Dolomías controladas por fracturas en carbonatos aptienses de la zona de Benicàssim (SE Cuenca del Maestrat): distribución y características petrograficas
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El estudio de dolomías se ha incrementado notablemente en la última
década debido a la existencia de numerosos almacenes de petróleo en esta
litología. Esta contribución presenta un nuevo ejemplo de dolomías controladas
por fracturas que constituye un excelente análogo para reservorios
parcialmente dolomitizados. Los datos de campo indican que la dolomitización
de los carbonatos marinos de edad Aptiense Medio-Albiense Inferior
de la zona de Benicàssim (SE Cuenca del Maestrat) originó cuerpos tabulares,
estratiformes a sub-estratiformes, que alcanzan 150 m de espesor. Estos
cuerpos están relacionados con fallas de zócalo y aparecen intercalados entre
facies ricas en fango micrítico y/o facies grano-soportadas cementadas por
calcita. El análisis petrográfico indica que las dolomías registran la típica paragénesis
de enterramiento caracterizada por el reemplazamiento de la roca
de caja, cementación de dolomita y mineralización de tipo MVT. La mayor
parte del cuerpo dolomítico (60-70%) está formado por un mosaico de cristales
de dolomita de textura retentiva y baja porosidad. Los resultados obtenidos
sugieren que la dolomitización estuvo controlada fundamentalmente
por las fallas regionales y, en menor medida, la fábrica deposicional y la cementación
temprana (diagénesis)
The study of fault-controlled dolostones has increased during the last decade due to the existence of numerous equivalent hydrocarbon reservoirs around the world. This contribution presents a new case study of fault-controlled dolostones that constitutes an excellent outcrop analogue for partially dolomitized reservoirs. Field data indicate that the dolomitization of the Middle Aptian to Early Albian shallow marine carbonates in the Benicàssim area (SE Maestrat Basin) resulted in massive stratiform to sub-stratiform tabular bodies, up to 150-m-thick, that extend for several thousand square meters. Dolostones bodies occur in close association with basement faults and appear intercalated between very low porosity mud-dominated facies and/or early cemented grain-dominated facies. Petrographic analyses indicate that the dolostone registers the typical burial paragenesis characterized by the host limestone replacement, dolomite cementation and sulfide MVT mineralization. Most of the dolostone volume (60-70%) is a replacive dolomite with a characteristic fabric-retentive texture and low porosity. Results indicate that the dolomitization process was primarily controlled by the structure of the area, as well as the limestone facies and the early diagenetic processes
The study of fault-controlled dolostones has increased during the last decade due to the existence of numerous equivalent hydrocarbon reservoirs around the world. This contribution presents a new case study of fault-controlled dolostones that constitutes an excellent outcrop analogue for partially dolomitized reservoirs. Field data indicate that the dolomitization of the Middle Aptian to Early Albian shallow marine carbonates in the Benicàssim area (SE Maestrat Basin) resulted in massive stratiform to sub-stratiform tabular bodies, up to 150-m-thick, that extend for several thousand square meters. Dolostones bodies occur in close association with basement faults and appear intercalated between very low porosity mud-dominated facies and/or early cemented grain-dominated facies. Petrographic analyses indicate that the dolostone registers the typical burial paragenesis characterized by the host limestone replacement, dolomite cementation and sulfide MVT mineralization. Most of the dolostone volume (60-70%) is a replacive dolomite with a characteristic fabric-retentive texture and low porosity. Results indicate that the dolomitization process was primarily controlled by the structure of the area, as well as the limestone facies and the early diagenetic processes







