Recovery of eroded thickness of the Jurassic of Chemo palaeouplift in Junggar Basin
Zhou Lu Zheng JinyunLei Dewen He DengfaTang Yong Shi Xinpu Pang Lei Yang Zhili
1 Department of Resources and Environment, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu610500, Sichuan
2 PetroChina Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Karamay834000, Xinjiang
3 China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing100083
The Chemo palaeouplift is located in the interior of the Junggar Basin. It is oriented in SWNE direction which was formed in the Yanshanian Orogeny. Now it is a monocline with a north to south inclination. The Jurassic of the study area experienced a multistage tectonic movements. Many truncations and onlap unconformity surfaces were developed, thus the study area is profitable for exploration of lithologic petroleum accumulations. By analyses on the eroded stratigraphic thickness and according to the seismic profiles characters, the eroded thickness of the Toutunhe, the Xishanyao and the Sangonghe formations of the Jurassic in the Chemo palaeouplift are reconstructed using the direct seismic profile indexing method combined with the thickness viriation ratio method and the neighboring thickness ratio method. The most intensive erosion occurred in the KuitunMosuowan area, and the largest eroded thickness is 260 m, 340 m, and 140 m respectively for the three formations. The eroded thickness of the Xishanyao Formation in the high palaeouplift was probably formed by twostage tectonic movements, while the eroded thickness of the Sangonghe Formation in the higher palaeouplift was probably from the tectonic movement in the later period. The relationship between the planar distribution characters of the eroded thickness and the formation and evolution of the palaeouplift indicate the late Early Jurassic is the initial forming period of the Chemo palaeouplift, the sedimentary period of Xishanyao Formation is its developing period, and the Late Jurassic is its extensively developing period. The transportation of a great deal of eroded sediment provided the conditions for the lithologic trap formation on the slope area of the palaeouplift. The southern slope area of the Chemo palaeouplift is the profitable petroleum accumulation area.
About author: Zhou Lu, born in 1962, graduated from Southwest Petroleum Institute in 1984. Now he is an associate professor at Southwest Petroleum University, and is mainly engaged in researching and teaching of oil and gas geologic exploration. Email: zhoulu9@126.com.
Cite this article:
. Recovery of eroded thickness of the Jurassic of Chemo palaeouplift in Junggar Basin[J]. JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY, 2007, 9(3): 243-252.
. Recovery of eroded thickness of the Jurassic of Chemo palaeouplift in Junggar Basin[J]. JOPC, 2007, 9(3): 243-252.