Types and genesis of the mixed deposits in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of South China Sea

MA Benjun; QIN Zhiliang; WU Shiguo; MI Lijun; GAO Wei; WANG Lei

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2018.06.015

2018 Vol. 38, No. 6

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MA Benjun, QIN Zhiliang, WU Shiguo, MI Lijun, GAO Wei, WANG Lei. Types and genesis of the mixed deposits in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of South China Sea[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2018, 38(6): 149-158. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2018.06.015

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MA Benjun, QIN Zhiliang, WU Shiguo, MI Lijun, GAO Wei, WANG Lei. Types and genesis of the mixed deposits in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of South China Sea[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2018, 38(6): 149-158. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2018.06.015

Types and genesis of the mixed deposits in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of South China Sea

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Acoustic Science and Technology Laboratory, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
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College of Underwater Acoustic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
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Laboratory of Marine Geophysics and Georesource, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya 572000, China
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University of Chinese Academy of sciences(UCAS), Beijing 100049, China
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Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao266061, China
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Shenzhen Branch, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Guangzhou 510420, China
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Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China

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Corresponding author: WU Shiguo, swu@idsse.ac.cn

Received Date: 22 June 2018

Revised Date: 17 September 2018

Publish Date: 28 December 2018

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Abstract

The Pearl River Mouth Basin is a hotspot to the study of deep-water sedimentation and petroleum exploration in the South China Sea. This study is contributed to the mixed depositional system developed from late Oligocene to Middle Miocene, based on seismic, logging and cuttings data. This mixed depositional system is characterized by the mixtures of different proportions of carbonate and siliciclastic debris. In the vertical sequence, there are three types of lithofacies, i.e. mutational, tapered and alternated types. Based on seismic reflections and lithofacies characteristics, the formation of the mixed depositional system may be further divided into four stages and three mixing processes: the stage 1 of in-situ mixing; the stage 2 of mixing at facies border; and the stage 3 and 4 of punctuated mixing. It is proposed in this paper that these mixed depositional sequences developed in a siliciclastic-dominated environment, may be significant to the formation of potential petroleum reservoirs and has implications for deep-water petroleum exploration in the South China Sea
- mixed sedimentation /
- sedimentary processes /
- marine deposition /
- Pearl River Mouth Basin /
- South China Sea

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