In South China four depositional sequences are recognized in the upper part of Upper Devonian and Tournaisian. They are named SQ0 SQ1, SQ2 and SQ3 in ascending order. SQ0 is Strunian (uppermost Devonian), and the othe...In South China four depositional sequences are recognized in the upper part of Upper Devonian and Tournaisian. They are named SQ0 SQ1, SQ2 and SQ3 in ascending order. SQ0 is Strunian (uppermost Devonian), and the other three Tournaisian in age. These four depositional sequences appear to correlate fairly well with the four sequence recognized in Europe, North America and other areas. This may suggest that these sequences are synchronous depos- its resulted from the eustatic changes. The present study on sequence stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and event stratigraphy indicates that in neritic facies areas of South China, the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary, matching the boundary between Siphonodella praesulcata zone and S. sulcata zone in pelagic facies areas, is not only higher than the top of the Cystophrentis zone, but also higher than the top of the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary event bed. In neritic facies areas, the Devonian-Carbonifrerous boundary is marked by the most distinct transgressive surface within the Cystophrentiseudouralina interval zone, i. e. at the base of the TST of the SQ1. This boundary coincides with the top surface of the event bed resulted from the eustatic fall, and approximately corresponds to the basal part of Rseudouralina assemblage zone.展开更多
The Wangchengpo Frasnian section of Dushan County contains two atrypid brachiopod assemblages. The lower is characterized by the Atryparia （Costatrypa） dushanensis fauna that appears at the base of the Hejiazhai Mem...The Wangchengpo Frasnian section of Dushan County contains two atrypid brachiopod assemblages. The lower is characterized by the Atryparia （Costatrypa） dushanensis fauna that appears at the base of the Hejiazhai Member approximately in the falsiovalis to transitans conodont zones： the upper is characterized by the Radiatrypa yangi fauna, which appears in the Lujiazhai Member approximately correspondent with the hassi to Upper rhenana conodont zones. Atrypid brachiopods, together with other brachiopods from the Dushan section show that the Hejiazhai Member is of Frasnian age. Preliminary analyses of Frasnian atrypid brachiopods from sections of South China indicate that there are nine genera and subgenera including Atryparia （Costatrypa）, Kyrtatrypa, Spinatrypa, lsospinatrypa, Spinatrypina, lowatrypa, Desquamatia （Desquamatia）. Desquamatia （Seratrypa）, and Radiatr）pa. Atrypid species diversity did not change much through the Frasnian. On a regional scale in South China, most atrypid species went extinct prior to the Frasnian/Famennian boundary. At any specific locality or section, these atrypids became extinct about 20-40 m below the Frasnian/Famennian （F/F） boundary, within the linguiformis conodont Zone, marking this as the major extinction level. Three new atrypid species are described： Atryparia （Costatrypa） dushanensis, lowatrypa pseudobodini, and Radiatrypa yangi.展开更多
Detailed studies on Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous carbonate rocks in central Hunan, southern China have led to the recognition of 25 lithofacies which can be grouped into： （I） inner ramp peritidal platform, ...Detailed studies on Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous carbonate rocks in central Hunan, southern China have led to the recognition of 25 lithofacies which can be grouped into： （I） inner ramp peritidal platform, （2） inner ramp organic hank and mound, （3） mid ramp, （4） outer ramp, and （5） shelf basin facies associations. The peritidal platform facies association dominates the Zimenqiao Formation （Namurian A or late Datangian） and is characterized by gypsum and dolostone-containing sequences, indicating a peritidal platform environment. The other four facies associations dominate the Menggongao Formation （late Famennian）, Liujiatang Formation （Tournaisian or Yangruanian）, Shidengzi Formations （early Visean or early Datangian）. Five upward-shallowing cycles were distinguished in these three Formations. The predominant facies associations developed in each Formation demonstrate an overall transgression-regression cycle in the Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous in central Hunan. The overall transgressive sequence was preserved in the Shaodong, Menggongao, and Liujiatang Formations, and the overall regressive sequence was preserved in the Liujiatang, Shidengzi, Ceshui and Zimenqiao Formations.展开更多
The Upper Devonian Buchan Formation reservoirs in the UK Central North Sea are litharenite/sublitharenite and were deposited in fluvial-aeolian settings. The grain-coating clays in the aeolian sandstones have effectiv...The Upper Devonian Buchan Formation reservoirs in the UK Central North Sea are litharenite/sublitharenite and were deposited in fluvial-aeolian settings. The grain-coating clays in the aeolian sandstones have effectively inhibited quartz overgrowth. Hence, the reduction of reservoir quality is mainly due to mechanical compaction and early dolomite pre- cipitation in both fluvial and aeolian sandstones; quartz overgrowth and kaolinite illitization in fluvial sandstones; and limited smectite illitization in aeolian sandstones. The carbon/oxygen stable isotopes of dolomite cements suggest a predominantly marine carbon source and precipitation temperatures between 25 and 58 ~C indicating a shallow burial depth during dolomite precipitation. The temperatures and the dolomite distribution indicate that the cements originated from the overlying Upper Permian Zechstein carbonates. Extensive quartz overgrowths formed at 80 and 120 ~C in the late and deep diagenetic burial history. The most probable silica source was from feldspar kaolinitization and pressure dissolution of quartz grains. Through detailed petrography and geochemical analyses, the burial-paragenesis-thermal history of the Buchan Formation has been constructed. Similar diagenetic processes are likely to have occurred in the Buchan Formation in other parts of the Central and Northern North Sea. This study may allow new petroleum plays to be considered in areas previously thought to have poor hydrocarbon potential.展开更多
The Upper Devonian Buchan Formation in the Central North Sea is a typical terrestrial deposit and predominantly comprises fine to medium-grained sandstones with occasional conglomerates and mudstones. The Buchan Forma...The Upper Devonian Buchan Formation in the Central North Sea is a typical terrestrial deposit and predominantly comprises fine to medium-grained sandstones with occasional conglomerates and mudstones. The Buchan Formation has been previously described as being made up mostly of braided fluvial sandstones;however, this study confirms the presence and significance of aeolian sandstones within this fluvial-dominated sequence. Facies architecture is investigated through analogue outcrop study, well log curves and numerical facies modelling, and the results show contrasting differences between fluvial and aeolian facies. The fluvial facies is composed of multiple superimposed and sand-dominated fining-upward cycles in the vertical direction, and laterally an individual cycle has a large width/thickness ratio but is smaller than the field scale. However, the high channel deposition proportion (CDP, average value = 72%) in fluvial-dominated intervals means that it is likely all the sand bodies are interconnected. Aeolian facies comprise superimposed dune and interdune depositions and can be laterally correlated over considerable distances (over 1 km). Although the aeolian sandstones are volumetrically minor (approx. 30%) within the whole Buchan Formation, they have very high porosity and permeability (14.1% - 28%, 27 - 5290 mD) and therefore are excellent potential reservoirs. The fluvial sandstones are significantly cemented by quartz overgrowth and dolomite and by comparison with the aeolian sandstones are poor reservoirs. Aeolian sandstones can be differentiated from fluvial sandstones using several features: pin-stripe lamentation, good sorting, high visible porosity, friable nature and lack of muddy or conglomeratic contents;these characteristics allow aeolian sandstones can be tentatively recognized by low gamma ray values, high sonic transit time and low density in uncored wells. The thin, laterally correlatable and permeable aeolian sandstones within the Buchan Formation are effective reservoirs and could form important exploration targets when the Devonian is targeted elsewhere in the North Sea.展开更多
Twelve paleocommunities dominated by benthic brachiopod are recognized in the Givetian-Frasnian stages of the Devonian in the Longmenshan area, southwestern China, in which two kinds of brachiopod community replacemen...Twelve paleocommunities dominated by benthic brachiopod are recognized in the Givetian-Frasnian stages of the Devonian in the Longmenshan area, southwestern China, in which two kinds of brachiopod community replacement are classified. One is the abrupt replacement, represented by abrupt alternation between the Leiorhynchus community and Zhonghuacoelia-Striatopugnax community in the Frasnian Tuqiaozi Formation. The other is the gradual one, developed in the Givetian Guanwushan Formation, which had been completed by the shift of the Independatrypa lemma-Uncinulus heterocostellis-Emanuella takwanensis community via the Sinospongophyllum irregulare-Pseudomicroplasma fongi community to the Clathrocoilona spissa-Hexagonaria composite reef community. According to analyses of the paleocommunities, either the abrupt or gradual paleocommunity replacement of the Middle-Upper Devonian in the Longmenshan area is suggested as a response to the 5th-order sea level fluctuation due to the replacements of the paleocommunities in a tracts-system of depositional sequence. It is supposed that changes of paleocommunity diversity, one of the results of paleocommunity replacement, are depended on the range and magnitude of sea level fluctuation, but there is not a linear relationship between them. Furthermore, a suggestion is proposed that the concept of paleocommunity succession seem to be abandoned in the paleocommunity analysis because it almost never be practiced to recover the information of community succession in the geological record at present.展开更多
The results of integrated sedimentology,petrography,and petrophysical study of the Upper Devonian(Middle Famennian)Dankovo-Lebedyansky carbonates from Southeast Tatarstan of the Volga-Ural Basin revealed a variety of ...The results of integrated sedimentology,petrography,and petrophysical study of the Upper Devonian(Middle Famennian)Dankovo-Lebedyansky carbonates from Southeast Tatarstan of the Volga-Ural Basin revealed a variety of microfacies and diagenetic events that impacted the reservoir quality.Although our earlier study documented microfacies analysis and depositional environments,none of the studies focused on diagenesis,microfacies interaction,and their controls on the studied sediment's reservoir quality.Based on petrographic and microfacies analyses,the seven identified microfacies types are peloidal grainstone MF 1,cemented bioclastic peloidal grainstone MF 2,echinoderm-concentrated packstone MF 3,algae packstone MF 4,bioclastic wackestone MF 5,whole-fossil wackestone MF 6,and dolomite MF 7.For the investigated sediments,a gently deepening carbonate ramp depositional model with an inner,middle,and outer ramp setting is proposed.The observed diagenetic events in this study include micritization,calcite cementation(six cement types),dolomitization(six dolomite types),dissolution(fabric and non-fabric-selective dissolution),compaction,and microfracturing.The identified microfacies were classified into three distinct classes based on their petrophysical characteristics.MF 1 and MF 7 are microfacies types with the best reservoir quality.MF 3 and MF 4 are microfacies types of moderate reservoir quality.MF 2,MF 5,and MF 6 are microfacies types with poor or non-reservoir quality.Calcite cementation,micritization,and compaction are the primary diagenetic modifications responsible for porosity reduction.Moldic pores created by dissolution are a significant porosityimproving process.Porosity is locally enhanced by stylolite and microfractures.Dolomitization improved reservoir quality by creating intercrystalline and vuggy porosity.Understanding the impact of microfacies and diagenesis on reservoir quality is crucial for understanding reservoir properties in nearby fields with similar settings.展开更多
The Upper Devonian,Middle Famennian Dankovo-Lebedyansky sediments in Southeast Tatarstan territory are a carbonate sequence composed of limestone and dolomite,which is important hydrocarbon reservoir units,therefore,i...The Upper Devonian,Middle Famennian Dankovo-Lebedyansky sediments in Southeast Tatarstan territory are a carbonate sequence composed of limestone and dolomite,which is important hydrocarbon reservoir units,therefore,it is necessary to conduct in-depth study on its microfacies and depositional environment.In this study,a multidisciplinary approach that combines core observation with thin section examination is used.The limestone contains abundant skeletal grains(echinoderms,foraminifera,algae,gastropods,and calcispheres),as well as non-skeletal grains(intraclasts and peloids).On the basis of detailed petrographic investigations,six sedimentary microfacies can be identified,including(i)peloidal grainstone(MF 1),(ii)cemented bioclastic peloidal grainstone(MF 2),(iii)echinodermconcentrated packstone(MF 3),(iv)algae packstone(MF 4),(v)bioclastic wackestone(MF 5),(vi)whole-fossil wackestone(MF 6),as well as dolomite or dolostone as diagenetic facies(MF 7).Based on microfacies analysis,the Dankovo-Lebedyansky sediments were deposited in three distinct sedimentary facies belts(shoal,lagoon and open marine environment).In order to reflect dispositional energy condition,the microfacies were grouped into facies associations:(i)low-energy microfacies associations including MF 5 and MF 6,(ii)moderate energy microfacies associations including MF 1,MF 2,MF 3,and MF 4.The dolomite,or diagenetic facies(MF 7),is the result of slightly to extensively dolomitization of limestone in the Dankovo-Lebedyansky sediments.Most of frequent dolostone types are euhedral planar-e and subhedral planar-s.According to petrographic characteristic of the dolostone,a seepage reflux model can be used to explain the dolomitization process of Dankovo-Lebedyansky sediments.展开更多
文摘In South China four depositional sequences are recognized in the upper part of Upper Devonian and Tournaisian. They are named SQ0 SQ1, SQ2 and SQ3 in ascending order. SQ0 is Strunian (uppermost Devonian), and the other three Tournaisian in age. These four depositional sequences appear to correlate fairly well with the four sequence recognized in Europe, North America and other areas. This may suggest that these sequences are synchronous depos- its resulted from the eustatic changes. The present study on sequence stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and event stratigraphy indicates that in neritic facies areas of South China, the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary, matching the boundary between Siphonodella praesulcata zone and S. sulcata zone in pelagic facies areas, is not only higher than the top of the Cystophrentis zone, but also higher than the top of the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary event bed. In neritic facies areas, the Devonian-Carbonifrerous boundary is marked by the most distinct transgressive surface within the Cystophrentiseudouralina interval zone, i. e. at the base of the TST of the SQ1. This boundary coincides with the top surface of the event bed resulted from the eustatic fall, and approximately corresponds to the basal part of Rseudouralina assemblage zone.
基金Th is work is supported by the Major Basic Research Project(G2000077700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.401 72006,40232019,and 40472009).
文摘The Wangchengpo Frasnian section of Dushan County contains two atrypid brachiopod assemblages. The lower is characterized by the Atryparia （Costatrypa） dushanensis fauna that appears at the base of the Hejiazhai Member approximately in the falsiovalis to transitans conodont zones： the upper is characterized by the Radiatrypa yangi fauna, which appears in the Lujiazhai Member approximately correspondent with the hassi to Upper rhenana conodont zones. Atrypid brachiopods, together with other brachiopods from the Dushan section show that the Hejiazhai Member is of Frasnian age. Preliminary analyses of Frasnian atrypid brachiopods from sections of South China indicate that there are nine genera and subgenera including Atryparia （Costatrypa）, Kyrtatrypa, Spinatrypa, lsospinatrypa, Spinatrypina, lowatrypa, Desquamatia （Desquamatia）. Desquamatia （Seratrypa）, and Radiatr）pa. Atrypid species diversity did not change much through the Frasnian. On a regional scale in South China, most atrypid species went extinct prior to the Frasnian/Famennian boundary. At any specific locality or section, these atrypids became extinct about 20-40 m below the Frasnian/Famennian （F/F） boundary, within the linguiformis conodont Zone, marking this as the major extinction level. Three new atrypid species are described： Atryparia （Costatrypa） dushanensis, lowatrypa pseudobodini, and Radiatrypa yangi.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41030213)the Major National S&T Program of China(2011ZX05009-002)
文摘Detailed studies on Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous carbonate rocks in central Hunan, southern China have led to the recognition of 25 lithofacies which can be grouped into： （I） inner ramp peritidal platform, （2） inner ramp organic hank and mound, （3） mid ramp, （4） outer ramp, and （5） shelf basin facies associations. The peritidal platform facies association dominates the Zimenqiao Formation （Namurian A or late Datangian） and is characterized by gypsum and dolostone-containing sequences, indicating a peritidal platform environment. The other four facies associations dominate the Menggongao Formation （late Famennian）, Liujiatang Formation （Tournaisian or Yangruanian）, Shidengzi Formations （early Visean or early Datangian）. Five upward-shallowing cycles were distinguished in these three Formations. The predominant facies associations developed in each Formation demonstrate an overall transgression-regression cycle in the Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous in central Hunan. The overall transgressive sequence was preserved in the Shaodong, Menggongao, and Liujiatang Formations, and the overall regressive sequence was preserved in the Liujiatang, Shidengzi, Ceshui and Zimenqiao Formations.
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文摘The Upper Devonian Buchan Formation reservoirs in the UK Central North Sea are litharenite/sublitharenite and were deposited in fluvial-aeolian settings. The grain-coating clays in the aeolian sandstones have effectively inhibited quartz overgrowth. Hence, the reduction of reservoir quality is mainly due to mechanical compaction and early dolomite pre- cipitation in both fluvial and aeolian sandstones; quartz overgrowth and kaolinite illitization in fluvial sandstones; and limited smectite illitization in aeolian sandstones. The carbon/oxygen stable isotopes of dolomite cements suggest a predominantly marine carbon source and precipitation temperatures between 25 and 58 ~C indicating a shallow burial depth during dolomite precipitation. The temperatures and the dolomite distribution indicate that the cements originated from the overlying Upper Permian Zechstein carbonates. Extensive quartz overgrowths formed at 80 and 120 ~C in the late and deep diagenetic burial history. The most probable silica source was from feldspar kaolinitization and pressure dissolution of quartz grains. Through detailed petrography and geochemical analyses, the burial-paragenesis-thermal history of the Buchan Formation has been constructed. Similar diagenetic processes are likely to have occurred in the Buchan Formation in other parts of the Central and Northern North Sea. This study may allow new petroleum plays to be considered in areas previously thought to have poor hydrocarbon potential.
文摘The Upper Devonian Buchan Formation in the Central North Sea is a typical terrestrial deposit and predominantly comprises fine to medium-grained sandstones with occasional conglomerates and mudstones. The Buchan Formation has been previously described as being made up mostly of braided fluvial sandstones;however, this study confirms the presence and significance of aeolian sandstones within this fluvial-dominated sequence. Facies architecture is investigated through analogue outcrop study, well log curves and numerical facies modelling, and the results show contrasting differences between fluvial and aeolian facies. The fluvial facies is composed of multiple superimposed and sand-dominated fining-upward cycles in the vertical direction, and laterally an individual cycle has a large width/thickness ratio but is smaller than the field scale. However, the high channel deposition proportion (CDP, average value = 72%) in fluvial-dominated intervals means that it is likely all the sand bodies are interconnected. Aeolian facies comprise superimposed dune and interdune depositions and can be laterally correlated over considerable distances (over 1 km). Although the aeolian sandstones are volumetrically minor (approx. 30%) within the whole Buchan Formation, they have very high porosity and permeability (14.1% - 28%, 27 - 5290 mD) and therefore are excellent potential reservoirs. The fluvial sandstones are significantly cemented by quartz overgrowth and dolomite and by comparison with the aeolian sandstones are poor reservoirs. Aeolian sandstones can be differentiated from fluvial sandstones using several features: pin-stripe lamentation, good sorting, high visible porosity, friable nature and lack of muddy or conglomeratic contents;these characteristics allow aeolian sandstones can be tentatively recognized by low gamma ray values, high sonic transit time and low density in uncored wells. The thin, laterally correlatable and permeable aeolian sandstones within the Buchan Formation are effective reservoirs and could form important exploration targets when the Devonian is targeted elsewhere in the North Sea.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant 40273014)has funded the project.
文摘Twelve paleocommunities dominated by benthic brachiopod are recognized in the Givetian-Frasnian stages of the Devonian in the Longmenshan area, southwestern China, in which two kinds of brachiopod community replacement are classified. One is the abrupt replacement, represented by abrupt alternation between the Leiorhynchus community and Zhonghuacoelia-Striatopugnax community in the Frasnian Tuqiaozi Formation. The other is the gradual one, developed in the Givetian Guanwushan Formation, which had been completed by the shift of the Independatrypa lemma-Uncinulus heterocostellis-Emanuella takwanensis community via the Sinospongophyllum irregulare-Pseudomicroplasma fongi community to the Clathrocoilona spissa-Hexagonaria composite reef community. According to analyses of the paleocommunities, either the abrupt or gradual paleocommunity replacement of the Middle-Upper Devonian in the Longmenshan area is suggested as a response to the 5th-order sea level fluctuation due to the replacements of the paleocommunities in a tracts-system of depositional sequence. It is supposed that changes of paleocommunity diversity, one of the results of paleocommunity replacement, are depended on the range and magnitude of sea level fluctuation, but there is not a linear relationship between them. Furthermore, a suggestion is proposed that the concept of paleocommunity succession seem to be abandoned in the paleocommunity analysis because it almost never be practiced to recover the information of community succession in the geological record at present.
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文摘The results of integrated sedimentology,petrography,and petrophysical study of the Upper Devonian(Middle Famennian)Dankovo-Lebedyansky carbonates from Southeast Tatarstan of the Volga-Ural Basin revealed a variety of microfacies and diagenetic events that impacted the reservoir quality.Although our earlier study documented microfacies analysis and depositional environments,none of the studies focused on diagenesis,microfacies interaction,and their controls on the studied sediment's reservoir quality.Based on petrographic and microfacies analyses,the seven identified microfacies types are peloidal grainstone MF 1,cemented bioclastic peloidal grainstone MF 2,echinoderm-concentrated packstone MF 3,algae packstone MF 4,bioclastic wackestone MF 5,whole-fossil wackestone MF 6,and dolomite MF 7.For the investigated sediments,a gently deepening carbonate ramp depositional model with an inner,middle,and outer ramp setting is proposed.The observed diagenetic events in this study include micritization,calcite cementation(six cement types),dolomitization(six dolomite types),dissolution(fabric and non-fabric-selective dissolution),compaction,and microfracturing.The identified microfacies were classified into three distinct classes based on their petrophysical characteristics.MF 1 and MF 7 are microfacies types with the best reservoir quality.MF 3 and MF 4 are microfacies types of moderate reservoir quality.MF 2,MF 5,and MF 6 are microfacies types with poor or non-reservoir quality.Calcite cementation,micritization,and compaction are the primary diagenetic modifications responsible for porosity reduction.Moldic pores created by dissolution are a significant porosityimproving process.Porosity is locally enhanced by stylolite and microfractures.Dolomitization improved reservoir quality by creating intercrystalline and vuggy porosity.Understanding the impact of microfacies and diagenesis on reservoir quality is crucial for understanding reservoir properties in nearby fields with similar settings.
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation under agreement No.075-15-2022-299 within the framework of the development program for a world-class Research Center“Efficient development of the global liquid hydrocarbon reserves”.
文摘The Upper Devonian,Middle Famennian Dankovo-Lebedyansky sediments in Southeast Tatarstan territory are a carbonate sequence composed of limestone and dolomite,which is important hydrocarbon reservoir units,therefore,it is necessary to conduct in-depth study on its microfacies and depositional environment.In this study,a multidisciplinary approach that combines core observation with thin section examination is used.The limestone contains abundant skeletal grains(echinoderms,foraminifera,algae,gastropods,and calcispheres),as well as non-skeletal grains(intraclasts and peloids).On the basis of detailed petrographic investigations,six sedimentary microfacies can be identified,including(i)peloidal grainstone(MF 1),(ii)cemented bioclastic peloidal grainstone(MF 2),(iii)echinodermconcentrated packstone(MF 3),(iv)algae packstone(MF 4),(v)bioclastic wackestone(MF 5),(vi)whole-fossil wackestone(MF 6),as well as dolomite or dolostone as diagenetic facies(MF 7).Based on microfacies analysis,the Dankovo-Lebedyansky sediments were deposited in three distinct sedimentary facies belts(shoal,lagoon and open marine environment).In order to reflect dispositional energy condition,the microfacies were grouped into facies associations:(i)low-energy microfacies associations including MF 5 and MF 6,(ii)moderate energy microfacies associations including MF 1,MF 2,MF 3,and MF 4.The dolomite,or diagenetic facies(MF 7),is the result of slightly to extensively dolomitization of limestone in the Dankovo-Lebedyansky sediments.Most of frequent dolostone types are euhedral planar-e and subhedral planar-s.According to petrographic characteristic of the dolostone,a seepage reflux model can be used to explain the dolomitization process of Dankovo-Lebedyansky sediments.
