| Citation: | Renchao Yang, Yang Li, Aiping Fan, Nils Lenhardt, Shuvabrata De, Jie Chen. Syndepositional Fault Control on Sandbody Distribution at Two Eocene Confluence Deltas in the Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin (Eastern China). Journal of Earth Science, 2023, 34(4): 1095-1111. doi: 10.1007/s12583-022-1710-5
|
The prediction of sandstone distribution is the main target for hydrocarbon exploration and petroleum reservoir engineering, especially in a rift basin with a complex geological setting. During the Middle Eocene, the Dongying and Yong'an deltas converged in the Dongying depression of the Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China. So far, studies on the control of the existing syndepositional faults on the deltaic sandbodies of the two confluence deltas have been largely neglected. In this contribution, the sedimentary characteristics and spatial distribution of the two deltas, converging in the Dongying depression, were determined. In addition, the morphodynamic controlling factors of the deposits of the two deltas were identified based on core examination, log analysis, and seismic data analysis. During delta progradation, the sandbodies of the initially separated deltas were affected by the development of syndepositional tensional faults, which eventually also influenced the distribution of the sandstone reservoirs. The results of this study can not only be applied to petroleum reservoir engineering but also provide important new information for the studies on delta sandbody all over the world.
| Allen, M. B., Macdonald, D. I. M., Zhao, X., et al., 1997. Early Cenozoic Two-Phase Extension and Late Cenozoic Thermal Subsidence and Inversion of the Bohai Basin, Northern China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 14(7/8): 951–972. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0264-8172(97)00027-5 |
| Armstrong, C., Mohrig, D., Hess, T., et al., 2014. Influence of Growth Faults on Coastal Fluvial Systems: Examples from the Late Miocene to Recent Mississippi River Delta. Sedimentary Geology, 301: 120–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.06.010 |
| Bi, J. F., Wang, S. Z., Yang, P. J., 2011. Application of Wheeler Transforming Technology in Seismic Sedimentology—Case of Sedimentary System of Dongying Delta. Petroleum Geology and Recovery Efficiency, 18(6): 53–55. http://dx.chinadoi.cn/10.13673/j.cnki.cn37-1359/te.2011.06.004 (in Chinese with English Abstract) doi: 10.13673/j.cnki.cn37-1359/te.2011.06.004 |
| Bowman, A. P., Johnson, H. D., 2014. Storm-Dominated Shelf-Edge Delta Successions in a High Accommodation Setting: The Palaeo-Orinoco Delta (Mayaro Formation), Columbus Basin, South-East Trinidad. Sedimentology, 61(3): 792–835. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12080 |
| Cao, Y. C., Wang, Y. Z., Gluyas, J. G., et al., 2018. Depositional Model for Lacustrine Nearshore Subaqueous Fans in a Rift Basin: The Eocene Shahejie Formation, Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China. Sedimentology, 65(6): 2117–2148. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12459 |
| Cao, Y. C., Yuan, G. H., Li, X. Y., et al., 2014. Characteristics and Origin of Abnormally High Porosity Zones in Buried Paleogene Clastic Reservoirs in the Shengtuo Area, Dongying Sag, East China. Petroleum Science, 11(3): 346–362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-014-0349-y |
| Carroll, A. R., Bohacs, K. M., 1999. Stratigraphic Classification of Ancient Lakes: Balancing Tectonic and Climatic Controls. Geology, 27(2): 99. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1999)0270099:scoalb>2.3.co;2 doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)0270099:scoalb>2.3.co;2 |
| Chen, J., Liu, C. H., Tan, M. Y., et al., 2016. Depositional Model of Prograding Delta Confluences: Take the Es3m Members in the Paleogene Dongying Sag as an Example. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 34(6): 1187–1197. http://dx.chinadoi.cn/10.14027/j.cnki.cjxb.2016.06.016 (in Chinese with English Abstract) doi: 10.14027/j.cnki.cjxb.2016.06.016 |
| Chen, S. Y., Zhang, S., Wang, Y. S., et al., 2016. Lithofacies Types and Reservoirs of Paleogene Fine-Grained Sedimentary Rocks Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 43(2): 218–229. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1876-3804(16)30025-8 |
| Chen, S., Wang, H., Wu, Y. P., et al., 2014. Stratigraphic Architecture and Vertical Evolution of Various Types of Structural Slope Breaks in Paleogene Qikou Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, Northeastern China. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 122: 567–584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2014.07.003 |
| Cheng, L. X., Wang, L. J., Luo, Y. P., 2020. Research about Distal-Basin Shallow-River Fluvial-Dominated Delta Mode of Xiaoheba Formation of Silurian of Southeastern Sichuan Basin and Thinking about Oil and Gas Exploration. Petroleum, 6(3): 234–245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petlm.2020.05.001 |
| Dong, W., Lin, C. S., Eriksson, K. A., et al., 2011. Depositional Systems and Sequence Architecture of the Oligocene Dongying Formation, Liaozhong Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, Northeast China. AAPG Bulletin, 95(9): 1475–1493. https://doi.org/10.1306/01281110074 |
| Dou, L. X., Hou, J. G., Zhang, L., et al., 2020. Distribution Pattern of Deltaic Sand Bodies Controlled by Syn-Depositional Faults in a Rift Lacustrine Basin. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 47(3): 572–584. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1876-3804(20)60074-X |
| Feng, Y. L., Jiang, S., Hu, S. Y., et al., 2016. Sequence Stratigraphy and Importance of Syndepositional Structural Slope-Break for Architecture of Paleogene Syn-Rift Lacustrine Strata, Bohai Bay Basin, E. China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 69: 183–204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.10.013 |
| Gumati, M. S., 2022. Seismic Evidence for the Syndepositional Fault Activity Controls on Geometry and Facies Distribution Patterns of Cenomanian (Lidam) Reservoir, Dahra Platform, Sirt Basin, Libya. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 136: 105471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105471 |
| Guo, X. W., He, S., Liu, K. Y., et al., 2010. Oil Generation as the Dominant Overpressure Mechanism in the Cenozoic Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, China. AAPG Bulletin, 94(12): 1859–1881. https://doi.org/10.1306/05191009179 |
| Hao, Y. Q., Chen, F. K., Zhu, J. Q., et al., 2014. Reservoir Space of the Es33-Es41 Shale in Dongying Sag. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 24(4): 425–431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2014.05.002 |
| Hardin, F. R., Hardin, G. C., 1961. Contemporaneous Normal Faults of Gulf Coast and Their Relation to Flexures. AAPG Bulletin, 45(2): 238–248. https://doi.org/10.1306/0bda633b-16bd-11d7-8645000102c1865d |
| Hsiao, L. Y., Graham, S. A., Tilander, N., 2004. Seismic Reflection Imaging of a Major Strike-Slip Fault Zone in a Rift System: Paleogene Structure and Evolution of the Tan-Lu Fault System, Liaodong Bay, Bohai, Offshore China. AAPG Bulletin, 88(1): 71–97. https://doi.org/10.1306/09090302019 |
| Hu, S. B., O'Sullivan, P. B., Raza, A., et al., 2001. Thermal History and Tectonic Subsidence of the Bohai Basin, Northern China: A Cenozoic Rifted and Local Pull-Apart Basin. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 126(3/4): 221–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00257-6 |
| Jiang, Z. X., Liu, H., Zhang, S. W., et al., 2011. Sedimentary Characteristics of Large-Scale Lacustrine Beach-Bars and Their Formation in the Eocene Boxing Sag of Bohai Bay Basin, East China. Sedimentology, 58(5): 1087–1112. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01196.x |
| Jin, Z. J., Zhu, R. K., Liang, X. P., et al., 2021. Several Issues Worthy of Attention in Current Lacustrine Shale Oil Exploration and Development. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 48(6): 1471–1484. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1876-3804(21)60303-8 |
| Kang, Y. S., Li, P. J., Qi, X. F., et al., 2012. Mechanism of Petroleum Migration and Accumulation in Western China's Superposed Basins. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 22(2): 267–271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2012.03.005 |
| Li, Y. J., Zhao, Y., Yang, R. C., et al., 2010. Detailed Sedimentary Facies of a Sandstone Reservoir in the Eastern Zone of the Sulige Gas Field, Ordos Basin. Mining Science and Technology (China), 20(6): 891–903. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1674-5264(09)60302-1 |
| Lin, C. S., Eriksson, K., Li, S. T., et al., 2001. Sequence Architecture, Depositional Systems, and Controls on Development of Lacustrine Basin Fills in Part of the Erlian Basin, Northeast China. AAPG Bulletin, 85: 2017–2043. https://doi.org/10.1306/8626d0db-173b-11d7-8645000102c1865d |
| Liu, H. M., Zhang, S., Wang, X. J., et al., 2023. Types and Characteristics of Shale Lithofacies Combinations in Continental Faulted Basins: A Case Study from Upper Sub-Member of Es4 in Dongying Sag, Jiyang Depression. Earth Science, 48(1): 30–48 (in Chinese with English Abstract) |
| Liu, J. P., Xian, B. Z., Ji, Y. L., et al., 2020. Alternating of Aggradation and Progradation Dominated Clinothems and Its Implications for Sediment Delivery to Deep Lake: The Eocene Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 114: 104197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104197 |
| Liu, J., Cao, Y. C., Fan, T. L., et al., 2013. Sequence Stratigraphy and Modeling of Sand Bodies Distribution in Yong'anzhen. Petroleum Geology and Recovery Efficiency, 20(6): 23–28. http://dx.chinadoi.cn/10.13673/j.cnki.cn37-1359/te.2013.06.006 (in Chinese with English abstract) doi: 10.13673/j.cnki.cn37-1359/te.2013.06.006 |
| Martini, I., Sandrelli, F., 2015. Facies Analysis of a Pliocene River-Dominated Deltaic Succession (Siena Basin, Italy): Implications for the Formation and Infilling of Terminal Distributary Channels. Sedimentology, 62(1): 234–265. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12147 |
| Meng, T., Liu, P., Qiu, L. W., et al., 2017. Formation and Distribution of the High Quality Reservoirs in a Deep Saline Lacustrine Basin: A Case Study from the Upper Part of the 4th Member of Paleogene Shahejie Formation in Bonan Sag, Jiyang Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 44(6): 948–959. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1876-3804(17)30107-6 |
| Mulrooney, M. J., Rismyhr, B., Yenwongfai, H. D., et al., 2018. Impacts of Small-Scale Faults on Continental to Coastal Plain Deposition: Evidence from the Realgrunnen Subgroup in the Goliat Field, Southwest Barents Sea, Norway. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 95: 276–302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.04.023 |
| Nazeer, A., Abbasi, S. A., Solangi, S. H., 2016. Sedimentary Facies Interpretation of Gamma Ray (GR) Log as Basic Well Logs in Central and Lower Indus Basin of Pakistan. Geodesy and Geodynamics, 7(6): 432–443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geog.2016.06.006 |
| Ocamb, R. D., 1961. Growth Faults of South Louisiana. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, 11: 139–175 |
| Petit, J. P., Beauchamp, J., 1986. Synsedimentary Faulting and Palaeocurrent Patterns in the Triassic Sandstones of the High Atlas (Morocco). Sedimentology, 33(6): 817–829. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1986.tb00984.x |
| Pickering, K. T., 1983. Small Scale Syn-Sedimentary Faults in the Upper Jurassic 'Boulder Beds'. Scottish Journal of Geology, 19(2): 169–181. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg19020169 |
| Shanley, K. W, McCabe, P. J., 1994. Perspectives on the Sequence Stratigraphy of Continental Strata. AAPG Bulletin, 78: 544–568. https://doi.org/10.1306/bdff9258-1718-11d7-8645000102c1865d |
| Song, F., Su, N. N., Yang, S. C., et al., 2018. Sedimentary Characteristics of Thick Layer Lacustrine Beach-Bars in the Cenozoic Banqiao Sag of the Bohai Bay Basin, East China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 151: 73–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.10.026 |
| Song, G. Z., Li, Z. X., Yang, H. Z., et al., 2021. Control Effects of the Synsedimentary Faults on the Basin-Marginal Fans in the Central Part of the Deep-Water Area of Early Oligocene Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 40(2): 54–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-021-1749-7 |
| Teng, J. B., Liu, H. M., Qiu, L. W., et al., 2020. Sedimentary and Diagenetic Characteristics of Lacustrine Fine-Grained Hybrid Rock in Paleogene Formation in Dongying Sag. Earth Science, 45(10): 3808–3826. (in Chinese with English Abstract) |
| Uroza, C. A., Steel, R. J., 2008. A Highstand Shelf-Margin Delta System from the Eocene of West Spitsbergen, Norway. Sedimentary Geology, 203(3/4): 229–245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.12.003 |
| Wang, X. X., Liu, Y. M., Hou, J. G., et al., 2020. The Relationship between Synsedimentary Fault Activity and Reservoir Quality—A Case Study of the Ek1 Formation in the Wang Guantun Area, China. Interpretation, 8(3): SM15–SM24. https://doi.org/10.1190/int-2019-0131.1 |
| Wang, Y. S., Hao, X. F., Hu, Y., 2018. Orderly Distribution and Differential Enrichment of Hydrocarbon in Oil-Rich Sags: A Case Study of Dongying Sag, Jiyang Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 45(5): 840–850. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1876-3804(18)30087-9 |
| Wang, Y. Z., Cao, Y. C., Zhang, S. M., et al., 2016. Genetic Mechanisms of Secondary Pore Development Zones of Es4x in the North Zone of the Minfeng Sag in the Dongying Depression, East China. Petroleum Science, 13(1): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-016-0076-7 |
| Warke, M. R., Schröder, S., 2018. Synsedimentary Fault Control on the Deposition of the Duitschland Formation (South Africa): Implications for Depositional Settings, Paleoproterozoic Stratigraphic Correlations, and the GOE. Precambrian Research, 310: 348–364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2018.03.001 |
| Wu, D., Zhu, X. M., Su, Y. D., et al., 2015. Tectono-Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Lower Cretaceous Abu Gabra Formation in the Fula Sub-Basin, Muglad Basin, Southern Sudan. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 67: 286–306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.05.024 |
| Xian, B. Z., Liu, J. P., Wang, J. H., et al., 2018. Using of Stratal Slicing in Delineating Delta-Turbidite Systems in Eocene Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin: Insights for the Evolution of Multi-Source Delta-Turbidite Systems in a Fourth Order Sequence. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 168: 495–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2018.05.043 |
| Xue, Y. A., Zhao, M., Liu, X. J., 2021. Reservoir Characteristics and Controlling Factors of the Metamorphic Buried Hill of Bozhong Sag, Bohai Bay Basin. Journal of Earth Science, 32(4): 919–926. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-021-1415-1 |
| Yang, R. C., He, Z. L., Qiu, G. Q., et al., 2014. A Late Triassic Gravity Flow Depositional System in the Southern Ordos Basin. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 41(6): 724–733. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1876-3804(14)60086-0 |
| Yang, T., Cao, Y. C., Wang, Y. Z., et al., 2016. The Coupling of Dynamics and Permeability in the Hydrocarbon Accumulation Period Controls the Oil-Bearing Potential of Low Permeability Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Low Permeability Turbidite Reservoirs in the Middle Part of the Third Member of Shahejie Formation in Dongying Sag. Petroleum Science, 13(2): 204–224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-016-0099-0 |
| Ye, X. S., Wang, W. F., Dai, J. H., et al., 2006. Characteristics of the Fault Activities in Dongying Depression and Their Controling Effects on Sediment. Journal of Xi'an Shiyou University, 21(5): 19–33. http://dx.chinadoi.cn/10.3969/j.issn.1673-064X.2006.05.006 (in Chinese with English Abstract) doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-064X.2006.05.006 |
| Zahid, M. A., Dong, C. M., Lin, C. Y., et al., 2016. Sequence Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Facies and Reservoir Quality of Es4s, Southern Slope of Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 77: 448–470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.06.026 |
| Zavala, C., Arcuri, M., 2016. Intrabasinal and Extrabasinal Turbidites: Origin and Distinctive Characteristics. Sedimentary Geology, 337: 36–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.03.008 |
| Zhang, M. L., Lin, C. S., Jiang, Z. L., et al., 2021. Depositional Styles of Deltaic Systems from the Inner Shelf to Shelf Edge and Their Controlling Processes: A Case Study from the Upper Oligocene to Lower Miocene in the Pearl River Mouth Basin. Sedimentary Geology, 423: 105970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.105970 |
| Zhang, X. W., Scholz, C. A., 2015. Turbidite Systems of Lacustrine Rift Basins: Examples from the Lake Kivu and Lake Albert Rifts, East Africa. Sedimentary Geology, 325: 177–191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.06.003 |
| Zhao, M. W., 1989. Discussion on the Growth Index of Fault. Petroleum Geology & Experiment, 3: 250–254. http://dx.chinadoi.cn/10.11781/sysydz198903250 (in Chinese with English Abstract) doi: 10.11781/sysydz198903250 |
| Zhao, Y., Dai, J. H., 2003. Identification of Growth Fault by Fault Fall Analysis. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 30(3): 13–15. http://dx.chinadoi.cn/10.3321/j.issn:1000-0747.2003.03.004 (in Chinese with English Abstract) doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-0747.2003.03.004 |
| Zhu, H. T., Yang, X. H., Liu, K. Y., et al., 2014. Seismic-Based Sediment Provenance Analysis in Continental Lacustrine Rift Basins: An Example from the Bohai Bay Basin, China. AAPG Bulletin, 98(10): 1995–2018. https://doi.org/10.1306/05081412159 |
| Zhu, J. C., Zou, C. N., Feng, Y. L., et al., 2020. Distribution and Controls of Petroliferous Plays in Subtle Traps within a Paleogene Lacustrine Sequence Stratigraphic Framework, Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, Eastern China. Petroleum Science, 17(1): 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-019-00387-z |
Figures(14) / Tables(1)
Copyright © 2013-2020 Journal of Earth Science 鄂ICP备15021562号-2
Tel: +86-27-67885075 Fax: +86-27-67885075 E-mail: xbb@cug.edu.cn
Address: Editorial Office of Journal, China University of Geosciences, Yujiashan, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, P. R. China
Supported by:
Beijing Renhe Information Technology Co. Ltd
E-mail:
info@rhhz.net
DownLoad:
