Mud diapirs are significant structures often associated with hydrocarbon migration and accumulation as well as gas hydrate formation in sedimentary basins.A total of 30 mud diapirs were observed in the northwestern Ze...Mud diapirs are significant structures often associated with hydrocarbon migration and accumulation as well as gas hydrate formation in sedimentary basins.A total of 30 mud diapirs were observed in the northwestern Zengmu Basin in the southern South China Sea based on 2D multichannel seismic data.The structures are distributed along an NW-SE trend near the shelf break of the Kangxi depression in the Zengmu Basin.The mud diapirs were divided into the following according to their vertical shapes,intrusion heights,and effusive activities:tortoise,piercing,and nozzle types,which represent different evolutionary stages of diapirism.The mud diapirs in the study area suggest that the driving forces behind the mud diapirs considerably exceed the rock rupture limit of the overlying strata.Diapir formation can be divided into two steps:the accommodation of a large amount of mud in the Zengmu Basin and the movement of plastic mud induced by gravity-driven flow and regional tectonic compression.Combining seismic interpretations with analyses of the regional geology and tectonic subsidence,the current study proposes that rapid subsidence in the Kangxi depression sufficiently accommodated the vast amount of sediments deposited since the Middle Miocene,which provided favorable conditions for the growth of mud diapirs.Furthermore,the N-S directional stress field in the Zengmu Basin and the gravity slide northward along the southern slope of the depression further facilitated the development of mud diapirs since the late Miocene.The mud diapirs in the southern South China Sea margins were accompanied by the accumulation and release of overpressured fluid.展开更多
晚渐新世-中中新世,南海南部经历了重要的构造变革,北康盆地物源发生了重大变化,引起分散体系的变化,从而影响油气资源分布,因此物源研究具有重要意义.利用地震反射资料,开展地震属性分析,通过RMS(均方根振幅)地层切片,分析分散体系,并...晚渐新世-中中新世,南海南部经历了重要的构造变革,北康盆地物源发生了重大变化,引起分散体系的变化,从而影响油气资源分布,因此物源研究具有重要意义.利用地震反射资料,开展地震属性分析,通过RMS(均方根振幅)地层切片,分析分散体系,并探讨物源变化及其控制因素.在晚渐新世-中中新世,北康盆地的沉积物源主要来自南侧,分散体系自南向北;不整合面之后海水突然加深,形成以早中新世不整合面(E M U)为界的2个沉积旋回;在每个旋回内,沉积物补给逐渐增多;在中中新世,沉积物源逐渐向北西方向迁移.通过区域分析,认为北康盆地的物源主要来自南部的曾母前陆盆地,物源的变化是曾母前陆盆地逐渐淤浅成陆和向北推进所致.展开更多
基金We thank the GMGS for permission to release the seismic data.The financial support was obtained from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U1701245)the Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Guangzhou)(No.GML2019ZD0102)the project of the China Geological Survey(Nos.DD20190213,DD20211362).We thank Associate Prof.Jinwei Gao at the Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering of the China Academy of Science,who spent valuable time providing constructive comments which markedly improved this manuscript.We benefited substantially from constructive reviews from the two anonymous reviewers,which considerably helped in improving the manuscript.
文摘Mud diapirs are significant structures often associated with hydrocarbon migration and accumulation as well as gas hydrate formation in sedimentary basins.A total of 30 mud diapirs were observed in the northwestern Zengmu Basin in the southern South China Sea based on 2D multichannel seismic data.The structures are distributed along an NW-SE trend near the shelf break of the Kangxi depression in the Zengmu Basin.The mud diapirs were divided into the following according to their vertical shapes,intrusion heights,and effusive activities:tortoise,piercing,and nozzle types,which represent different evolutionary stages of diapirism.The mud diapirs in the study area suggest that the driving forces behind the mud diapirs considerably exceed the rock rupture limit of the overlying strata.Diapir formation can be divided into two steps:the accommodation of a large amount of mud in the Zengmu Basin and the movement of plastic mud induced by gravity-driven flow and regional tectonic compression.Combining seismic interpretations with analyses of the regional geology and tectonic subsidence,the current study proposes that rapid subsidence in the Kangxi depression sufficiently accommodated the vast amount of sediments deposited since the Middle Miocene,which provided favorable conditions for the growth of mud diapirs.Furthermore,the N-S directional stress field in the Zengmu Basin and the gravity slide northward along the southern slope of the depression further facilitated the development of mud diapirs since the late Miocene.The mud diapirs in the southern South China Sea margins were accompanied by the accumulation and release of overpressured fluid.
文摘晚渐新世-中中新世,南海南部经历了重要的构造变革,北康盆地物源发生了重大变化,引起分散体系的变化,从而影响油气资源分布,因此物源研究具有重要意义.利用地震反射资料,开展地震属性分析,通过RMS(均方根振幅)地层切片,分析分散体系,并探讨物源变化及其控制因素.在晚渐新世-中中新世,北康盆地的沉积物源主要来自南侧,分散体系自南向北;不整合面之后海水突然加深,形成以早中新世不整合面(E M U)为界的2个沉积旋回;在每个旋回内,沉积物补给逐渐增多;在中中新世,沉积物源逐渐向北西方向迁移.通过区域分析,认为北康盆地的物源主要来自南部的曾母前陆盆地,物源的变化是曾母前陆盆地逐渐淤浅成陆和向北推进所致.
