As it is commonly known,the estimation of physical and mechanical characteristics of rocks is very important issue in various geotechnical projects.The characteristics are mainly influenced by the microfabric-texture ...As it is commonly known,the estimation of physical and mechanical characteristics of rocks is very important issue in various geotechnical projects.The characteristics are mainly influenced by the microfabric-texture features of rocks.In this research,dry unit weight,effective porosity,point load index,Schmidt rebound hardness,uniaxial compressive strength,and texture coefficient were measured with the aim of correlating the physical and mechanical properties to the texture coefficient.For this purpose,a comprehensive laboratory testing program was conducted after collecting twenty sedimentary block samples including nine limestones and eleven mudstones,taken from Kalidromo(central Greece)in accordance with ASTM and ISRM standards.Also,mineralogical and petrographic properties,textural characteristics as well as X-ray diffractions were studied and the obtained results were statistically described and analysed.The maximum and minimum values of the texture coefficient were 0.13 and 0.50,respectively.The highest value was obtained for the rocks with a large amount of grains.Regression analyses were used to investigate the relationships between the texture coefficient and the engineering properties.Thus,empirical equations were developed and because of the good determination coefficients,they showed that all of the engineering properties were well correlated to the texture coefficient.展开更多
This study for the first time demonstrates that some of the so-called clay-sized mudstones observed by the naked eye,such as clay-sized black mudstones and clay-sized oil shales,which are rich in black organic matter(...This study for the first time demonstrates that some of the so-called clay-sized mudstones observed by the naked eye,such as clay-sized black mudstones and clay-sized oil shales,which are rich in black organic matter(including oil and asphaltene),in the Chang 73 Submember of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin of China are actually clay-sized tuffaceous rocks(including tuff,sedimentary tuff and tuffaceous sedimentary rock)with high hydrocarbon generation capacities.Thus,these rocks can be defined as clay-sized tuffaceous source rocks.Identification of this lithology has important theoretical and practical significance for the exploration and development of shale oil in the Chang 7 Member.Through the macroscopic observation of drill cores and outcrop profiles,microscopic observation of electron probe thin sections and whole-rock inorganic geochemical analysis(including major,trace and rare earth elements),this work demonstrates that the organic matter-rich clay-sized tuffaceous rocks,especially clay-sized tuffs,have the following characteristics.First,the clay-sized tuffaceous rocks with little black organic matter are mainly greyish white,yellowish brown and purplish grey,and mixed colors occur in areas with strong bentonite lithification.Second,the clay-sized tuffaceous rocks have experienced strong devitrification and recrystallization,forming abundant flaky aluminosilicate minerals with directional arrangement.In thin sections under a polarizing microscope,the interference colors generally show regular alternation between the lowest interference color of first-order yellow and the highest interference color of second-order blue-green.Third,the rock samples plot in the igneous rock field in the TiO2-SiO2 cross-plot and exhibit similar trace element and rare earth element patterns on spider diagrams,indicating that the samples are derived from the same source.The results prove that clay-sized tuffaceous rocks may be widespread in the Chang 73 Submember of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin,China.展开更多
The reservoir of the Xing'anling Group in the Beier depression of the Hailar basin is loosely cemented with many tuffaceous grains.This causes argillization and collapse of the grain framework of the reservoir san...The reservoir of the Xing'anling Group in the Beier depression of the Hailar basin is loosely cemented with many tuffaceous grains.This causes argillization and collapse of the grain framework of the reservoir sandstones.A detailed study on the characteristics of rocks and minerals was carried out through polarized microscope,X-ray diffraction,X-ray fluorescence,SEM and energy spectrum analysis.The results indicate that the reason for argillization is the abundant pyroclastic,and especially tuffaceous,grains in the reservoir.The alkaline component is relatively high in some strata.These are easily altered to montmorillonite in diagenesis.Na+montmorillonite swells strongly when exposed to water.This is the fundamental reason for the reservoir's argillization and plugging.展开更多
Though traditional methods could recognize some facies, e.g. lagoon facies, backshoal facies and foreshoal facies, they couldn't recognize reef facies and shoal facies well. To solve this problem, back propagation...Though traditional methods could recognize some facies, e.g. lagoon facies, backshoal facies and foreshoal facies, they couldn't recognize reef facies and shoal facies well. To solve this problem, back propagation neural network(BP-ANN) and an improved BP-ANN with better stability and suitability, optimized by a particle swarm optimizer(PSO) algorithm(PSO-BP-ANN) were proposed to solve the microfacies' auto discrimination of M formation from the R oil field in Iraq. Fourteen wells with complete core, borehole and log data were chosen as the standard wells and 120 microfacies samples were inferred from these 14 wells. Besides, the average value of gamma, neutron and density logs as well as the sum of squares of deviations of gamma were extracted as key parameters to build log facies(facies from log measurements)-microfacies transforming model. The total 120 log facies samples were divided into 12 kinds of log facies and 6 kinds of microfacies, e.g. lagoon bioclasts micrite limestone microfacies, shoal bioclasts grainstone microfacies, backshoal bioclasts packstone microfacies, foreshoal bioclasts micrite limestone microfacies, shallow continental micrite limestone microfacies and reef limestone microfacies. Furthermore, 68 samples of these 120 log facies samples were chosen as training samples and another 52 samples were gotten as testing samples to test the predicting ability of the discrimination template. Compared with conventional methods, like Bayes stepwise discrimination, both the BP-ANN and PSO-BP-ANN can integrate more log details with a correct rate higher than 85%. Furthermore, PSO-BP-ANN has more simple structure, smaller amount of weight and threshold and less iteration time.展开更多
Based on detailed measurement in the field and a comprehensive analysis of carbonate microfacies,the Pennsylvanian reefal microfacies characteristic and sedimentary environment from Longjiangdong,Guangxi,China are ana...Based on detailed measurement in the field and a comprehensive analysis of carbonate microfacies,the Pennsylvanian reefal microfacies characteristic and sedimentary environment from Longjiangdong,Guangxi,China are analyzed. The twelve carbonate microfacies have been recognized including micritic / microsparitic limestone,peloidal / aggregate-grain grainstone,bioclastic wackestone / packstone,laminated mudstone,boundstone,bioclastic wackestone / packstone with single shell,coral framestone / bafflestone,bioclastic packstones /grainstones with abundant benthic foraminifera or crinoids,wackestone / mudstone with calcispheres,bioclastic packstone / grainstone,unname reef-building organism framestone and brachiopod grainstone. In addition,four facies have been identified including open platform facies,restricted platform facies,coral reefal facies and shoal facies. According to analysis of microfacies combination and facies evolution,three stages and three reef units during the reef formation process have been noted. The evolution of each stage indicates a repeating fluctuation of the sea-level,but the water energy is still relatively low overall,which represents frequent changes of paleoclimate in the early Late Carboniferous.展开更多
文摘As it is commonly known,the estimation of physical and mechanical characteristics of rocks is very important issue in various geotechnical projects.The characteristics are mainly influenced by the microfabric-texture features of rocks.In this research,dry unit weight,effective porosity,point load index,Schmidt rebound hardness,uniaxial compressive strength,and texture coefficient were measured with the aim of correlating the physical and mechanical properties to the texture coefficient.For this purpose,a comprehensive laboratory testing program was conducted after collecting twenty sedimentary block samples including nine limestones and eleven mudstones,taken from Kalidromo(central Greece)in accordance with ASTM and ISRM standards.Also,mineralogical and petrographic properties,textural characteristics as well as X-ray diffractions were studied and the obtained results were statistically described and analysed.The maximum and minimum values of the texture coefficient were 0.13 and 0.50,respectively.The highest value was obtained for the rocks with a large amount of grains.Regression analyses were used to investigate the relationships between the texture coefficient and the engineering properties.Thus,empirical equations were developed and because of the good determination coefficients,they showed that all of the engineering properties were well correlated to the texture coefficient.
基金Project(18GK28)supported by the Doctoral Scientific Research Staring Foundation for Yulin University,ChinaProject(20106101110020)supported by the University Research Fund of Science and Technology Development Center of Ministry of Education,ChinaProject(BJ08133-3)supported by the Key Fund Project of Continental Dynamics National Key Laboratory of Northwest University,China。
文摘This study for the first time demonstrates that some of the so-called clay-sized mudstones observed by the naked eye,such as clay-sized black mudstones and clay-sized oil shales,which are rich in black organic matter(including oil and asphaltene),in the Chang 73 Submember of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin of China are actually clay-sized tuffaceous rocks(including tuff,sedimentary tuff and tuffaceous sedimentary rock)with high hydrocarbon generation capacities.Thus,these rocks can be defined as clay-sized tuffaceous source rocks.Identification of this lithology has important theoretical and practical significance for the exploration and development of shale oil in the Chang 7 Member.Through the macroscopic observation of drill cores and outcrop profiles,microscopic observation of electron probe thin sections and whole-rock inorganic geochemical analysis(including major,trace and rare earth elements),this work demonstrates that the organic matter-rich clay-sized tuffaceous rocks,especially clay-sized tuffs,have the following characteristics.First,the clay-sized tuffaceous rocks with little black organic matter are mainly greyish white,yellowish brown and purplish grey,and mixed colors occur in areas with strong bentonite lithification.Second,the clay-sized tuffaceous rocks have experienced strong devitrification and recrystallization,forming abundant flaky aluminosilicate minerals with directional arrangement.In thin sections under a polarizing microscope,the interference colors generally show regular alternation between the lowest interference color of first-order yellow and the highest interference color of second-order blue-green.Third,the rock samples plot in the igneous rock field in the TiO2-SiO2 cross-plot and exhibit similar trace element and rare earth element patterns on spider diagrams,indicating that the samples are derived from the same source.The results prove that clay-sized tuffaceous rocks may be widespread in the Chang 73 Submember of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin,China.
文摘The reservoir of the Xing'anling Group in the Beier depression of the Hailar basin is loosely cemented with many tuffaceous grains.This causes argillization and collapse of the grain framework of the reservoir sandstones.A detailed study on the characteristics of rocks and minerals was carried out through polarized microscope,X-ray diffraction,X-ray fluorescence,SEM and energy spectrum analysis.The results indicate that the reason for argillization is the abundant pyroclastic,and especially tuffaceous,grains in the reservoir.The alkaline component is relatively high in some strata.These are easily altered to montmorillonite in diagenesis.Na+montmorillonite swells strongly when exposed to water.This is the fundamental reason for the reservoir's argillization and plugging.
基金Project(41272137) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Though traditional methods could recognize some facies, e.g. lagoon facies, backshoal facies and foreshoal facies, they couldn't recognize reef facies and shoal facies well. To solve this problem, back propagation neural network(BP-ANN) and an improved BP-ANN with better stability and suitability, optimized by a particle swarm optimizer(PSO) algorithm(PSO-BP-ANN) were proposed to solve the microfacies' auto discrimination of M formation from the R oil field in Iraq. Fourteen wells with complete core, borehole and log data were chosen as the standard wells and 120 microfacies samples were inferred from these 14 wells. Besides, the average value of gamma, neutron and density logs as well as the sum of squares of deviations of gamma were extracted as key parameters to build log facies(facies from log measurements)-microfacies transforming model. The total 120 log facies samples were divided into 12 kinds of log facies and 6 kinds of microfacies, e.g. lagoon bioclasts micrite limestone microfacies, shoal bioclasts grainstone microfacies, backshoal bioclasts packstone microfacies, foreshoal bioclasts micrite limestone microfacies, shallow continental micrite limestone microfacies and reef limestone microfacies. Furthermore, 68 samples of these 120 log facies samples were chosen as training samples and another 52 samples were gotten as testing samples to test the predicting ability of the discrimination template. Compared with conventional methods, like Bayes stepwise discrimination, both the BP-ANN and PSO-BP-ANN can integrate more log details with a correct rate higher than 85%. Furthermore, PSO-BP-ANN has more simple structure, smaller amount of weight and threshold and less iteration time.
基金supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(No.20120042110027,20110042120043)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41202018)
文摘Based on detailed measurement in the field and a comprehensive analysis of carbonate microfacies,the Pennsylvanian reefal microfacies characteristic and sedimentary environment from Longjiangdong,Guangxi,China are analyzed. The twelve carbonate microfacies have been recognized including micritic / microsparitic limestone,peloidal / aggregate-grain grainstone,bioclastic wackestone / packstone,laminated mudstone,boundstone,bioclastic wackestone / packstone with single shell,coral framestone / bafflestone,bioclastic packstones /grainstones with abundant benthic foraminifera or crinoids,wackestone / mudstone with calcispheres,bioclastic packstone / grainstone,unname reef-building organism framestone and brachiopod grainstone. In addition,four facies have been identified including open platform facies,restricted platform facies,coral reefal facies and shoal facies. According to analysis of microfacies combination and facies evolution,three stages and three reef units during the reef formation process have been noted. The evolution of each stage indicates a repeating fluctuation of the sea-level,but the water energy is still relatively low overall,which represents frequent changes of paleoclimate in the early Late Carboniferous.
