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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (02): 345-355.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.02.13

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Genetic Mechanism of Dolomite in Middle Permian Maokou Formation:Case Study of Central and Eastern Sichuan Basin

LI Ting(), ZHU Dancheng, LI Haiping, YANG Minglei, LI Tao, LI Pingping, ZOU Huayao()   

  1. College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
  • Received:2019-05-20 Revised:2019-09-07 Online:2020-05-25 Published:2020-05-25
  • Contact: ZOU Huayao

Abstract:

Dolomite reservoir is important in the Maokou Formation, and its genetic mechanism is a hot topic of research. Therefore, outcrop and well core observation, thin-section identification and geochemical analysis are conducted to unravel the dolomite genetic mechanism of the Maokou Formation (Fm.). The results show that the Maokou Fm. dolomite can be divided into five types: (1) layered powdered, (2) layered fine-medium crystalline, (3) scattered in limestone, (4) lentoid medium-coarse-grained and (5) saddle cement, each with different genetic origins. The layered powdered dolomite has similar geochemical characteristics to original limestone. Its original structure is well preserved whereas gas-liquid inclusions are not developed, and appears dark red in cathodoluminescence (CL) images, suggesting that the layered powdered dolomite was formed in an early burial environment. The layered fine-medium crystalline dolomite is generally developed under the layered powdered dolomite and remaining grain apparition, whilst the δ18O value (-7.31‰) is more negative than that of the limestone (-3.77‰). Its homogenization temperature (116.9 ℃) is higher than the normal burial temperature (100 ℃), and it appears as partially bright red in CL images, suggesting that the layered fine-medium crystal dolomite was formed by hydrothermal recrystallization of layered powdered dolomite. Genesis of the scattered dolomite in limestone was likely related to the mineral stabilization processes. Both the lentoid medium-coarse dolomite and the saddle dolomite cement, in which hydrothermal minerals (quartz, pyrobitumen, pyrite) are discovered, show a curved crystal edge and undulating extinction under the microscope. Both of them have markedly negative δ18O value (-10‰), high homogenization temperature (120 ℃) and positive Eu anomaly. It appears bright red in CL images, which indicates that these two kinds of dolomite are typically hydrothermal.

Key words: Maokou Formation, dolomite, geochemical characteristics, genetic mechanism

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