Characteristics of transfer zones under the influence of pre-existing faults and regional stress transformation: Wenchang A subsag, Zhujiang River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea

Wei LI; Mingyue CAO; Meifang MENG; Caiwei FAN; Hui LI; Jia LI; Wanqiu WU; Ruiqing QIN; Xingan LI; Yiming LIU

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Characteristics of transfer zones under the influence of pre-existing faults and regional stress transformation: Wenchang A subsag, Zhujiang River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea

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- Characteristics of transfer zones under the influence of pre-existing faults and regional stress transformation: Wenchang A subsag, Zhujiang River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 42, Issue 3, Pages: 744-759(2024)
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  1.State Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
  2.School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
  3.Zhanjiang Branch, China National Offshore Oil Corporation Company, Zhanjiang 524057, China
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  liwei780923@163.com
  lymupc@126.com
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-023-3079-4
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- Received：02 May 2023，
  
  Online First：05 September 2023，
  
  Published：01 May 2024
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LI Wei,CAO Mingyue,MENG Meifang,et al.Characteristics of transfer zones under the influence of pre-existing faults and regional stress transformation: Wenchang A subsag, Zhujiang River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2024,42(03):744-759.
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LI Wei,CAO Mingyue,MENG Meifang,et al.Characteristics of transfer zones under the influence of pre-existing faults and regional stress transformation: Wenchang A subsag, Zhujiang River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2024,42(03):744-759. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-023-3079-4.

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A transfer zone in rift basins preserves important information on regional tectonic evolution and plays significant roles in hydrocarbon accumulation. Based on the systematic analysis of 3D seismic data and hydrocarbon accumulation conditions

the geometry

kinematics

and reservoir control of a large synthetic overlapping transfer zone in the south of the Wenchang A subsag in the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Mouth basin were investigated. Results indicate that the development and evolution of the transfer zone was controlled by the interaction between pre-existing faults and regional stress transformation. The intense rifting of the main faults of the transfer zone controlled the development of source rocks and fault-controlled slope break paleogeomorphology. The strike-slip overprint since the Oligocene is conducive to the formation of a large-scale fault-anticline trap

and the secondary faults in the transfer zone contribute to the hydrocarbon transportation. The conjugate intersection area of the NE- and NW-trending faults offers more opportunity for hydrocarbon migration and accumulation.

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