Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 811-823, 890.doi: 10.11743/ogg20200414

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Formation mechanism and environmental evolution of fine-grained sedimentary rocks from the second member of Kongdian Formation in the Cangdong Sag, Bohai Bay Basin

Yuan Deng1(), Shiyue Chen1, Xiugang Pu2, Jihua Yan1, Jia Chen3   

  1. 1. School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum(East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China
    2. Dagang Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Tianjin 300280, China
    3. China University of Petroleum(Beijing), Karamay, Xinjiang 834000, China
  • Received:2018-11-19 Online:2020-08-01 Published:2020-08-11

Abstract:

The development of unconventional oil and gas has triggered an upsurge of research in fine-grained sedimentary rocks.However, more research on the formation mechanism and depositional environment of lacustrine fine-grained sedimentary rocks is still needed.Through detailed description of core, thin section identification, X-ray diffraction analysis, automated mineral identification and characterization system (AMICS) and geochemical analysis, this paper establishes a classification scheme for lithofacies based on rock types and sedimentary structures.Fine-grained sedimentary rocks in the second member of the Kongdian Formation in the Cangdong Sag of Bohai Bay Basin was divided into five lithofacies: the laminated felsic fine-grained sedimentary rocks, massive mixed fine-grained sedimentary rocks, laminated mixed fine-grained sedimentary rocks, laminated dolomite and massive dolomite.The depositional environment and formation mechanism of each lithofacies type were analyzed.Four types of lithofacies assemblages were identified based on the superimposition patterns of different lithofacies.These assemblages vary in climate conditions, water body characteristics and terrigenous clastic input; and correspond to four depositional modes characterized respectively by intensive terrigenous sediment input, seasonal climate influence, semiarid seasonal influence, and prolonged arid.Analyses of the classification and geochemical indexes of the lithofacies assemblages show that the depositional environment in the second member of the Kongdian Formation can be divided into three stages from bottom to top: the seasonal climate stage from Ek2(4) to Ek2(3), the humid climate stage for Ek2(2) and the arid-humid transitory stage for Ek2(1).

Key words: fine-grained sedimentary rock, lithofacies, formation mechanism, depositional environment, Cangdong Sag, Bohai Bay Basin

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