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2021 Vol. 40, No. 2

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Natural gas geology in the South China Sea
The geological characteristics of the large- and medium-sized gas fields in the South China Sea
Gongcheng Zhang, Dongdong Wang, Lei Lan, Shixiang Liu, Long Su, Long Wang, Wu Tang, Jia Guo, Rui Sun
2021, 40(2): 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1754-x
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By the end of 2019, more than 220 gas fields had been discovered in the South China Sea. In order to accurately determine the geological characteristics of the large- and medium-sized gas fields in the South China Sea, this study conducted a comprehe...
Reinterpretation of the northern South China Sea pre-Cenozoic basement and geodynamic implications of the South China continent: constraints from combined geological and geophysical records
Weilin Zhu, Yuchi Cui, Lei Shao, Peijun Qiao, Peng Yu, Jianxiang Pei, Xinyu Liu, Hao Zhang
2021, 40(2): 13-28. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1757-7
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The pre-Cenozoic northern South China Sea (SCS) Basin basement was supposed to exist as a complex of heterogeneous segments, divided by dozens of N−S faulting. Unfortunately, only the Hainan Island and the northeastern SCS region were modestly dated ...
A buried submarine canyon in the northwestern South China Sea: architecture, development processes and implications for hydrocarbon exploration
Bin Wang, Fuliang Lü, Shuang Li, Jian Li, Zhili Yang, Li Li, Xuefeng Wang, Yintao Lu, Taotao Yang, Jingwu Wu, Guozhong Sun, Hongxia Ma, Xiaoyong Xu
2021, 40(2): 29-41. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1751-0
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High-resolution multichannel seismic data enables the discovery of a previous, undocumented submarine canyon (Huaguang Canyon) in the Qiongdongnan Basin, northwestern South China Sea. The Huaguang Canyon with a NW orientation is 140 km in length, and...
Structural characteristics of central depression belt in deep-water area of the Qiongdongnan Basin and the hydrocarbon discovery of Songnan low bulge
Mo Ji, Qingbo Zeng, Haizhang Yang, Shuai Guo, Kai Zhong
2021, 40(2): 42-53. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1753-y
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The Qiongdongnan Basin has the first proprietary high-yield gas field in deep-water areas of China and makes the significant breakthroughs in oil and gas exploration. The central depression belt of deep-water area in the Qiongdongnan Basin is constit...
Control effects of the synsedimentary faults on the basin-marginal fans in the central part of the deep-water area of early Oligocene Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea
Guangzeng Song, Zengxue Li, Haizhang Yang, Dongdong Wang, Ying Chen, Rui Sun
2021, 40(2): 54-64. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1749-7
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The synsedimentary faults and basin-marginal fans located in the central part of the deep-water area of the early Oligocene Qiongdongnan Basin have been investigated using seismic profiles, boreholes, and well-log data. Through the formations of the ...
Characteristics and origins of middle Miocene mounds and channels in the northern South China Sea
Yufeng Li, Gongcheng Zhang, Renhai Pu, Hongjun Qu, Huailei Shen, Xueqin Zhao
2021, 40(2): 65-80. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1759-5
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Numerous elongated mounds and channels were found at the top of the middle Miocene strata using 2D/3D seismic data in the Liwan Sag of Zhujiang River Mouth Basin (ZRMB) and the Beijiao Sag of Qiongdongnan Basin (QDNB). They occur at intervals and are...
Migrated hybrid turbidite-contourite channel-lobe complex of the late Eocene Rovuma Basin, East Africa
Yintao Lu, Xiwu Luan, Boqing Shi, Weimin Ran, Fuliang Lü, Xiujuan Wang, Quanbin Cao, Xiaoyong Xu, Hui Sun, Genshun Yao
2021, 40(2): 81-94. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1750-1
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Analysis of 3D seismic data and well log data from the Rovuma Basin in East Africa reveals the presence of a late Eocene channel-lobe complex on its slope. The first two channels, denoted as channel-1 and channel-2, are initiated within a topographic...
Peat formation and accumulation mechanism in northern marginal basin of South China Sea
Zengxue Li, Qingbo Zeng, Meng Xu, Dongdong Wang, Guangzeng Song, Pingli Wang, Xiaojing Li, Xue Zheng
2021, 40(2): 95-106. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1748-8
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In the present study, the coal-rock organic facies of Oligocene Yacheng Formation of the marginal basin in the South China Sea were classified and divided. In addition, through the correlations of the large-scale coal-bearing basins between the epico...
Study on fault-controlled hydrocarbon migration and accumulation process and models in Zhu I Depression
Wenqi Zhu, Keqiang Wu, Ling Ke, Kai Chen, Zhifeng Liu
2021, 40(2): 107-113. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1755-9
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Through the analysis of the faults and their internal structure in Zhu I Depression, it is found that the internal structure of the late fault is obviously segmented vertically. It develops unitary structure (simple fault plane) in shallow layers, bi...
Sediment source and environment evolution in Taiwan Island during the Eocene–Miocene
Yuanli Hou, Weilin Zhu, Peijun Qiao, Chi-Yue Huang, Yuchi Cui, Xianbo Meng
2021, 40(2): 114-122. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1756-8
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Taiwan Island’s outcropping strata can provide important insights into the sedimentary environment and source development of the southeast China margin. This research is based on the Eocene–Miocene strata of the Tsukeng area in the central Western Fo...
Geochemistry and zircon U-Pb ages of the Oligocene sediments in the Baiyun Sag, Zhujiang River Mouth Basin
Rui Sun, Ming Ma, Kai Zhong, Xiayang Wang, Zhao Zhao, Shuai Guo, Xingzong Yao, Gongcheng Zhang
2021, 40(2): 123-135. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1628-7
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In this study, element geochemistry and zircon chronology are used to analyze the Oligocene sediments in the Baiyun Sag, Zhujiang River Mouth Basin. The experimental results are discussed with respect to weathering conditions, parent rock lithologies...
An insight into shallow gas hydrates in the Dongsha area, South China Sea
Bin Liu, Jiangxin Chen, Luis M. Pinheiro, Li Yang, Shengxuan Liu, Yongxian Guan, Haibin Song, Nengyou Wu, Huaning Xu, Rui Yang
2021, 40(2): 136-146. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1758-6
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Previous studies of gas hydrate in the Dongsha area mainly focused on the deep-seated gas hydrates that have a high energy potential, but cared little about the shallow gas hydrates occurrences. Shallow gas hydrates have been confirmed by drill cores...