Discovery and its geological significance of the mantle-derived helium in the inclusions of the Ordovician oil-bearing reservoir rocks in the Huanghua depression, China

• Published in: Science China. Earth sciences Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 23 - 29
• Main Authors: Xiaobao, Zhang, Yongchang, Xu, Mingliang, Sun, Kerning, Cheng, Wenhui, Liu, Xiufen, Li, Liyuan, Ma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.01.2004
• Subjects: Geochemistry; Geologic depressions; Geophysics; Heat flow; Helium; Isotopes; Ordovician; Plate tectonics; Reservoirs; Rocks; Triassic
• ISSN: 1006-9313; 1674-7313; 1862-2801; 1869-1897
• DOI: 10.1007/BF03028859

The values of the helium isotopes in the inclusions of the Ordovician reservoir rocks in the Kongxi buried hill belt in the Huanghua depression were first measured and the source of helium and its geological significance were investigated in comparison with those of the helium isotopes in the conclusions in the Ordovician rocks in the Ordos basin and the Tarim basin. The input of the mantle-derived helium into the inclusions in the carbonate reservoir rocks was found from the Konggu 3 well, the Konggu 4 well, and the Konggu 7 well in the Kongxi buried hill belt. The^sup 3^He/^sup 4^He and R/Ra in the conclusions in the Ordovician oil-bearing reservoir rocks in the Konggu 7 well average 2.54-sx10^sup -6^ (3) (sample quantity, the same below) and 1.82(3), respectively. The percent of the mantle-derived helium in the inclusions of the reservoir rocks in the Konggu 7 well reaches up to an average of 23.0%(3). The age of the contribution of the man-tle-derived helium to the inclusions in the Kongxi buried hill belt is in the Late Triassic or the Early Tertiary. The finding of the mantle-derived helium shows that the interaction of the deep crust with mantle and the activity of deep faults occurred, the terrestrial heat flow value was high, and mantle-derived inorganic gas pools might be formed in the Kongxi buried hill belt. The finding of the mantle-derived helium in the inclusions of oil-bearing reservoir rocks also provides a new way for researching the activity of mantle-derived matter and its associated geological problems.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]