Yang Wei, Wei Guoqi, Wang Qinghua, et al. Two types of Cambrian source rocks and related petroleum systems in Tarim basin[J]. 2004, 25(3): 263-267.DOI: 10.11743/ogg20040305.
are among the main source rocks in Tarim basin.The mud shales
developed in an under-compensation environment
are mainly distributed in the eastern part of the basin and have an average TOC of 1.87% and an effective thickness ranging from 120m to 415m;while the carbonates
developed in an intra-platform evaporative lagoonal environment
are mainly distributed in the western part of the basin and have an average TOC of 0.42% and an effective thickness between 288m and 324m.The two types of source rocks gave rise to different petroleum systems.The hydrocarbon generating center of the petroleum system with basin facies mud shales to be the source rocks
was located in Manjiaer sag
and the reservoirs are mainly Cambrian-Ordovician carbonates and Silurian
Carboniferous
Triassic and Jurassic sandstones;while that of the petroleum system with the platform facies carbonates to be the source rocks might be located in Bachu high and the surrounding area
and the reservoirs are mainly Lower Ordovician and Carboniferous.