yields of total and most individual hydrocarbons exhibit orders-of-magnitude increases. At the same time, iso/n-alkane ratios for butanes, pentanes and heptanes decrease significantly. A study of an interbedded marine/nonmarine coal-bearing sequence of Upper Carboniferous age from the Ruhr area, West Germany, revealed that a marine shale unit in comparison to the adjacent coal seam is more prolific in generating n-alkanes of increasing molecular size.A case history for migration of light hydrocarbons by means of diffusion through shales is presented. In two shallow core holes in Campanian/Maastrichtian shales in West Greenland, upward diffusion of ethane to pentane range hydrocarbons is an active process within the near-surface 3 m interval. Diffusive losses within this interval amount to 99.8% for propane, 85.6% for n-butane and 38.9% for n-pentane.     

中国侏罗纪年代地层学研究的现状

“国际地层表”依据菊石带建立起来的侏罗纪年代地层系统在全球海相侏罗系的划分和对比中有着广泛的应用,但却很难直接应用于非海相侏罗纪地层系统中。中国的侏罗系多属非海相,近年来我国地质工作者们不但将中国的海相侏罗系与全球侏罗纪年代地层系统进行了较合理的对比,发现了穿越海相三叠系-侏罗系界线的连续沉积的剖面,而且建立了非海相侏罗系的阶。但是中国非海相侏罗系区域性阶的时代和不同阶之间的界线有待海相化石和地层测年来确定或检验     

The Cretaceous System in China

This paper provides an outline of Cretaceous stratigraphy and paleogeography in China, which is based on rich data obtained from recent researches. Cretaceous deposits are widespread in China. Most strata are of nonmarine origin and marine sediments occur only in Tibet, western Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, Taiwan and limited localities of eastern Heilongjiang. All deposits are rich in fossils and well-constrained biostratigraphically. The stratigraphic successions of different regions are illustrated, and general stratigraphic division and correlation have been introduced. The marine deposits are described in the Tibetan Tethys, Kashi-Hotan Region of Xinjiang, eastern Heilongjiang, western Yunnan and Taiwan; the nonmarine deposits are outlined from northeast China, southeast China, southern interior China, southwest China, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region, and northwestern China intermontane basins. The sedimentary facies and paleogeography are diversified. In Tibet the basin evolution is largely related to the subduction and collision of the Indian Plate against the Eurasian Continent, and shows a tectonic evolution in the Cretaceous. Foraminifera are a dominant biota in the Tibet Tethys. Nonmarine sediments include variegated and red beds, coal- or salt-bearing horizons, and volcanic rocks. These deposits contain diverse and abundant continental faunas and floras, as well as important coal and oil resources. The Cretaceous stratigraphy and paleogeography in China have presented a foundation for geological studies.     

鄂尔多斯盆地东缘临兴地区海陆过渡相页岩气地质特征及成藏潜力

海陆过渡相页岩气是我国页岩气增储上产的重要接替领域,基于鄂尔多斯盆地东缘临兴地区海陆过渡相页岩实验和研究资料,选取山西组、太原组和本溪组页岩层系为研究对象,从沉积环境、页岩展布、有机地球化学特征、矿物学特征、物性特征和含气性特征等方面,系统总结解剖研究区海陆过渡相页岩气地质特征,分析其富集成藏潜力。结果表明:鄂尔多斯盆地在晚石炭世–早二叠世受区域内部构造活动影响,水体环境变化频繁,形成多期次的滨浅海–三角洲前缘–滨浅湖组合的沉积旋回,沉积多套海陆过渡相富有机质页岩;临兴地区位于鄂尔多斯盆地东部晋西挠折带的中北地区,区内沉积环境稳定,海陆过渡相富有机质页岩广泛分布;岩性主要为灰白色–浅灰色细粒砂岩和暗色泥页岩互层发育,垂向上页岩累计厚度大,为60~180 m;页岩有机质类型为Ⅱ₂–Ⅲ型干酪根,总有机质碳含量较高,平均TOC质量分数为3.07%,处于成熟生气阶段;页岩矿物成分以石英和黏土类矿物为主,长石和碳酸盐岩类矿物含量较少;宏观上主要孔隙类型为无机孔隙和有机质孔隙,裂缝不发育,微观上孔隙受黏土矿物控制,孔隙形态多为开放狭缝状的微孔和介孔。研究区海陆过渡相页岩具有低孔低渗的物性特征,但平均含气量为1.15 m3/t,具有较好的含气特征,确定研究区内山西组北部、太原组东北部、本溪组东部和北部为页岩气潜力区。研究认识为该区后期页岩气勘探开发提供理论据。      

Formation conditions and rare-earth mineralization of Riphean carbonaceous shales of the Upper Nyatygran Subformation,Russian Far East

Graphitic and graphite varieties are distinguished in the carbonaceous shales of the Riphean Upper Nyatygran Subformation in the Melgin fragment of the Turan block, eastern Bureya Massif. The protolith of the graphitic shales had a terrigenous source related to island-arc volcanism. Pelagic sedimentation played a great role in the formation of the protolith of the graphite shale. These rocks were juxtaposed during the formation of an accretionary wedge on an active continental margin. The carbonaceous shales are characterized by high (>600 ppm) REE + Y contents, especially in the zones of brecciation and hydrothermal reworking. Detrial monazite enriched in LREE and MREE is the main carrier of REE mineralization in the graphitic shales. The main REE carrier in the graphite shales is REE phosphate (xenotime) formed during lithogenesis of sediments. Preliminary experimental treatment of the graphite shales of the Upper Nyatygran Subformation by ammonium hydrofluoride shows their potential for economic extraction of REE and Y.     

晚三叠世卡尼期黑色页岩事件在龙门山地区的沉积学和古生物学响应

龙门山前缘地区卡尼阶-诺利阶马鞍塘组中部发育一套薄-中层状黑灰色、灰黑色、黑色（含介壳）钙质泥（页）岩,在该套岩石中瓣鳃类生物多见,原生二价金属硫化物（黄铁矿）发育,水平层理发育,显示着低能环境贫氧条件的典型特征。与马鞍塘组中部黑灰色、灰黑色钙质泥（页）岩相当层位的卡尼期晚期沉积,在松潘-甘孜地区、昌都地区、可可西里地区均可见到,多显示为黑色、灰黑色色调,岩性为泥（页）岩或粉砂质板岩、钙质板岩,反映了一次黑色页岩地质事件在中国西部古特提斯东部地区产生了大范围的影响。全球对比表明,该套深色泥（页）岩在西特提斯、印度喜玛拉雅等地均有分布,覆盖在卡尼期早期碳酸盐沉积之上。据此,作者认为晚三叠世卡尼期特提斯范围的黑色页岩事件,很有可能与卡尼期全球性的碳酸盐生产危机有关,马鞍塘组中部发育的深色泥（页）岩即是此次事件在扬子地台西缘的反映。根据对川西北地区绵竹汉旺、安县雎水、江油马鞍塘等剖面的实际考察与研究,认为代表缺氧事件沉积的马鞍塘组中部黑灰色泥（页）岩之下为卡尼阶灰岩段（即汉旺组中下部灰岩段,主要为鲕粒灰岩、海绵礁灰岩等）,之上为诺利阶灰色粉、细砂岩夹灰岩、泥岩段（相当于石元组）。黑灰色钙质泥（页）岩不仅是该组岩性变化的转折点,亦是古生物、古生态急剧变化的转折点。在马鞍塘组下部广泛可见的六射海绵、海百合、苔藓虫、珊瑚等海相化石在马鞍塘组中上部地层（上卡尼阶至诺利阶底部）中很少看到,仅见丰富的瓣鳃类、菊石、腕足类等有壳类动物化石。
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楚雄盆地性质与沉积层序演化

晚三叠世楚雄盆地是扬子西南缘的前陆盆地,其西侧的前陆挠曲盆地盆底变形海平面相对上升,从而在卡尼期和瑞替期有３次海泛,并向东侧的前陆盆地隆起带和克拉通边缘推进,沉积了前陆碳酸盐缓坡和暗色泥页岩海泛物。由于海泛体的推进和海退下超的双重作用,构筑了楚雄三角洲与水下砂砾质舌形体形成的复合沉积体系。     

上扬子地区晚二叠世沉积演化及聚煤

位于上扬子板块的贵州、滇东、川南地区发育着丰富的晚二叠世煤炭资源,本文对该区晚二叠世地层、沉积环境和古地理进行系统研究,提出该区岩石地层划分对比方案,在沉积环境方面,提出本区三大相区、五种沉积体系和多种沉积相类型。分龙潭早期、龙潭晚期和长兴期。论述了研究区晚二叠世古地理演化。并对聚煤作用控制因素进行分析,认为煤层发育层位受幕式聚煤作用控制,煤层厚度则与下伏沉积物的沉积环境有关,聚煤有利部位为位于海陆交互相区的黔西地区,有利聚煤的沉积体系为三角洲-潮坪体系。     

贵州织金县以那地区龙潭组煤质特征及其沉积环境指示

成煤环境与煤质特征关系紧密,泥炭沼泽期陆源输入强度、海水进退以及氧化还原条件对煤中元素分布和组成具有重要影响。本次研究利用贵州织金县以那地区三个煤矿勘查区共46口钻孔主采煤层的煤质分析结果,分析了龙潭组自下而上煤质参数分布特征,并在此基础上探讨了硫分和灰成分指数对成煤环境的指示作用。研究结果表明：(1)以那地区无烟煤全硫分含量较低,平均为2.19%,以无机硫为主,煤灰分中主量元素以SiO₂为主,Al₂O₃和Fe₂O₃次之,其他含量较低;(2)各煤层全硫含量、有机/无机硫在全硫中占比、主量元素组合(Fe₂O₃+CaO+MgO和SiO₂+Al₂O₃)含量呈现相互匹配的变化规律,煤灰成分指数变化规律不明显;(3)以那地区龙潭组自下而上经历了三期海水进退过程,发育潮坪下三角洲平原、三角洲分流间湾和潮坪-瀉湖三种成煤环境,硫分与灰成分指数在成煤环境指示作用上具有较好的一致性。     

东营凹陷泥页岩矿物组成及脆度分析

对东营凹陷泥页岩矿物组成、脆度进行了系统研究,并与北美页岩进行了对比。研究表明:东营凹陷沙三下和沙四上亚段泥页岩主要由黏土矿物、陆源碎屑矿物（主要指石英和长石）和自生非黏土矿物（主要指碳酸盐和黄铁矿）三部分组成;泥页岩黏土矿物含量平均只有25％左右,远低于海相泥岩和传统观点;石英含量平均为29%,远低于海相页岩;长石含量平均约5％,高于海相泥岩;自生的碳酸盐矿物含量较高,平均约37％;分析认为,陆相盆地面积较小、距物源区近以及相变快是导致研究区泥页岩矿物组成特征的主要原因。鉴于此,提出了新的脆度计算方法并计算了东营凹陷泥页岩的石英脆度、碳酸盐脆度和总脆度。对比发现,碳酸矿物盐含量与泥页岩脆度相关性较好,是影响泥页岩脆度的主要因素。最后指出:研究区泥页岩脆性较好,易于形成天然裂缝或被压裂,是页岩气潜在的有利储层。     

湘中—湘南烟溪组沉积特征及页岩气勘探潜力

湖南地区,尤其是湘中—湘南区域奥陶系烟溪组是我国新发现的页岩气勘探层位,该地层具有岩性变化大、有机碳含量高、成熟度高的特点。通过野外露头资料、钻井资料分析表明烟溪组岩性以硅质岩和碳质页岩为主,砂质页岩和砂岩次之。根据岩性、沉积构造以及纵向上岩石组合特征分析,认为烟溪组沉积相类型多样,包括深水盆地相、浅水盆地相、浅水陆棚相和浊积扇相等。研究表明:深水盆地相分布在湘南,浅水盆地和浅水陆棚相分布在湘中中部,而浊积扇相分布在湘中西北部、北部和东部等区域,沉积相的分布规律决定了烟溪组页岩气的勘探方向。横向上,湘南深水盆地硅质岩和碳质页岩TOC含量较低,而湘中浅水盆地相碳质页岩TOC含量高、厚度大,是烟溪组最有利的勘探区域;纵向上,烟溪组第三岩性段碳质页岩有机质丰度最高,脆性矿物含量高,是页岩气勘探的“甜点”层位。     

贵州西部晚二叠世晚期煤系沉积相和沉积体系

一、概述贵州西部是华南晚二叠世主要聚煤区之一。上二叠统煤系厚100至500余米,沉积类型多样,以细碎屑岩和泥岩为主,东部夹碳酸盐岩。各地含煤10—80层。晚二叠世时,研究区西边有康滇古陆,东部过渡为碳酸盐台地(图1)。