Thermal history of the Murzuq Basin,Libya, and generation of hydrocarbons in its source rocks

The history of burial, temperature variations, and organic maturation in the sedimentary rocks of the Murzuq Basin in southwestern Libya was numerically reconstructed for eight wells and one pseudowell along northeast-southwest and northwest-southeast profiles across the basin. The reconstruction was performed using the GALO system for basin modeling taking into account that the basin lithosphere underwent repeated tectonic and thermal activation. The modeling allowed us to refine the reconstructions of the thermal history of the basin and assessment of its hydrocarbon potential obtained by previous models, which assumed a constant temperature gradient during the whole period of basin development. The Murzuq Basin is characterized by moderate basement subsidence (2200–2800 m), which would have corresponded in an ordinary basin to immature or early mature organic matter. However, the history of the basin included several periods of extensive uplift and subsidence, which were accompanied by the erosion of the sedimentary cover and thermal activation of the lithosphere. This resulted in variations in organic matter maturity reached in different segments of the basin and a peculiar distribution of the degree of maturation, which is higher at the flanks of the Murzuq Basin compared with the same rocks from deeper buried zones. Our modeling indicated that the rocks of the Tanezzuft Formation could generate significant volumes of liquid hydrocarbons at some areas of the basin, but the situation is strongly dependent on the depth of rock burial and amplitude of erosion of the sedimentary cover at various areas of the basin.     

孙吴-嘉荫盆地晚白垩世地层物源及构造背景

为揭示孙吴-嘉荫盆地晚白垩世富饶组和太平林场组的物源特征及其构造背景,对两组样品进行了碎屑锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年和地球化学特征研究.富饶组碎屑锆石55个测点产生以下年龄峰值:65 Ma、280 Ma和496 Ma,太平林场组碎屑锆石78个测点产生以下年龄峰值:98 Ma,189 Ma,240 Ma和488 Ma,表明富饶组和太平林场组具有混合物源的特征.Al₂O₃/TiO₂平均值分别为41.42和29.31,结合主量、微量及稀土元素特征和碎屑锆石峰值年龄,确定富饶组和太平林场组物源主要为晚中生代长英质火成岩和沉积岩.地球化学和区域构造演化特征共同揭示富饶组和太平林场组物源区构造背景为活动大陆边缘,区域内晚中生代岩浆事件、佳木斯地块北部麻山群及广泛分布的古生代花岗岩为盆地晚白垩世地层提供了沉积物源.      

Generation of hydrocarbons in the burial history of Silurian formations in the Libyan part of the Ghadames Basin

Burial history, temperature variations, and organic matter maturation in the sedimentary rocks in the Ghadames Basin were numerically reconstructed using the GALO system for basin modeling taking into account repeated tectonic (stretching) and thermal activation events in the basin lithosphere. The modeling improved the reconstruction of the thermal history of the basin and hydrocarbon generation potential compared with previous model estimates based on the assumption of a constant temperature gradient during the whole period of basin development. In particular, the results of modeling suggest that the amplitude of Cenozoic erosion was smaller than that proposed in previous studies. The central part of the Ghadames Basin, which was considered in this study, is the western part of the Libyan sector of the basin, which underwent intense subsidence reaching 4000 m already in the Carboniferous. Given the relatively active thermal history of the basin, the modeling suggests high degrees of organic maturity in the source rocks of the Lower Silurian in the modern section of the basin and confirms the high generation potential of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in these formations. Significant hydrocarbon generation has occurred there since the Late Carboniferous. On the other hand, the generation potential of the Late Devonian (Frasnian) sequences is limited and strongly dependent on burial depth. The main stage of hydrocarbon generation in these rocks coincided with the Cenozoic thermal activation of the basin lithosphere. In all the areas considered, the oil window overlaps a significant portion of the modern sedimentary section of the Ghadames Basin.     

Geological evolution of the Neoproterozoic Corumbágraben system (Brazil). Depositional context of the stratified Fe and Mn ores of the Jacadigo Group

The Corumbáregion is located near the junction of two young (545–480 Ma) Brasiliano provinces: the Chiquitos-Tucavaca aulacogen which cross cuts the Amazon craton-Rio Apa block, and the Paraguay fold belt. Formation of the aulacogen and the Paraguay basin, which is interpreted as a foreland basin, was roughly synchronous with the 590 Ma metamorphism in the neighbouring old Brasiliano Brasilia fold belt. Deformation and metamorphism in the Paraguay belt are bracketed between 545 and 500 Ma, whereas folding in the aulacogen occurred between 500 and 480 Ma ago.The NE–SW-trending, Corumbágraben system is located on the eastern part of the WNW–ESE-trending, Chiquitos-Tucavaca aulacogen. The extensional structures of the Corumbágraben system are attributed to flexure of the Amazon craton along the western border of the Paraguay basin.Stratigraphic successions in the Corumbágraben system resemble those of the adjacent cover rocks of the Amazon craton: a lower detrital unit (Jacadigo Group and Boqui, Puga, and Cadieus formations), partly of glacial origin, and an upper carbonate-rich unit, (CorumbáGroup and Pororó, Cerradinho, Bocaina, and Araras formations) with local preservation of an Ediacara-like fauna. The whole sequence is probably Vendian. In the cover sequence around Cuiabá, the carbonate unit is capped by siliciclastic sediments. In comparison to the cratonic cover rocks, the Jacadigo Group, which is filling the Corumbágraben system, differs on three points: it is thicker, contains chemical manganese and iron sedimentary intercalations and was affected by a diagenetic to epimetamorphic event during which temperatures reached 250–280°C. These features are in good agreement with sedimentation of the Jacadigo Group in an extensional environment where Fe and Mn, of probable hydrothermal origin, would be generated by leaching of hypothetical, hidden intrusive mafic plutons associated with graben formation.     

中祁连党河南山-木里地区早古生代火山-沉积岩系锆石U-Pb年代学、物源示踪及其地质意义SCIEI北大核心CSCD

造山带内与板块俯冲-碰撞过程相关的一系列沉积盆地对于重建造山带演化历史具有重要意义。本文以党河南山-木里地区早古生代火山-沉积岩系为研究对象,对其开展沉积序列、锆石U-Pb年代学、Hf同位素及碎屑物源综合分析,研究结果表明:(1)该火山-沉积岩系从底部吾力沟组到中部盐池湾组,整体上表现为弧后盆地的演化特征,顶部多索曲组具有向前陆盆地演化的特征;(2)获得吾力沟组玄武安山岩锆石U-Pb年龄为472±10Ma,限定盐池湾组和多索曲组沉积时代分别为467~450Ma和450~440Ma;(3)盐池湾组碎屑锆石年龄谱系和锆石ε;(t)组成说明盐池湾组碎屑物质主要来源于中祁连岩浆弧;而多索曲组的早古生代碎屑物质主要来源于伴生的火山岩或南祁连花岗岩,前寒武纪碎屑物质主要来自于中祁连。综合分析与汇聚板块边缘相关的沉积盆地特征和前人研究资料,本文认为党河南山-木里地区的早古生代火山-沉积岩系可能形成于弧后盆地及其闭合过程的前陆盆地环境。     

西藏札达盆地上新统古格组和托林组的厘定与层序地层划分

根据札达盆地剖面中地层的接触关系、沉积旋回、沉积体系和岩相岩性特征,可将上新统河湖相地层划分为2个组、5个沉积相、8个岩段。古格组(N22g)一岩段为砾岩,属河流相沉积;二、三、五岩段以细碎屑岩为主,属浅湖相沉积;四岩段以含粘土质细碎屑岩为主,属深湖相沉积。托林组(N21t)一、二、三岩段为一套砾岩、含砾中粗粒钙质长石岩屑砂岩和中细粒砂岩的碎屑岩,为典型冲(洪)积扇沉积物。ESR法和古地磁法测年结果表明,古格组形成时代为上新世晚期(4.40～2.47Ma);托林组形成时代为上新世早期(5.44～4.40Ma)。札达盆地为一同生断陷盆地,在上新世时期的构造运动过程中,盆地演化经历了水进体系域—湖泊扩张体系域—湖泊收缩体系域3个发展阶段。     

西藏许如错地区洁居纳卓组碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

在西藏许如错地区新识别出的洁居纳卓组为一套固结—半固结的粗碎屑岩建造。为探讨该地层的沉积时代和沉积物源,对1个砂岩样品进行了碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学分析。获得了4组有效年龄:10.1~17.2Ma、41.7~72.2 Ma、77.9~87.8Ma、463~1610Ma。结合岩石组合特征、ESR测试结果和区域年龄资料,认为洁居纳卓组可能形成于上新世。物源分析结果显示,许如错以南的查孜及附近地区的林子宗群、布嘎寺组火山岩是洁居纳卓组沉积物质的主要来源,古新世—中新世的侵入岩和晚古生代地层也为其提供了少量的沉积物质。洁居纳卓组发育于许如错南北向地堑盆地之内,是上新世高原隆升在冈底斯地区的沉积响应,是青藏高原局部构造差异隆升的结果。     

南海北部珠江口盆地烃源岩成因:阳江凹陷的资源潜力

本文基于最新的三维地震资料和钻井等资料,对阳江凹陷古近系烃源岩的形成条件与资源潜力进行分析和评价.作者从盆地分析入手,明确了走滑拉分的成盆模式有利于烃源岩形成,并首次利用Badlands盆地模拟揭示了阳江凹陷古地貌及沉积发育特征,指出该区属于典型有利于烃源岩的形成和发育的内源沉积;并利用三维地震资料,精细解析其断裂体系...     

海拉尔盆地呼和湖凹陷下白垩统烃源岩地球化学特征及热演化史

呼和湖凹陷下白垩统烃源岩生油条件好,油气资源潜力大.利用研究区7口钻井270个热解资料和125个镜质体反射率数据,分析了下白垩统烃源岩地球化学特征及热演化史.下白垩统烃源岩有机质类型主要为Ⅲ-Ⅱ2型干酪根,现今热演化程度具有中间高、四周低的特点.主力烃源岩层南屯组属于中等-好烃源岩,在约128 Ma进入生烃门限,现今处于高成熟-生气阶段.大磨拐河组属于差-中等烃源岩,在约124 Ma进入生烃门限,现今处于中等-低成熟阶段,大磨拐河组二段烃源岩至今未进入生烃高峰.热史模拟表明呼和湖凹陷在伊敏组沉积晚期达到最大古地温,地温演化具有先升高后降低的特点.从南屯组沉积至今,地温梯度先升高到50~55℃/km,后逐渐降低为现今的35.4℃/km.早白垩世以来较高的地温场对油气生成、成藏起控制作用.包裹体均一温度结合热演化史结果表明126~87 Ma（伊敏组沉积时期）应是呼和湖凹陷油气主成藏期.晚白垩世以来盆地发生抬升,温度降低,烃源岩生烃强度减弱.      

辽宁北部秀水盆地下白垩统义县组火山岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

为查明秀水盆地烃源岩层位形成时代,对侵位到秀D1井义县组三段沉积地层中的次火山岩样品和地表发育的义县组火山岩样品,分别进行LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年,获得火山岩同位素年龄值为121.5±1.2~121.3±3.5 Ma,时代为早白垩世。通过与区域相同时代火山岩同位素年代学对比研究表明,秀水盆地火山岩形成时期为义县组末期火山活动。秀水盆地义县组末期火山岩年龄的确定,不仅确定了义县组末期火山岩形成的上限年龄(121.3 Ma),同时也确定了秀水盆地主力烃源岩层位(义县组三段)的上限年龄(约121 Ma)。明确了义县组三段沉积层作为辽宁西北地区重要的油气勘探目的层系,为松辽盆地外围断陷盆地群油气勘探提供了新的目的层系。     

吉林东部盆地群早白垩世原型盆地恢复

通过区域地质、电法和地震资料等对吉林东部盆地群早白垩世地层、沉积和构造特征进行研究,从而恢复沉积古地理及原型盆地面貌,结合现今勘探成果与原型盆地控制烃源岩展布,残留盆地改造情况,预测有利勘探区。研究结果表明: 该区早白垩世原型盆地为一大型陆相湖盆的一部分,果松组-鹰嘴砬子组沉积期为初始裂陷孤立盆地发展阶段,林子头组沉积期为断坳转换期,沙河子组- 营城组沉积期为统一的坳陷盆地,至登娄库组沉积期原型盆地完全遭到破坏,泉头组沉积期各盆地进入独立发展阶段。靠近原型盆地湖盆中心的( 扇) 三角洲相、河流相及湖沼相沉积区且位于现今盆地的凹陷区是吉林东部盆地群的有利油气勘探区。     

鄂尔多斯盆地西南地区蓟县系古地温演化历史及岩浆热事件的影响

深层油气成藏机理研究的首要前提是要明确烃源岩的热演化历史,这对区域油气勘探潜力的评价有着重要的指导意义。鄂尔多斯盆地西南缘蓟县系烃源岩在中生代以来的热演化史有何特征,是否受早白垩世岩浆热作用的影响,影响程度如何等问题的不明确,制约着人们对该地区中元古界烃源岩的生烃潜力的认识及进一步勘探开发的思路。通过对安口—铜城地区出露的三叠系、侏罗系及铜城岩体进行磷灰石裂变径迹、磷灰石/锆石(U-Th)/He测试,结合镜质组反射率数据,分别恢复了该地区沉积岩在中三叠世以来和侵入岩在早白垩世以来的冷却历史,结合岩浆岩体的空间分布特征和泥页岩镜质组反射率,估算蓟县系烃源岩古地温。热年代学模拟表明,蓟县系烃源岩自中生代以来先后经历了三叠纪—侏罗纪的正常埋深增温,达到了生烃温度门限,自早白垩世约130～110 Ma开始冷却,其中个别样品表现为自始新世中期至45 Ma微弱加速冷却,中新世晚期至8 Ma以来快速冷却。研究表明,中晚侏罗世是鄂尔多斯盆地西南缘蓟县系生烃的关键时期,烃源岩处于主生油温度范围,之后的早白垩世晚期岩浆侵入事件的热作用范围有限,对蓟县系烃源岩古地温的影响仅发生在局部地区。鄂尔多斯盆地西南缘...     

银额盆地苏红图坳陷西部中生界烃源岩热演化史恢复

苏红图坳陷是位于银额盆地东北部的中生代断陷盆地,含油气资源勘探潜力较大.利用研究区7口井的75个镜质体反射率资料,分析了研究区中生界烃源岩热演化程度及分布特点,银根组烃源岩处于未成熟-低成熟阶段,苏红图组底部Ro分布在0.6%~1.2%,凹陷中心巴音戈壁组底部Ro普遍大于1.1%.苏红图坳陷西部中生代以来的热历史恢复表明,研究区现今地温梯度为34 ℃/km,晚白垩世地温梯度约为40.6~46.7 ℃/km,地温梯度从40~42 ℃/km（135~110 Ma）增加到46~50 ℃/km（110~103 Ma）,银根组沉积期（100~95 Ma）地温梯度达到最大,为48~53 ℃/km;从乌兰苏海组沉积开始到现今,地温梯度先增大到40~46 ℃/km（92~80 Ma）,后逐渐降低为34 ℃/km（80~0 Ma）.研究区早白垩世以来较高的地温场对油气生成、成藏起着重要的控制作用,烃源岩均在乌兰苏海组沉积末期达到最大热演化阶段.      

西藏西南部札达盆地新近纪沉积序列研究

札达盆地为一个藏南晚新生代断陷盆地,基于岩性岩相、古流向和物源分析,认为札达盆地主要经历了裂陷充填期(9.2~7.8 Ma),稳定发展期(7.8~2.6 Ma)和裂后消亡期(2.6~1.7 Ma)。沉积相主要有辫状河相、淡水湖泊相和冲积扇相,以湖相为主;古流向由南西向转变为盆地周缘指向湖盆中心,发展到最后为南东向;物源主要来自北侧的阿伊拉日居山地区,古地势由北东高南西低,经差异抬升变为北西高南东低,沉积中心位于湖盆南缘。至约1.7 Ma之后,贡巴砾岩的出现代表了札达盆地的消亡。札达盆地的演化表明藏南裂陷盆地经历了拉张形成、湖盆最大化而后快速消亡的过程,揭示了藏南在获得最大高度后进一步构造伸展垮塌的演变历程。
      

云南曲靖盆地构造演化及其对生物气成藏条件的控制

曲靖盆地是在云南省发现的具有工业价值生物气藏的第三系沉积盆地之一。利用二维地震测线结合地质和钻井等资料开展了详细的构造和沉积解释,对曲靖盆地的构造特征、盆地形成和演化进行了较为系统的综合研究,分析了构造演化对生物气成藏条件的控制作用。曲靖盆地的早—中渐新世的断陷阶段为大套湖相暗色泥岩(蔡家冲组)形成时期;渐新世晚期—上新世早期为盆地整体抬升萎缩阶段,避免了蔡家冲组有机质的大量消耗,保存了第四纪以来生物气成藏的有机物质;晚上新世的盆地坳陷阶段为茨营组含煤层系(次要气源岩)、储集层、盖层和岩性圈闭形成的主要时期;上新世末的压扭抬升萎缩阶段是断背斜和断鼻等构造圈闭和构造—岩性复合圈闭发育时期;第四纪盆地稳定沉降阶段为生物气聚集成藏时期。     

西藏尼玛盆地北部古近系牛堡组物源及地质意义

班公湖-怒江缝合带内的尼玛盆地在青藏高原形成时记录的地质信息,有助于恢复其构造古地理从而为高原隆升过程提供沉积学证据,且目前对盆地北部坳陷古近系牛堡组的研究尚属薄弱.利用碎屑岩岩石学、锆石年代学、重矿物分析等方法对牛堡组进行了物源分析并对盆地构造演化进行了深入讨论.研究显示,早白垩世-古近纪,随着地壳缩短、逆冲断层及造山带发育,盆地北部演化为受构造活动控制的独立坳陷;北部坳陷牛堡组为南北双向物源,北部物源的母岩成分主要为以早白垩世虾别错花岗岩为代表的酸性岩浆岩,南部物源的母岩成分以沉积岩(硅质岩等) 和基性岩浆岩为主;碎屑锆石存在105~134 Ma、500~550 Ma、700~900 Ma、1 700~2 100 Ma及ca.2 500 Ma年龄峰值,其中105~134 Ma年龄是对班公湖-怒江洋壳俯冲在周边地体引发的岩浆事件的响应,进一步证实牛堡组碎屑岩的物源来自北部坳陷的南北两侧地体.挤压及逆冲变形决定了盆地北部坳陷的古地理特征,沉积过程及物源与区域隆升、侵蚀和岩浆活动联系密切.      

Sedimentary Facies,Provenance and Geochronology of the Heshangzhen Group: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Jiangnan Orogen,South China

The Neoproterozoic Jiangnan orogen plays an important role in the study of the Precambrian tectonic evolution of South China. The tectonic nature of the Neoproterozoic sedimentary basins is still controversial, due to poor understanding of the sedimentary sequences and the lack of geochronological data. Here, we present sedimentological, provenance and geochronological data from the Heshangzhen Group in the eastern Jiangnan orogen. Sedimentological analysis shows that the Luojiamen Formation was deposited in a submarine fan, and the overlying Hongchicun Formation was deposited in front of a fan delta. The youngest detrital zircons constrain the lower Luojiamen and Hongchicun formations with ages of 827.3 ± 8.4 Ma and 825 ± 12 Ma, respectively. The sandstones of the Luojiamen Formation are characterized by a large number of intermediate to felsic volcanic grains, suggesting a volcanic arc source. In contrast, quartz and sedimentary lithic grains increase in the Hongchicun Formation, showing a new input from a collisional orogenic source. Detrital zircon from six sandstone samples in the Luojiamen and Hongchicun formations yield similar age spectra of 930–820 Ma with a peak at ca. 845–860 Ma, with one main cluster at 930–820 Ma. Detrital zircons of 930–845 Ma show a positive value of εHf(t)(+2.4 to +11, mean +7.6), which is similar to the volcanic arc of the nearby Shuangxiwu Group. There are a minor group of zircons with U-Pb ages ranging from 820 Ma to 845 Ma from the middle part of the Luojiamen Formation and Hongchicun Formation, with εHf(t) values between-20 to +2.4, which are consistent with the characteristics of the Shuangqiaoshan Group. within light of the bidirectional paleocurrents in the Luojiamen Formation, it is speculated that the zircons of 820–845 Ma were recycled from the Shuangqiaoshan Group, which is derived from a continental arc to the northwest. Our data suggests that the Luojiamen Formation was formed in an inter-arc basin, while the Hongchicun Formation was formed in an accretionary wedge-top basin. When juxtaposed with the conglomeratic characteristics at the bottom of the Luojiamen Formation, it is believed that the unconformity represented by the ‘Shen Gong Movement' reflects the rapid erosion and accumulation process of island arc volcanic material. The disconformity between the Luojiamen and Hongchicun formations is the imprint of transition from inter-arc basin to accretionary wedge-top basin,which represents the collision between the Shuangxiwu arc and the Yangtze Plate.     

鄂尔多斯盆地奥陶系锶同位素地球化学特征

对于鄂尔多斯盆地奥陶系碳酸盐岩锶同位素的研究主要集中于成岩作用识别与划分。本次以盆地内中东部陕北坳陷镇钾1井马家沟组五段(以下简称马五段)以及盆地西缘桌子山地区三道坎组—桌子山组为研究对象,首次报道了未经成岩作用影响的碳酸盐岩的锶同位素数据,基于锶同位素地层学原理,试图恢复该沉积期古环境特征并对奥陶纪地层格架进行再讨论,共获得了如下几点认识:①镇钾1井马五段锶同位素自下而上以反复震荡、整体上略微增加为特征,震荡周期与蒸发岩韵律相吻合。桌子山地区三道坎组—桌子山组锶同位素以小幅波动为特征,整体上呈现出单调递减趋势。②马家沟组的地质年代归属于中奥陶世达瑞威尔中—晚期,而三道坎组—桌子山组的地质年代早于马家沟组,为中奥陶世达瑞威尔早—中期。③镇钾1井马五段处于局限台地-蒸发台地的沉积背景下,其锶同位素与全球演化曲线特征存在差异,说明了在该沉积背景下锶同位素对古环境变化反应更为敏感,能够成为区域古环境分析的重要指标。桌子山地区三道坎组—桌子山组由于处于开阔台地-缓坡的沉积背景下,与全球锶同位素演化曲线拟合度较高。为进一步研究鄂尔多斯盆地的沉积及构造差异提供了新依据,本次研究为全球锶同位素曲线提供了新的基础资料。     

大兴安岭中段乐平统-中三叠统沉积物源分析:来自重矿物组合及碎屑锆石年代学证据

黑龙江西部龙江地区位于中亚造山带东段,黑河-贺根山缝合带与西拉木伦缝合带之间,地层记录了两大古板块之间古亚洲洋闭合过程的信息。本文对龙江地区乐平统林西组和下-中三叠统老龙头组的砂岩样品进行碎屑重矿物和碎屑锆石U-Pb同位素年代学研究。碎屑重矿物组合以锆石+磷灰石+金红石+角闪石+绿帘石+重晶石的组合为特征,表明物源主要来自于中酸性岩浆岩,并有少量变质岩及沉积岩组分。林西组样品最年轻的锆石年龄为278±3Ma,老龙头组样品最年轻的锆石年龄为247±3Ma、243±4Ma及237±3Ma,结合前人的研究,限定了林西组沉积于乐平世,老龙头组沉积于早三叠世-中三叠世。碎屑锆石年龄谱明显分为五组:237～258Ma、270～329Ma、357～558Ma、680～1633Ma及1893～1966Ma。其中237～258Ma的碎屑锆石主要来自与古亚洲洋洋壳消亡前的俯冲增生过程相关的火山活动,270～329Ma的碎屑锆石主要来自大石寨组火山岩及其同期侵入岩,357～558Ma的碎屑锆石来自早古生代-晚古生代早期岩浆弧,680～1633Ma的碎屑锆石可能来自兴安及额尔古纳地块的变质基底,而较古老的～1800Ma的锆石年龄暗示了华北克拉通基底的物源信息。通过研究发现林西组及老龙头组样品前30%年轻的碎屑锆石年龄与地层沉积年龄之差都小于100Ma,结合对砂岩碎屑组成、重矿物组合及盆地与火山弧位置关系的研究,认为研究区乐平世-中三叠世沉积盆地具有汇聚背景,为弧前盆地。     

梵净山群沉积地质特征与原型盆地分析

梵净山群出露于江南造山带西北端,为一套浅变质火山、碎屑岩系,其上亚群主要由深海、半深海浊积岩系组成,自下而上划分为铜厂组、洼溪组和独岩塘组。铜厂组主体由浊积扇相和盆地相组成,洼溪组则主要由浊积扇扇中、扇根亚相组成。进一步的沉积相序研究揭示,自回香坪组至铜厂组、洼溪组,沉积环境总体呈一先海进、后海退的沉积旋回,显示裂陷扩张过程。铜厂组和洼溪组浊流成因的小型斜层理位态研究揭示,前积层优选方位指向北、北东,证实沉积物来自其南,向北扩散。浊积砂岩骨架颗粒统计结果表明,石英含量占23%~34%,且主要为单晶石英,而长石含量占14%~23%,岩屑含量占39%~50%,岩屑以火山岩屑为主。骨架颗粒统计图解揭示其物源为岩浆弧。基于上述,并结合回香坪组火山岩大地构造属性研究,提出并确定梵净山群上部碎屑岩系的原型盆地形成于弧后裂陷,板块构造环境为初始边缘海。