Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 801-815.doi: 10.11743/ogg20210403

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Depositional responses of Xujiahe Formation to the uplifting ofLongmenshan during the Late Triassic, Western Sichuan Depression

Hongde Chen1,2(), Lei Liu1,*(), Liangbiao Lin1,2, Xinglong Wang1, Zhiwei Wang1, Yu Yu2, Jian Zeng2, Pengwei Li3   

  1. 1. Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China
    2. China State Key Laboratoryof Oil & Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China
    3. Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2020-10-20 Online:2021-08-28 Published:2021-08-27
  • Contact: Lei Liu E-mail:chd@cdut.edu.cn;172058088@qq.com

Abstract:

The Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation in Western Sichuan Depression, Sichuan Basin, was deposited against a marine to terrestrial backdrop.With nearby Longmenshan uplifting during the period, the formation received various provenance inputs that led to a complex sandstone distribution and high reservoir heterogeneity.To reveal the distribution of sand bodies as well as the depositional history and response of the formation to the uplifting, we took the second to fourth members as study objects and analyzed their drilling, logging and seismic data.The results suggest that the uplifting of northern Longmenshan with weak extrusion and intense sediment flux led to a major supply of sands from Micangshan-Dabashan during the deposition of the second member.The stacked channels at the transitional delta front show a relative consistency and inheritance, with the main drainage line migrating eastward.The underwater uplifting of northern and middle parts of the mountain with intensive extrusion and weak sediment flux resulted in a supply of sediments from ancient Kangdian land and Micangshan-Dabashan during the deposition of the third member, with deltaic sand bodies mainly distributing in the north and south of the basin and sand bars in the center of the basin.During the deposition of the fourth member, the northern, central and southern parts of the mountain had all been uplifted.And with a weak extrusion and intensive sediment flux, the uplifting introduced a supply of sediments from both Micangshan-Dabashan and Longmenshan, resulting in a wide distribution of lacustrine delta sandstones of NW-SE and NE-SW orientations.It concludes that the uplifting intensity disparity and rising sequence of the different parts of Longmenshan during the episodic extrusion process are probably the joint controlling factors on the depositional processes and accumulation of sediments in the Western Sichuan Depression.

Key words: heterogeneity, sand body distribution, depositional filling, Longmenshan, Xujiahe Formation, Western Sichuan Depression, Sichuan Basin

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