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2020 , Vol. 47 >Issue 3: 483 - 498

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1876-3804(20)60067-2

RESEARCH PAPER

Huizhou Movement and its significance in Pearl River Mouth Basin, China

  • Hesheng SHI ,
  • Jiayuan DU ,
  • Lianfu MEI ,
  • Xiangtao ZHANG ,
  • Shihao HAO ,
  • Pei LIU ,
  • Peng DENG ,
  • Qin ZHANG
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  • 1. Exploration Department of CNOOC Ltd., Beijing 100010, China
    2. Shenzhen Branch of CNOOC Ltd., Shenzhen 518000, China
    3. Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

Received date: 2019-07-05

  Revised date: 2019-12-20

  Online published: 2020-06-19

Supported by

China National Science and Technology Major Project(2016ZX05026);China National Science and Technology Major Project(2016ZX05024-004);China National Science and Technology Major Project(2016ZX05026-003-001)

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Abstract

The Huizhou Movement refers to the Middle Eocene tectonic transition from the early to the late Wenchang Rifting stage (about 43 Ma ago) in the Pearl River Mouth Basin. Based on seismic reflection, drilling, logging and geological data, fault characteristic analysis, denudation thickness recovery, magmatism statistics, regional tectonic dynamics comparison and other methods are used to reveal the characteristics, properties and dynamic mechanism of the Huizhou Movement. The Huizhou Movement mainly shows the North-South transition of rifting and the migration along the faults, basement uplift, magmatic diapir and stratigraphic denudation. It is believed that the Huizhou Movement is a comprehensive reflection of plate interaction and lithospheric thinning process in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, which is closely related to the transition of lithosphere from initial rifting to rapid thinning, the India-Eurasia hard collision and the change of subduction direction of the Pacific plate. The Huizhou Movement has significant influence and control on the Paleogene hydrocarbon-generating sags and the development of hydrocarbon source rocks, sedimentary system and deep high-quality reservoir, hydrocarbon migration and accumulation in the Pearl River Mouth Basin.

Key words： Huizhou Movement; hydrocarbon accumulation; Eocene; Paleocene; Pearl River Mouth Basin

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Hesheng SHI , Jiayuan DU , Lianfu MEI , Xiangtao ZHANG , Shihao HAO , Pei LIU , Peng DENG , Qin ZHANG . Huizhou Movement and its significance in Pearl River Mouth Basin, China[J]. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2020 , 47(3) : 483 -498 . DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(20)60067-2

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