Sedimentary Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Lacustrine Beach-Bars in the Fourth Member of the Shahejie Formation in the Shubei Area, Western Depression of the Liaohe Oilfield, China

Yi Gao; Xiaolong Jiang; Fang Liu; Xuying Wang; Ruohan Liu

doi:10.1007/s12583-016-0928-0

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Yi Gao, Xiaolong Jiang, Fang Liu, Xuying Wang, Ruohan Liu. Sedimentary Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Lacustrine Beach-Bars in the Fourth Member of the Shahejie Formation in the Shubei Area, Western Depression of the Liaohe Oilfield, China. Journal of Earth Science, 2017, 28(6): 1178-1190. doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0928-0

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Yi Gao, Xiaolong Jiang, Fang Liu, Xuying Wang, Ruohan Liu. Sedimentary Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Lacustrine Beach-Bars in the Fourth Member of the Shahejie Formation in the Shubei Area, Western Depression of the Liaohe Oilfield, China. Journal of Earth Science, 2017, 28(6): 1178-1190. doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0928-0

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Yi Gao, Xiaolong Jiang, Fang Liu, Xuying Wang, Ruohan Liu. Sedimentary Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Lacustrine Beach-Bars in the Fourth Member of the Shahejie Formation in the Shubei Area, Western Depression of the Liaohe Oilfield, China. Journal of Earth Science, 2017, 28(6): 1178-1190. doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0928-0

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Sedimentary Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Lacustrine Beach-Bars in the Fourth Member of the Shahejie Formation in the Shubei Area, Western Depression of the Liaohe Oilfield, China

doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0928-0

Yi Gao^{1,2
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Xiaolong Jiang³,
Fang Liu⁴,
Xuying Wang^1,2,
Ruohan Liu^1,2

1.
School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
2.
Institute of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
3.
School of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 201 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802, United States
4.
Star Wisdom Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing 102200, China

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Corresponding author: Yi Gao, gaoyi1232968@163.com
Received Date: 18 Mar 2016
Accepted Date: 26 Sep 2016
Publish Date: 01 Dec 2017

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Abstract

Beach-bars are well developed in the fourth member of the Shahejie Formation in the Shubei area, western depression of the Liaohe oilfield. The fourth member is composed of two three-order sequences, including a lower Sequence 1 (SQ1) and an upper Sequence 2 (SQ2). SQ2, which is the focus of this study, comprises a lowstand systems tract (LST) and a transgressive system tract (TST). Three types of beach-bars have been recognized: shallow-littoral lacustrine sandy beach-bars, semi-deep lacustrine storm-related sandy beach-bars and shallow-littoral lacustrine carbonate beach-bars. Paleo-environments during the deposition of SQ2, including the paleo-geomorphology, paleo-water depth and paleo-source have been reconstructed to determine the formation mechanisms of the different types of beach-bars. The shallow-littoral lacustrine sandy beach-bars formed mainly by waves and currents and were mostly deposited in the LST, where water depths ranged from 3 to 9 m and the terrestrial clast supply is sufficient. The storm-related sandy beach-bars developed in the TST in the southern part of the study area near previously massively deposited sand bodies where there was sufficient water depth to preserve them. The carbonate beach-bars formed primarily in the TST in the Shubei low buried hill belt where there was a lack of terrestrial clast supply and complex, uneven geomorphology that easily gave rise to a lagoonal environment.
- beach-bars,
- Shubei area,
- sedimentary characteristics,
- formation mechanisms,
- western depression,
- Liaohe oilfield

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