Types of biogenic quartz and its coupling storage mechanism in organic-rich shales: A case study of the Upper Ordovician Wufeng Formation to Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the Sichuan Basin, SW China
GUAN Quanzhong,DONG Dazhong,ZHANG Hualing,SUN Shasha,ZHANG Surong,GUO Wen
Table 1 Parameters of biogenic silica in Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation shale, Sichuan Basin.
Gas field Depositional
environment
Biogenic silica content/% Average
content/%
Percentage of
biogenic silica/%
Thickness of high-
production section/m
Thickness of shale section rich in biogenic silica/m
Weiyuan Calcareous shale of deep-water shelf 0-28.78 5.1 0.84-73.57 8.1 13
Changning Calcareous shale of deep-water shelf 0-28.90 5.1 8.83-83.03 12.4 18
Fuling Siliceous shale of deep-water shelf 0-32.60 13.3 0.50-91.30 30.0 38