Evaluation of Vertical Sealing of Faults by Strontium, Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Tracing of Fault Fluid: A case from the anticlinal belt in Jiaoshiba area

Key words: 
• strontium isotope /
• carbon and oxygen isotope /
• vertical sealing of fault /
• Jiaoshiba

Abstract: Because the strontium isotope is not easy to be fractionated and can be compared with the time, the strontium isotope can be used as an effective index of fluid tracing. Oxygen isotopes can reflect the temperature, fluid and other factors, and carbon isotopes can reflect the organic matter, so they can be used as the strontium isotope supplement. The time and possibility of opening of in different parts of the fault can be judged by using fluid tracing diagram. In this paper, we take the example of faults around the anticlinal belt Jiao Shi Ba and make use of strontium, carbon and oxygen isotopes in the veins to study the vertical sealing of faults. The evaluation results show that the strata under the Silurian strata are communication in this area and there is a period of strontium-rich fluid from deep crust. But protected by decollement from mudstone in the Silurian strata, the period of strontium rich fluid cannot migration to upper strata through faults. This area was at last through two times of tectonic movement in the late period. Aiming at Silurian Longmaxi shale gas reservoir, different faults have obvious differences. From the plane of view, the vertical sealing of faults in the middle of Fangdoushan fault zone, and the south of Daershan fault zone, the south of Wujiang fault zone is bad. The vertical sealing of faults in the north of Wujinag fault zone, the south of Tiantaichang fault zone is medium. The vertical sealing of faults in the north of Fangdoushan fault zone, the south of Fangdoushan fault zone, and the north of Tiantaichang fault zone is good.