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Lithofacies paleogeography and sedimentary model of Sinian Dengying Fm

in the Sichuan Basin
Zhou Jingao a,b,*, Zhang Jianyong a,b, Deng Hongying a, Chen Yana a, Hao Yi a, Li Wenzheng a,
Gu Mingfeng a, Luo Xianying a
a
PetroChina Hangzhou Research Institute of Geology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310023, China
b
CNPC Key Laboratory of Carbonate Reservoirs, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310023, China

Received 13 July 2016; accepted 25 January 2017

Available online 7 October 2017

Abstract

For predicting the distribution of favorable reservoir facies belts of the super-large ancient Anyue carbonate gas field in the Sichuan Basin,
through an analysis of structure and lithofacies paleogeography, the lithofacies paleogeography and sedimentary model of the Sinian Dengying
Fm was reconstructed based on the field outcrop, drilling and seismic data. As a result, achievements are made in four aspects. First, the basin
and its periphery resided in an extensional tectonic setting in the Sinian. Intense extension led to the formation of the DeyangeAnyue intra-
platform rift. The Sichuan Basin was divided into the palaeo-geographic pattern of “two uplifts and four sags”. The “two uplifts” evolved into
the platform, and the “four sags” evolved into the slope-basin environment. Second, in the depositional stage of the Deng 2 Member, some
favorable reservoir belts developed, such as bioherm-shoal at the continental margin, bioherm-shoal at the rift margin, and bioherm-shoal in
the platform. The bioherm-shoal at rift margin developed along both sides of the DeyangeAnyue rift, in a U-shape, with a width of about
5e40 km and a length of about 500 km. It connected with the platform margin belt at the continental margin to the west in the Shifang area,
and to the north near Guangyuan area. Third, in the depositional stage of the Deng 4 Member, when the lithofacies paleogeographic features in
the Deng 2 Member remained, the platform margin belt at the rift margin evolved into two parts in the east and the west as a result of the
continuous southward extensional faulting of the DeyangeAnyue rift until it finally crossed the basin from north to south. The eastern platform
margin belt was located in the GuangyuaneYantingeAnyueeLuzhou area, showing NS distribution with a length of about 450 km and a width
of about 4e50 km. The western platform margin belt mainly developed in the DujiangyaneChengdueWeiyuaneYibineMabian area, showing
an eastward arc distribution with a length of about 300 km and a width of 4e30 km. And fourth, the sedimentary model of rimmed platform
with double platform margins in the Dengying Fm was established, providing a guidance for predicting the distribution of favorable reservoir
facies belts.
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Keywords: Sichuan Basin; Sinian; DeyangeAnyue intra-platform rift; Lithofacies paleogeography; Sedimentary model; Platform margin belt; Platform margin belt
at the rift margin

The Sinian Dengying Fm is one of the important natural gas
production layers in the Sichuan Basin. Many researches have
been done on the lithofacies paleogeography and the sedi-
mentary reservoirs of the Dengying Fm and great achievements
* Corresponding author.
E-mail address: zhoujg8797@sohu.com (Zhou JG).
Peer review under responsibility of Sichuan Petroleum Administration.
have been made [1e8]. The authors carried out a systematic
and deep study on the basis of previous studies. As a result, the
platform margin at continental margin in the Dengying Fm was
identified in Wangcang, Nanjiang, Ebian, Mianzhu and other
places and the continental margin belt of rift margin was
discovered in the GaoshitieMoxi area in the east and the
WeiyuaneZiyang area in the west of DeyangeAnyue intra-
platform rift. The authors proposed that the intra-platform rift

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controls the development and distribution of the platform
margin belt at rift margin, and established a sedimentary model
of rimed platform with “double platform margin”, which
guided the prediction of the distribution of favorable reservoir
facies belts. This research supports the highly-efficient explo-
ration of the Anyue super large gas field in the Sichuan Basin,
and also provides a referential significance to the study on
lithofacies paleogeography and oil and gas exploration of
ancient carbonate rocks in other areas of China.
1. Tectonicepaleogeographic background of the Dengying
Fm
1.1. Tectonic background
In the Sinian, the Sichuan Basin and its periphery reside in
an extensional tectonic setting. From the viewpoint of global
tectonism, the breaking up of the Rhodanian continent
continued until the Sinian or even Early Cambrian [9,10].
From the perspective of regional structure, the Sichuan Basin
and its peripheric SinianeEarly Cambrian were situated in a
regional tensional tectonic environment [11]. Luo Zhili called
such a tensional action Xingkai taphrogeny [12]. Recently, a
Sinian extensional fault has been found in the GaoshitieMoxi
area of the Sichuan Basin. According to the interpretation
results of seismic data, an extension fault occurred in three
stages (Fig. 1). The first stage was inside the DeyangeAnyue
rift, which controlled the distribution of platform margin belt
in Deng 2 Member. The second stage migrated to both sides
of the rift, which controlled the distribution of platform
margin belt in Deng 4 Member. The third stage further
migrated to both sides of the rift, which controlled the
boundary of the rift in Early Cambrian. With the migration of
boundary faults, the rift gradually widened and extended
southward, and finally communicated with the southern
continental margin. The three stages of fault migration were
obviously reflected in the northern part of the rift. In the
GaoshitieMoxi area, they presented as the superposition of
Fig. 1. Tensional fault and its distribution in the DeyangeAnyue intra-platform rift (The left map modified according to Ref. [14]).
three stages of fault, namely the continuous activity of the
same fracture. This activity can be dated back to the fault
rejuvenation of rift in the Nanhua period [13]. Within the rift,
there is volcanic ash and other sedimentary responses related
to tension. According to the data of Well Gaoshi 17, Deng 3
Member contains mudstone with a thickness of about 2 m.
From the gamma responses of more than 300 API, it is similar
to the anomalously high gamma value of the Deng 3 Member
blue-gray mudstone in the Xianfeng section in Ebian. How-
ever, petrology and geochemical analysis show that the blue-
gray mudstone in the Xianfeng section was formed due to the
alteration of volcanic ash. In addition, the drilling reveals that
Deng 4 Member is only 15 m thick and is composed of
argillaceous dolomite and argillaceous siltstone (the siltstone
is composed of dolomite), being slope deposits in relatively
deep water. This feature is similar to the lithology and strat-
igraphic thickness of deepwater sediments on the continental
margin rift represented by Xiuqihe section in Chengkou and
Gaodongmiao section in Xiushan.
The direct response of the Sinian extension in the Sichuan
Basin is the formation of the DeyangeAnyue rift. Some
scholars referred to the DeyangeAnyue rift as the Mia-
nyangeChangning rift, which was formed in the Cambrian.
Other scholars considered it as the erosion valley originated
from erosion in the end of Sinian, or erosion aulacogen orig-
inated erosion and tension [14e19]. The authors proposed that
the DeyangeAnyue rift was formed in the Sinian Dengying
Fm period, experiencing eight evolution stages, i.e. tension in
Deng 1eDeng 2 Member, exposure in the end of Deng 2
Member, tension in Deng 3eDeng 4 Member, exposure in the
end of Deng 4 Member, tension in the Maidiping Fm, expo-
sure in the end of Maidiping Fm, tension in early Qiongzhusi
Fm, and filling and leveling in the Canglangpu Fm. Particu-
larly, the two stages of tension in the Dengying Fm period
were associated with the development of platform margin belt
at the rift margin. It is revealed in the study that the early stage
(Deng 1eDeng 2) of the DeyangeAnyue rift was only
developed in the northern part of DeyangeAnyue area, and
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there was only rift prototype in Changning area in the south,
which was not connected with the DeyangeAnyue rift. In the
middleelate stage (Deng 3 Member e Maidiping Fm), the
northern and southern parts were connected due to another
rifting, giving rise to a uniform intra-platform rift. In late stage
(Qiongzhusi Fm e Canglangpu Fm), strong filling of deposits
leveled the rift, causing its extinction. According to the
restoration by using the printing method [17], the rift was
roughly distributed along the AnxianeDeyangeLezhie
AnyueeNeijiangeFushuneChangning line in NS direction,
dispersing like a trumpet from Neijiang to south and north.
The northesouth extension of intra-platform is about 350 km.
The width of the northern trumpet mouth is about 230 km, and
that of the southern trumpet mouth is about 100 km. The
narrowest part is located in Neijiang area, with a width of
about 40 km. The total area of the intra-platform rift is about
60000 km2. The DeyangeAnyue rift has a profound influence
on the Sinian paleogeographical pattern in the Sichuan Basin.
In addition, the tension in Sinian also caused the split between
the North China plate and the Yangtze plate, which led to the
Qinling ocean basin [20] and the Late Proterozoic e Early
Paleozoic aulacogen at the margin of Yangtze plate.
1.2. Palaeogeological patterns
According to the above tectonic analysis, the formation and
evolution of the DeyangeAnyue rift caused the tectonic
pattern of alternate uplift and sag in Sinian in the Sichuan
Basin. During Deng 1eDeng 2 Member, the palaeogeological
pattern presented “one uplift and four sags”. “One uplift” re-
fers to the Ya'aneChongqingeWanzhou platform uplift, and
“four sags” refer to the western sag at the continental margin
of Yangtze Plate connected with the SongpaneGanzi Sea, the
northern sag at the continental margin of Yangtze Plate con-
nected with the Qinling Sea, the southeastern sag at the con-
tinental margin connected with the Huanan Sea, and the
DeyangeAnyue intra-platform rift in the craton. Additionally,
in the platform uplift, there was a small isolated rift in
Changning Area (Fig. 2-a). During Deng 3eDeng 4 Member,
Fig. 2. Tectonicepalaeogeological patterns of Dengying Fm in the Sichuan Basin.
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due to the continuous tension of the DeyangeAnyue intra-
platform and its connection with the Changning rift, the
Sichuan Basin was separated into the eastern and western
parts, making “one uplift and four sags” become “two uplifts
and four sags” (Fig. 2-b). The “two uplifts” refer to the
western and eastern platform uplifts in the DeyangeAnyue
rift. The western platform uplift was located in the Cheng-
dueYa'aneWeiyuan zone and the western platform uplift was
located in the GuangyuaneWanzhou zone. The “four sags”
remained the same. Under this macroscopic tectonic back-
ground, the platform uplift evolved into a carbonate platform;
the “four sags” evolved into a continental shelf-basin, and the
slope break between the platform uplifts and sags evolved into
a continental margin-type platform margin or an intra-rift
margin-type platform margin.
2. Paleogeographic features of Dengying Fm
The Dengying Fm is divided into four members, of which
Deng 1 Member and Deng 3 Member are transgressive tracts
(TST) and Deng 2 Member and Deng 4 Member are highstand
tracts (HST). The HST facies belts show an obvious differ-
entiation and they are the main intervals of reservoirs. In this
study, Deng 2 Member and Deng 4 Member are taken as ex-
amples to elaborate the paleogeographic features of the Den-
gying Fm.
2.1. Deng 2 Member
In the depositional period of Deng 2 Member, controlled by
the palaeogeological pattern of “one uplift and four sags”,
there were seven facies belts in three facies zones in the
Sichuan Basin (Fig. 3). These facies belts include the slope-
basin facies in the continental margin facies zone, the plat-
form margin belt, restricted platform and platform margin belt
at rift margin in the platform facies zone, and the slope-basin
facies in the rift facies zone. The following sections will
specifically describe the platform margin belt, the platform
margin belt at rift margin, and the slope-basin facies belt.
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Fig. 3. . Lithofacies and paleography in Deng 2 Member in the Sichuan Basin.
The platform margin belt, mainly developed in the periphery
of the present Sichuan Basin, is composed of bioherm-shoal.
According to the field geological sections of Wangcang in
Guangyuan, Yangba in Nanjiang, Qingping in Shifang, and
Songlin in Zunyi, the bioherm-shoal shows obvious mound-like
positive geomorphological features and multiple sedimentary
cycles. The thickness of the single cycle is 2e5 m and the
cumulative thickness is 50e260 m. The mound can be divided
into the sedimentary microfacies of mound base, mound core,
and mound cap. The mound base is generally composed of
muddy fine micritic dolomite and microbial agglutinated
granular dolomite, or storm breccia occasionally. The mound
core is composed of microbial agglutinated dolomite, microbial
stromatolite dolomite, and microbial lamellar dolomite, usually
containing lamellar dolomite and double structure of foam-like,
stromatolite microbial trellis rocks. There is a large reservoir
space in mound core which is the main body of reservoir
development. The mound cap is mainly composed of microbial
lamellar dolomite and micritic dolomite. The study on the
Qingping section by Li Ling et al. also obtained similar results
[21]. In addition to the microbial mound, the granule beach is
also an important component of platform margin belt at the
continental margin. Taking the Songlin section in Zunyi and
Yankong section in Jinsha as examples, 3e4 cycles of granular
beach can be observed, with a cumulative continuous thickness
of about 20 m and the development of cross beddings. The
grain beach is composed of bean-shaped grains, oolite and sand
debris. Most of the bean-shaped grains are 2e6 mm, and
mainly in ellipsoid. The microbial circle is developed. The
oolite usually has a radius of 0.5e1.0 mm, containing high
roundness and the development of concentric laminae. There is
sparry cement between the grains.
The platform margin belt at the rift margin is developed in
both sides of the DeyangeAnyue rift, presenting a U-shaped
distribution, with a width of about 5e40 km and a length of
about 500 km. It connects with the platform margin facies belt
at the continental margin northward near Guangyuan and
westward in Shifang line. The platform margin belt at the rift
margin is composed of bioherm-shoal bodies. According to
the drilling results of Wells Gaoke 1, Gaoshi 1, and Moxi 9,
these bioherm-shoal bodies have similar sedimentary struc-
tures and lithology to the platform margin facies at the con-
tinental margin. On seismic section, the bioherm-shoal body is
characterized by “mound-shaped” and “clutter” reflections,
and the area of single mound complexity is large. Well Zi 4 in
the Ziyang area and Wells Gaoke 1 and Moxi 9 in the
GaoshitieMoxi area also reveal that granular shoals are rela-
tively developed at the platform margin at the rift margin,
which is composed of arenous dolomite and microbial
agglutinated granular dolomite, with single layer thickness of
1e3 m and cumulative thickness of 80 m, and with the
development of sedimentary structures of cross bedding. It is
also revealed by drilling that the bioherm-shoal body in the
platform margin at the continental margin contains scale high-
quality reservoirs.
The slope-basin facies, another important kind of facies
discovered in recent studies, is located in the DeyangeAnyue
rift. It connects with the SongpaneGanzi ocean basin in the
northwest. The identification of the slope-basin facies is based
on three aspects. Frist, the interpretation of 2D seismic data in
the grand Central Sichuan area clearly shows that the Den-
gying Fm is significantly thinned, and the seismic facies
transform from mound-shaped or clutter reflections at the
platform margin to the highly-continuous strong amplitude
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reflections, from the GaoshitieMoxi platform margin to the
slopebasin. Second, the drilling of Well Gaoshi 17 reveals that
the Sinian is 170 m thick and the main lithology is pimple-
shaped dolomite with high muddy content. Well Ziyang 1
drilled in this area by Sinopec Corporation reveals that the
Sinian is less than 100 m thick, and contains thin argillaceous
dolomite intercalated with limestone. Third, the Guanzhuang
section in Qingchuan and the Chenjiaba section in Guangyuan
in northwestern Sichuan reveal that the Sinian is composed of
black shale of slope-basin facies, siliceous rocks and gravity-
flow deposits [22].
2.2. Deng 4 Member
In Deng 4 Member, due to the continuous southward rift-
ing of the DeyangeAnyue rift and northward expansion of the
Changning rift, the rift boundary migrated to the inside of the
platform, resulting in the expansion of rift and final penetra-
tion of north and south in the basin. The paleoecological
background evolved from “one uplift and four sags” to “two
uplifts and four sags”. Compared with Deng 2 Member, there
were still seven facies belts in three facies zones (Fig. 4), but
the distribution of the facies belts changed greatly. The
following sections will specifically describe the features of
the platform margin at the rift margin and the slope-basin
facies in the rift.
In the depositional period of Deng 4 Member, the platform
margin belt at the rift margin was mainly composed of two
belts in the east and west. The eastern platform margin was
distributed in the GuangyuaneYantingeAnyueeLuzhou zone,
presenting an NS distribution, with a length of about 450 km
Fig. 4. Lithofacies and paleography in Deng 4 Member in the Sichuan Basin.
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and a width of 4e50 km. The western margin was mainly
distributed in the DujiangyaneChengdueWeiyuaneYibine
Mabian zone, presenting an arc-shaped distribution protruding
to the east with a length of about 300 km and a width of
4e30 km. Drilling results reveal that bioherm-shoal bodies at
the platform margin in Deng 4 Member are similar to those in
Deng 2 Member, which show obvious mound-shaped re-
flections and larger single mound-shoal bodies. According to
the interpretation of 3D seismic data in the GaoshitieMoxi
area, the platform margin belt in Deng 4 Member in the
GaoshitieMoxi area can be divided into 21 mound-shoal
bodies, covering an area of about 1620 km2 (Fig. 5). The
average area of single mound-shoal body is 77 km2.
The distribution of slope-basin facies in the rift varied
greatly. According to the recent study on southward distribu-
tion of the DeyangeAnyue rift, it was believed to have
experienced further southward rifting in the period of Deng
3eDeng 4 Member, and ultimately might connect with the
southeast continental margin basin in the Upper Yangtze plate.
The study results of logging and seismic data in southern
Sichuan Basin reveal that in the Deng 4 Member period there
was obvious slope break dipping west in the Hebao-
changeLuzhoueGaomuding zone. Drilling of Well Yang 1
reveals that the east side of slope break contains platform
margin facies, with the development of bioherm-shoal bodies.
Drilling of Wells Ning 2, Chuanglong 1, Zishen 1, Woshen 1,
and Mang 1 reveal that the west side of slope break is the
slope-basin facies. Deng 4 Member is relatively thin (gener-
ally less than 150 m), composed of mud- and siliceous-rich
micritic dolomite. The occurrence of slope-basin facies in-
dicates that in the craton there was coeval source rock and it
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Fig. 5. Distribution of bioherm-shoal bodies in the GaoshitieMoxi area.
controlled the development of source rock. This source rock,
together with the adjacent high energy band, forms a good
source-reservoir assemblage which is the favorable explora-
tion target in the platform.
3. Sedimentary models of Dengying Fm
According to the above-mentioned paleogeographic pattern
and the type and distribution of sedimentary facies, the model
of “double platform margin” of the Dengying Fm was estab-
lished (Fig. 6). This model consists of seven facies belts in
three facies zones, namely, continental margin facies zone,
platform facies zone, and intra-platform rift facies zone. The
continental margin facies zone includes the slope and basin
facies belts. The platform margin facies zone includes conti-
nental margin-type platform margin facies, rift margin-type
platform margin facies, and restricted platform facies which
can be subdivided into tidal flat, intra-platform mound-shoal,
Fig. 6. The “Double platform margin” rimed platform model of Dengying Fm in the Sichuan Basin.
and lagoon subfacies. The rift facies zone includes intra-
platform slope and platform basin facies.
Compared with classic rimed platform [23,24], the model is
unique in two aspects. First, it includes additionally the rift
margin-type platform margin belt, which combines with the
continental margin-type platform margin to form the double
platform margins. The platform margin belt at the rift margin,
controlled by the intra-platform rift, is developed along the
slope break in both sides. Drilling in the GaoshitieMoxi area
proves that the platform margin at the rift margin belt is
mainly composed of bioherm and granule beach. The former
was formed by the skeleton- and pore-establishment of
Cryptozoic algae microbial and the latter was formed by the
reworking of bioherm by wave and by microbial agglutination.
The high-quality reservoirs were formed by pene-
contemporaneous dissolution and late karstification of multi-
cycle mound-shoal bodies [25e28]. Drilling in the Gaoshi-
tieMoxi area reveals that the reservoir is 80e120 m thick and
is distributed in large scale along the platform margin. Second,
in the rift, there are platform basin-slope facies, showing
conditions for source rock development. From Wells Gaoshi
17 and Ziyang 1 and the Guanzhuang section in Qingchuan, it
is found that dark-colored shale is developed in this facies belt,
especially Deng 3 Member where dark shale has a cumulative
thickness of more than 30 m, the TOC is 0.04e4.73% with an
average of 0.65%. Furthermore, the organic matter is sapro-
pelic, and the equivalent Ro is 3.16e3.21%, recording a
mature stage. Thus, the source rock is better.
The model reveals that (1) there are scale high-quality
reservoirs both at the platform margin and the intra-platform
rift margin; (2) there is high-quality source rock in the intra-
platform rift; and (3) the lateral abutting of source rock and
reservoir in the intra-platform forms a good assemblage, fa-
voring the accumulation of oil and gas. Therefore, from the
perspective of sedimentary reservoirs, the establishment of this
model highlights the potential of oil and gas exploration in the
platform. In the past, carbonate exploration was often
concentrated in the continental margin-type platform margin
belt, and it was considered that scale reservoirs and source
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rock were absent within the platform, showing a poor explo-
ration potential. The establishment of the model not only
shows the presence of scale reservoirs in the platform margin
belt at the continental margin (which is the potential area for
oil and gas exploration), but also indicates that there was a
better petroliferous system within the platform due to the
occurrence of rifts. Accordingly, carbonate exploration ex-
tends from the continental margin to the intra-platform. This is
of great theoretical and practical significance in oil and gas
exploration in small craton carbonate platforms in China. Due
to the fact that the continental margin-type platform margin
belt in small craton carbonate platforms in China was liable to
be involved in orogenic belts in later orogeny, its petroliferous
system was destroyed, leading to zero or lower value of oil and
gas exploration. For example, the present continental margin-
type platform margin belts in the Dengying Fm and the
Changxing Fm of the Sichuan Basin were mostly involved in
the Longmenshan orogenic belt and the Micang-
shaneDabashan orogenic belt, and therefore outcropped,
making the potential of oil and gas exploration greatly dis-
counted. On the contrary, the platform margin belt at the rift
margin is located on the rigid basement. Despite late structural
reworking, its petroliferous system could still be completely
preserved, becoming an oil and gas exploration zone with a
considerable potential. To sum up, the establishment of the
“double platform margin” rimed platform model can predict
the distribution of favorable reservoir belts, and also reveal the
potential of the oil and gas exploration in platforms, showing a
great guiding significance in the oil and gas exploration of
small craton carbonate rock platforms in China.
4. Conclusions and significance
1) In the Sinian, the Sichuan Basin and its periphery are
located in a tensional structural environment, forming
the DeyangeAnyue intra-platform rift which divides the
Sichuan Basin into a paleogeographic pattern of “two
uplifts and four sags”. The “two uplifts” evolved into a
platform and the “four sags” evolved into a slopeebasin
sedimentary environment.
2) In the Dengying Fm, there are seven facies belts in three
facies zones. In Deng 2 Member, there are continental
margin moundshoal, rift margin moundshoal, and intra-
platform moundshoal, and other favorable reservoir
facies. The rift margin moundshoal is developed along
both sides of the DeyangeAnyue rift, presenting a U-
shaped distribution with a width of 5e40 km and a
length of about 500 km. It connects with the platform
margin belt at the continental margin westward in Shi-
fang area and southward in Guangyuan area.
3) Deng 4 Member inherited the lithofacies paleogeo-
graphic features in Deng 2 Member, but the Deyange
Anyue rift continued to rift southward and finally ran
through the basin from north to south. The platform
margin belt at the rift margin evolved into two belts in
the east and west. The eastern platform margin belt is
distributed in the GuangyuaneYantingeAnyueeLuzhou
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area, showing a northesouth distribution with a length
of about 450 km and a width of 4e50 km. The western
platform margin belt is developed in the Dujiangyane
ChengdueWeiyuaneYibineMabian area, presenting an
arc-shaped distribution protruding to the east with a
length of about 300 km and a width of 4e30 km.
4) The establishment of “double platform margin” rimed
platform sedimentary model reveals that the occurrence
of intra-platforms makes the platform equipped with a
sedimentary environment for the development of scale
high-quality reservoirs and improves the accumulation
condition in the platform, showing that there is still good
oil and gas exploration in the platform, which is of great
significance in the oil and gas exploration of small
craton carbonate platforms in China.
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