Sedimentary evolution model and sedimentary facies distribution of carbonate rocks: Case study of Mishrif Formation in northeast Rub Khali Basin
BIAN Congsheng,1, LI Yongxin1, LÜ Mingsheng2, LIU Gang1, DUAN Haigang1, LUO Beiwei1, HUANG Qingyu1, ZHANG Jing1, YANG Peiguang1, ZHANG Xinshun1, SONG Jinmin3, HUANG Lili1
1.PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development,Beijing 100083,China
2.China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation Ltd. ,Beijing 100034,China
3.State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation,Chengdu University of Technology,Chengdu 610059,China
Based on the analysis of core, thin section, well logging data and seismic data and the study of rock types, sedimentary microfacies and sequence stratigraphy, the rock types and sedimentary microfacies, sedimentary system, sedimentary facies and their evolution model of the Upper Cretaceous Mishrif Formation in the northeast of the Rubal Khali Basin, west of the United Arab Emirates in the Arabian plate have been established. From the study of rock types, sedimentary microfacies, it finds that Mishrif Formation mainly develops reef limestone, grainstone and packstone, distributing in four typical microfacies, namely reef-shoal complex, grain shoal inter-shoal channel/sag and fore-shoal(middle ramp), with high contents of rudist or bioclastic, strong energy of water, and good reservoir property characteristics. Combined with the seismic profile, it is recognized that Mishrif Formation developed rimmed platform controlled by fault activity and overall regressive background in the early and middle stages. In the late stage, Mishrif Formation developed ramp deposits due to the stable structure background. Furthermore, the isolated platform deposits developed in the northeast of the study area in the early stage. In the middle and lower members of Mishrif Formation, grain shoals and reef-shoal complex are widely developed in the open platform and platform margin, and gradually move eastward; the upper member is affected by transgression, and the water body is deepened, and the study area mainly develops small grain shoals under the background of shallow gentle slope.
Keywords:Sedimentary microfacies
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Depositional system
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Evolutionary model
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Rrimmed platform
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Ramp
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Mishrif Formation
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Rub Khali Basin
BIAN Congsheng, LI Yongxin, LÜ Mingsheng, LIU Gang, DUAN Haigang, LUO Beiwei, HUANG Qingyu, ZHANG Jing, YANG Peiguang, ZHANG Xinshun, SONG Jinmin, HUANG Lili. Sedimentary evolution model and sedimentary facies distribution of carbonate rocks: Case study of Mishrif Formation in northeast Rub Khali Basin. Natural Gas Geoscience[J], 2022, 33(4): 618-628 doi:10.11764/j.issn.1672-1926.2021.10.012
Fig.6
Seismic sequence stratigraphic framework, boundary characteristics and sediment overlay pattern of the early east-west Mishrif Formation in the southern part of the study area
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The north-west trending Mishrif Formation seismic sequence stratigraphic framework, boundary characteristics and sediment overlay pattern in the northern part in the study area
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