Journal
CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
Volume 56, Issue 3, Pages 253-256Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4269-y
Keywords
foraminifera; seawater incursion; Songliao Basin; SK-1; Nenjiang Formation; Cretaceous
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2006CB-701403]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [40872016]
- Graduate Innovative Research Fundation of China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
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The Songliao Basin is the largest oil-bearing basin in China. In the absence of sufficient evidence, the possibility of seawater incursion(s) into the Songliao Basin remains controversial. Recently, we discovered relatively abundant foraminifera fossils from units 1 and 2 of the Nenjiang Formation of borehole SK-1. Benthic foraminifera (Gavlinella sp., Anomalinoides sp., Pullenia sp., Haplophragmoides sp., Karrorulina hokkaidoana, Clavulinoides sp.), as well as planktonic foraminifera (Archaeoglobigerina blowi, Archaeoglobigerina cretacea and Hedbergella flandrini), were identified. These fossils were widely distributed in the marine Cretaceous. According to the global distribution of the above-mentioned planktonic foraminifera, the age of these fossil bearing strata appears to be Late Coniacian to Santonian. More importantly, these foraminifera provide direct evidence for marine water incursions into the Songliao Basin during deposition of the Lower Nenjiang Formation.
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