Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 9-17.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20200102

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Structural Characteristics and Evolution in the Southern Margin of Junggar Basin

ZHU Ming1, WANG Xin2, XIAO Lixin1   

  1. 1.Geophysics Institute, Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Xinjiang Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830013, China
    2.School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
  • Received:2019-11-19 Revised:2019-12-10 Online:2020-02-01 Published:2020-03-31

Abstract:

The understanding of the complex structures in the southern margin of Junggar basin is very important to explore the oil traps in the middle-deep strata and discover large oil and gas fields. In this paper, the structural characteristics and evolution of the fold-thrust belt in the southern margin of Junggar basin are studied based on 2D structural sections, quantitative analysis of structural deformation, and the complex structural model and tectonic activity time and deformation mechanism are determined. The research results show that the southern margin of Junggar basin underwent two stages of deformation in the Late Jurassic and Miocene, respectively. Strike slip faults were developed in the Late Jurassic during which Gaoquan fault-uplift zone, Aika structural belt and Qigu-south Anjihai strike-slip fault formed, which were belong to Mesozoic strike-slip fault system in the periphery of Junggar basin. Thrust and fold belt were developed during Miocene. The Cenozoic anticline over-lapped on Gaoquan fault-uplift zone and Aika structural belt in the western section of the southern margin. The drilling of Well Gaotan-1 proves that the anticline structures overlying on the paleostructures are favorable targets for exploration. Three rows of thrust faults and imbricate structures are developed in the middle section of the southern margin, and the middle and lower parts of the structures are the main targets for petroleum exploration. The Cenozoic thrust-fold belt extends from south to north in the southern margin of Junggar basin. Qigu fault-fold zone in the piedmont and the deep folds in the basin formed in the early Miocene (23 Ma), the Huo-Ma-Tu thrust fault occurred at the end of Miocene(7 Ma), and Hutubi anticline and Kayindike anticline formed in Quaternery.

Key words: Junggar basin, Shawan sag, Sikeshu sag, strike-slip fault, fold-thrust belt, Jurassic, Miocene, tectonic evolution

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