Lithologic Reservoirs ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 26-37.doi: 10.12108/yxyqc.20250203

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Transition surfaces and the characteristics of large-scale traps occurrence in lacustrine basins

YANG Zhanlong1,2, LI Xiangbo1,2, SHA Xuemei1,2, HAO Bin1,2   

  1. 1. PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development-Northwest, Lanzhou 730020, China;
    2. Key laboratory of Reservoir Description, China National Petroleum Corporation, Lanzhou 730020, China
  • Received:2024-09-20 Revised:2024-10-29 Published:2025-03-06

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Abstract: Based on the analysis of the controlling factors of lacustrine basin infilling，considering the infilling features in different stages and the evolution of a whole lake basin，the transition surfaces and the developmental relationship between occurrence of large-scale traps and various transition surfaces were discussed. The results show that：（1）With the jointly controlling of tectonic activity and climate change，lake basins can be divided into three types，such as overfilled，balanced-fill，underfilled according to the relative balance of potential accommodation change with sediment + water supply and each stage has typical source-reservoir-cap assemblages.（2）Tectonic transition surfaces，mainly dominated by unconformity due to the change in tectonic activity，sedimentary transition surface，mainly caused by lithology variation due to the changes in environment and sedimentary system，and biological and geochemical transition surfaces，totally affected by the difference of biological species and abundances and chemical stratification of water，are widely developed in lacustrine basins. There is a certain dependency relationship between different types of transition surfaces. The tectonic transition surface is necessarily a sedimentary，biological，and geochemical transition surface. The biological and geochemical transition surfaces often correspond to sedimentary transition surface in certain level and even to the tectonic transition surface，but the sedimentary transition surface is not necessarily the biological and geochemical transition surfaces.（3）Tectonic transition surface mainly reflects the occurrence of tectonic and stratigraphic large-scale traps in different infilling stages. The lithological，diagenesis and physical properties traps controlled by sedimentary transition surface mainly reflect the large-scale traps occurrence in a single infilling stage. Biological and geochemical transition surfaces mainly affect the occurrence of large-scale traps by controlling the background and characteristics of source rocks of a lake.（4）Sedimentary systems with large-scale traps，such as nearshore underwater fans，hyperpycnal flow and gravity flow etc. are favorable potential exploration domains of lacustrine basins.

Key words: tectonic transition surfaces, sedimentary transition surface, geochemical transition surfaces, trap in large scale, tectonic activity, climate change, accommodation, sediment+water supply, lacustrine basin

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