Fracture modes in the Silurian Qusaiba Shale Play,Northern Saudi Arabia and their geomechanical implications     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2016

Fracture and in-situ stress studies were conducted for unconventional prospect evaluation in the Silurian Qusaiba Shale, northern Saudi Arabia. Borehole image logs, oriented cores, seismic, and drilling observations were used in the studies. The fractures include natural fractures and induced fractures. The induced fractures were studied to assess the stress regime in terms of directions and magnitudes. The present day maximum horizontal in-situ stress trend varies from NNW-SSE to NNE-SSW, and shows a regional pattern dominated by Arabian plate tectonics. The relative magnitudes of the current day stresses are characteristic of an extensional to strike-slip regime. Natural fractures of microscopic (microfractures) to macroscopic (macrofractures) scales include extension fractures (joints/veins), and faults manifested as shear and hybrid (extensional-shear and compressional-shear) fractures. Joints clustering into zones are rare, unless when associated with fault zones. Over half of the faults (56%) show clustering into fault zones with their widths (thickness) varying by up to 5 orders of magnitude, and lengths and displacements varying by up to 4 orders of magnitudes respectively. The study identified five distinctive, regional, fracture sets: one gently dipping (bedding-parallel or at low angle to bedding) and up to four moderately to steeply dipping fracture sets: an easterly striking set is the oldest, followed by three younger major sets striking NNW-SSE, N-S, and NNE-SSW. The younger fractures are nearly parallel to the present day maximum horizontal in-situ stress. Crack-seal mechanism (natural hydrofracturing) dominates initial fracture growth, some with several phases of partial to complete mineralization or coating, dominated by calcite, quartz, and dolomite. Aqueous and hydrocarbon gaseous and fluid inclusions are common in the fractures' mineral filling. The regional nature of in-situ stresses and natural fractures means their occurrence, orientation, relative dominance, and relative age and relative apertures are easier to predict and manipulate for well planning and completion, including hydrofracturing. Forward modeling shows that natural fracture network are not critically stressed under reservoir conditions but when subjected to massive hydrofracture stimulation they and the bedding discontinuities form the seeds for the growth of a complex hydrofracture network that potentially grows out of presumed stress-barriers. Lack of stress rotation around faults in wells supports the modeling results. Microseismic monitoring gives time-lapse (incremental) microseismic events of two types; random and linear patterns parallel to maximum horizontal in-situ stress and the predominant natural fracture trend. Bulk microseismic cloud has no unique link to fault trends mapped from high resolution borehole images. This finding challenges the usability of uncalibrated microseimic monitoring of massive hydrofracturing to map faults.  相似文献   

山东黄金资源钻探井测井资料分析方法与应用     

王新娥  许东晖  孙之夫  孙宗峰  罗景美 《地球科学进展》2014,29(3):397-403

山东胶东地区为多期次岩浆活动与变质作用的产物,岩石以变质岩和岩浆岩为主。由于构造活动频繁,且处于断裂带上,岩石破碎带发育。本次科学钻探测井分析的主要任务是岩性识别与破碎带识别和划分。首先围绕岩性识别研究了多种测井交会图技术,实现了研究区钻遇的变辉长岩、片麻岩、二长花岗岩等的岩性识别,并总结了其测井响应特征。针对裂缝和破碎带分析,提出了应用主成分分析方法,并且识别结果与岩芯描述比较一致。上述岩性分析和裂缝、破碎带的测井解释结果对寻找黄铁矿石英脉起到较为重要的作用,也为综合地质信息的研究提供了可靠资料和依据。  相似文献   

云南省耿马县金多金属矿成因探讨     

马亚雄 《云南地质》2010,29(3):271-272

长条状耿马花岗岩岩基(株)内部及接触破碎带为成金构造三级张性、张扭性、压扭性断裂控矿,毒砂矿化为找矿标志,应为断层控制、期后热液型金矿。  相似文献   

云南昌宁李拐金多金属矿成矿规律     

胡成军  杨洪  杨勇 《云南地质》2010,29(3):273-275

原始含金高丰度岩层,经变质作用使金在有利部位富集,矿床成因应属沉积—变质型低温热液金矿;综合分析显示,该矿化带具有良好的成矿条件及较大的成矿潜力,有望成为一条规模较大的金多金属成矿带。  相似文献   

云南梁河丝光坪锡矿成因及控矿因素     

王洪  何智  周蓉蓉 《云南地质》2010,29(2):149-151

锡矿处于滇西腾中—梁河锡矿集区南部,产于来利山复式花岗岩体中东外接触带,形成于岩浆期后气化—高温热液成矿阶段。晚期低温现出木锡石—锡石一蛋白石型矿床,严格受花岗岩及构造控制。  相似文献   

云南腾冲茨竹地铁多金属矿矿床成因     

陈海军  李建洪  田燕红  白平 《云南地质》2010,29(2):156-159

矿体赋存于地盘关燕山早期花岗岩与上石炭统空树河组接触带中。磁铁矿为主,伴生黑钨矿、锡石等。矽卡岩化与成矿关系密切,黑云母二长花岗岩应是成矿母岩。  相似文献   

云南富宁南沙金矿矿化富集规律     

赵思传  罗泽雄 《云南地质》2010,29(4):404-408

南沙金矿处于滇黔桂"金三角"西段滇东南金成矿区富宁—广南成矿带。已发现金矿体10余条,远景可达中—大型规模。矿体受地层和构造双重控制。微细浸染状结构。低温气水热液控矿断层的次级破碎带中富集成矿。  相似文献   

基于CC区的多金属结核矿床成因地质模型     

周怀阳 《地球化学》2008,37(4)

通过对东太平洋克拉里恩.克里珀顿区(CC区)和中国多金属结核开辟区(COMRA区)多金属结核的国内外研究资料和数据加以归纳总结,从多金属结核产出的区域地质背景、富集成矿条件以及结核的生长过程及其历史等方面,较全面地阐释了多金属结核的成因机制,深化了对有关多金属结核矿床形成演化控制因素的认识.在明确大洋多金属结核矿床定义基础上,分别建立了基于CC区的宏观、中观和微观三个不同空间尺度的多金属结核区域成矿模型、矿床成矿模型和结核生长模型,完整地提取了多金属结核矿床成因地质模型,为CC区潜在矿产资源的预测和评价提供了重要的科学依据.  相似文献