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Geoscience ›› 2019, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (04): 890-901.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2019.04.20

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Organic Geochemistry and Sedimentary Paleoenvironment of Chang 7 Source Rocks in Yanchi-Dingbian Area, Ordos Basin

XI Shengli1(), GANG Wenzhe2,3, YANG Qingyu1, CHEN Guo2,3, LIU Yazhou2,3, WANG Ning2,3, LIU Lan2,3   

  1. 1. Exploration Apartment,PetroChina, Changqing Oilfield Company, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710018, China
    2. College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 120049, China
    3. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
  • Online:2019-08-20 Published:2019-09-05

Abstract:

Analysis of the Chang 7 source rocks in Yanchi-Dingbian area (Ordos Basin) indicates that the total organic carbon, hydrocarbon potential and chloroform extracted bitumen “A” are on average 3.22 %, 12.8 mg/g and 0.55 %, respectively. Based on these results, the source rocks can be classified into the fair to good categories, suggesting a high hydrocarbon potential. Organic petrology, rock-eval and biomarker evidence suggest that the main types of organic matter are Ⅱ1 and Ⅱ2, and that the organic matter source is dominated by algae or bacteria with minor high plant. The Ro and Tmax of the source rocks are of 0.42% to 0.76% and 440 ℃ to 460 ℃, respectively. The normal distribution, steranes and hopanes isomerization parameters indicate that the organic matter varies from lowly-mature to mature. In addition, the parameters of steranes, hopanes, tricyclic terpene, gammacerane, β-carotane and Pr/Ph indicate that the sedimentary environment of Chang 7 was lacustrine-brackish, and weakly oxidized or weakly reduced.

Key words: Yanchi-Dingbian area, source rock, organic geochemistry, sedimentary paleoenvironment

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