Genesis of island dolostones     

《Sedimentology》2018,65(6):2003-2033

Cenozoic ‘island dolostones’ are found on islands throughout the oceans of the world. Due to their geological youth and lack of deep burial, these dolostones provide an opportunity to resolve some of the mysteries surrounding the dolomite problem. In island dolostone bodies, which are of variable size and variable dolomitization, the petrographic and geochemical properties of the dolostones are characterized by geographic and stratigraphic variations. In the larger island‐wide dolostone bodies, like those found on Grand Cayman, there are progressive increases in mole %Ca (%Ca_mean: 53·9 to 57·6%), depletion of the heavier ¹⁸O and ¹³C isotopes (δ¹⁸O_mean: 3·6 to 2·1‰ _VPDB; δ¹³C_mean: 3·1 to 1·4‰ _VPDB), and changes from fabric‐retentive to fabric‐destructive fabrics and a decrease in the amount of dolomite cement from the coastal areas towards the centres of the islands, similar to the Little Bahama Bank. These changes define geographically concentric zones that parallel the coastlines and reflect geochemical modification of the dolomitizing fluid through water–rock interactions, mixing with meteoric water and the changes in the rate and flux of seawater as it flowed from coasts to island interiors. The pattern of dolomitization, however, is not consistent from island to island because geographic and stratigraphic variations, specific to each island, influenced groundwater flow pattern (for example, geometry and size of the islands; the porosity and permeability of the precursor limestone), the duration of the dolomitization reaction, and other factors. The geographic extent of dolomitization and variation in dolomite stoichiometry of island dolostones may be comparable to the reaction stages established in high‐temperature laboratory experiments.  相似文献   

Origin,characteristics and distribution of fault‐related and fracture‐related dolomitization: Insights from Mississippian carbonates,Isle of Man          下载免费PDF全文

James P. Hendry  Jay M. Gregg  Kevin L. Shelton  Ian D. Somerville  Stephen F. Crowley 《Sedimentology》2015,62(3):717-752

Viséan limestones on the Isle of Man host numerous examples of fault‐controlled and fracture‐controlled dolomitization, which have been investigated to determine their macro‐scale to micro‐scale characteristics, geofluid origin, timing and relation to basin evolution. Geobodies composed of fabric destructive, ferroan, non‐planar dolomite range from several centimetres to >300 m wide and tens to hundreds of metres long parallel to faults and/or fractures; they have sharply defined margins, cross‐cut stratigraphy and locally finger out along beds or bed boundaries for tens of metres. Larger geobodies accompany NNE–SSW extensional faults with substantial breccia zones. One of these bodies hosts a sphalerite‐rich breccia deposit cemented by dolomite. Saddle dolomite lines or fills vugs and fractures within dolomite geobodies, and is a minor late diagenetic phase in undolomitized limestones. Replacive dolomite has low matrix porosity owing to non‐planar texture and associated cementation, and there is no evidence for subsequent leaching. Three dolomite stages are discriminated by texture, cathodoluminescence petrography and electron microscopy. Disseminated ‘Dolomite 1’ is substantially replaced and may be residual early diagenetic dolomite. Pervasive ‘Dolomite 2’ and ‘Dolomite 3’ have overlapping carbon–oxygen–strontium isotopic and fluid‐inclusion characteristics that indicate precipitation from allochthonous, high‐temperature (98 to 223°C) and high‐salinity (15 to 24 wt% NaCl eq.) brines. These variably equilibrated with host limestones and mixed with resident pore fluids. Overlying mudrocks formed a seal for ascending fluids. Integration of data from the mineral deposit suggests that fault‐fracture systems tapped different deep‐seated fluid reservoirs at different temperatures, and implies fluid interactions with both metamorphic basement and sedimentary cover in large‐scale circulation systems. This phenomenon probably took place during Mesozoic rifting, although an earlier event at the end of the Early Carboniferous cannot be discounted. In either case, a transient heat flow anomaly, previously unrecognized in the Irish Sea region, may be required to account for the hottest fluids.  相似文献   

四川盆地三叠系飞仙关组气藏储层成岩作用研究拾零   总被引：33，自引：0，他引：33  

王一刚  文应初  洪海涛  夏茂龙  何颋婷  宋蜀筠 《沉积学报》2007,25(6):831-839

近年来在四川盆地三叠系飞仙关组鲕粒白云岩储层中发现的高含硫天然气三级储量已近1×1012 m3。鲕粒白云岩储层集中分布在含蒸发岩的层序中,储层中有残余石膏、硬石膏及它们的模孔、方解石铸模（假象）等,表明白云石化流体与蒸发海水有关。白云石化由层间古暴露面向下增强的成岩层序说明这种白云石化是成岩早期发生的,并可能有大气降水与蒸发海水混合的影响。白云岩样品各结构组分氧、碳同位素微区测试数据差别显著,这说明采用岩石混合样做研究白云石化成因的地球化学分析可能导致误解。飞仙关组的白云岩中多数保存了原岩结构幻影、结构残余或原岩的全部结构说明白云石化过程是等体积交代。白云岩储层中的孔隙是各种溶蚀孔而非白云石化等摩尔交代的体积收缩孔。飞仙关组高含硫气藏储层中沥青和溶蚀孔的关系表明深埋晚期溶蚀孔最发育。在溶液中碳酸的电离常数大大高于氢硫酸,飞仙关组高含硫气藏天然气组分中的CO2相对于H2S的质量亏损和储层中有富轻碳的高温方解石充填晚期溶孔、裂缝表明储层中的晚期溶解作用是由硫酸盐热还原过程（TSR）中生成的CO2引起的。  相似文献   

新疆三塘湖盆地二叠系湖相白云岩形成机理初探   总被引：15，自引：1，他引：14  

李红  柳益群  朱玉双 《沉积学报》2007,25(1):75-81

利用薄片染色、微量元素和稳定同位素测试等方法对三塘湖盆地中二叠统芦草沟组与湖相暗色泥岩共存的白云岩的形成机理进行了探讨。白云岩分为纹层状藻云岩和斑块白云岩两种类型。白云岩的微量元素和同位素特征表明其形成于较高盐度、高Mg/Ca比、强还原的沉积环境。通过对白云岩镁离子来源的分析,认为纹层状藻云岩形成于准同生期,而斑块白云岩则是在埋藏成岩期火山物质淋滤、交代作用下形成的。  相似文献   

Burial dolomitization driven by modified seawater and basal aquifer‐sourced brines: Insights from the Middle and Upper Devonian of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin     

Jack Stacey  Cathy Hollis  Hilary Corlett  Ardiansyah Koeshidayatullah 《Basin Research》2021,33(1):648-680

Dolomitization in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin has been extensively researched, producing vast geochemical datasets. This provides a unique opportunity to assess the regional sources and flux of dolomitizing fluids on a larger scale than previous studies. A meta‐analysis was conducted on stable isotope, strontium isotope (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr), fluid inclusion and lithium‐rich formation water data published over 30 years, with new petrographic, X‐ray diffraction, stable isotope and rare‐earth element (REE+Y) data. The Middle to Upper Devonian Swan Hills Formation, Leduc Formation and Wabamun Group contain replacement dolomite (RD) cross‐cut by stylolites, suggesting replacement dolomitization occurred during shallow burial. Stable isotope, REE+Y and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr data indicate RD formed from Devonian seawater, then recrystallized during burial. Apart from the Wabamun Group of the Peace River Arch (PRA), saddle dolomite cement (SDC) is more δ¹⁸O_(PDB) depleted than RD, and cross‐cuts stylolites, suggesting precipitation during deep burial. SDC ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr data indicate contributions from ⁸⁷Sr‐rich basinal brines in the West Shale Basin (WSB) and PRA, and authigenic quartz/albite suggests basinal brines interacted with underlying clastic aquifers before ascending faults into carbonate strata. The absence of quartz/albite within dolomites of the East Shale Basin (ESB) suggests dolomitizing fluids only interacted with carbonate strata. We conclude that replacement dolomitization resulted from connate Devonian seawater circulating through aquifers and faults during shallow burial. SDC precipitated during deep burial from basinal brines sourced from basal carbonates (ESB) and clastic aquifers (WSB, PRA). Lithium‐rich formation waters suggest basinal brines originated as residual evapo‐concentrated Middle Devonian seawater that interacted with basal aquifers and ascended faults during the Antler and Laramide Orogenies. These results corroborate those of previous studies but are verified by new integrated analysis of multiple datasets. New insights emphasize the importance of basal aquifers and residual evapo‐concentrated seawater in dolomitization, which is potentially applicable to other regionally dolomitized basins.  相似文献   

西沙群岛西琛1井碳酸盐岩白云石化特征及成因机制   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

魏喜  贾承造  孟卫工 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2008,38(2):217-224

西沙群岛西琛1井碳酸盐岩地层可分为3个白云岩层和4个石灰岩层。白云岩层白云石矿物体积分数为91.1%~100%,其他矿物小于8.9%,以泥晶为主,分布在岩石的骨架颗粒和孔隙充填物等各种结构组分中。白云岩δ13C为0.80‰~3.16‰,平均为2.24‰;1δ8O为0.56‰~5.23‰,平均为2.56‰。这些特征反映了白云石化作用发生在准同生超浓缩卤水条件下,古盐度为36.88%,古温度为1.07℃。石灰岩层白云石矿物体积分数多在25%以下,以亮晶为主,在孔隙或裂缝发育部位富集,而坚硬的骨架部位几乎没有白云石。白云石流体包体的均一温度为102.5~296℃,平均为156.3℃;盐度为0.55%~6.25%,平均为3.75%;密度为0.95~0.99 g/cm3,平均为0.97 g/cm3;压力为20.65~42.65 MPa,平均为33.65 MPa。这些特征反映了白云石化作用可能与成岩期后热水作用相关。  相似文献   

Structural controls on non fabric‐selective dolomitization within rift‐related basin‐bounding normal fault systems: Insights from the Hammam Faraun Fault,Gulf of Suez,Egypt     

《Basin Research》2018,30(5):990-1014

Fault‐controlled dolostone bodies have been described as potential hydrocarbon‐bearing reservoirs. Numerous case studies have described the shape and size of these often non fabric selective dolostone bodies within the vicinity of crustal‐scale lineaments, usually from Palaeozoic or Mesozoic carbonate platforms, which have undergone one or more phases of burial and exhumation. There has been little attention paid, however, to fault‐strike variability in dolostone distribution or the preferential localization of these bodies on particular faults. This study focuses on dolostone bodies adjacent to the Hammam Faraun Fault (HFF), Gulf of Suez. This crustal‐scale normal fault was activated in the Late Oligocene, coincident with the onset of extension within the Suez Rift. Dolomitization in the prerift Eocene Thebes Formation occurred in the immediate footwall of the HFF forming two massive, non facies selective dolostone bodies, ca. 500 m wide. Facies‐controlled tongues of dolostone on the margins of the massive dolostone bodies extend for up to 100 m. The geochemical signature of the dolostone bodies is consistent with replacement by Miocene seawater, contemporaneous with the rift climax and localization of strain along the HFF. A conceptual model of dolomitization from seawater that circulated within the HFF during the rift climax is presented. Seawater was either directly drawn down the HFF or circulated from the hanging wall basin via a permeable aquifer towards the HFF. The lateral extent of the massive dolostone bodies was controlled by pre‐existing HFF‐parallel fracture corridors on the outer margins of the damage zone of the fault. The behaviour of these fracture corridors alternated between acting as barriers to fluid flow before rupture and acting as flow conduits during or after rupture. Multiple phases of dolomitization and recrystallization during the ca. 10 Ma period in which dolomitization occurred led to mottled petrographical textures and wide‐ranging isotopic signatures. The localization of dolomitization on the HFF is interpreted to reflect its proximity to a rift accommodation zone which facilitated vertical fluid flow due to perturbed and enhanced stresses during fault interaction. It is possible that the presence of jogs along the strike of the fault further focused fluid flux. As such, it is suggested that the massive dolostones described in this study provide a window into the earliest stages of formation of fault‐controlled hydrothermal dolostone bodies, which could have occurred in other areas and subsequently been overprinted by more complex diagenetic and structural fabrics.  相似文献   

Multiple dolomitization and later hydrothermal alteration on the Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician carbonates in the northern Tarim Basin,China     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2016

Thick Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician carbonates were deposited on a shallow marine platform in the northern Tarim Basin, which were extensively dolomitized, particularly for the Upper Cambrian carbonates. The resulting dolomite rocks are predominantly composed of matrix dolomites with minor cement dolomites. Based on petrographic textures, matrix dolomites consist of very finely to finely crystalline, nonplanar-a to planar-s dolomite (Md1), finely to medium crystalline, planar-e(s) dolomite (Md2), and finely to coarsely crystalline, nonplanar-a dolomite (Md3). Minor cement dolomites include finely to medium crystalline, planar-s(e) dolomite (Cd1) and coarsely crystalline, nonplanar saddle dolomite (Cd2), which partially or completely fill dissolution vugs and fractures; these cements postdate matrix dolomites but predate later quartz and calcite infills. Origins of matrix and cement dolomites and other diagenetic minerals are interpreted on the basis of petrography, isotopic geochemistry (O, C and Sr), and fluid inclusion microthermometry. Md1 dolomite was initially mediated by microbes and subsequently precipitated from slightly modified brines (e.g., evaporated seawater) in near-surface to very shallow burial settings, whereas Md2 dolomite was formed from connate seawater in association with burial dissolution and localized Mg concentration (or cannibalization) in shallow burial conditions. Md3 dolomite, however, was likely the result of intense recrystallization (or neomorphism) upon previously-formed dolomites (e.g., Md1 or Md2 dolomite) as the host carbonates were deeply buried, and influenced by later hydrothermal fluids. Subsequent cement dolomite and quartz crystals precipitated from higher-temperature, hydrothermal fluids, which were contributed more or less by the extensive Permian large igneous province (LIP) activity in Tarim Basin as evidenced by less radiogenic Sr in the cement and parts of matrix dolomites. This extensive abnormal hydrothermal activity could also have resulted in recrystallization (or neomorphism) on the previous matrix dolomites. Faults/fractures likely acted as important conduit networks which could have channeled the hydrothermal fluids from depths. However, the basin uplift triggered by the Late Hercynian Orogeny from the Late Permian would have facilitated downward infiltration of meteoric water and dilution of hydrothermal fluids, resulting in precipitation of later calcites in which lighter C and more radiogenic Sr components demonstrate such a switch of fluid properties. This study provides a useful analogue to understand the complicated dolomitizing processes and later hydrothermal alteration intimately related to the Permian LIP activity within Tarim Basin and elsewhere.  相似文献   

Multiphase dolomitization of deeply buried Cambrian petroleum reservoirs,Tarim Basin,north‐west China          下载免费PDF全文

Lei Jiang  Chunfang Cai  Richard H. Worden  Stephen F. Crowley  Lianqi Jia  Ke Zhang  Ian J. Duncan 《Sedimentology》2016,63(7):2130-2157

Cambrian dolostone reservoirs in the Tarim Basin, China, have significant potential for future discoveries of petroleum, although exploration and production planning is hampered by limited understanding of the occurrence and distribution of dolomite in such ancient rocks buried to nearly 8 km. The study herein accessed new drill core samples which provide an opportunity to understand the dolomitization process in deep basins and its impact on Cambrian carbonate reservoirs. This study documents the origin of the dolostone reservoirs using a combination of petrology, fluid‐inclusion microthermometry, and stable and radiogenic‐isotopes of outcrop and core samples. An initial microbial dolomitization event occurred in restricted lagoon environments and is characterized by depleted δ¹³C values. Dolomicrite from lagoonal and sabkha facies, some fabric‐retentive dolomite and fabric‐obliterative dolomite in the peloidal shoal and reef facies show the highest δ¹⁸O values. These dolomites represent relatively early reflux dolomitization. The local occurrence of K‐feldspar in dolomicrite indicates that some radiogenic strontium was contributed via terrigenous input. Most fabric‐retentive dolomite may have precipitated from seawater at slightly elevated temperatures, suggested by petrological and isotopic data. Most fabric‐obliterative dolomite, and medium to coarse dolomite cement, formed between 90°C and 130°C from marine evaporitic brine. Saddle dolomite formed by hydrothermal dolomitization at temperatures up to 170°C, and involved the mixing of connate brines with Sr‐ enriched hydrothermal fluids. Intercrystalline, moldic, and breccia porosities are due to the early stages of dolomitization. Macroscopic, intergranular, vuggy, fracture and dissolution porosity are due to burial‐related dissolution and regional hydrothermal events. This work has shown that old (for example, Cambrian or even Precambrian) sucrosic dolomite with associated anhydrite, buried to as much as 8000 m, can still have a high potential for hosting substantial hydrocarbon resources and should be globally targeted for future exploration.  相似文献   

环开江—梁平海槽长兴组台缘礁滩相储层特征及成岩作用          下载免费PDF全文

苏成鹏  谭秀成  刘宏  唐浩  黎虹玮  王高峰  唐雪松  张琪业  廖义沙 《中国地质》2016,(6):2046-2058

通过岩心观察、薄片鉴定、电镜扫描、阴极发光、物性分析,对四川盆地东部环开江—梁平海槽上二叠统长兴组礁滩相储层特征、储层成岩作用进行研究,并初步建立成岩演化序列。储层特征研究发现,长兴组储层发育良好,储集岩以"花斑状"生屑云岩和生物礁云岩为主,粒间孔、粒间溶孔和粒内溶孔较为发育,孔隙度总体介于2%~6%,渗透率集中在0.1~1 m D,结合孔渗相关关系将其划分为4种储层类型:"低孔高渗"型、"中孔中渗"型、过渡型、"高孔低渗"型。储层成岩作用研究发现,储层在成岩阶段经历了多期胶结、压实、白云岩化、溶蚀、构造破裂等成岩作用。由于成岩作用对孔隙结构的改造,孔隙演化整体上呈减小趋势。胶结作用及压实作用使得原生孔隙大幅度减少,对储层的形成具有破坏性作用,溶蚀及白云岩化作用对储层的形成具有建设性作用,构造破裂对储层进一步优化改造。研究表明原生粒间孔和早成岩期岩溶及热液白云岩化作用形成的早期次生孔隙不仅是现今储层储集空间的雏形,也基本决定了储层的最终面貌。  相似文献