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Structural styles and tectonic evolution of Mesozoic–Cenozoic faults in the Eastern Depression of Bayanhaote Basin, China: implications for petroleum traps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2022

Zhicheng Zhou Open the ORCID record for Zhicheng Zhou [Opens in a new window] ,
Wenlong Ding ,
Ruifeng Zhang ,
Mingwang Xue ,
Baocheng Jiao ,
Chenlin Wu ,
Yuting Chen ,
Liang Qiu Open the ORCID record for Liang Qiu [Opens in a new window] ,
Xiaoyu Du  and
Tianshun Liu
Zhicheng Zhou
Affiliation:
School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China Beijing Key Laboratory of Unconventional Natural Gas Geology Evaluation and Development, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China Key Laboratory of Strategy Evaluation for Shale Gas, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China
Wenlong Ding*
Affiliation:
School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China Beijing Key Laboratory of Unconventional Natural Gas Geology Evaluation and Development, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China Key Laboratory of Strategy Evaluation for Shale Gas, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China
Ruifeng Zhang*
Affiliation:
PetroChina Huabei Oilfield Company, Renqiu062550, China
Mingwang Xue
Affiliation:
Tianjin Branch of China National Offshore Oil Company Ltd, Tianjin300452, China
Baocheng Jiao
Affiliation:
School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China Beijing Key Laboratory of Unconventional Natural Gas Geology Evaluation and Development, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China Key Laboratory of Strategy Evaluation for Shale Gas, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China
Chenlin Wu
Affiliation:
Bayan Exploration and Development Branch, Petrochina Huabei Oilfield Company, Bayannur015300, China
Yuting Chen
Affiliation:
Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Petrochina Huabei Oilfield, Renqiu062550, China
Liang Qiu
Affiliation:
School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China
Xiaoyu Du
Affiliation:
School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China Beijing Key Laboratory of Unconventional Natural Gas Geology Evaluation and Development, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China Key Laboratory of Strategy Evaluation for Shale Gas, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China
Tianshun Liu
Affiliation:
School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China Beijing Key Laboratory of Unconventional Natural Gas Geology Evaluation and Development, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China Key Laboratory of Strategy Evaluation for Shale Gas, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China
*
Author for correspondence: Wenlong Ding, Email: Dingwenlong2006@126.com; Ruifeng Zhang, Email: ktb_zrf@petrochina.com.cn
Author for correspondence: Wenlong Ding, Email: Dingwenlong2006@126.com; Ruifeng Zhang, Email: ktb_zrf@petrochina.com.cn
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Abstract

The Eastern Depression in the Bayanhaote Basin in western Inner Mongolia has experienced multi-stage Meso-Cenozoic tectonic events and possesses considerable exploration potential. However, structural deformation patterns, sequences and the genesis of oil-bearing structures in the basin are still poorly understood. In this study, based on high-quality 2D seismic data and drilling and well-logging data, we elucidate the activities and structural styles of faults, the tectonic evolution and the distribution characteristics of styles, as well as assessing potential petroleum traps in the Eastern Depression. Five types of faults that were active at different stages of the Meso-Cenozoic faults have been recognized: long-lived normal faults active since the late Middle Jurassic; reverse faults and strike-slip faults active in the late Late Jurassic; normal faults active in the Early Cretaceous; normal faults active in the Oligocene; and negative inverted faults active in the Early Cretaceous and Oligocene. These faults constituted 12 geometric styles in NE-trending belts at various stratigraphic levels, and were formed by compression, strike-slip, extension and inversion. The temporal development of structural styles promoted the formation and reconstruction and finalization of structural traps, while regional unconformities and open reverse and strike-slip faults provided migration pathways for petroleum to fill the traps. In general, potential traps that formed by compressional movement and strike-slip movement in the late Late Jurassic are primarily faulted anticlines. Those traps developed in Carboniferous rocks and are located in the southwestern region of the Eastern Depression, being controlled by NNE-NE-striking reverse and transpressive faults.

Keywords

fault activitystructural styletectonic evolutionpetroleum trapBayanhaote Basin
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Original Article
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Geological Magazine , Volume 159 , Issue 5 , May 2022 , pp. 689 - 706
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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