Lithofacies palaeogeography of the Early Silurian in
Sichuan area
Guo Yinghai Li Zhuangfu Li Dahua Zhang Tianmo Wang Zecheng Yu Jifeng Xi Yantao
1China University of Mining and Technology,Xuzhou 221008,Jiangsu
2Chongqing Geological Institute of Coalfield Exploration, Chongqing 400042
3Chongqing Vocational Institute of Engineering ,Chongqing 400037
4Scientific Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development,CNPC,Beijing 100083
5Shandong University of Science & Technology,Tai'an 271019,Shandong
Early Silurian sedimentary rocks in Sichuan area were formed in the foreland basin stage during the period from the Late Ordovician to the Early SilurianIn Longmaxi Age of the Early Silurian,the study area was mainly a restricted deep shelf In Xiaoheba Age,it behaved as the expansion of the shallow shelf and reduction of the deep shelf,and the sedimentary differentiation was intensifiedThe palaeogeographic framework was the coexistence of carbonate platform,shallow and deep shelvesIn Hanjiadian Age,it mainly was the tidal flatshallow shelf environmentsEarly Silurian in the study area showed an evolutionary trend of shallowing fillingup and regression,and was characterized by blending continental shelf with multisourcesThe distribution of sedimentary systems and sedimentary evolution was controlled by the NWdirection squeezing of the foreland upheaval zone including the Qianzhong upheaval from the Late Ordovician to the Early SilurianThe development of the favorable reservoir body was mainly dependent on the sedimentary environmentsThe seashore sand bank and carbonate platform margin were the favorable reservoir body belts such as the“Xiaoheba sandstone”in eastern Sichuan area and the bioherm limestone in southern and northern Sichuan area
About author: Yinghai,born in 1963,was graduated from China University of Mining and Technology in 1997,and obtained PhDdegreeNow he is an associate professor of College of Mineral Resources and Earth Sciences,China University of Mining and Technology,and is engaged in sedimentology
Cite this article:
. Lithofacies palaeogeography of the Early Silurian in
Sichuan area[J]. JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY, 2004, 6(1): 20-29.
. Lithofacies palaeogeography of the Early Silurian in
Sichuan area[J]. JOPC, 2004, 6(1): 20-29.