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The distribution of the oil derived from Cambrian source rocks in Lunnan area, the Tarim Basin, China

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There are great differences in biomarks between Cambrian oil and Middle-Upper Ordovician oil. In this stuty, the authors analyzed 40 oils found in Lunnan area by GC-MS and calculated the content of Cambrian oil in the 40 oils according to the steroid indexes of typical oil mixture and match experiment. The results show that it is a general phenomenon in Ordovician reservoir that the oil derived from Cambrian source rock mixed with the oil derived from Middle-Upper Ordovician source rock in Lunnan area, the mixture degree of the two oils is lower in Carboniferous reservoir than in Ordovician reservoir, and the oils kept in Triassic reservoir have single source, Middle-Upper Ordovician source rock. The mixture oils mainly composed of Cambrian oil (>50%) distributed in Sangtamu fault zone, and the oils found in Lunnan fault zone are Middle-Upper Ordovician oil. This distribution of oils in Lunnan area is owing to that Lunnan fault zone is located in anticline axis part, Lunnan fault zone underwent serious erosion, and the oils from Cambrian source rock accumulated in Lunnan fault zone were degraded completely during Caledonian-Hercynian movement. But the Cambrian oil accumulated in Sangtamu fault zone was not degraded completely and some of them were left for the location of Sangtamu fault zone is lower than Lunnan fault zone. Later, the oil derived from Middle-Upper Ordovician source rock mixed with the remained Cambrian oil, and the mixture oil formed in Sangtamu fault zone.

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    Mi JingKui, Zhang ShuiChang, Chen JianPing, Tang LiPing & He ZhongHua

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Supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB202307)

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Mi, J., Zhang, S., Chen, J. et al. The distribution of the oil derived from Cambrian source rocks in Lunnan area, the Tarim Basin, China. Chin. Sci. Bull. 52 (Suppl 1), 133–140 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-007-6004-x

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