Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (1): 49-56.doi: 10.11743/ogg20050107

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Modelling of burial and hydrocarbon-generation histories of Meso-Paleozoic marine residual basins in South Yellow Sea and its geologic significance

Dai Chunshan, Yang Yanqiu, Yan Guijing   

  1. Qingdao Marine Geology Research Institute, Qingdao, Shandong
  • Received:2005-01-16 Online:2005-02-25 Published:2012-01-16

Abstract:

Taking the Upper Permian Dalong-Longtan Formations and the Lower Triassic Qinglong Formation in the southern part of South Yellow Sea as examples, it is discusses exploration and appraisal methods of this remnant marine basin. According to analysis, the residual basin was formed during Indosinian and early Yanshanian. It was composed of a series of thrusted anticline-horst zones and was connected with the Nanjing-Anfeng ramp zone. It experienced three evolutionary stages, including craton formation, compressional thrusting and chasmic strike slipping, which resulted in two hydrocarbon generation modes, with Dalong-Longtan Formations and Qinglong Formation to be the source rocks, respectively. The former has been deeply buried and accompanied by hydrocarbon generation just for one time, just like those in Wunansha uplift, where the buried hill oil and gas reservoirs would be the main exploration targets. The latter has been deeply buried twice and each to be accompanied by hydrocarbon generation, just as those in the southern downwarping region, where several marine and continental petroleum systems and oil and gas accumulations might have been developed.

Key words: Meso-Paleozoic, residual basin, burial and hydrocarbon-generation history, South Yellow Sea

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