--> Abstract: Tectonic Controls on an Unconventional Sediment Transport Pathway Interpretation Used 3-D Seismic Data Analysis in Non-Marine Rift-Basin Setting: An Example from the Paleogene of Western Slope of Bozhong Sag, Bohai Bay, East China, by Hongtao Zhu, Yang Xianghua, Zhou Xinhuai, Li Jianping, Wang Deying, and Li Min; #90124 (2011)
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Tectonic Controls on an Unconventional Sediment Transport Pathway Interpretation Used Previous Hit3-DNext Hit Previous HitSeismicNext Hit Previous HitDataNext Hit Analysis in Non-Marine Rift-Basin Setting: An Example Previous HitfromNext Hit the Paleogene of Western Slope of Bozhong Sag, Bohai Bay, East Previous HitChinaNext Hit

Hongtao Zhu1; Yang Xianghua1; Zhou Xinhuai2; Li Jianping2; Wang Deying2; Li Min1

(1) Faculty of Earth Resources, Previous HitChinaNext Hit University of Geosciences (wuhan), Wuhan, Previous HitChinaNext Hit.

(2) Previous HitChinaNext Hit National Offshore Oil Corporation Limited-Tianjin, Tianjin, Previous HitChinaNext Hit.

Bohai Bay basin is a classic non-marine rift-basin and an important hydrocarbon-bearing basin in East Previous HitChinaNext Hit. Due to lack of enough well Previous HitdataNext Hit, the diversity of sediment transport pathway and their controlling deposits was analyzed using the recent Previous Hit3-DNext Hit Previous HitseismicNext Hit Previous HitdataNext Hit in the western slope of Bozhong sag, Bohai Bay basin. The result showed that three types of sediment transport pathway were discovered in Paleogene of the western slope of Bozhong sag, including sediment transport pathway of paleo-channel, fault trough and Previous HitstructuralNext Hit transfer zones. The deposits of study area were controlled mainly by fault trough sediment transport pathway derived Previous HitfromNext Hit Shaleitian uplift. Five terms of fault through were identified in the study area and their distribution directions are paralleled to fault zones strike in NEE direction. Compared to sediment transport pathway of paleo-channel, Previous HitstructuralNext Hit transfer zones, and longitudinal gravity currents sediment, fault trough was an unconventional sediment transport pathway in non-marine rift-basin setting. The types of fault through could be subdivided single fault trough with wedge shape external geometry form of Previous HitseismicNext Hit reflection and double fault trough with sheet shape external geometry form of Previous HitseismicNext Hit reflection. The Previous HitseismicNext Hit sections along the fault through strike showed the typical progradational Previous HitseismicNext Hit reflection. On the basis of the an integrated analysis of Previous HitseismicNext Hit multi-attributes, Previous Hit3-DNext Hit Previous HitseismicTop geomorphology, sedimentary facies and sedimentary facies model, the deposits controlled by fault trough sediment transport pathway were the belted distribution in NEE direction, lying between parallel faults or fault zones, and their sedimentary facies boundary was recognized quantitatively.

The fault trough sediment transport pathway found in the Paleogene strata of western slope of Bozhong sag was believed to be strongly controlled by the tectonic evolution of the rift basin and may have important implications to basins with similar tectonic setting elsewhere.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90124 © 2011 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, April 10-13, 2011, Houston, Texas