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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (06): 1173-1181.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.06.06

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Stratigraphy of the Cambrian Subsalt Metamorphic Rocks in the Tanggu Depression (Well YL6) and Its Petroleum Geological Significance

FU Xiaotao(), WANG Bin, WANG Xiang, WANG Xiaoming, QU Yang, REN Ping, ZHOU Haodong, LI Xiangyun   

  1. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Tarim Oilfield Branch Company, PetroChina, Korla, Xinjiang 841000,China
  • Received:2018-01-02 Revised:2018-07-15 Online:2018-12-10 Published:2018-12-20

Abstract:

Thick layers of Cambrian dolomite with favorable petroleum geological conditions and great exploration potential are widely developed in the inter-platform basin of the Tarim Basin. However, the rocks under middle Cambrian in well YL6 are marble instead of dolomite, and their age determines whether the paleo-land extended to the Madong tectonic belt in the Early Cambrian. By analyzing the drill cores, slices, SEM data, fossils, logging and seismic data, we identified the petrological characteristics and formation of the marble in well YL6. We concluded that: (1) Distribution of the marble in well YL6 is transitional, and the metamorphic minerals in the marble indicate that the marble in well YL6 was formed by local thermal metamorphism instead of regional metamorphism; (2) Fossils and seismic data indicate that the Lower Cambrian dolomite is widely distributed in Madong area, and that the metamorphism occurred along deep faults which are locally distributed in this area;(3) The Lower Cambrian sequences in the Madong area have favorable petroleum geological conditions and exploration potential for discovering primary reservoirs and structural-lithologic reservoirs.

Key words: Tanggu Depression, Madong tectonic belt, marble, Lower Cambrian, exploration potential

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