Paleogene Tectonic Evolution Controls on Sequence Stratigraphic Patterns in the Fushan Sag, Northern South China Sea

Guanhong Wang; Hua Wang; Huajun Gan; Entao Liu; Cunyin Xia; Yingdong Zhao; Shanbin Chen; Chengcheng Zhang

doi:10.1007/s12583-015-0645-5

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Guanhong Wang, Hua Wang, Huajun Gan, Entao Liu, Cunyin Xia, Yingdong Zhao, Shanbin Chen, Chengcheng Zhang. Paleogene Tectonic Evolution Controls on Sequence Stratigraphic Patterns in the Fushan Sag, Northern South China Sea. Journal of Earth Science, 2016, 27(4): 654-669. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0645-5

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Guanhong Wang, Hua Wang, Huajun Gan, Entao Liu, Cunyin Xia, Yingdong Zhao, Shanbin Chen, Chengcheng Zhang. Paleogene Tectonic Evolution Controls on Sequence Stratigraphic Patterns in the Fushan Sag, Northern South China Sea. Journal of Earth Science, 2016, 27(4): 654-669. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0645-5

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Guanhong Wang, Hua Wang, Huajun Gan, Entao Liu, Cunyin Xia, Yingdong Zhao, Shanbin Chen, Chengcheng Zhang. Paleogene Tectonic Evolution Controls on Sequence Stratigraphic Patterns in the Fushan Sag, Northern South China Sea. Journal of Earth Science, 2016, 27(4): 654-669. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0645-5

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Paleogene Tectonic Evolution Controls on Sequence Stratigraphic Patterns in the Fushan Sag, Northern South China Sea

doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0645-5

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Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Faculty of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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School of Earth Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
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Exploration and Development Corporation, PetroChina, Guangzhou 510240, China

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Corresponding author: Guanhong Wang, wangguanhong2015@163.com
Received Date: 07 Nov 2014
Accepted Date: 22 Aug 2015
Publish Date: 12 Jul 2016

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Tectonism is of extreme importance to sequence stratigraphic patterns in continental sedimentary basins, affecting both the architectures and internal makeup of sequences. Sequence stratigraphic framework of the Paleogene system in the Fushan sag, northern South China Sea, was built using 3D and 2D seismic data, complemented by drilling cores and well logs data. One first-order, three second-order and seven third-order sequences were identified. Analysis of paleotectonic stress field, unconformities and subsidence history showed that the Paleogene tectonic evolution presented significant characteristics of multistage and episode, and can be divided into three stages: rifting stage Ⅰ (initial rifting period), rifting stage Ⅱ (rapid subsidence period), rifting stage Ⅲ (fault-depressed diversionary period). Partition of the west and east in tectonic activity was obvious. The west area showed relatively stronger tectonic activity than the east area, especially during the rifting stage Ⅱ. Episodic rifting and lateral variations in tectonic activity resulted in a wide variety of structural slope break belts, which controlled both the sequence architectures and interval makeup, and strongly constrained the development of special facies zones or sand bodies that tended to form hydrocarbon accumulation. This paper classifies the genetic types of slope break belts and their relevant sequence stratigraphic patterns within the Fushan sag, and further discusses the tectonic evolution controls on sequence stratigraphic patterns, which suggests that vertical evolution paths of structural slope break belts and relevant sequence stratigraphic patterns as a response to the Paleogene tectonic evolution were strongly controlled by sag margin types and lateral variations of tectonic activity.
- South China Sea,
- Fushan sag,
- tectonic evolution,
- structural slope break belt,
- sequence stratigraphic pattern

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