SEDIMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTS OF THE SALT-BEARING SERIES OF QIANJIANG FORMATION OF PALEOGENE IN NORTHWESTERN QIANJIANG SAG,JIANGHAN BASIN
Zhang Yongsheng Yang Yuqing Qi Zhixian Qiao Yuedong Yuan Heran
1 Institute of Mineral and Resources of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037
2 Logging Division of CNOOC Services, Ltd , Beijing 101149
3 Institute of Exploration and Development, Jianghan Oilfield Division of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation , Qianjiang 433124, Hubei
The intervals between salt beds in the Qiangjiang Formation of Upper Eocene-Lower Oligocene of Paleogene consist of sandstones and non-sandstones. The non-sandstones are widely distributed and mainly composed of mm- scale to cm- scale of single bed ,a total of several decimeter to several meter thick salt-bearing rhythms , most of which are polymictic mixed rocks composed of evaporite minerals, carbonate minerals and terrigenous clays and fine clastic minerals. For a long time, the study of the non-sandstones between salt beds has been limited to the lithological character and less attention has been paid to sedimentary characteristics and sedimentary environments, Through the detailed study on the cores of three wells, a total of 151m thick in Wangchang Structure of northwestern Qianjiang Sag, this paper gives a systematic analysis of the sedimentary characteristics and environments of the intervals between salt beds, and suggests that the lake basin was a perennial relatively deepwater meromictic salt lake which can be roughly divided into brackish-water lake, semisalt-water lake, salt-water lake, and brine lake when the intervals between salt beds were deposited. During the peroid of Qianjiang Formation deposited the waterdepth of lake basin was gradually from deeper to shallower.
. SEDIMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTS OF THE SALT-BEARING SERIES OF QIANJIANG FORMATION OF PALEOGENE IN NORTHWESTERN QIANJIANG SAG,JIANGHAN BASIN[J]. JOPC, 2003, 5(1): 29-35.