Research Article

Impact of Differential Densification on the Pore Structure of Tight Gas Sandstone: Evidence from the Permian Shihezi and Shanxi Formations, Eastern Sulige Gas Field, Ordos Basin, China

Table 1

Summary of thin section point count data by lithologic mode () indicating detrital and authigenic components for samples of differential mode.

SamplesDetrital componentsFeatures of sandstoneFeatures of sandstone
ModeNumber of samplesMonocrystalline quartzPolycrystalline quartzChertK-feldsparPlagioclaseLithic fragmentsPercentage of rigid lithic fragment (%)Percentage of plastic lithic fragment (%)MatrixClayCarbonatesSiliceousSandstone grain sizeDevelopment position (B: braided river; M: meandering river)
Igneous rockMetamorphic rockSedimentary rockChloriteIlliteKaoliniteCalciteFe-calciteSideriteQuartz overgrowthAuthigenic quartz

152.73.92.01.82.03.29.813.640.559.53.502.203.90.31.000FineMiddle-upper part of channel bar and channel lag sandbody (B), lower-middle part of point bar and crevasse splay sandbody (M)
Std. dev.5.60.91.00.81.02.94.27.61.40.02.30.00.30.20.20.00

253.53.02.44.82.32.88.516.672.028.01.30.31.60.40.50.11.10.80Meso—coarseMiddle part of channel bar and channel lag sandbody (B), middle-upper part of point bar and channel lag (M)
Std. dev.6.61.01.21.41.52.63.43.61.10.50.50.00.30.00.60.30

353.02.13.03.33.01.810.113.678.521.54.02.91.01.10.10.00.30.30.4Meso—coarseLower-middle part of channel bar and channel lag sandbody (B)
Std. dev.6.11.00.72.11.71.23.84.02.10.30.00.30.00.00.00.10.4

461.81.52.42.31.83.39.711.775.224.81.10.20.60.00.10.00.03.40.1Fine—mesoLower part of point bar and middle-upper of crevasse splay sandbody (M)
Std. dev.8.30.70.90.60.81.52.64.40.40.00.30.00.00.00.01.00

551.31.71.82.44.22.85.912.770.229.81.60.00.00.014.60.30.50.20Fine—mesoUpper and lower part of sandbody that contact with thick-layer mudstone
Std. dev.7.61.20.91.51.21.73.74.90.50.00.00.03.00.00.30.00

652.41.03.22.64.31.811.612.668.631.41.62.60.50.30.20.00.20.64.5Meso—coarseLower part of point bar and channel lag sandbody, upper part of crevasse splay sandbody (M)
Std. dev.10.50.20.72.00.81.26.58.21.10.50.40.30.00.00.00.52.3

755.31.51.33.95.11.66.411.269.630.41.60.11.41.60.76.10.31.70.2Fine—mesoUpper part of point bar sandbody (M), small-scale channel bar (B) and point bar (M) sandbody contact with mudstone
Std. dev.2.50.70.62.32.41.53.16.60.40.00.60.71.02.30.60.70.3

858.51.22.15.74.62.74.512.176.323.71.30.21.02.60.40.50.41.90.3Meso—coarseMiddle part of point bar and channel lag (M) channel bar (B) sandbody
Std. dev.8.31.01.43.50.51.01.62.51.10.00.40.50.30.50.41.30