Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 777-786.doi: 10.11743/ogg20110517

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Structural properties and interpretation methods of the Tazhong Low Salient

Guan Shuwei1, Yang Haijun2, Han Jianfa2, Li Benliang1, Luo Chunshu2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Basin Structure and Petroleum Accumulation,PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development,Beijing 100083,China;
    2. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company,Korla,Xinjiang 841000,China
  • Received:2010-09-25 Revised:2011-09-01 Online:2011-10-28 Published:2011-12-16

Abstract:

Tazhong low salient is part of the foreland thrusting system in the southeastern Tarim Basin from Middle Ordovician to early Late Devonian.During this geologic period,the faults in Tazhong area were dominated by north-dipping and thrusts,and might intersected the deep north-thrusting major fault,forming a north-propagating wedge structure front.The low salient in Tazhong area experienced multistage tectonic movements,resulting in different structural geometries in different stratigraphic units.For example,NW-trending compressional fault-related folds dominate the Sinian-Ordovician structural layer;NE-trending negative flow structures and pull-apart grabens are predominant in the Silurian-Devonian structural layer;while positive flow structures and collapse structures resulted from magma invasion or diaper are prevalent in the Carboniferous-Permian structural layer.The early structures are commonly destroyed by the later structures duo to multistage faulting,making it difficult to identifying them on seismic section.Therefore,structure interpretation should be based on the seismic profiles with approximate the same vertical and horizontal scales,so as to correctly define the deformation features in these structural layers and extrapolate into areas where seismic data quality is low.

Key words: structural property, forebulge, structural layer, fault interpretation, Tazhong Low Salient area

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