蒙皂石伊利石化反应机理和框架性行为模式

对珠江口盆地两口钻井95个泥质岩样粘土矿物X衍射分析资料的定量研究表明,若反应是以消耗蒙皂石为代价形成伊利石,则反应符合溶解-沉淀机理,但除此以外,蒙皂石还可以净溶解或新增伊利石层的方式加大I/S比。蒙皂石在渐进成岩过程中的框架性行为模式具有三级控制,按顺序分别由温度、基本离子成分和动力学因素控制特定温度段内蒙皂石行为过程的起始和终结、行为过程的方式和行为过程的速率和程度。渐进成岩过程中I/S比的变化主要与第三级控制有关,而游离状蒙皂石和伊-蒙混层粘土的含量变化则是第二三两级共同控制的结果。     

淄川-博山地区伊利石化高岭石粘土岩地质特征及其应用

论述了淄川-博山一带的伊利石化高岭石粘土岩的区域地质概况及成矿地质条件,按自然分布结合地质情况,划分为3个成矿带,叙述了各成矿带分布及含矿层特征。以南坡矿区为例,详细论述了矿层赋存特征,矿体的规模、厚度及其质量,研究了矿石类型、化学成分及主要物理性能指标,类比研究了加工技术性能,经简单水选即可达到较为理想的选矿指标,具有高效、低成本优势;结合有关研究,认为该类粘土岩是在较高温度条件下由高岭石粘土岩加钾水化转变而成。山东省该类矿床总体勘查程度低,具有较好的找矿潜力,但优质粘土资源找矿难度大。     

The role of tectonic shear strain on the illitization mechanism of mixed-layers illite–smectite. A case study from a fault zone in the Northern Apennines,Italy

The influence of tectonic strain on the diagenetic degree and illitization process of mixed-layers illite–smectite at shallow crustal conditions was studied. For this purpose, the modal composition of clay fraction and illite FWHM parameters of argillites deformed by a regional-scale fault zone were studied in detail by XRD, chemical analyses and by SEM observations. Analyses were performed on deformed samples of the fault rock and compared with the non-deformed rocks off the fault zone. In addition, this paper reports a detailed comparative analysis of deformed (shear surfaces and cleavage domains) and non-deformed domains (lithon cores) of a scaly fabric in the fault rock. A systematic increase in illite concentration, a decrease of Kübler index and FWHM₍₀₀₂₎ values, and an enrichment of K⁺ ions were observed in cleavage domains with respect to the non-deformed sediments off the fault zone and the lithon cores within the fault rock. Migration of K⁺-rich fluids along scaly cleavage domains causes progressive conversion of smectite-rich I–S to illite-rich I–S and thickening of illite crystallites along the c-direction. Changes in mineralogical and crystallographic parameters, therefore, seem to be strongly controlled by shear plane development in highly sheared rocks.     

Compaction of smectite-rich mudstone and its influence on pore pressure in the deepwater Joetsu Basin,Sea of Japan

Pore pressure prediction is needed for drilling deepwater wildcats in the Sea of Japan because it is known from past experience that there can be drilling problems can arise due to overpressure at shallow depths. The “Joetsu Basin” area is located offshore to the southwest of Sado Island on the eastern margin of the Sea of Japan. The sedimentary succession of the Neogene is mainly composed of turbidite sediments which contained smectite-rich mudstones. The cause of overpressure in the study area is expected to be a combination of mechanical disequilibrium compaction and chemical compaction, especially from the illitization of smectite.We have constructed basin models and performed numerical simulations by using 1D and 3D PetroMod to understand clearly the history of fluid flow and overpressure development in the lower Pliocene Shiya Formation and Middle to Upper Miocene Teradomari Formations. A compaction model coupled with both mechanical and chemical compaction for smectite-rich sediments is used for pore pressure calibration. We have examined three key relationships: porosity-effective stress, porosity-permeability, and the kinetics of smectite-illite transformation. We determined the ranges for the parameter values in those relationships that allow a good fit between measured and modelled pore pressures to be obtained. Results showed that for the most likely case, high pore pressure in the Lower and Upper Teradomari developed since 8.5 Ma and 5.5 Ma, respectively. Pore pressures in studied structures have approximately doubled since 1 Ma due to the high deposition rate of the Pleistocene Haizume Formation and smectite-illite transformation in the lower Pliocene-Shiya and Middle to Upper Miocene- Lower and Upperr Teradomari formations. In three cases (high case, most likely case and low case), the overpressures in the Shiya, Upper and Lower Teradomari Formations are less than 1 MPa, 15 and 30 Ma, respectively.The results provide a basis for planning future wells in the “Joetsu Basin” area and in other basins where geological conditions are similar, i.e., deepwater, high sedimentation rate, high geothermal gradient and smectite-rich sediments.     

Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal alteration and episyenitization in the Königshain granites, northern Bohemian Massif, Germany

The late-Hercynian granites of Königshain underwent multistage hydrothermal processes. Extensive high-temperature late-magmatic alteration is, for example, indicated by low Zr/Hf and an REE pattern displaying the tetrad effect. Intensive post-magmatic alteration of the granite occurred along brittle structures. At least two main stages of post-magmatic hydrothermal alteration are involved. The first high-temperature stage, which is characterized by albitization and/or quartz leaching (episyenitization), resulted from fluid–rock interaction with late-magmatic fluids that very probably mixed with external low-salinity fluids. Quartz dissolution was triggered by vapour condensation and/or the cooling of these fluids (below 450??°C) along brittle structures. The high porosity resulting from quartz leaching during stage 1 assisted subsequent circulation of low-temperature fluids at stage 2; the latter is characterized by the chloritization and illitization of episyenites. Almost all major and trace elements were enriched or depleted during one of the main alteration stages. However, Zr, Hf, Th, and Ti were immobile during post-magmatic alteration. The significant depletion of LREE and the enrichment of HREE in albitized samples is controlled by the dissolution of monazite and the new formation of HREE-rich polycrase-(Y) or aeschynite-(Y) during post-magmatic stage 1. Negative Ce anomalies of episyenites are associated with illitization and suggest oxidizing conditions during stage 2.     

A technique for modeling transport/conversion processes applied to smectite-to-illite conversion in HLW buffers

This paper describes an application of a technique developed for modeling chemical processes in buffer materials that are controlled by a reaction rate and by the transport of one component, which is essential for the process in question to occur. The application described here is the illitization of smectite by fixation of potassium ions in cation exchange positions, and with diffusion of dissolved potassium being the transport process. The technique is verified by comparison with analytical solutions. An overview, based on small models, is given which outlines under what constellations of assumptions the time scale for conversion of the buffer is controlled by reaction rate parameters and under which conditions transport controls this time scale. Examples are given of calculations performed for deposition holes, with potassium being supplied from the surroundings to the upper parts of the highly compacted bentonite buffer. It is concluded that restrictions in nearfield transport capacity have a very significant effect on the conversion time scale. Towards the end of the heating period about 98% of the smectite is found to remain, even for reaction rates and buffer transport conditions that would have left only 10% of the smectite unconverted without nearfield transport restrictions. It is also concluded that the modeling technique can be applied to other, similar, transport/conversion processes.     

淄川—博山地区伊利石化高岭石粘土岩地质特征及其应用

论述了淄川—博山一带的伊利石化高岭石粘土岩的区域地质概况及成矿地质条件,按自然分布结合地质情况,划分为3个成矿带,叙述了各成矿带分布及含矿层特征。以南坡矿区为例,详细论述了矿层赋存特征,矿体的规模、厚度及其质量,研究了矿石类型、化学成分及主要物理性能指标,类比研究了加工技术性能,经简单水选即可达到较为理想的选矿指标,具有高效、低成本优势;结合有关研究,认为该类粘土岩是在较高温度条件下由高岭石粘土岩加钾水化转变而成。山东省该类矿床总体勘查程度低,具有较好的找矿潜力,但优质粘土资源找矿难度大。     

Influence of detrital composition on the diagenetic history of tight sandstones with implications for reservoir quality: Examples from the Permian Xiashihezi Formation and Carboniferous Taiyuan Formation,Daniudi gas field,Ordos Basin,China

Tight-gas reservoirs, characterized by low porosity and low permeability, are widely considered to be the product of post-depositional, diagenetic processes associated with progressive burial. This study utilizes a combination of thin section petrography, scanning electron microscopy, microprobe and back scatter electron analysis, stable isotope geochemistry and fluid inclusion analysis to compare the diagenetic history, including porosity formation, within sandstones of the second member of Carboniferous Taiyuan Formation (C₃t₂) and the first member of Permian Xiashihezi Formation (P₁x₁) in the Ordos Basin in central China.In the P₁x₁ member, relatively high abundances of metamorphic rock fragments coupled with a braided river and lacustrine delta environment of deposition, produced more smectite for transformation to illite (50–120 °C). This reaction was driven by dissolution of unstable minerals (K-feldspar and rock fragments) during the early to middle stages of mesodiagenesis and consumed all K-feldspar. Abundant intragranular porosity (average values of 2.8%) and microporosity in kaolinite (average values of 1.5%) formed at these burial depths with chlorite and calcite developed as by-products.In the C₃t₂ member, relatively low abundances of metamorphic rock fragments coupled with an incised valley-coastal plain environment of deposition resulted in less smectite for transformation to illite. High K⁺/H⁺ ratios in the early pore waters related to a marine sedimentary environment of deposition promoted this reaction. Under these conditions, K-feldspar was partially preserved. During the middle to late stages of mesodiagenesis, K-feldspar breakdown produced secondary intragranular (average values of 1.4%) and intergranular pores (average values of 1.2%). Release of K⁺ ions promoted illitization of kaolinite with quartz overgrowths and ferrous carbonates developed as by-products.This study has demonstrated that whereas both members are typical tight-gas sandstones, they are characterized by quite different diagenetic histories controlled by the primary detrital composition, especially during mesodiagenesis. Types of secondary porosity vary between the two members and developed at different stages of progressive burial. The content of unstable detrital components, notably feldspar, was the key factor that determined the abundance of secondary porosity.