日本海天然气水合物气源成因及主控因素探讨

为了探讨日本海天然气水合物的气源成因及其控制因素, 收集和整理了日本海西南郁陵盆地和日本海东缘上越盆地及邻近的相关资料。结果显示,上越盆地及邻近海域甲烷羽状流、麻坑、自生碳酸盐岩及地震剖面上“气烟囱”和BSR等发育,块状水合物出露海底为热解成因;郁陵盆地羽状流不太发育,而自生碳酸盐岩和地震剖面上的“气烟囱”较发育,钻孔发现的水合物主要为生物成因。结合日本海构造演化特征综合分析认为,日本海东缘热解成因水合物的主控因素是近S—N向和近E—W向交互断裂作用以及NE—SW向的晚期构造挤压;日本海西南海域生物成因为主兼热解成因水合物的主控因素是NEE—SWW向的晚期构造挤压;而日本海西北海域构造定型早且缺少晚期构造挤压,因此,推测其水合物气源应该主要为生物成因,热成因的可能性很小。     

Characteristics and influencing factors of frontal upwelling in the Yellow Sea in summer

Frontal upwelling is an important phenomenon in summer in the Yellow Sea (YS) and plays an essential role in the distribution of nutrients and biological species. In this paper, a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model is applied to investigate the characteristics and influencing factors of frontal upwelling in the YS. The results show that the strength and distribution of frontal upwelling are largely dependent on the topography and bottom temperature fronts. The frontal upwelling in the YS is stronger and narrower near the eastern coast than near the western coast due to the steeper shelf slope. Moreover, external forcings, such as the meridional wind speed and air temperature in summer and the air temperature in the preceding winter and spring, have certain influences on the strength of frontal upwelling. An increase in air temperature in the previous winter and spring weakens the frontal upwelling in summer; in contrast, an increase in air temperature in summer strengthens the frontal upwelling. When the southerly wind in summer increases, the upwelling intensifies in the western YS and weakens in the eastern YS. The air temperature influences the strength of upwelling by changing the baroclinicity in the frontal region. Furthermore, the meridional wind speed in summer affects frontal upwelling via Ekman pumping.     

Late Eocene–early Miocene provenance evolution of the Crocker Fan in the southern South China Sea

There are many large-scale Cenozoic sedimentary basins with plentiful river deltas, deep-water fans and carbonate platforms in the southern South China Sea. The Crocker Fan was deposited as a typical submarine fan during the late Eocene–early Miocene, and stretches extensively across the entire Sarawak–Sabah of the northern Borneo area. However, systematic analyses are still lacking regarding its sediment composition and potential source suppliers. No consensus has been reached yet on the provenance evolution and sedimentary infilling processes, which seriously impeded the oil-and-gas exploration undertakings. By combining with sedimentary-facies identification, heavy mineral assemblages, elemental geochemistry and detrital zircon U-Pb dating, this paper aims to generalize an integrated analysis on the potential provenance terranes and restore source-to-sink pathways of the Crocker Fan. In general, the Crocker Fan was initially formed over the Cretaceous–lower/middle Eocene Rajang Group by an angular Rajang unconformity. The continual southward subduction of the proto-South China Sea resulted in magmatic activities and subsequent regional deformation and thrusting along the Lupar Line in the northern Borneo. The lowermost Crocker sequence is featured by a thick conglomerate layer sourced from in-situ or adjacent paleo-uplifts. From the late Eocene to the early Miocene, the Crocker Fan was constantly delivered with voluminous detritus from the Malay Peninsula of the western Sundaland. The Zengmu Basin was widely deposited with delta plain and neritic facies sediments, while the Brunei-Sabah Basin, to the farther east, was ubiquitously characterized by turbiditic sequences. The Crocker Fan successions are overall thick layers of modest-grained sandstones, which formed high-quality reservoirs in the southern South China Sea region.     

Palynological Evidence on Climate Changes in the East China Sea During Mid and Late Holocene

The pollen analysis of DGKS9617 core in the East China Sea (covering about the last 6800 years) shows five obvious pollen assemblages and seven sub-assemblages. Combined with the sediment and the result of diatom analysis, the climate changes are reconstructed during the Middle and Late Holocene. Corresponding to the pollen assemblages, the climate shifts just as follows: Assemblage Ⅰ-Warm and Dry Stage, Assemblage Ⅱ-Cool and Humid Stage, Assemblage Ⅲ-Hot and Dry Stage (the mean annual temperature is 2～3 ℃ higher than that today ), Assemblage Ⅳ-Cool and Humid Stage, Assemblage Ⅴ-Wann and Dry Stage. The third stage is divided into three substages i.e. a slight colder and dry one, a slight wanner and humid one and a slight warmer and dry one. During the fifth stage, the climate becomes similar to that today with three warm substages and two cool substages.     

东海天然气水合物地热研究及其环境意义

依据地热资料研究天然气水合物稳定带厚度在东海海域的分布情况。东海在地质构造上位于新生代环太平洋构造带西部边缘岛弧的内侧,又是欧亚板块、太平洋板块和菲律宾海板块的相互作用带。依据国际热流委员会(IHFC)提供的东海地热数据,经过统计确定出该区域的热流分布,热流平均值为121·0mW/m2,最小值为73·0mW/m2,最大值为168·0mW/m2。同时利用天然气水合物温压模型计算了稳定带厚度,数据显示稳定带厚度平均值为92·2m,最小值为1·4m,最大值为190·6m,薄于其他已经发现的海洋天然气水合物稳定带厚度(约400m)。天然气水合物大部分分布在条件适宜的陆坡和岛坡上,冲绳海槽底部水合物稳定带厚度相对较薄。统计分析表明本区热流值与水合物稳定带厚度相关性很差,相关系数仅有0·12。这是由于天然气水合物所在海域水深较浅时,海底温度的变化迫使运算所应用的非线性方程影响因子迅速积累,从而导致相关系数降低。最后结合东海陆坡的地质条件,探讨了在天然气水合物存在的情况下,陆坡失稳的可能性及其造成的环境影响。     

北黄海盆地东部坳陷火成岩地震相识别与分布预测

北黄海盆地东部坳陷火成岩分布复杂并具有多期性,直接影响了油气成藏作用,然而目前对其空间分布尚缺乏深入认识,制约着该区勘探开发的部署。利用全三维地震资料,根据地震反射特征识别出了不同类型的火成岩地震相模式,并对其不同特征进行了分析,通过地震相识别进行平面追踪,结合时间切片三维地震技术及属性分析对火成岩分布进行了预测。结果表明,北黄海盆地东部坳陷主要发育柱状、尖峰状、蘑菇状和丘状4种火成岩反射地震相;研究区火成岩分区性较明显,主要发育3处火成岩体,分别位于东部隆起剥蚀区、坳陷中部和坳陷的西北部。     

冲绳海槽沉积物物源示踪研究进展

冲绳海槽作为浅水陆架与深海大洋之间联系的过渡地带,其海底的厚层沉积物记录了晚第四纪海平面波动、构造活动、气候变化,以及冲绳海槽古环境演化信息,因此,对于冲绳海槽沉积物的研究一直是边缘海研究中的热点问题之一,而识别沉积物物源成为解决这一系列问题的关键。众多学者已对冲绳海槽沉积物的来源进行了诸多探讨,并取得了丰硕的成果。在综合前人研究成果的基础上,系统地总结了冲绳海槽沉积物的来源及示踪方法,包括矿物学、地球化学以及环境磁学,评述了目前研究存在的问题,并对未来沉积物物源的识别工作提出了展望。     

南海西北部琼东南盆地陆架坡折带类型及沉积作用特征

陆架坡折带特殊的地形地貌反映了其独特的水动力和沉积特征。根据水深和高分辨率单道地震资料对琼东南盆地陆架坡折带特征进行分析,旨在探讨现代陆架坡折带的成因及其沉积作用。研究结果表明,琼东南现代陆架坡折带呈NE-SW向展布,水深变化大,形态复杂,自西向东陆架坡折差异较大。西部陆架坡折带水深范围为250~700 m,宽约7 km,高差450 m,坡度平均为2°,地形平缓,槽谷不发育;中部陆架坡折带水深范围为250~750 m,宽约10 km,高差500 m,地形平均坡度为7°,槽谷呈V型或U型,长约5~6 km,宽约3~8 km,下切深度100~300 m;东部陆架坡折带水深范围为400~1 500 m,宽约30 km,高差达1 100 m,平均坡度为10°,槽谷呈"V"型,长约13~28 km,宽约为3~4 km,下切深度最大达500 m。结合琼东南盆地构造区划和物源特征,对琼东南陆架坡折带沉积作用进行分析,划分坡折带类型。西部陆架坡折带以大量的沉积物不断加积为主,地形平缓,槽谷不发育,属堆积型陆架坡折;中部属过渡型陆架坡折带,沉积物供应量小,侵蚀和堆积作用同时存在,相互制约,槽谷规模小,滑塌作用较弱;东部为侵蚀型陆架坡折,以底流冲刷侵蚀为主,槽谷及滑塌发育。总体反映了不同区段位置沉积物供给,沉积物堆积,底流侵蚀等作用的差异,是形成现今陆架坡折地貌格局的重要因素。     

南黄海盆地海相储层成岩作用与储层发育特征

南黄海盆地与下扬子陆域具有较为一致的沉积构造演化史,全区具有良好的油气成藏条件,油气资源潜力大,特别是中—古生界海相地层有可能是下一步油气勘探的突破新区。以南黄海盆地为主体的下扬子地区海相储层类型包括砂岩储层、碳酸盐岩储层和泥页岩储层三大类。基于岩性特征、成岩作用、储集空间和物性条件等分析,认为砂岩储层有利的储集体主要为裂缝—次生孔隙型,碳酸盐岩储层中未被胶结物充填或者部分充填的孔、缝、洞可作为有利储集体,泥页岩储层中的有利储集空间为高有机质丰度层段中的无机孔隙、有机孔隙和裂缝较发育带。     

南海北部天然气水合物勘查试采及研究进展与勘探前景

20世纪90年代中后期以来,南海北部天然气水合物勘查取得了丰硕的勘探成果和里程碑式的重大突破与进展。迄今为止,通过勘查评价已在南海北部圈定了两大天然气水合物成藏带及三大富集区,先后勘探发现了3个超千亿立方米储量规模的天然气水合物矿藏。同时,通过2017年和2020年2次探索性试采均获得了产气总量及日均产气量超世界新记录,而且攻克了深水海底浅表层未成岩软地层水平井钻采核心技术,实现了由“探索性试采向试验性试采”的重大跨越和突破。然而,南海天然气水合物资源勘查试采这一庞大复杂的系统工程,尚面临着诸多问题和挑战,如天然气水合物成因成藏类型与气源供给及产出赋存特点、天然气水合物成藏机理及主控因素、勘查试采技术方法优化创新与商业化产能目标的实现,以及天然气水合物可持续滚动勘探开发的战略选区及其资源/储量接替等,因此,南海天然气水合物资源勘查试采工程项目工作仍然非常艰巨且任重道远。