LA-ICPMS <i>in-situ</i> U-Pb Geochronology of Low-Uranium Carbonate Minerals and Its Application to Reservoir Diagenetic Evolution Studies

Entao Liu; Jian-Xin Zhao; Hua Wang; Songqi Pan; Yuexing Feng; Qianglu Chen; Faye Liu; Jiasheng Xu

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Entao Liu, Jian-Xin Zhao, Hua Wang, Songqi Pan, Yuexing Feng, Qianglu Chen, Faye Liu, Jiasheng Xu. LA-ICPMS in-situ U-Pb Geochronology of Low-Uranium Carbonate Minerals and Its Application to Reservoir Diagenetic Evolution Studies. Journal of Earth Science, 2021, 32(4): 872-879. doi: 10.1007/s12583-020-1084-5

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Entao Liu, Jian-Xin Zhao, Hua Wang, Songqi Pan, Yuexing Feng, Qianglu Chen, Faye Liu, Jiasheng Xu. LA-ICPMS in-situ U-Pb Geochronology of Low-Uranium Carbonate Minerals and Its Application to Reservoir Diagenetic Evolution Studies. Journal of Earth Science, 2021, 32(4): 872-879. doi: 10.1007/s12583-020-1084-5

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LA-ICPMS in-situ U-Pb Geochronology of Low-Uranium Carbonate Minerals and Its Application to Reservoir Diagenetic Evolution Studies

doi: 10.1007/s12583-020-1084-5

Entao Liu^{1, 2, 3, 4
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Jian-Xin Zhao^{4, 5
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Hua Wang⁴,
Songqi Pan⁶,
Yuexing Feng⁵,
Qianglu Chen¹,
Faye Liu⁵,
Jiasheng Xu³

1.
State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanisms and Effective Development, Beijing 100083, China
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Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Depositional Mineralization; Sedimentary Minerals, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
3.
Hubei Key Laboratory of Marine Geological Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Radiogenic Isotope Facility, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld 4072, Australia
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PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration; Development, Beijing 100083, China

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Corresponding author: Entao Liu, liuentao@cug.edu.cn
Received Date: 27 May 2020
Accepted Date: 21 Aug 2020
Publish Date: 16 Aug 2021

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Abstract

Reconstruction of the diagenetic evolution of reservoirs is one of the most significant tasks in oil and gas exploration and development. Assessing the accurate timing of diagenetic events is critical to better understand the process of reservoir evolution, but the isotope dating of diagenetic events is technically challenging. This paper uses three case studies in the sedimentary basins in China to demonstrate the promising application of recently developed LA-(MC)-ICPMS in-situ U-Pb geochronology. Our results show that the new U-Pb dating method provides a reliable and efficient chronological approach to determine the absolute ages of diagenetic events. For example, the U-Pb age data of the Cambrian carbonate reservoir in the Tarim Basin reveals three diagenetic events at 526±14, 515±21, and 481±4.6 Ma, respectively. It is worth noting that microscopic observations are particularly important for improving the success rate of U-Pb dating. In addition, the recent progress and future prospects in the in-situ U-Pb dating method are also discussed in this study, suggesting that this method is currently hindered by the lack of international carbonate standards for data correction.
- LA-ICPMS U-Pb geochronology,
- carbonate minerals,
- diagenetic evolution,
- reservoir,
- sedimentary basin

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