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Geological and geochemical implications of the complicated carbonate diagenetic process in the Lower Ordovician buried hills of the eastern Tazhong Low Rise, NW China, using Well M1 as an example

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There are many structural buried hills in the east of Tazhong Low Rise that have significantly valuable for oil/gas exploration and research. In this work, geochemical and geological methods were used to research the complicated diagenetic process of Yingshan carbonate. The Yingshan carbonate underwent four diagenetic stages with three types of calcite, which diagenetic environment was complex and variable. During the Early Ordovician of syndiagenetic stage, the high-magnesium CI calcite develops along the micro-fracture and has no or very weakly cathodoluminescence color. In the following early diagenetic, the Yingshan carbonate subsided and developed the CIII calcite along the corroded fissure and pressolved sutures. After the M1 buried hill formed during the Late Silurian, the Yingshan carbonate experience the supergene stage, and suffered the weathering and denudation for a long period. During the Carboniferous karst, two cave horizons developed in the M1 buried hill, corresponding with two sets of Carboniferous carbonate rocks by the stratigraphic correlation. The cement CII calcite contains less Sr, Na, Mg, and more Mn and Fe than sea water, showing bright red in the cathodoluminescence. During the following middle and late diagenetic stage, M1 buried hill underwent a process of persistent burial and slight uplifting with CIII calcite cementing from the formation water. During the Permian, the hydrothermal fluid intensely influenced the buried hill, leaving the hydrothermal minerals.

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This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (2652018067). The authors would like to thank the researchers in the Tarim Oilfield Company, PetroChina for their helpful discussions and suggestions.

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  1. School of Ocean Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China

    Xiaodong Lan & Hao Liu

  2. School of Earth Science, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China

    Xiuxiang Lü

  3. Key Laboratory for Hydrocarbon Accumulation of Ministry of Education, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China

    Xiuxiang Lü

  4. Strategic Research Center of Oil and Gas Resources, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing, 100812, China

    Youxing Yang

  5. Exploration & Production Research Institute SINOPEC, Beijing, 100083, China

    Li Dong

  6. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Depositional Mineralization & Sedimentary Mineral, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, Shandong, China

    Li Dong

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Lan, X., Liu, H., Lü, X. et al. Geological and geochemical implications of the complicated carbonate diagenetic process in the Lower Ordovician buried hills of the eastern Tazhong Low Rise, NW China, using Well M1 as an example. Carbonates Evaporites 35, 14 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-019-00542-y

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