Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 670-678.doi: 10.11743/ogg20140512

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Comparison between shelf-margin delta of 21 Ma and 13.8 Ma in Pearl River Mouth Basin

Yi Xuefei1, Zhang Changmin2, Li Shaohua2, Du Jiayuan2,3, Luo Ming3, Li Xiangyang4   

  1. 1. Hubei Cooperative Innovation Center of Unconventional Oil and Gas, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Resources and Exploration, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China;
    3. Shenzhen Branch of CNOOC Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510240, China;
    4. Nuclear Industry Geological Survey of Henan Province, Xinyang, Henan 464000, China
  • Received:2013-09-28 Revised:2014-08-18 Online:2014-10-08 Published:2014-10-17

Abstract:

Shelf-margin delta,an important type in the dynamic classification of delta,has become the focus of science researches and hot spot in oil & gas exploration.According to the driving factors,shelf-margin delta can be categorized into two types,namely sediment supply-driving delta and accommodation-driving delta.The Pearl River Mouth Basin had favorable geological condition for shelf-margin delta development at 21 Ma and 13.8 Ma.Shelf-margin deltas(21 Ma and 13.8 Ma)are analyzed in respects of topography,relative sea-level change and sediment supply through integration of well logging,logging curves and seismic data.The forming condition analysis shows that the delta at 21 Ma is of sediment supply-dri-ving type,while the delta at 13.8 Ma is of accommodation-driving type.Although SQ2 and SQ9 are obviously different in respects of topography,relative sea-level change and sediment supply,they both are type I sequences,and have well-developed lowstand fans,shelf-margin delta and delta-front slumping deposits,which belonging to stable shelf-margin deltas.

Key words: sediment supply-driving type, accommodation-driving type, slope break, shelf-margin delta, Pearl River Mouth Basin

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