Sinistral strike slip of the Zhangjiakou-Penglai Fault and its control on hydrocarbon accumulation in the northeast of Shaleitian Bulge, Bohai Bay Basin, East China

Peng, Jingsong; Wei, Ajuan; Sun, Zhe; Chen, Xinlu; Zhao, Dijiang

doi:10.1016/s1876-3804(18)30025-9

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“…720 km and is demonstrated as a lithosphere fracture (Fu & Liu, 2001; Gao, ). The predominant TLFZ is conjugate to the ZPFZ (Deng, Fan, Zhang, & Badal, 2013; Huang et al, 2015; Jia et al, 2016; Peng, Wei, Sun, Chen, & Zhao, 2018). Frequent recent earthquakes demonstrate the ZPFZ remains seismically active even today (Fu & Liu, 2001; Fu, Liu, & Liu, 2004; Guo et al, 2015), and focal mechanism solutions suggest its slip‐vector is sinistral (Fu & Liu, 2001; Guo et al, 2015; Hsiao et al, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies have suggested that the ZPFZ is not a continuous throughout fault zone but comprises a series of discontinuous NW‐ and WNW‐trending fault segments overlapping with each other. And the fault zone in the western off shore BBB is thought to perform the most distinctive features and thus is the object of this research (Li, Li, Yu, Jiang, & Xu, 2016; Peng, Wei, Sun, Chen, & Zhao, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…the northeastern boundary fault of the Shaleitian Uplift), Shadong Fault (i.e. the eastern fault along the Shaleitian uplift) and the Central Fault (Figure 1b) (Fu et al, 2004; Gao, Xu, Song, & Sun, 2001; Peng, Wei, Sun, Chen, & Dijiang, 2018).…”

Section: Geological Settingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In recent years, researches regarding the TLFZ have remained a hot spot. However, its conjugate fault, the ZPFZ, is somehow unvalued, even if exploration experiences suggest the sub‐basins along the ZPFZ are favoured locations for hydrocarbon accumulations (Guo et al, 2013; Huang, Liu, Wang, Zhao, & Mountney, 2014; Peng, Wei, Sun, Chen, & Zhao, 2018). Scholars conducted studies regarding the ZPFZ mainly through field observation (Suo et al, 2013), remote sensing (Xue et al, 2015), seismology measurements (Fu & Liu, 2001; Gao, Xu, Song, & Sun, 2001; Li, Liu, Hua, ZHao, & Liu, 2009) and thus encounter barriers to recognizing subsurface characters of the fault zone.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, the geometry and evolution history of the Cenozoic ZPFZ remain poorly understood. Discrepancies exist in very crucial issues, for instance, the initiation time of the sinistral strike‐slip motion (Li et al, 2009; Peng, Wei, Sun, Chen, & Zhao, 2018; Suo et al, 2013).…”

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Cenozoic evolution of Zhangjiakou‐Penglai Fault Zone in the western offshore Bohai Bay Basin: Evidence from 3D seismic data

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The Zhangjiakou‐Penglai Fault Zone (ZPFZ) is an NW‐trending strike‐slip fault zone in Eastern China that contains abundant petroleum resources and has induced massive seismic hazards. It is left‐lateral and behaves as a conjugate relationship with the Tan‐Lu Fault Zone (TLFZ). Present studies on the ZPFZ are mainly conducted on its seismology and field exposure features, with subsurface characteristics and evolution history poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the ZPFZ in the western offshore Bohai Bay Basin based on the detailed interpretation of 3D seismic data, specializing in subsurface geometric characters and evolution history. The profile flower structure and plan broom‐like pattern featured the ZPFZ in the study area and indicate its sinistral strike‐slipping. We further investigated and discusssd the Cenozoic evolution history based on evidence in (a) distinguished tectonics in fault releasing and restraining bends, (b) strata thickness map before and after the strike‐slipping, and (c) geometry of composite flower structures. The result suggests the evolution of the ZPFZ mainly comprises three stages: (a) the initial extension from 65 to 38 Ma, (b) the sinistral strike‐slipping in transtension from 38 to 25 Ma, and (3) the sinistral strike‐slipping in transpression from 25 Ma to present. The proposed evolution of the ZPFZ had good consistency with that of the conjugate TLFZ and was closely related to the Cenozoic surrounding plate tectonism, especially the Pacific Plate subduction.

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