1 College of Geosciences,China University of Petroleum(Beijing),Beijing 102249; 2 State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting,China University of Petroleum(Beijing),Beijing 102249; 3 Institute of Mud Logging Technology and Engineering,Yangtze University,Jingzhou 434023,Hubei
Abstract Alluvial fan,which develops in the margin of the basin,is a significant sedimentary facies type. In recent two decades,great progress has been made in the controlling of distribution,internal architecture and reservoir characteristics of alluvial fans. Firstly,the controlling of fault activities,lithology of provenance,and the base-level cycles on alluvial fan depositional architecture were elaborated. Secondly,three depositional architecture models of alluvial fans and terminal fans were established,including the alluvial fan dominated by debris flow,alluvial fan co-dominated by debris flow and fluvial and fluvial fan. Thirdly,how depositional fabric and mechanism of alluvial fan control the reservoir quality was analyzed. Further research is required on the process of deposition,internal architecture and reservoir heterogeneity of alluvial fans through advanced technologies,such as advanced flume simulation experiment,numerical simulation of deposition,GPR and so on.
About author: Wu Shenghe,born in 1963,is a professor and doctoral supervisor of China University of Petroleum(Beijing). Now he is mainly engaged in research and teaching of reservoir geology,reservoir characterization and 3D geological modeling. E-mail: reser@cup.edu.cn.
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Wu Shenghe,Feng Wenjie,Yin Senlin et al. Research advances in alluvial fan depositional architecture[J]. JOPC, 2016, 18(4): 497-512.
Wu Shenghe,Feng Wenjie,Yin Senlin et al. Research advances in alluvial fan depositional architecture[J]. JOPC, 2016, 18(4): 497-512.
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