Sandbody Accumulation Pattern and Key Controlling Factors of#br#
Deep-water Deposits in Northwest Australian Shelf

doi:10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2014.07.28.03

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The northwest Australian shelf is the hot spot of global deep water hydrocarbon exploration. The Vulcan subbasin
Vulcan Formation in western shelf deep water of northwest Australia is taken as an example and such questions are considered
as sand body forming type，deposition distribution and unclear controlling factor of sand rich area. Through well core
description，drilling and logging data analysis and seismic interpretation，slump deposits in front of marine delta model is built
to mainly study. It is found that the gentle slope in the southeast part of research area generates marine delta，and slump and
turbidite are developed under the boundary fault downthrown of Swan Graben. The steep slope in northwestern area developed
into subaqueous fan because of the direct sediments injection into the sea. Then the main controlling factors of deep water
deposits are studied. It is believed that“four stages and five elements”model controlled the sandbody distribution in the Vulcan
Sub-basin. Namely，structure style determines types of sediments；sea level changes constrain the accumulation of sandbody
among sequence layers；deposit bedform forms appearance shape of sediment system；accommodation zone changes distribution
pattern of the sediments，and deepwater bottom current re-transportates sandbody. The discovery is important for finding
reservoir and exploring oil gas in research area.

Key words: northwest Australian shelf, deepwater deposits, gravity flow, accumulation pattern, sandbody controlling mechanism

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YANG Fan1*, YU Xinghe2, LI Shengli2, LU Linlin3, CHEN Yuan3. Sandbody Accumulation Pattern and Key Controlling Factors of#br# Deep-water Deposits in Northwest Australian Shelf[J]. 西南石油大学学报(自然科学版), DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2014.07.28.03.

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