Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 437-446.doi: 10.11743/ogg20150312

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Sequence stratigraphy and depositional system of the Baiyanghe Formation in the Laojunmiao structural belt,Yumen oilfield,Jiuxi Basin,Northwest China

Yu Chen1,2, Wu Shenhe1,2, Du Wenbo3, Yue Dali1,2, Chen Cheng1,2, Qin Guoshen1,2   

  1. 1. College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China;
    3. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Yumen Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Jiuquan, Gansu 735200, China
  • Received:2014-07-21 Online:2015-06-08 Published:2015-07-24

Abstract:

Sequence-stratigraphic and sedimentologic theories and methods were employed in the study of sequence stratigraphic features and sedimentary system distributions in the Baiyanghe Formaiton of the Laojunmiao structural belt in Yumen oilfield, Jiuxi Basin, northwestern China.Data gathered through core and outsrrop observation and analyses, drilling and logging, and sesimic events, were resorted to establish sequence stratigraphic framework, determine the types and distribution of sedimenatry facies, and understand evolution pattern and controlling factors in the Formation.The result shows that the Formation can be described as a complete three-order sequence, which can be divided into 7 quasi-sequence sets.Sedimentary facies including alluvial fans, braided rivers, braided river deltas and lake depostis, were recognized in the sequence.Depositional facies varied vertically from alluvial fans to braided river delta and then to lake flooding mudstone and finally to delta.Horizontally, the facies presents itself as a near southeast-northwest sedimenatry system-a sedimentary sequence of water transgression and regression.Paleogeomorphology controlled the distribution of the sediments of lowstand system tract of the three-order sequence and climate affected the types of sediments and controlled the superimposed style and evolution pattern of the sediment in the Formation.

Key words: Baiyanghe Formation, sequence stratigraphy, depositional system, Laojunmiao structural belt, Yumen oilfield, Jiuxi Basin

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