Extensional fault and fold growth: Impact on accommodation evolution and sedimentary infill

Extensional faults and folds exert a fundamental control on the location, thickness and partitioning of sedimentary deposits on rift basins. The connection between the mode of extensional fault reactivation, resulting fault shape and extensional fold growth is well‐established. The impact of folding on accommodation evolution and growth package architecture, however, has received little attention; particularly the role‐played by fault‐perpendicular (transverse) folding. We study a multiphase rift basin with km‐scale fault displacements using a large high‐quality 3D seismic data set from the Fingerdjupet Subbasin in the southwestern Barents Sea. We link growth package architecture to timing and mode of fault reactivation. Dip linkage of deep and shallow fault segments resulted in ramp‐flat‐ramp fault geometry, above which fault‐parallel fault‐bend folds developed. The folds limited the accommodation near their causal faults, leading to deposition within a fault‐bend synclinal growth basin further into the hangingwall. Continued fold growth led to truncation of strata near the crest of the fault‐bend anticline before shortcut faulting bypassed the ramp‐flat‐ramp structure and ended folding. Accommodation along the fault‐parallel axis is controlled by the transverse folds, the location and size of which depends on the degree of linkage in the fault network and the accumulated displacement on causal faults. We construct transverse fold trajectories by tracing transverse fold hinges through space and time to highlight the positions of maximum and minimum accommodation and potential sediment entry points to hangingwall growth basins. The length and shape of the constructed trajectories relate to the displacement on their parent faults, duration of fault activity, timing of transverse basin infill, fault linkage and strain localization. We emphasize that the considerable wavelength, amplitudes and potential periclinal geometry of extensional folds make them viable targets for CO₂ storage or hydrocarbon exploration in rift basins.     

Seismic‐stratigraphic constraints on the age of the Faroe Islands Basalt Group,Faroe–Shetland region,Northeast Atlantic Ocean

Lower Palaeogene extrusive igneous rocks of the Faroe Islands Basalt Group (FIBG) dominate the Faroese continental margin, with flood basalts created at the time of breakup and separation from East Greenland extending eastwards into the Faroe‐Shetland Basin. This volcanic succession was emplaced in connection with the opening of the NE Atlantic; however, consensus on the age and duration of volcanism remains lacking. On the Faroe Islands, the FIBG comprises four main basaltic formations (the pre‐breakup Lopra and Beinisvørð formations, and the syn‐breakup Malinstindur and Enni formations) locally separated by thin intrabasaltic sedimentary and/or volcaniclastic units. Offshore, the distribution of these formations remains ambiguous. We examine the stratigraphic framework of these rocks on the Faroese continental margin combining onshore (published) outcrop information with offshore seismic‐reflection and well data. Our results indicate that on seismic‐reflection profiles, the FIBG can be informally divided into lower and upper seismic‐stratigraphic packages separated by the strongly reflective A‐horizon. The Lower FIBG comprises the Lopra and Beinisvørð formations; the upper FIBG includes the Malinstindur and Enni formations. The strongly reflecting A‐horizon is a consequence of the contrast in properties of the overlying Malinstindur and underlying Beinisvørð formations. Onshore, the A‐horizon is an erosional surface, locally cutting down into the Beinisvørð Formation; offshore, we have correlated the A‐horizon with the Flett unconformity, a highly incised, subaerial unconformity, within the juxtaposed and interbedded sedimentary fill of the Faroe‐Shetland Basin. We refer to this key regional boundary as the A‐horizon/Flett unconformity. The formation of this unconformity represents the transition from the pre‐breakup to the syn‐breakup phase of ocean margin development in the Faroe–Shetland region. We examine the wider implications of this correlation considering existing stratigraphic models for the FIBG, discussing potential sources of uncertainty in the correlation of the lower Palaeogene succession across the Faroe–Shetland region, and implications for the age and duration of the volcanism.     

东营凹陷砂岩透镜体油气成藏机理及有利区预测

近几年济阳坳陷的勘探实践表明, 对岩性油藏的含油性差异、成藏机理尚认识不清, 这制约了隐蔽油气藏的进一步勘探.在东营凹陷145个砂岩透镜体油藏含油性统计分析的基础上, 结合典型透镜体油藏详细解剖和核磁共振物理模拟实验结果综合研究后发现: 砂岩透镜体圈闭形成时的构造和沉积环境、围岩生排烃条件、砂体储集条件是其成藏的主控因素.只有围岩(源岩) 进入供烃门限后, 其与砂体界面处的毛管压力差、烃浓度梯度产生的扩散力和膨胀力3者之和大于砂体中过剩的水向外渗滤遇到的阻力, 即成藏动力大于成藏阻力时, 砂岩透镜体才能成藏.当砂体沉积环境、围岩生排烃条件、砂体自身储集条件3方面均满足一定条件时, 圈闭才具备形成砂岩透镜体油藏的条件, 并且上述3方面条件越优越, 圈闭含油性就越好.用此方法对东营凹陷下第三系沙三中亚段砂岩透镜体油藏的分布进行了预测.      

裂谷盆地构造热演化的数值模型及在南海北部的应用

在沉积盆地的定量模拟研究中,建立各种数值模型是研究的基础。由于裂谷盆地在科学研究和油气勘探上的重要性,对其数值模型的研究一直受到高度重视,提出了众多理论模型。本文选择影响较大的或对南海被动陆缘研究有重要作用的数值型进行介绍,包括最基础的McKenzie瞬时拉伸模型,以及后来发展起来的限时拉伸模型、单剪伸展模型、挠曲悬臂梁模型、伸展随深度变化的模型和多幕拉伸模型。重点介绍各个模型的基本假设、应用条件、盆地演化的数学表达式,分析各模型之间的异同点和相互关系。文中还列举了南海北部的一些研究实例,以帮助深入理解不同数值模型的方法和应用。     

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软流圈

大多数金属矿床的形成直接或间接与岩浆活动有关。岩浆在不同的深度产生,因而带来不同的有用矿物组合。例如,金、银、锡、铜、金刚石、铂族元素等矿床的形成与地幔成因的岩浆有关。有岩浆熔融体产于其中的那一个层称为软流圈。软流圈里发生的过程控制着全球的构造现象、岩浆现象和变质现象。本文用各种方法证实了软流圈的存在。根据最新的观点,软流圈是低粘滞度、低速度、低密度、低质量因数、高塑性、高流动性、高电导性和高地震波能吸收性的一个层。这些特性的异常习性是由于100-300公里深处地幔温度与地幔物质熔化温度互相接近所致。软流圈虽然在全球各地都有记录,但其分布极不均匀。在老构造(如加拿大地盾、波罗的地盾和北美地台)之下,软流圈表现微弱,或者完全缺失。在加拿大地盾和波罗的地盾之下,软流圈厚约加公里。但在现代构造活动区(如贝加尔裂谷带、亚洲-太平洋活动边缘、帕米尔-兴都库什地区)之下,软流圈发育良好,厚约100—200公里。 从贝加尔湖到太平洋的地区是软流圈构造变化最大的地区之一。这里软流圈顶部的深度从,10—20变化到200公里,厚度则达200—400公里。软流圈顶部的最小深度和软流圈的最大厚度见于贝加尔裂谷带和亚洲-太平洋活动边缘。这两处是现代构造活动区。介于其间的地区由?     

盆地演化过程中的扇三角洲

作为构造活动和古地理演变最为敏感产物的三角洲系列(泛指河流三角洲和扇三角洲)广布于不同类型的构造盆地中,盆缘坡度常是构造活动的表现。地貌,扇三角洲的堆叠及其几何学和与之共生的层序组合就成为指示构造活动的一种物理参数。裂谷演化过程中,形成扇三角洲—浊流沉积—辫状河三角洲组合的特殊充填序列。前陆盆地则发育着由深变浅的次深海(或深海)—浅海浊积扇/扇三角洲—海陆过渡—陆上磨拉石组合。走滑拉分盆地中构成特有的歪斜扇体,普遍为向上变粗和变粗又变细的层序。故可以此作为判别古构造性质的物理参数之一。     

大陆裂谷盆地层序地层学的研究

本文以松辽裂谷盆地为例，讨论了层序地层学在陆相湖泊盆地中的应用实例，提出了适用于内陆湖泊盆地的层序地层学的术语和模式。根据大陆裂谷盆地的演化阶段特征，划分为同裂谷沉降超层序和后裂谷沉降超层序，指出两个超层序在形成机制和组份上的差异，并相应建立了两类层序地展模式；根据古湖泊发展过程中出现枯水湖—丰水期—枯水期的周期性演化特点，划分为湖进体系域、湖泛体系域和湖退体系域。