Strike-Slip Fault Effects on Diversity of the Ediacaran Mound-Shoal Distribution in the Central Sichuan Intracratonic Basin, China

Long Wen, Qi Ran, Weizhen Tian, Han Liang, Yuan Zhong, Yu Zou, Chen Su and Guanghui Wu ()
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Long Wen: Research Institute of Exploration and Development, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chengdu 610051, China
Qi Ran: Research Institute of Exploration and Development, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chengdu 610051, China
Weizhen Tian: School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
Han Liang: Research Institute of Exploration and Development, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chengdu 610051, China
Yuan Zhong: Research Institute of Exploration and Development, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chengdu 610051, China
Yu Zou: School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
Chen Su: Research Institute of Exploration and Development, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chengdu 610051, China
Guanghui Wu: School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 16, 1-12

Abstract: The largest Precambrian gasfield in China has been found from the Ediacaran (Sinian) carbonates in the central Sichuan Basin. The deep ancient reservoirs were generally attributed to the high-energy mound-shoal body in the carbonate platform. However, there is still little understanding on the distribution of the mound-shoal bodies that hampers further gas exploitation from the deep subsurface. Based on the seismic data, a large strike-slip fault system was identified by new 3D seismic data in the central Sichuan Basin. Further, it was found that the strike-slip fault had some effects on the mound-shoal bodies of the Ediacaran Dengying Formation. First, the platform margin was divided by strike-slip faults into three distinct segments to show two weak-rimmed margins and one interbedded rimmed margin. Second, the platform margin could be offset or migrated with the strike-slip faults. Third, there is varied margin thickness across the strike-slip fault zone. In the inner platform, more carbonate mound-shoal bodies developed behind the weak-rimmed margin that was divided by the strike-slip fault zones. In addition, the mound-shoal bodies may be separated by faulted sag. Further, the mound-shoal bodies may have developed along the faulted higher position in one side of the strike-slip fault zone. These patterns of the mound-shoal bodies suggest that the strike-slip fault had an important role in the sedimentary microfacies’ diversity in the intracratonic carbonates. The low displacement of the strike-slip fault is chiefly responsible for a weaker controlling effect on the microfacies change in the intracratonic basin rather than other tectonic settings.

Keywords: Precambrian gasfield; carbonate platform; strike-slip fault; mound-shoal body; microfacies diversity; Sichuan Basin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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