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Vertical structure and dominating factors of sand body during Late Triassic Chang 9 time of Yanchang Formation in Ordos Basin, NW China

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Based on a synthetic geological study of drilling, well logging and core observations, two main genetic types of Chang 9 sand body in Odors Basin were recognized, which included two effects, that is, delta environment and tractive current effects that lead to the development of mouth bar, distal bar, sheet sand and other sand bodies of subaerial and subaqueous distributary channel, natural levee, flood fan and delta front, and shore-shallow lake environment and lake flow transformation effects that result in the development of sandy beach bar, sheet sand and other sand bodies. Chang 9 sand body mainly developed five basic vertical structures, namely box shape, campaniform, infundibuliform, finger and dentoid. The vertical stacking patterns of multilayer sand body was complex, and the common shapes included box shape + box shape, campaniform + campaniform, campaniform + box shape, infundibuliform + infundibuliform, campaniform + infundibuliform, box shape + campaniform, box shape + infundibuliform, and finger + finger. Based on the analysis on major dominating factors of vertical structure of sand body, sedimentary environment, sedimentary facies and rise, fall and cycle of base level are identified as the major geological factors that control the vertical structure of single sand body as well as vertical stacking patterns and distribution of multistory sand bodies.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation (China University of Southwest Petroleum), Chengdu, 610500, China

    **ong Ding  (丁熊) & **u-cheng Tan  (谭秀成)

  2. School of Geosciences and Technology, China University of Southwest Petroleum, Chengdu, 610500, China

    **ong Ding  (丁熊), **g-shan Chen  (陈景山), **u-cheng Tan  (谭秀成), Dan Lin  (林丹) & Zi-hao Zhao  (赵子豪)

  3. Post-Doctor Station, China University of Chengdu Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

    **ong Ding  (丁熊)

  4. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company, **’an, 710021, China

    **g-li Yao  (姚泾利), **u-qing Deng  (邓秀芹) & Yuan-hao Li  (**元昊)

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Foundation item: Project(2011D-5006-0105) supported by the Technology Innovation Foundation of CNPC, China; Project(SZD0414) supported by the Key Discipline of Mineral Prospecting and Exploration of Sichuan Province, China

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Ding, X., Chen, Js., Tan, Xc. et al. Vertical structure and dominating factors of sand body during Late Triassic Chang 9 time of Yanchang Formation in Ordos Basin, NW China. J. Cent. South Univ. 22, 1405–1418 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-015-2658-8

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