砂岩侵入体的形成机制分析*

砂岩侵入体是指深水沉积砂体受到外界的触发,并在一定条件下形成超压,致使上覆弱渗透性沉积物等围岩发生破裂,砂体以流化和液化的形式向周围沉积物产生侵入。砂岩侵入体的形成过程为形成超压、盖层破裂、产生液化和流化、发生侵入。差异压实、地震引发的液化、流体的加入和压力传递等多种因素都可以使砂岩中形成超压,当地层压力达到并超过破裂压力时,发生水力破裂,或地震引起上覆地层破裂,超压砂岩发生流化,侵入到低渗透围岩中。大量未固结的深水沉积砂岩、低-非渗透层的快速覆盖、形成超压的机制和触发事件是砂岩发生侵入的必备条件。     

Enigmatic clastic pipe swarms and implications for fluidization dynamics in aeolian deposits

Soft‐sediment deformation of contorted and massive sandstone is common throughout much of the siliciclastic record, but clastic pipes represent a distinctive class of pressurized synsedimentary features. Remarkable centimetre to metre‐scale clastic pipe exposures in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of Utah (USA) establish a range of pipe sizes, expressions and relationships to the host rock in an erg margin setting, traditionally thought to be just a dry desert system. In particular, the field and laboratory characterizations of cylindrical pipes show internal concentric, annular rings that imply water fluidization, with alignment of long grain axes due to shear flow along pipe margins. Central interior parts of decimetre‐scale pipes appear massive in plan view, but display weakly developed pseudobedding from post‐pressure release, gravitational settling in the cross‐sectional view. Deformation features of conjugate fractures, ring faults, hypotrochoid patterns (geometric arcs and circles) and breccia in the host material reflect both brittle and ductile behaviour in response to the fluidization and injection of the clastic pipes. The stratigraphic context of individual pipes and the stratabound intervals of pipe features imply dynamic deformation nearly coincident with deposition in this Early Jurassic aeolian system related to multiple factors of groundwater expulsion, timing and local host sediment properties that influenced pipe development. Although the pipe features might be easily overlooked as a smaller scale feature of soft‐sediment deformation in dune deposits, these are valuable environmental indications of disrupted fluid pathways within porous, reservoir quality sands, associated with possible combinations of periodic springs, high water‐table conditions and strong ground‐motion events. These pipe examples may be important analogues where exposures are not so clear, with applications to diverse modern and ancient clastic settings internationally on Earth as well as in planetary explorations such as on Mars.     

砂岩侵入复合体的建筑结构要素及其特征

砂岩侵入复合体是指沉积砂质母岩,在未固结时由于某种机制而积累了异常高压,产生液化、流化、再活动,向上覆细粒沉积物侵入的各种砂体的总和。目前已经在全球50多个深水盆地中(Braccinietal,2008)及所有的年代地层中都发现了从毫米到千米级别的砂岩侵入体。砂岩侵入复合体包含母岩、侵入体系和喷出体系三部分,通过对目前报道的一些砂岩侵入复合体实例分析,对其各建筑要素的外部几何形体和边界特征、内部沉积构造和显微结构进行了总结。不规则的几何形态,突变的边界特征,与液化作用相关的无构造砂岩、碟状构造、管状构造以及独特的泥岩碎屑表现出来的粒序性、条带等沉积构造,形状各异的矿物颗粒以及泥岩碎屑中砂岩裂缝切割等显微结构都可以作为识别砂岩侵入复合体的标准。加强砂岩侵入复合体的研究,为侵入圈闭的勘探和开发提供理论基础。     

Clastic injectites,internal structures and flow regime during injection: The Sea Lion Injectite System,North Falkland Basin

This paper details and describes a suite of 143 sub-seismic-scale clastic injectites encountered within the early Cretaceous, early post-rift of the deep-lacustrine North Falkland Basin. The injectites, referred to here as the Sea Lion Injectite System, are encountered below, above and in between the hydrocarbon-bearing, deep-lacustrine turbidite sandstones of the Bleaker 30, Sea Lion North, Sea Lion, Casper and Beverley fans. Sedimentary structures are documented within the injectites including: planar laminations, mud-clast imbrication and clast alignment. Clasts align along centimetre-scale foresets formed through ripple-scale bedform migration in a hydraulically-open fracture. The style of flow within the injectite system is interpreted as initially through fluid turbulence during an open fracture phase, which was followed by a later stage where laminar flow dominated, most likely during the closing phase of the fracture system. The host rocks display evidence for ductile deformation, which along with ptygmatic folding of dykes and internally injected mud-clasts, suggests a period of injection into relatively uncompacted sediments. Evidence for brittle fracturing, in the form of stepped margins may be indicative of a separate phase of emplacement into more-compacted sediments. This variability in deformation styles is related to multi-phased injection episodes into host strata at different stages of consolidation and lithification at shallow burial depths. Injectites have been identified in four stratigraphic groupings: above the Bleaker 30 Fan and within/above the Sea Lion North Fan; within the hydrocarbon-bearing Sea Lion Fan; overlying the Sea Lion Fan; and above/below the hydrocarbon-bearing Casper and Beverley fans. This spatial association with the hydrocarbon-bearing fans of the North Falkland Basin is important, considering the ability of injectite networks to form effective fluid-flow conduits in the subsurface. Consequently, the findings of this study will improve the characterization of sub-seismic scale injectites (and therefore fluid conduits) within otherwise impermeable strata.     

砂岩侵入体系物理模拟实验

近十年来,从露头、地震、岩心和测井曲线等资料中识别出了越来越多的砂岩侵入体。这些砂岩侵入体对油气勘探和开发既有正面影响,也有负面影响,但由于其发育过程和分布的复杂性,使得对于其成因机制和形成过程探讨较少。笔者建立了一套模拟砂岩侵入体系的实验装置,并设计了完整的实验程序,以模拟砂岩侵入体的形成过程,并探索其形成机理。在此基础上,进行了5组实验,分析了顶层沉积物厚度和进水管结构对砂岩侵入体形成的影响。通过对实验结果进行冷冻、切片和照相,将砂岩侵入体的形成过程分为5个阶段,并借助软件对每次实验的模型进行了三维重构,以期为更好地分析砂岩侵入体系的形成机理提供实验基础。