زیست چینه نگاری سازند آسماری در میدان نفتی گچساران، جنوب غرب ایران

در این پژوهش سازند آسماری در میدان نفتی گچساران در 3 چاه a، b و c از دیدگاه زیست چینه‌ نگاری مورد مطالعه قرار گرفت. ستبرای توالی مورد مطالعه در چاه‌های یاد شده به ترتیب 590، 336 و 382 متر و سنگ شناسی عمده در این چاه‌ها سنگ آهک، دولومیت و دولومیت آهکی با میان‌لایه‌های شیل و انیدریت است. بر اساس توزیع و گسترش روزن‌داران کف‌زی، چهار تجمع فسیلی معادل زیست‌زون‌های laursen et al. (2009) به ترتیب مشتمل بر nummulites vascusnummulites fichteli assemblage zone، archaias asmaricusarchaias hensonimiogypsinoides complanatus assemblage zone، miogypsinaelphidium sp.14peneroplis farsensis assemblage zone و borelis melo curdicaborelis melo melo assemblage zone شناسایی شده است. سن سازند آسماری در چاه‌های مورد مطالعه الیگوسن (روپلین شاتین) تا میوسن پیشین (آکیتانین بوردیگالین) می‌باشد. نهشته‌های روپلین، شاتین و آکیتانین در هر سه چاه وجود داشته و بیشترین ستبرا در چاه a می‌باشد. نهشته‌های بوردیگالین فقط در چاه‌های a و c وجود دارد و نبود زمانی بوردیگالین در چاه b مشاهده می‌شود.

Biostratigraphy of the Asmari Formation in Gachraran oilfield, Southwestern Iran

IntroductionAsmari Formation is a thick succession of OligoceneMiocene sedimentary rocks, the leading crude oil reservoir in the Zagros structuralsedimentary zone, and one of the largest oil reserves in the world (Alavi, 2004). Due to its economic significance, this formation has long been considered in recent decades. The presence of large benthic foraminifera as the most important fossil group in the Asmari Formation is essential for the biostratigraphic studies of this formation. This study aims to study the Asmari Formation in Gachsaran oil field in southwestern Iran, 200 km southeast of Ahvaz. In order to identify lithological changes and the biostratigraphic studies, three wells were selected from the Gachsaran oil field, including wells A, B, and C.Materials and MethodsIn the mentioned three wells of the Gachsaran oil field, the Asmari Formation has 590 m thickness in well A, 336 m in well B, and 382 m in well C. In this study, 3235 microscopic thin sections were prepared from the Asmari Formation, 1572 thin sections from well A, 809 from well B, and 854 from well C. Identification of microfossils have been done based on the Adams Bourgeois (1967), Loeblish Tappan (1988), and Hottinger (1997), and Biostratigraphic studies according to the Laursen et al. (2009) and Van Bochem et al. (2010).Discussion and ConclusionThe Asmari Formation in the Gachsaran oil field consists of limestone, dolomitic limestone, and dolomite. Based on the distribution of benthic foraminifera in the studied wells, four faunal assemblages equivalent to those introduced by Laursen et al. (2009) and Van Bochem et al. (2010) have been recognized in the Asmari Formation. They are as follows:1 Nummulites vascus Nummulites fichteli Assemblage zone2 Archaias asmaricusArchaias hensoni Miogypsinoides complanatus Assemblage zone3 Miogypsina Elphidium sp. 14 Peneroplis farsensis Assemblage Zone4 Borelis melo curdica Borelis melo melo Assemblage ZoneAssemblage zone 1 is equal to zone No. 2 of Laursen et al. (2009) and Van Bochem et al. (2010) (Nummulites vascus Nummulites fichteli Assemblage zone) and contains index nummulitids such as Nummulites vascus, Nummulites fichteli, Nummulites intermedius with Rupelian in age. This biozone has been recorded in all three wells. Assemblage zone 2 is equivalent to zone No. 4 in Laursen et al. (2009) and Van Bochem et al. (2010) (Archaias asmaricusArchaias hensoni Miogypsinoides complanatus Assemblage zone). This assemblage contains index fossils such as Miogypsinoides complanatus, Archaias kirkukensis, Archaias hensoni. The appearance, abundance, and extinction of Archaias are occurred in this zone and represent the Chattian. This zone has also been recognized in all three wells. Assemblage zone 3 which is again present in all three wells, corresponds to zone No. 5 of Laursen et al. (2009) and Van Bochem et al. (2010) (Miogypsina Elphidium sp. 14 Peneroplis farsensis Assemblage Zone). It has significant fossils such as Miogypsina, Elphidium sp. 14, and Peneroplis farsensis. Due to the presence of these index fossils as well as the disappearance of the genus Archaias at the end of the Chattian, even the absence of Borelis melo curdica (Burdigalian index), this zone belongs to Aquitanian. Assemblage zone 4 is comparable to biozone No. 7 in Laursen et al. (2009) and Van Bochem et al. (2010) (Borelis melo curdica Borelis melo melo Assemblage Zone). Due to the index species Borelis melo curdica, this part of the sequence belongs to the Early Miocene (Burdigalian). 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