Petroleum geology controlled by extensive detachment thinning of continental margin crust: A case study of Baiyun sag in the deep-water area of northern South China Sea

• Published in: Petroleum exploration and development Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 29 - 42
• Main Authors: PANG, Xiong, REN, Jianye, ZHENG, Jinyun, LIU, Jun, YU, Peng, LIU, Baojun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.02.2018; KeAi Communications Co., Ltd
• Subjects: Baiyun sag; broad-deep fault depression; continental margin crust; continental shelf break; deep-water area; detachment fault; northern South China Sea; petroleum geology; Zhujiangkou Basin; Zhujiangkou Basin; continental margin crust; Baiyun sag; continental shelf break; detachment fault; northern South China Sea; deep-water area; broad-deep fault depression; petroleum geology

The relationships between crustal stretching and thinning, basin structure and petroleum geology in Baiyun deep-water area were analyzed using large area 3D seismic, gravity, magnetic, ocean bottom seismic (OBS), deep-water exploration wells and integrated ocean drilling program (IODP). During the e...