{"title":"The Baroch Nala section (NE Pakistan): A new PETM standard for the eastern Tethys","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107183","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We present an integrated, high-resolution, biostratigraphical, mineralogical, and geochemical characterization of the well-exposed Upper Paleocene - Lower Eocene stratigraphic succession of the Surghar Range (Baroch Nala section, NE Pakistan). The faunal assemblages from the Baroch Nala section, dominated by hyaline benthic foraminifera and green calcareous algae, along with the significant terrigenous fraction and the presence of terrestrially derived organic matter, testify to the deposition in a low-energy shallow-marine environment. Such environmental conditions, coupled with weak diagenetic effects, allow us to integrate a continuous record of carbon stable isotopes with a detailed account of the biotic response by carbonate-producing assemblages, paleoclimatic information based on clay-minerals, and information on volcanic activity based on mercury concentrations. The environmental evolution from the Late Paleocene up to the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is clearly documented, including the weaker warm excursion that precedes the PETM (i.e. the Pre-Onset Excursion “POE”), and the evolution of large benthic foraminiferal assemblages. The overall record perfectly shows how the turnover in benthic carbonate producers started with the onset of the PETM and was completed by the time the excursion ended, highlighting how (geologically) brief environmental oscillations can have long lasting effects on the biosphere.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18189,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Petroleum Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kinematic and rheological controls on ultra-wide asymmetric rifted margins evolution","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107171","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107171","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Only a limited number of geodynamic numerical models have been successful in simulating both asymmetric and ultra-wide (<span><math><mo>></mo></math></span>500 km) rifted margins. In this paper, we present a comprehensive suite of 72 thermo-mechanical geodynamic numerical simulations of rifting. These simulations revealed the impact of initial crustal thickness, variations in the ratios between the upper and lower crusts, rift velocity, structural inheritance, and shear heating on the asymmetry and width of conjugate rifted margins. Our findings highlight that initial crustal thickness is a primary controlling factor of conjugate rifted margin geometries. Specifically, initial crustal thicknesses ranging from 35 to 40 km generally do not result in margins exceeding 300 km in width, where wider margins are 1.5 times longer than the narrow corresponding conjugate. An initial crustal thickness of 45 km facilitates the formation of ultra-wide margins, especially when the upper crust is thicker than the lower crust. This is attributed to the greater concentration of heat-producing elements in the thicker upper crust, which accumulates heat, weakens the crust, and promotes ductile thinning. Additionally, high rifting velocities enhance advective heating from the upwelling asthenosphere. This further influences the development of the distal margin domains and results in highly asymmetric conjugate margin pairs with one ultra-wide margin. Structural inheritance also emerges as a critical factor, as it distributes strain within the pre-rift lithosphere, thereby enhancing the development of ultra-wide (<span><math><mo>></mo></math></span>500 km) and highly asymmetric margins. Our results are compatible with conjugate rifted margins between Brazil and Africa, such as Espirito Santo - North Kwanza, Campos - South Kwanza and Santos - Benguela.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18189,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Petroleum Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics and main controlling factors of the Sangonghe tight sandstone reservoirs in the Shengbei Sub-sag of the Turpan-Hami basin, China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107181","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107181","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Sangonghe tight sandstone hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Shengbei Sub-sag of the Turpan-Hami Basin are key areas for hydrocarbon exploration. However, previous research has mostly focused on petrological characteristics, physical properties, and pore types. There is a lack of understanding regarding diagenesis, microscopic pore-throat features, and the impact of overpressure on the reservoir. This gap in knowledge poses a disadvantage for future studies and hydrocarbon exploration. This study examines the Sangonghe tight sandstone hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Shengbei Sub-sag of the Turpan-Hami Basin. It combines cast thin sections, physical property tests, high-pressure mercury injection experiments, low-temperature nitrogen adsorption experiments, and well logging overpressure identification to investigate the basic characteristics, diagenesis, and microscopic pore-throat features of these reservoirs. Based on this analysis, the study identifies the main controlling factors of the reservoir properties and presents three key findings. First, the reservoir rocks are primarily composed of lithic sandstone and feldspathic lithic sandstone with porosity ranging from 4% to 10% and permeability ranging between 0.1 and 10 mD, classifying it as a low-porosity, low-permeability tight sandstone reservoir. Second, the reservoir has undergone several diagenetic processes, with significant compaction and common occurrences of cementation and metasomatism. Acidic dissolution is the main dissolution process, but it is relatively weak. The pore-throat system exhibits poor and concentrated sorting, with nanometer-sized pores being predominant. These include 'ink-bottle' pores with narrow necks and wide bodies, and parallel plate-structured fissure pores. Finally, the development of the reservoirs is mainly influenced by sedimentation, dissolution, and overpressure. The parent rock provenance features a high content of stable heavy minerals, larger grain sizes, and thicker sand body layers. These factors enhanced the reservoir's resistance to compaction and promoted the development of primary intergranular pores. Additionally, organic acid fluids caused extensive dissolution of feldspar and lithic fragments, resulting in the formation of numerous secondary dissolution pores. Additionally, under-compaction overpressure helped preserve primary pores, while hydrocarbon generation overpressure extended the hydrocarbon generation period. This extended period provided the driving force for fluid migration, enhanced the transformation of reservoir space, and aided in hydrocarbon accumulation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18189,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Petroleum Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142594022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insights into the wetting mechanisms in low-permeability sandstone reservoirs and its evolution processes: The shahejie formation in the Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay basin","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107179","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107179","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>During the accumulation and development processes of low-permeability oil, wettability plays a crucial role in the percolation capacity of fluids. In particular, the evolution of low-permeability sandstones involves complex changes in formation fluid properties and mineral types, leading to a deficient understanding of wetting mechanisms in low-permeability sandstones. This gap significantly impedes research on the accumulation mechanisms of low-permeability oil. Focusing on the low-permeability sandstones in Shahejie formation of Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, tests like Casting thin section, scanning electron microscope, contact angle measurement, molecular dynamics simulation and the Amott method based on nuclear magnetic resonance technology were performed to comprehensively investigate sandstone wettability and its evolutionary process. The results indicate that the adsorption capacity of hydroxyl groups or monovalent cations (K<sup>+</sup>and Na<sup>+</sup>) for water molecules causes residual intergranular pores, feldspar dissolution pores, quartz dissolution pores, clay mineral intercrystalline pores and micro-cracks to exhibit hydrophilicity; while the adsorption capacity of divalent cations (Ca<sup>2+</sup>and Mg<sup>2+</sup>) for oil molecules causes the surface of dissolution pores of carbonate minerals to exhibit neutrality or lipophilicity. Additionally, changes in formation conditions (temperature, pressure, ion types, and ion concentration) significantly control the wettability of pore surfaces, further determining the overall wettability of low-permeability sandstone reservoirs. Throughout the evolutionary process of low-permeability sandstones, the Amott-Harvey index of low permeability sandstone is greater than zero, and the wettability exhibited hydrophilic or neutral. From A-stage eodiagenesis to B-stage mesodiagenesis, the Amott-Harvey index is 0.82, 0.12, 0.37, 0.03, and 0.49, and the wettability of reservoirs transitions through phases of strong hydrophilicity, weak hydrophilicity, hydrophilicity, neutrality, and hydrophilicity, respectively. Finally, an evolutionary model of the wettability of low-permeability sandstone reservoirs was established, which is of great significance for predicting the quality of low-permeability sandstone reservoirs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18189,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Petroleum Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142594021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High-resolution oceanic anoxic event 2 (OAE2) records from the north of eastern Tethys and evidence for short-term sea regression and wildfire at its early phase","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107180","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107180","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2), occurring at the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary (CTB; 93.9 Ma), is a representative global event of carbon cycling fluctuations and transient climate anomalies. OAE2 was initially discovered and intensively studied in the trans-Atlantic and western Tethys Oceans; however, research on the eastern Tethys Ocean, especially the vast northern regions, is inadequate. Further, there is still considerable controversy regarding the triggering mechanisms and early environmental changes of OAE2. In this study, we present high-resolution carbonate carbon isotopes (δ<sup>13</sup>C<sub>carb</sub>), total organic carbon, and mercury (Hg) concentration records from the northern part of the eastern Tethys Ocean during the OAE2 interval, sampled at the ZK20-1 drillcore section of the Kukebai Formation in the western Tarim Basin, China. Following the global classification scheme for carbon isotope excursion (CIE) at the CTB, the carbon isotope change curve of this study is classified into six stages (C1-C6), and three substages (C<sub>3a</sub>, C<sub>3b</sub>, C<sub>3c</sub>) in the C3 stage. Sedimentary features reveal a short-term sea-level regression in the Tarim Basin during the onset stage (C2) of OAE2, which likely involved vast regions of the eastern Tethys Ocean and even the Pacific region. The mercury (Hg) concentration data reveal increasing Hg levels in the lower part of the Kukebai Formation, mainly corresponding to the onset stage (C3) of the OAE2, but it is significantly lower than that in other typical volcanogenic Hg anomalies. We preliminarily speculated that the intensified wildfire activity at the onset stage of OAE2 potentially accelerate the Hg extracted from the terrestrial soil or organic matter into the offshore area. This is also supported by the evidence of wildfire and Hg anomalies from the Western Interior Seaway (WIS) of North America.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18189,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Petroleum Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142560810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tectonic evolution of the early permian Junggar basin: Insights into a foreland basin shaped by lithospheric folding","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107178","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107178","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Foreland basins are shaped by the sedimentary architecture and lithospheric flexure due to the sediment load, slab pull, orogenic growth, and asthenospheric mantle flow. However, it is challenging to differentiate foreland basins from rift basins due to the destructive effects of multiphase orogenesis. Situated at the core of the western Central Asian Orogen Belt, the Junggar Basin holds vital clues regarding the closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. There is debate regarding whether it was a compressional foreland basin or an extended rift after the closure of the surrounding oceans. Furthermore, uncertainties persist regarding the fate of the residual oceanic crust and the precise tectonic processes during the collision of the ocean-arc-continent system. Understanding the basin's style during the early Permian period is crucial for deciphering its dynamic tectonic history. This study leverages regional seismic data to reevaluate the overall structure of the Junggar Basin, providing insights into its tectonic context and the mechanisms of intraplate deformation during the early Permian period. The findings reveal significant early Permian deformation features characterized by varying strata thicknesses and unconformities, signifying continuous tectonic activity during deposition. The western and southern depressions that developed from the late Carboniferous to early Permian are in keeping with compressional dynamics and reflect a foredeep basin, while the central uplift corresponds to a forebulge. This study posits that the observed foreland basin system was shaped by lithospheric flexure at the end of the late Carboniferous and lithospheric buckling in the early Permian, which contributed to the creation of uplifted Mosuowan-Baijiahai forebulge in the interior. The Junggar Basin featured a convergent dynamic environment, although the surrounding orogen transitioned into a postcollisional orogen in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt during the early Permian.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18189,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Petroleum Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142529220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multistage selective diagenesis increasing poro-perm properties of Anisian sponge-microbial-coral patch reefs and adjacent facies in the Muschelkalk of Upper Silesia, Southern Poland","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107174","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107174","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carbonate rocks, particularly reefs and circum-reef facies, are significant reservoir rocks whose reservoir properties depend on their primary composition and diagenetic history. This paper reconstructs the influence of multistage selective diagenesis on the pore system evolution and porosity-permeability properties of the Anisian tropical reef system (Karchowice and Diplopora Beds) in the Muschelkalk of Upper Silesia, southern Poland, using field and slab observations, standard and cathodoluminescence petrography, bulk and SIMS carbon and oxygen stable isotope analyses, porosity-permeability plug study, and computer image analysis of macroporosity (>5 mm across). The reef system comprises two distinct levels of sponge-microbial(-coral) reef mounds surrounded by diverse bioclastic, peloidal, coated-grain, and micritic facies rich in <em>Balanoglossites</em> burrows. The strata experienced complex diagenetic alterations related to various fluids (marine, evaporitic, meteoric) and diagenetic environments (shallow substratal, burial, telogenetic), including (in chronological order): 1) early-marine precipitation of isopachous fibrous rims; 2) early dissolution during emersion; 3) brine-reflux dolomitization; 4) patchy silicification; 5) recrystallization; 6) burial calcite cementation by heated marine fluid; 7) deposition of vadose silt; 8) meteoric calcite cementation; 9) chemical compaction; 10) fracturing; and 11) final karstification, dedolomitization, FeO precipitation, and Liesegang ring formation by meteoric water during Cenozoic telogenesis. Many processes were selective and affected the same (more permeable) parts of the rocks. The strata exhibit porosities reaching 50% (combined plug porosity of 6–35% and macroporosity of up to 20%) and plug permeabilities of 0.07–70 mD, with the highest values occurring in the reefs and burrowed facies. The dominant late-stage telogenic dissolution pores originated from selective removal of dolomitized micrite within burrows and between sponge-microbial automicrite as well as dolomite crystals. The study illustrates the transition of the reef system from tight to porous due to multistage selective diagenesis and fluid flow, which enhanced subtle permeability differences between various types of micrite. This is the first case where four different fluids (dolomitizing, early dissolving, calcite-forming, and late dissolving) selectively migrated through the same rock parts at different times and modified them one after another.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18189,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Petroleum Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital rock modeling of deformed multi-scale media in deep hydrocarbon reservoirs based on in-situ stress-loading CT imaging and U-Net deep learning","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107177","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107177","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Deep and ultra-deep hydrocarbon reservoirs are regarded as an attractive target for onshore oil and gas exploration and development in China. The multi-scale fractures are widely distributed in this type of reservoir. The fluid-solid coupling effect is strong, which can greatly affect the fluid flow, resulting in a low hydrocarbon recovery with the average value less than 15%. To explore the underlying flow dynamics during efficient development of deep and ultra-deep hydrocarbon reservoirs, it is of great importance to characterize the multi-scale fracture-pore structure evolution of rock affected by strong geo-stress field variation. To tackle the above issues, an actual rock drilled from a typical ultra-deep reservoir in Tarim Basin are selected to conduct in-situ stress-loading computed tomography (CT) scanning experiments, and the CT gray images of rock microstructure under different dynamic loading conditions are obtained. A fully convolutional neural network (U-Net) deep learning segmentation algorithm is introduced to accurately distinguish the rock skeleton, pore space and fractures in deep rock. The three-dimensional (3-D) digital rock model of deformed multi-scale fracture-porous media under different dynamic loading conditions is ultimately established to investigate the evolution of fracture morphology and deep rock microstructure as the in-situ stress is gradually loaded. It indicates that, the U-Net deep learning semantic segmentation algorithm can accurately segment CT images of deep rocks, and the established 3D digital rock model of fractured porous media can accurately represent the pore-throat distribution, fracture morphology, and pore-scale topological connectivity. At the initial stage of stress loading, there are few micro-fractures inside the rock, and the fracture connectivity is poor. Due to effect of rock compaction, the average pore throat radius increases while pore throat ratio, coordination number and tortuosity greatly decrease. As the effective stress is gradually loaded, the micro-fractures begin to propagate, leading to stronger heterogeneity of micro-fractures’ distribution and better topological connectivity, and both the coordination number and tortuosity gradually increase. After the deep rock is fractured, micro-fractures run through a fracture network and all the above topological parameters increase greatly.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18189,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Petroleum Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142529219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disentangling and interpreting nonlinear molecular and isotopic variations in petroleum using machine learning","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107175","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107175","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nonlinear variations in the molecular and isotopic compositions of phases in complex geosystems greatly hinder the application of geochemical proxies. This study aims to disentangle the implicit nonlinear mathematical structures embedded in geochemical datasets, effectively disaggregating overlapping geological influences that drive the intricate variations in the geochemical signatures of phases. Employing a typical hybrid petroleum system as a case study, we utilize an unsupervised machine learning algorithm to visualize the effects of source disparities and distinct evolutionary processes, such as mixing, thermal maturation, biodegradation, and evaporative fractionation, on the molecular compositions among crude oils. We further investigate the regression relationship between molecular composition and bulk <em>δ</em><sup>13</sup>C signal in petroleum. Our findings reveal that by decomposing the regression model to solely reflect a specific dominant influence, the model could provide a precise geological interpretation. Accordingly, we unravel the subtle variations and underlying mechanisms of carbon isotopic fractionation in petroleum substances from different origins under the impact of maturation. Our results underscore the substantial potential of strategically applied machine learning techniques in reconstructing the geochemical evolution of complex geosystems, advocating for their broader application.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18189,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Petroleum Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142529293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermochronological constraints on the evolution of the Bongor Basin, Chad","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107165","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107165","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Bongor Basin is an important petroliferous basin in the Western and Central African rift system. The basin's evolution history is featured with a strong tectonic inversion during the Late Cretaceous, which resulted in its unique basin structure and hydrocarbon accumulation pattern. However, due to the complex process of repeated cooling and heating, single sample bedrock thermochronology can hardly provide accurate constraints to its thermal evolution history. In this paper, nine granitic core samples from the crystalline basement in five wells on the northern slope of the Bongor Basin were analyzed using multiple thermochronological methods (apatite U-Th/He, apatite fission tracks and length distribution, apatite U-Pb dating) as well as vertical profiles to obtain a more accurate thermal history. The results show that the samples from all five wells underwent four stages of thermal history: from ∼600 Ma to 135 Ma, the samples cooled continuously from 600 °C to near-surface temperatures; from ∼135 Ma to 100 Ma, the samples were heated rapidly; from 100 Ma to 60–80 Ma, the samples cooled rapidly; and after that, the samples experienced slow differential heating and cooling. The thermal history results show that the key time for the strong inversion of the Bongor Basin was between 80 and 90 Ma when the basin was uplifted and exhumed as a whole, while samples in different fault blocks underwent differential uplift and subsidence since the Paleogene.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18189,"journal":{"name":"Marine and Petroleum Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}