Vegetation and peat accumulation steer Holocene tidal–fluvial basin filling and overbank sedimentation along the Old Rhine River,The Netherlands

In the transformation from tidal systems to freshwater coastal landscapes, plants act as eco-engineering species that reduce hydrodynamics and trap sediment, but nature and timing of the mechanisms of land creation along estuaries remains unclear. This article focuses on the Old Rhine estuary (The Netherlands) to show the importance of vegetation in coastal landscape evolution, predominantly regarding tidal basin filling and overbank morphology. This estuary hosted the main outflow channel of the river Rhine between ca 6500 to 2000 cal bp , and was constrained by peat during most of its existence. This study reconstructs its geological evolution, by correlating newly integrated geological data and new field records to varying conditions. Numerical modelling was performed to test the inferred mechanisms. It was found that floodbasin vegetation and resulting organic accumulation strongly accelerated back-barrier infill, by minimizing tidal influence. After tidal and wave transport had already sufficiently filled the back-barrier basin, reed rapidly expanded from its edges under brackish conditions, as shown by diatom analysis and datings. Reed growth provided a positive infilling feedback by reducing tidal flow and tidal prism, accelerating basin infilling. New radiocarbon dates show that large-scale crevassing along the Old Rhine River – driven by tidal backwater effect – only started as nutrient-rich river water transformed the floodbasin into an Alder carr in a next phase of estuary evolution. Such less dense vegetation promotes crevassing as sediments are more easily transported into the floodbasin. As river discharge increased and estuary mouth infilling progressed, crevasse activity diminished around 3800 to 3000 cal bp , likely due to a reduced tidal backwater effect. The insights from this data-rich Holocene study showcase the dominant role that vegetation may have in the long-term evolution of coastal wetlands. It provides clues for effective use of vegetation in vulnerable wetland landscapes to steer sedimentation patterns to strategically adapt to rising water levels.     

稀有金属花岗岩富集成矿的烃类气体地球化学标志——以广西栗木锡多金属矿为例

烃类气体在自然界广泛分布并具有复杂成因和来源,同时针对烃类气体的研究不应局限于石油、天然气等传统能源矿产,而需要推广到更多其他科研领域。笔者等采取苦橄岩烃类气体标准化的研究思路,以广西栗木锡多金属矿为中心,重点围绕矿区各阶段花岗岩、矿体及地表土壤开展烃类气体宏观特征和微观规律的研究工作。通过研究和对比,揭示花岗岩及矿石中烃类气体特征和变化规律,查明在成矿作用影响下烃类气体成熟度提高且通过构造裂隙向上运移,并被地表土壤吸附形成异常的事实,明确了深部隐伏矿体与土壤烃类气体异常的成因联系及空间对应关系,建立了判断稀有金属花岗岩富集成矿的烃类气体特征指标和参数,研究表明,将烃类气体特征作为判断稀有金属花岗岩富集成矿地球化学标志的思路正确且方法可行,并将对今后进一步拓展烃类气体的研究和应用领域产生积极影响。     

越南兰龙盆地白虎油田储集层特征及成藏模式探讨

基于岩心、钻测井、三维地震和沉积相资料,对越南兰龙盆地白虎油田的碎屑岩、基岩储集层特征以及对应的两种成藏模式进行综合分析。结果表明,白虎油田发育两类岩性储集层,即碎屑岩(砂岩)、花岗岩基岩储集层,其中碎屑岩储层在兰龙盆地基底地垒构造格架下沉积,受大地构造运动、海平面变化控制,以冲积扇、扇三角洲和河流相为主,在渐新统泥岩供烃的条件下形成了具有自生自储、下生上储特征的岩性、构造油藏。花岗岩的基岩裂缝、孔洞发育,具备优势的储集空间、储层规模大,成为最主力的储集层,成因为基底演化过程中的断裂活动、热液岩熔等作用。在花岗岩基岩储层中形成了两种成藏模式：一种以花岗岩无机成因自身含烃表现出原地成藏的特征;另一种上覆渐新统泥岩为富油烃源岩,沿断层、不整合面等侧向运移至基底顶部晚期聚集成藏,最终在基底中广泛发育裂缝、缝洞型基岩油藏。     

威宁地区下石炭统祥摆组：一个潜在的薄互层煤系气新层系

水页1井未压裂煤系高产气流的偶然发现,昭示黔西北威宁及其邻区下石炭统祥摆组可能成为我国西南局部地区煤系气勘查新层系。然而,该区祥摆组前期煤系气地质调查有限,关于资源条件和前景区的认识存在一定差异,且对煤系特点考虑不足。鉴于此,基于近期地质调查进展,结合前人基础地质研究成果,探讨了威宁及其邻区祥摆组煤系气地质条件和勘查前景。结果显示,威宁地区祥摆组是一套典型的薄互层煤系,下段潮坪—潟湖相煤系气显示强烈,但煤系储层总体上具有低孔特低渗的特征。单井研究发现,随埋深加大,祥摆组储层吸附气含量存在一个“临界深度”,一旦超过该深度,煤系页岩吸附甲烷含量快速增高,煤层吸附甲烷含量开始降低但其游离气含量可能增大,导致总含气量可能明显增大。综合分析认为,威宁地区祥摆组在埋深大于1500 m之后可能具有综合开发价值,龙街、羊场、海改地、二都、天星洞、玉龙6个深向斜是下一步勘查的重点构造单元,往东可扩展到黔西地区格目底、晴隆、朗岱等较大规模深向斜构造。同时,逆冲推覆构造对祥摆组煤系气保存条件的影响值得高度关注。基于上述分析,提出了落实祥摆组煤系气勘查战略选区的5条原则性建议。     

浅水三角洲物源、砂体构型与储层特征研究——以准噶尔盆地永进—莫西庄地区侏罗系三工河组二段为例

针对准噶尔盆地腹部侏罗系三工河组物源、砂体构型及储层物性认识存在争议的问题,笔者等基于岩芯、录井、钻井等方面的资料,结合前人在准噶尔盆地周缘磷灰石及锆石年龄数据,运用沉积学、层序地层学、沉积盆地分析及储层沉积学的基本原理和方法对三工河组二段物源方向、远近和类型、沉积体系展布、砂体构型及储层物性之间的关系进行了系统的研究。研究表明,在敞流盆地快速抬升/缓慢沉降的构造背景下形成辫状河三角洲退积式沉积序列,在五级层序地层格架中,河道强冲刷叠置砂体见于第1、2砂组,三角洲退积,分支河道强烈冲刷,导致河道砂体叠置,微相类型单一,单砂体厚度向上变薄,砂体全区稳定分布,储集性较好。河道弱冲刷叠置砂体见于第3、5砂组,三角洲退积,分支河道冲刷不明显,形成河道“二元结构”,单砂体厚度向上变薄,粒度变细,储集性好;河口坝组合砂体见于第4砂组,在三角洲退积过程中,水下分流河道末端形成河口坝,总体岩性向上变细,砂体不连续,储集性好,远砂坝席状砂组合砂体见于第6、7砂组,砂体零星分布,储集性很差。在浅水、低可容纳空间、快速抬升/缓慢幕式沉降构造背景之下,浅水三角洲的物源的方向、远近及类型是影响沉积微相展布的关键因素,也是影响砂体构型及其储层物性的物质基础。