ریزرخساره‌ها، محیط‌ رسوبى و فرآیندهاى دیاژنزی سازند قم در برش چینه شناسی خانی‌آباد، جنوب خاوری کاشان

سازند قم در برش چینه شناسی خانی‎آباد واقع در جنوب خاور کاشان با ستبرای 70 متر از سنگ آهک‌های ستبر، متوسط، نازک لایه، سنگ آهک‌های رسی و دولومیتی به همراه مارن تشکیل شده است. این سازند در رخنمون مورد مطالعه با مرزهای ناپیوسته فرسایشی در میان سنگ‌های قاره‌ای سرخ رنگ (سازندهای سرخ زیرین و بالایی) جای دارد. اگرچه بر روی سازند قم مطالعات مختلفی از نظر چینه‎نگاری و سنگ‎‎شناسی صورت گرفته است، اما با توجه به متغیر بودن شرایط رسوب‌گذاری سازند قم در مکانهای مختلف، نمی‌توان یک محیط رسوب‌گذاری خاص را برای آن در نظر گرفت. بررسی 98 نمونه‌ تهیه شده از این برش خانی‎آباد به شناسایی 9 ریزرخساره در 2 کمربند رخساره‌ای لاگون و سد و یک پتروفاسیس مارنی منجر شد. با توجه به بررسی‌ها و مشاهدات صحرایی (ناپیوسته بودن آثار ریفی)، فراوانی رخساره‎های با بافت پکستونی حاوی موجودات قشرساز لاگون نزدیک ریف مثل جلبک و بریوزوئر، فراوانی رخساره‎های باندستونی مرجانی در حجم کم اما به تعداد زیاد و نبود رسوبات ریزشی در بخش‌های عمیق‌تر حوضه، مدل رسوبی سازند قم در ناحیه خانی‌آباد (جنوب خاور کاشان) یک سکوی کربناتی بدون لبه (شلف باز) در نظر گرفته شده است. از آن جا که بیشتر ته‌نشست کربنات‌ها در این توالی مربوط به بخش کم‌عمق لاگون بوده است، زمینه اغلب ریزرخساره‌ها را میکرایت تشکیل داده است که کمتر تحت تاثیر فرآیندهای دیاژنزی قرار گرفته است. سیمانی شدن و دولومیتی شدن بیشتر در ریزرخساره‎های سدی این برش دیده می‌شود.

Microfacies, depositional environment and diagenetic processes of the Qom Formation in the Khani Abad section, southeast of Kashan

IntroductionDuring the Late Oligocene Early Miocene time, the western border of central Iran (Qom, Hamedan, Kashan and Tafresh) to the southern margin of Jazmurian and some regions of Azerbaijan as well as in the Zagros a carbonate platform formed with evidence as a vast marine progradation that was a part of the horst of Pyrenean tectonic phase. The carbonate succession is named Asmari Formation in Zagross and Qom Formation in Azerbaijan and Central Iran (Aghanabati, 2006). Due to the economic importance of the Qom Formation as a hydrocarbon reservoir and the presence of celestite and chalk deposits, this formation is important to study. Although lots of stratigraphic and lithologic studies are done on the Qom Formation, due to variations in depositional environment of the Qom Formation in different locations, it is not possible to consider one type of sedimentary environment for this formation (e.g. Seyrafian et al., 2007; Mohammadi et al., 2009; Reuter et al., 2009; Safari et al., 2014; Daneshian et al., 2017; Nasiri Ghareh Shiran, 2017). In this research, the Qom Formation was studied in Khani Abad stratigraphic section in the southeast Kashan. The aim was to investigate microfacies, sedimentary environment and diagenetic features of Qom Formation in this area. Methods and Material During the field study, sampling was performed systematically. 98 samples were collected from the Qom Formation in Khani Abad section with a thickness of 70 meters. It contains 36 soft and 62 hard samples. The sampling distance in carbonate parts was several centimeters in some areas, based on facies variations. Thin sections were prepared from hard samples. All thin sections were stained with potassium ferricyanide and alizarinred S solution (Dickson, 1965). The petrographic classification for carbonates is based on the Dunham (1962) and Embry and Klovan (1971) classification schemes. In this study, Dolomite textural classified based on Sibley and Gregg (1987) and Mazzullo (1992) and for the size of dolomite crystals from the scale provided by Folk (1974). Wilson (1975), Pomar (2001) and Flügel (2010) facies belts and sedimentary models were also used. DiscussionThe Qom Formation in Khani Abad stratigraphic section, southeast of Kashan has 70 m thickness and is composed of thick, medium and thinbedded limestone, argillaceous limestone, dolomitic limestone and marl. This formation with erosional boundaries located between the red color nonmarine rocks (the Lower and Upper Red formations). Investigations of 98 selected samples in this outcrop led to the recognition of 9 microfacies in 2 lagoonal and shoal facies belts and a marl petrofacies. The lagoonal facies are A1: Benthic Foraminifera, Bioclast Grainstone, A2: Bioclast Wackestone, A3: Benthic Foraminifera Packstone to Wackestone, A4: Bryozoan Bioclast Packstone, A5: Bivalve Packstone. A6: Bryozoa, Bivalve, Bioclast Packstone and A7: Benthic Foraminifera Red Algae Packstone to Wackestone. The shoal facies are B1: Coral Boundstone and B2: Bioclast Red Algae Grainstone. Micritization, bioturbation, cementation, dissolution, neomorphism, replacement and dolomitization are the main diagenetic features in the studied area. ConclusionAccording to field observations (discontinuous reef traces), the abundance of packstone facies which consist of encrusted organism related to lagoon toward the reef such as algae and bryozoa, abundance of coral boundstone facies in a low volume but large quantity and absence of gravitational sediments, the sedimentary modal of the Qom Formation in Khani Abad section (southeast of Kashan) had to be considered as nonrimmed carbonate shelf (open shelf). In the middle and top of the stratigraphical column of the Qom Formation, the amount of benthic foraminifera with porcelaneous walls reduced, while the amount of bioclast increased, which indicates normal salinity during deposition of these parts. 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