Provenance analysis of the Yanchang Formation in eastern Gansu,Ordos Basin

WU Xiao-bin, SUN Wei, WANG Jin-jun

2008 Vol. 28, No. 4

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WU Xiao-bin, SUN Wei, WANG Jin-jun. Provenance analysis of the Yanchang Formation in eastern Gansu,Ordos Basin[J]. Sedimentary Geology and Tethyan Geology, 2008, 28(4): 57-61.

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WU Xiao-bin, SUN Wei, WANG Jin-jun. Provenance analysis of the Yanchang Formation in eastern Gansu,Ordos Basin[J]. Sedimentary Geology and Tethyan Geology, 2008, 28(4): 57-61.

Provenance analysis of the Yanchang Formation in eastern Gansu,Ordos Basin

WU Xiao-bin, SUN Wei, WANG Jin-jun

1. Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu 610082, Sichuan, China;
2. Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, Shaanxi, China

Publish Date: 30 December 2008

Abstract

Abstract

The synthetic analysis of REEs in mudstone,carbonate debris contents,light and heavy minerals and grain sizes of sandstone in the Chang-3 oil reservoirs shows that the sediments dominantly come from the northeast and southwest in eastern Gansu,Ordos Basin.The provenance boundaries are approximately arranged in the Nanliang-Huachi region in the northeast,and in the Yuele region in the southwest.
- Yanchang Formation /
- REE /
- carbonate debris /
- light and heavy mineral /
- provenance analysis /
- Ordos Basin