Anatomy, geometry and sequence stratigraphy of basin floor to slope turbidite systems, Tanqua Karoo, South Africa

The Tanqua area of the Karoo basin, South Africa, contains five Permian deep-water turbidite fan systems, almost completely exposed over some 640 km². Reconstruction of the basin-fill and fan distributions indicates a progradational trend in the 450 m+ thick succession, from distal basin floor (fan 1) through basin-floor subenvironments (fans 2, 3 and 4) to a slope setting (fan 5). Fans are up to 65 m thick with gradational to sharp bases and tops. Facies associations include basin plain claystone and distal turbidite siltstone/claystone and a range of fine-grained sandstone associations, including low- and high-density turbidite current deposits and proportionally minor debris/slurry flows. Architectural elements include sheets of amalgamated and layered styles and channels of five types. Each fan is interpreted as a low-frequency lowstand systems tract with the shaly interfan intervals representing transgressive and highstand systems tracts. All fans show complex internal facies distributions but exhibit a high-frequency internal stratigraphy based on fan-wide zones of relative sediment starvation. These zones are interpreted as transgressive and highstand systems tracts of higher order sequences. Sandy packages between these fine-grained intervals are interpreted as high-frequency lowstand systems tracts and exhibit dominantly progradational stacking patterns, resulting in subtle downdip clinoform geometries. Bases of fans and intrafan packages are interpreted as low- and high-frequency sequence boundaries respectively. Facies juxtapositions across these sequence boundaries are variable and may be gradational, sharp or erosive. In all cases, criteria for a basinward shift of facies are met, but there is no standard 'motif' for sequence boundaries in this system. High-frequency sequences represent the dominant mechanism of active fan growth in the Tanqua deep-water system.     

广西桂中坳陷东缘早石炭世斜坡相层序地层研究

本文以桂中坳陷东缘斜坡相区早石炭世象州崖脚、运江剖面为主要研究对象,开展了桂中坳陷东缘斜坡相区早石炭世层序地层的划分和对比研究。根据斜坡相区三级层序的发育特点,将巴平组划分为5个三级层序(CSQ1~5),5个三级层序构成石炭系下部的二级层序。斜坡相区与台地相区早石炭世层序地层的划分基本一致,可实现相互对比。通过区内沉积层序的对比,建立了桂中坳陷东缘层序地层格架,探讨了该区下石炭统的海平面变化规律。     

Aptian palaeoclimates and identification of an OAE1a equivalent in shallow marine environments of the southern Tethyan margin: Evidence from Southern Tunisia (Bir Oum Ali section,Northern Chott Chain)

Alternations between siliciclastic, carbonate and evaporitic sedimentary systems, as recorded in the Aptian mixed succession of southern Tunisia, reflect profound palaeoceanographic and palaeoclimatic changes in this area of the southern Tethyan margin. The evolution from Urgonian-type carbonates (Berrani Formation, lower Aptian) at the base of the series, to intervals dominated by gypsum or detrital deposits in the remainder of the Aptian is thought to result from the interplay between climate change and tectonic activity that affected North Africa.Based on the evolution of clay mineral assemblages, the early Aptian is interpreted as having been dominated by slightly humid conditions, since smectitic minerals are observed. Near the early to late Aptian boundary, the onset of a gypsiferous sedimentation is associated with the appearance of palygorskite and sepiolite, which supports the installation of arid conditions in this area of the southern Tethyan margin. The evaporitic sedimentation may have also been promoted by the peculiar tectonic setting of the Bir Oum Ali area during the Aptian, where local subsidence may have been tectonically enhanced linked to the opening of northern and central Atlantic. Stress associated with the west and central African rift systems may have triggered the development of NW–SE, hemi-graben structures. Uplifted areas may have constituted potential new sources for clastic material that has been subsequently deposited during the late Aptian.Chemostratigraphic (δ¹³C) correlation of the Bir Oum Ali succession with other peri-Tethyan regions complements biostratigraphic findings, and indicates that a potential expression of the Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) 1a may be preserved in this area of Tunisia. Although the characteristic negative spike at the base of this event is not recognized in the present study, a subsequent, large positive excursion with δ¹³C values is of similar amplitude and absolute values to that reported from other peri-Tethyan regions, thus supporting the identification of isotopic segments C4–C7 of the OAE1a. The absence of the negative spike may be linked to either non preservation or non deposition: the OAE1a occurred in a global transgressive context, and since the Bir Oum Ali region was located in the innermost part of the southern Tethyan margin during most of the Aptian, stratigraphic hiatuses may have been longer than in other regions of the Tethys. This emphasizes the importance of integrating several stratigraphic disciplines (bio-, chemo- and sequence stratigraphy) when performing long-distance correlation.     

西藏阿里札达盆地上新世-早更新世河湖相地层层序地层分析

根据札达盆地河湖相剖面地层岩性、粒度、沉积构造、古生物等反映的沉积岩相,以及不整合面等沉积特征,可将札达盆地上新世—早更新世河湖相地层,初步划分为两个三级层序(Ⅰ、Ⅱ)。层序Ⅰ代表上新统地层层序,并进一步区分出退积准层序组和进积准层序组。对应上新世湖相沉积由低位体系域—湖泊扩张体系域—湖泊收缩体系域的演化,反映湖泊由源区水系冲积亚相—滨湖三角洲亚相—滨浅湖亚相—半深湖亚相—滨浅湖亚相的湖泊,由扩张到萎缩的一个完整的发展演化旋回。层序II代表下更新统地层层序,反映一个盆地受构造和气候(冰期—间冰期)双重控制的夭折型冰湖形成演化的由冰水冲积相到冰湖沉积相的不完整沉积旋回,为青藏高原新近系上新统与第四系的研究与划分提供了重要依据。     

湘西北地区震旦系斜坡相区层序地层划分与对比

以湖南张家界田坪和大坪震旦系剖面为主要研究对象,开展了湘西北地区斜坡相区震旦系层序地层的划分和对比研究。根据斜坡相区三级层序的发育特点,将陡山沱组划分为5个三级层序(ZSQ1~5),灯影组划分为4个三级层序(ZSQ6~9)。其中,陡山沱组下部的4个三级层序(ZSQ1~4)构成震旦系下部的二级层序,陡山沱组顶部的三级层序ZSQ5和灯影组的4个三级层序(ZSQ6~9)构成震旦系上部的二级层序。斜坡相区与台地相区震旦系层序地层的划分基本一致,可实现相互对比;斜坡相区与盆地相区震旦系只能实现二级层序的对比。     

Basin shape and sediment architecture in the Gun Supersequence: A strike‐slip model for Pb–Zn–Ag ore genesis at Mt Isa

Sequence‐stratigraphic correlations provide a better understanding of sediment architecture in the Mt Isa and lower McNamara Groups of northern Australia. Sediments record deposition in a marine environment on a broad southeast‐facing ramp that extended from the Murphy Inlier in the northwest to the Gorge Creek, Saint Paul and Rufous Fault Zones in the southeast. Depositional systems prograded in a southeasterly direction. Shoreline siliciclastic facies belts initially formed on the western and northern parts of the ramp, deeper water basinal facies occurred to the east and south. The general absence of shoreline facies throughout the Mt Isa Group suggests that depositional systems originally extended further to the east and probably crossed the Kalkadoon‐Leichhardt Block. Fourteen, regionally correlatable fourth‐order sequences, each with a duration of approximately one million years, are identified in the 1670–1655 Ma Gun Supersequence. Stratal correlations of fourth‐order sequences and attendant facies belts resolve a stratigraphic architecture dominated by times of paired subsidence and uplift. This architecture is most consistent with sinistral strike‐slip tectonism along north‐northeast‐oriented structures with dilational jogs along northwest structures as the primary driver for accommodation. Although reactivated during deformation, the ancestral northwest‐trending May Downs, Twenty Nine Mile, Painted Rocks, Transmitter, Redie Creek and Termite Range Fault Zones are interpreted as the principal synsedimentary growth structures. Sinistral strike‐slip resulted in a zone of long‐lived dilation to the north of the May Downs/Twenty Nine Mile and Gorge Creek Fault Zones and a major basin depocentre in the broad southeast‐facing ramp. Subordinate depocentres also developed on the northern side of the ancestral Redie Creek and Termite Range fault zones. Transfer of strike‐slip movement to the east produced restraining or compressive regions, localising areas of uplift and the generation of local unconformities. Northwest‐ and north‐northeast‐oriented magnetic anomalies to the south and west of Mt Isa, identify basement heterogeneities. Basement to the south and west of these anomalies is interpreted to mark intrabasin siliciclastic provenance areas in the Gun depositional system. Pb–Zn–Ag deposits of the Mt Isa valley are interpreted as occurring in a major basin depocentre in response to a renewed phase of paired uplift and subsidence in late Gun time (approximately 1656 Ma). This event is interpreted to have synchronously created accommodation for sediments that host the Mt Isa deposit, while focusing topographically and thermobarically driven basinal fluids into the zone of dilation.     

Attenuated basin‐margin sequence stratigraphy of the Palaeoproterozoic Calvert and Isa Superbasins: The Fickling Group,southern Murphy Inlier,Queensland

Sedimentary rocks of the Palaeoproterozoic Calvert and Isa Superbasins are exposed across a large area of northern Australia. Despite the extent of the exposures there is little to indicate the nature of the basin margins as most outcrop boundaries are structurally or erosionally defined, or the margins, where preserved, are concealed beneath younger basins. The Murphy Inlier, which forms the boundary between the Mt Isa and McArthur Basins, is unique in that on its southern flanks a basin‐margin succession is well‐preserved as the Fickling Group. A detailed sequence‐stratigraphic analysis of outcrop sections and well logs, supplemented by seismic reflection profiles and SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages, shows that all seven supersequences of the Isa Superbasin and one supersequence from the older Calvert Superbasin are represented in the Fickling Group. Through this high‐resolution sequence‐stratigraphic framework, it is possible to accurately correlate chronostratigraphically equivalent strata from the McNamara Group on the central Lawn Hill Platform to the Fickling Group on the southern Murphy Inlier. Each supersequence thins substantially from the McNamara Group (～11 km thick) to the Fickling Group (<1 km thick). The combined effects of truncation and onlap of sequences over the Murphy Inlier basement high are responsible for the thinning. Major time breaks of up to 25 million years occur between supersequences in the Fickling Group. Erosional hiatuses are often manifested at the base of supersequences as conglomerate beds composed of silicified detritus from older strata. Sequences in the Fickling Group were generally deposited in a proximal basin‐margin setting, while sequences in the McNamara Group were deposited in distal basin depocentres. The proximal depositional setting of Fickling Group sequences reduces the number of thick carbonaceous shale and siltstone intervals, which often host Zn–Pb–Ag and Cu deposits in the McNamara Group. Many host sequences from the McNamara Group are also absent in the Fickling Group due to truncation and onlap pinchout. Consequently, the economic potential of Palaeoproterozoic strata on the southern Murphy Inlier is less than equivalent strata from the central Lawn Hill Platform. Despite this, potential does exist for future discoveries of economic mineral deposits in the Mt Les Siltstone and Walford Dolomite units of the Fickling Group.     

南秦岭横丹浊积岩系——晚古生代发育于扬子板块被动陆缘上的弧前盆地充填物

南秦岭横丹浊积岩系是一套巨厚的浊流沉积,以向南或南东倾的单斜构造产出。由下而上,该沉积层序包括深水盆地、深水浊积扇和斜坡水道3个相序。相应地,沉积物粒度变粗,厚度变大,火山质组分含量增加,凝灰层大量发育,表明横丹浊积岩系为活动型浊积岩;其古水流方向为NNW—NNE向,物源区为南侧的碧口火山岩系。另外,横丹浊积岩系内还见石英岩、重结晶大理岩成分的砾石,说明其物源还包括被动陆缘环境的沉积物。相序、组构、沉积特征和物源区综合分析表明,横丹浊积岩系为弧前盆地充填物。构筑这一弧前盆地的动力学机制是洋壳板块向南俯冲于扬子板块被动陆缘之下,时代可能晚于中晚泥盆世。     

From platform to basin: the evolution of a Paleocene carbonate margin (Eastern Desert, Egypt)

In this study, progradation and the subsequent retrogradation of a late Paleocene isolated carbonate platform (Galala Mountains, Eastern Desert, Egypt) is demonstrated by variations of distinct facies associations from the platform margin in the north to the hemipelagic basin in the south. A combination of a sea-level drop and tectonic uplift at around 59 Ma (calcareous nannofossil biozone NP5) favored the initiation of the carbonate platform. From this time onwards, the facies distribution along the platform–basin transect can be subdivided into five facies belts comprising nine different facies associations. Their internal relationships and specific depositional settings are strongly coupled with the Maastrichtian–Paleocene seafloor topography, which resulted from local tectonic movements. Patch reefs and reef debris were deposited at the platform margin and the horizontally bedded limestones on the upper slope. Slumps and debris flows were stored on the lower slope. In the subhorizontal toe-of-slope facies belt, mass-flow deposits pass into calciturbidites. Further southwards in the basin, only hemipelagic marls were deposited. Between 59 and 56.2 Ma (NP5–NP8), the overall carbonate platform system prograded in several pulses. Distinct changes in facies associations from 56.2 to 55.5 Ma (NP9) resulted from rotational block movements. They led to increased subsidence at the platform margin and a coeval uplift in the toe-of-slope areas. This resulted in the retrogradation of the carbonate platform. Furthermore the patch-reef and reef-debris facies associations were substituted by the larger foraminifera shoal association. The retrogradation is also documented by a significant decrease in slump and debris-flow deposits on the slope and calciturbidites at the toe of slope.     

The tectonostratigraphic history of the Proterozoic Northern Lawn Hill Platform, Australia: an integrated intracontinental basin analysis

The Northern Lawn Hill Platform (NLHP) comprises an area of approximately 16,000 km² in north-central Australia. Thick packages of Proterozoic strata outcrop in the region, although large areas are also covered by younger strata. The packages contain basin sediments and igneous rocks that span 400 m.y. We present a regional synthesis of approximately 150 m.y. of the tectonostratigraphic history of the area which hosts several world-class base metals deposits. The interpretation is based primarily on a sequence stratigraphic and structural interpretation of seismic data, a common approach in the petroleum resource sector, but rare in analyses of mineral resources. Models of subsurface geology and a basement template are provided using observed geopotential data that are iteratively calibrated with other data. Geochronological, palaeomagnetic, geochemical and sequence stratigraphic investigations on outcrop and drill core also are integrated into the history. The seismic data allow separated outcrop belts to be confidently correlated for the first time. Geochronological data control the basin history delineated by this interpretation. Palaeomagnetic data allow the results presented here to be extrapolated regionally and globally. Although considered to be deposited on entirely intracontinental lithosphere, the basin phases record significant fluctuations in the volume and geometry of accommodation space for sedimentation. Multiple pulses of deformation are recorded by changing depositional geometries. We propose a history of re-activation of a basement template and speculate on geodynamical mechanisms for accommodation space fluctuations and geometric variability. The detailed understanding of the basin evolution of the NLHP gained by integrated basin analysis provides a powerful tool for predictive fluid flow models as an aid to resource exploration. It should also provide a useful analogy in understanding tectonic processes and basin evolution of other similar aged intracontinental basins.     

湖盆无曝露缓坡带层序界面特征及成因——以松辽盆地他拉哈地区上白垩统为例

松辽盆地他拉哈地区在泉头组四段—嫩江组三段沉积时期为长期被湖水覆盖的缓坡带,层序地层学研究结果表明,层序界面在岩性—测井曲线特征上,有7种表现形式:(1)砂岩发育段内正反旋回的分界面;(2)砂岩发育段与含砂泥岩层（组）之间的正反旋回的分界面;(3)含砂泥岩层（组）与砂岩发育段之间的正反旋回的分界面;(4)钙质含量较高层段内正反旋回的分界面;(5)钙质含量较高的层（组）与含砂泥岩层（组）之间的正反旋回的分界面;(6)含砂泥岩层（组）与钙质含量较高的层（组）之间的正反旋回的分界面;(7)含砂泥岩层（组）内部的正反旋回的分界面。二级和三级层序界面以砂岩发育段内正反旋回的分界面为主,分别占92％和39％。四级层序,7种类型的界面出现的概率差别较小,表现形式具有真正的层序界面特征多样性。层序界面的特征取决于湖平面的升降、物源供应强度和蒸发作用的强度。     

墙角型陡坡带岩性圈闭油气成藏条件研究——以渤海湾盆地石南陡坡带中段BZ3区古近系东营组为例

BZ3区西部陡坡带位于渤海湾盆地渤中凹陷石南陡坡带中段,构造上处于石臼坨凸起与凸起倾没端相交的夹角地带,石南一号断裂和石南二号断裂在此处相交,形成由多个复杂断阶所组成的复式墙角型陡坡坡折带.通过高精度层序地层学研究认为,BZ3区东营组东二下亚段发育3个4～5级基准面旋回,每个基准面旋回的上升半旋回的下部和下降半旋回均控...     

Normal faulting as a control on the stratigraphic development of shallow marine syn-rift sequences: the Nukhul and Lower Rudeis Formations, Hammam Faraun fault block, Suez Rift, Egypt

Tectono-stratigraphic analysis of the East Tanka fault zone (ETFZ), Suez Rift, indicates that the evolution of normal fault segments was an important control on syn-rift depositional patterns and sequence stratigraphy. Sedimentological and stratigraphic analysis of the Nukhul Formation indicates that it was deposited in a narrow (ca 1–2 km), elongate (ca 5 km), fault-bounded, tidally influenced embayment during the low subsidence rift-initiation phase. The Nukhul Formation is composed of transgressive (TST) and highstand (HST) systems tract couplets interpreted as reflecting fault-driven subsidence and the continuous creation of accommodation in the hangingwall to the ETFZ. The overlying Lower Rudeis Formation was deposited during the high subsidence rift-climax phase, and is composed of forced regressive systems tract (FRST) shallow marine sandbodies, and TST to HST offshore mudstones. Activity on the ETFZ led to marked spatial variability in stratal stacking patterns, systems tracts and key stratal surfaces, as footwall uplift, coupled with regressive marine erosion during deposition of FRST sandbodies, led to the removal of intervening TST–HST mudstone-dominated units, and the amalgamation of FRST sandbodies and the stratal surfaces bounding these units in the footwall. This study indicates that the evolution of normal fault segments over relatively short (i.e. <1 km) length-scales has the potential to enhance or suppress a eustatic sea-level signal, leading to marked spatial variations in stratal stacking patterns, systems tracts and key stratal surfaces. Crucially, these variations in sequence stratigraphic evolution may occur within time-equivalent stratal units, thus caution must be exercised when attempting to correlate syn-rift depositional units based solely on stratal stacking patterns. Furthermore, local, tectonically controlled variations in relative sea level can give rise to syn-rift stacking patterns which are counterintuitive in the context of the structural setting and perceived regional subsidence rates.     

Oceanographic and eustatic control of carbonate platform evolution and sequence stratigraphy on the Cretaceous (Valanginian–Campanian) passive margin,northern Gulf of Mexico

An integrated sequence stratigraphic study based on outcrop, core and wireline log data documents the combined impact of Cretaceous eustacy and oceanic anoxic events on carbonate shelf morphology and facies distributions in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The diverse facies and abundant data of the Comanche platform serve as a nearly complete global reference section and provide a sensitive record of external processes affecting Cretaceous platform development. Regional cross‐sections across the shoreline to shelf‐margin profile provide a detailed record of mixed carbonate–siliciclastic strata for the Hauterivian to lower Campanian stages (ca 136 to 80 Ma). The study window on the slowly subsiding passive margin allows the stratigraphic response to external forcing mechanisms to be isolated from regional structural processes. Three second‐order supersequences comprised of eight composite sequences are recognized in the Valanginian–Barremian, the Aptian–Albian and the Cenomanian–Campanian. The Valanginian–Barremian supersequence transitioned from a siliciclastic ramp to carbonate rimmed shelf and is a product of glacial ice accumulation and melting, as well as variable rates of mid‐ocean ridge volcanism. The Aptian–Albian supersequence chronicles the drowning and recovery of the platform surrounding oceanic anoxic events 1a and 1b. The Cenomanian–Campanian supersequence similarly documents shelf drowning following oceanic anoxic event 1d, after which the platform evolved to a deep‐subtidal system consisting of anoxic/dysoxic shale and chalk in the time surrounding oceanic anoxic event 2. Each period of oceanic anoxia is associated with composite sequence maximum flooding, termination of carbonate shelf sedimentation and deposition of condensed shale units in distally steepened ramp profiles. Composite sequences unaffected by oceanic anoxic events consist of aggradational to progradational shelves with an abundance of grain‐dominated facies and shallow‐subtidal to intertidal environments. Because they are products of eustacy and global oceanographic processes, the three supersequences and most composite sequences defined in the south Texas passive margin are recognizable in other carbonate platforms and published eustatic sea‐level curves.     

陆相拗陷湖盆陡坡带物质聚集及层序充填动力学特征——以鄂尔多斯盆地陇东地区三叠系延长组为例

陆相拗陷湖盆陡坡带具有坡度陡、构造活动强烈、物近源、多物源、相变快等特点。勘探实践表明,与拗陷湖盆陡坡带相关的各类砂体,由于具有良好的油源条件、储集条件和油气运移条件,是油气聚集成藏的极有利场所。鄂尔多斯盆地三叠纪时期为典型的内陆大型拗陷盆地,陇东地区三叠纪延长期时在西缘逆冲带的影响下处于陡坡带,该区有两种物质聚集模式,一是从长10-长7退积型三角洲模式,二是从长6-长1进积型三角洲模式。并且在盆地形成演化过程中,伴随着基准面的升降变化,不同相区、不同时期可容纳空间和沉积物供应之间的比值发生相应的变化,从而表现为不同的地层充填样式。     

走滑环境中陆相盆地充填层序特征以云南先锋盆地为例

走滑陆相盆地在构造背景、沉积范围、物源供应方式、基底地形特征、沉积物特点和沉积层序特征方面均与大陆边缘海相盆地有重要区别，通常具有多物源、多沉积体系、相带窄、相变快的特点。本文在对云南先锋盆地充填序列、沉积格架、构造格架和区域构造背景分析基础上，讨论了在走滑构造背景下陆相盆地的一系列特征以及走滑型陆相盆地的层序地层特点.     

准噶尔盆地侏罗系八道湾组聚煤作用控制因素分析

从煤层厚度及其在层序地层格架中的平面展布特征入手,并在分析煤层在层序格架中的发育和分布规律的基础上,探讨了沉积环境、沉积体系演化和湖平面变化对陆相盆地---准噶尔盆地侏罗系层序Ⅰ(八道湾组的主体)聚煤作用的影响。河流泛滥平原、三角洲平原、湖湾等沉积环境的可容空间变化速率和泥炭堆积速率常能保持有利于泥炭沉积的平衡关系,从而成为富煤环境。实质上,沉积环境是聚煤作用控制因素的外在表现形式,而其最根本的控制因素则是可容空间变化速率。在本研究区,主要体现为湖平面变化对煤层分布的控制作用。     

扬子西缘泛非造山与绵阳－长宁克拉通裂陷的沉积充填过程研究

四川盆地安岳震旦—寒武系特大型气田的发现,掀起了探索四川盆地深层油气勘探新领域的热潮。然而对于川西北深层原型盆地沉积充填过程及其动力学机制的认识尚处于探索阶段。本文通过对扬子西北缘及盆内典型钻井震旦—寒武纪地层序列的综合调查与区域对比研究,基于关键事件序列的系统厘定,重建了扬子西北缘及邻区新元古代—寒武纪原型盆地沉积充填格架;对比全球冈瓦纳大陆汇聚与泛非造山过程,系统厘定了泛非运动在扬子西缘的沉积－构造－岩浆作用记录,进一步明确了华南扬子克拉通为新元古代末期冈瓦纳大陆的一部分。同时,结合盆内最新深层钻井和二维地震资料解析,研究认为绵阳－长宁克拉通边缘裂陷的成生、发展、充填与折返隆升过程主要受控于扬子西缘的泛非期弧后伸展、弧陆碰撞及陆陆碰撞造山过程,研究提出绵阳－长宁克拉通边缘裂陷经历了如下6个演化阶段：①陡山沱早期克拉通边缘裂陷开启,表现为克拉通边缘的裂陷与快速沉降;②陡山沱晚期—灯影早期为克拉通裂陷的持续沉降与克拉通碳酸盐台地的补偿性生长,区域沉积分异明显;③灯影晚期为克拉通裂陷扩展、定型与碳酸盐台地的活化与重建;④麦地坪期为克拉通边缘的差异隆升与碳酸盐台地的风化剥蚀;⑤筇竹寺期为克拉通增生陆块边缘的构造活化与克拉通边缘的挤压挠曲沉降;⑥沧浪铺期为陆陆碰撞造山与克拉通边缘裂陷的快速充填。至沧浪铺末期,绵阳－长宁克拉通裂陷沉积充填结束,并快速折返隆升为天井山－川中古隆起。因此,本文对扬子西缘克拉通边缘裂陷的盆地动力学过程重塑,不仅为华南板块在冈瓦纳古大陆重建中的构造定位提供了新资料,亦将对探索川西北乃至四川盆地深层油气勘探新领域、新方向具有重要的启示意义。     

The influence of salt withdrawal subsidence on palaeosol maturity and cyclic fluvial deposition in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation: Castle Valley, Utah

Integrated fluvial sequence stratigraphic and palaeosol analysis can be used to better reconstruct depositional systems, but these approaches have not been combined to examine halokinetic minibasins. This study characterizes the temporal and spatial patterns of lithofacies and palaeosols in a sequence stratigraphic framework to reconstruct a model of minibasin evolution and identify halokinetic influences on fluvial deposition. This research documents fluvial cycles and stratigraphic hierarchy, palaeosol maturity and apparent sediment accumulation rates in the Chinle Formation within the Big Bend minibasin. This study also uses palaeosols to help identify fluvial aggradational cycle (FAC) sets. The Chinle is divided into two hectometre‐scale (10² m) fluvial sequences, six decametre‐scale (10¹ m) FAC sets, and variable numbers of metre‐scale FACs depending on proximity to the minibasin. Ten pedotypes representing 225 palaeosol profiles are recognized. The pedotypes include palaeosols similar to modern Entisols, Inceptisols, Aridisols, Vertisols and Alfisols. A maturity index (1–5) is assigned to each pedotype to assess its variability in palaeosol development. Estimated palaeosol development time is used to approximate apparent sediment accumulation rates. Increased subsidence resulted in a greater number and thicker FACs, thicker FAC sets and fluvial sequence sections, and lithofacies associations reflecting more rapid sedimentation along the minibasin axis. Palaeocurrent indicators converge towards the minibasin axis and indicate that it formed and drifted through time. Relative palaeosol maturity is inversely related to stratal thickness, and decreases towards the minibasin where episodic burial by fluvial sediment was more frequent. Metre‐scale FACs are most abundant towards the minibasin axis, and locally have Entisols and Inceptisols developed upon their upper boundaries reflecting increased sediment accumulation rates. Areas outside the minibasin are characterized by fewer FACs that are associated with more mature palaeosols. Palaeosol‐derived apparent sediment accumulation rates are as much as two orders of magnitude greater within the minibasin than in marginal areas. The combined stratigraphic, palaeocurrent and palaeosol evidence is used to develop a model for the evolution of the Big Bend minibasin that illustrates the halokinetic affect on fluvial and landscape processes.     

塔里木盆地塔中地区中上奥陶统碳酸盐岩层序发育对同生期岩溶作用的控制

塔里木盆地塔中地区是塔里木油田的主要采油区。奥陶系碳酸盐岩是区内重要的目的层段之一。在剖面、测井和岩心资料的基础上,以Cross的高分辨率层序地层学理论为指导,对区内中上奥陶统进行了初步的层序地层研究,划分出了三级层序界面。结合镜下薄片分析,以特征成岩组构为大气淡水成岩作用的识别标志,识别出 4个大气淡水成岩透镜体。在横向连井层序对比的基础上,结合大气淡水成岩透镜体的发育层位,建立了层序地层和大气淡水成岩透镜体对比剖面。揭示不同级别层序界面对台地边缘碳酸盐岩同生期岩溶的控制,对于正确预测碳酸盐岩储层的发育规律,具有重要的指导意义。