The Middle Miocene lobe-shaped and band-shaped submarine fans in the Lingshui Sag, Qiongdongnan Basin: source-to-sink system, genesis and implication

Xingzong Yao; Congjun Feng; Hongjun Qu; Min Zhang; Daming Li

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Xingzong Yao, Congjun Feng, Hongjun Qu, Min Zhang, Daming Li. The Middle Miocene lobe-shaped and band-shaped submarine fans in the Lingshui Sag, Qiongdongnan Basin: source-to-sink system, genesis and implication[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(4): 61-79. doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2336-5

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Xingzong Yao, Congjun Feng, Hongjun Qu, Min Zhang, Daming Li. The Middle Miocene lobe-shaped and band-shaped submarine fans in the Lingshui Sag, Qiongdongnan Basin: source-to-sink system, genesis and implication[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(4): 61-79. doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2336-5

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Xingzong Yao, Congjun Feng, Hongjun Qu, Min Zhang, Daming Li. The Middle Miocene lobe-shaped and band-shaped submarine fans in the Lingshui Sag, Qiongdongnan Basin: source-to-sink system, genesis and implication[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(4): 61-79. doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2336-5

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The Middle Miocene lobe-shaped and band-shaped submarine fans in the Lingshui Sag, Qiongdongnan Basin: source-to-sink system, genesis and implication

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2336-5

Xingzong Yao^{1, 2},
Congjun Feng^{1, 2
,
,},
Hongjun Qu^{1, 2},
Min Zhang³,
Daming Li⁴

1.
State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
2.
Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
3.
Exploration and Development Technology Research Center of Yanchang Oilfield Co., Ltd., Yan’an 716000, China
4.
Chexplor Resource Exploration Technology Co., Ltd., Huaibei 235000, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 42372154.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: fengcj@nwu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-12-18
Accepted Date: 2024-04-15

Available Online: 2024-04-26

Publish Date: 2024-04-01

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Abstract

Deepwater oil and gas exploration is the key to sustainable breakthroughs in petroleum exploration worldwide. The Central Canyon gas field has confirmed the Lingshui Sag is a hydrocarbon-generating sag, and the deepwater reservoirs in the Lingshui Sag still have more fabulous oil and gas exploration potential. Based on drilling data and three-dimensional (3D) seismic data, this paper uses seismic facies analysis, seismic attribute analysis, and coherence slice analysis to identify the types of submarine fans (lobe-shaped and band-shaped submarine fans) that developed in the Lingshui Sag during the Middle Miocene, clarify the source-to-sink system of the submarine fans and discuss the genesis mechanism of the submarine fans. The results show that: (1) the deepwater source-to-sink system of the Lingshui Sag in the Middle Miocene mainly consisted of a “delta (sediment supply) - submarine canyon (sediment transport channel) - submarine fan (deepwater sediment sink)” association; (2) the main factor controlling the formation of the submarine fans developed in the Lingshui Sag was on the relative sea level decline; and (3) the bottom current reworked the lobe-shaped submarine fan that developed in the northern Lingshui Sag and formed the band-shaped submarine fan with a greater sand thickness. This paper aims to provide practical geological knowledge for subsequent petroleum exploration and development in the deepwater area of the Qiongdongnan Basin through a detailed analysis of the Middle Miocene submarine fan sedimentary system developed in the Lingshui Sag.
- submarine fan,
- source-to-sink system,
- genesis mechanism,
- Middle Miocene,
- Lingshui Sag

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