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Geoscience ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (04): 1098-1105.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.045

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Geological Characterization of the Eocene Pinghu Movement in the Xihu Sag and Its Hydrocarbon Geological Significance

QI Peng1(), GUO Gang1, REN Yaping2, CUI Min1, WANG Xin1   

  1. 1. CNOOC Research Institute Ltd., Beijing 100028, China
    2. College of Marine Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan,Hubei 430074, China
  • Received:2020-09-20 Revised:2020-12-25 Online:2021-08-10 Published:2021-09-08

Abstract:

The Pinghu Movement is an important Cenozoic tectonic process, but its influence on the Xihu sag is still unclear. Based on three-dimensional (3D) seismic data interpretation and comprehensive geological analysis, the geological characteristics of the Pinghu Movement in the Xihu sag are systematically summarized. The study shows that the movement was a major tectonic event in the Xihu sag, controlling the extensional stress field transformation in the Eocene Xihu sag. The extensional direction was NW-SE before the movement, and changed to NWW-SEE after the movement. Because of the Pinghu Movement, the tectonic deformation and sedimentary filling of the Xihu sag changed greatly. The early NE-trending faulting gradually weakened, while NNE-trending faulting began, migrating the subsidence center from the northern part of the sag to the middle part. The magmatism was concentrated from the periphery of the sag to the interior. As a response to a major kinematic adjustment of the Eocene West Pacific tectonic system, the Pinghu Movement has affected the distribution of coal-bearing sequences of the Pinghu Formation in the sag.

Key words: Xihu sag, Pinghu Movement, geological characteristics, source rock, Eocene

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