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Significant amounts of petroleum are found in the deeply buried Cambrian Xiaoerbulake Formation in the Tarim Basin. However, limited understanding of origin of diagenetic fluids hampers petroleum exploration. In this study, petrological and high-resolution geochemical methods have been performed to understand the origin and evolution of diagenetic fluids, and their effects on the formation of dolostone reservoir. The Xiaoerbulake Formation is characterised by microbialites. The matrix is characterised by modern seawater-like rare earth element and yttrium (REY) patterns and δ 18 O values of −6.02 ± 2.11‰ Vienna Pee Dee Belemnite (VPDB). Fine-crystalline dolomite cements have similar δ 13 C values and heavy rare earth element enrichment patterns to that of matrix dolomite, yet with lower δ 18 O values of −7.47 ± 1.2‰ VPDB. In the deep-burial regimes, medium- to coarse-crystalline dolomite cements and saddle dolomites were precipitated at temperatures of 90–120 and 130–190 °C, respectively, lower δ 18 O values, distinct middle rare earth element enrichment, and high Fe and Mn contents compared with matrix and fine-crystalline dolomite cements. These imply thermochemical reduction of Fe- or Mn-rich oxides and/or hydrothermal fluids. Compared with other types of dolomite cements, calcite cements are characterised by low δ 13 C values (as low as −6‰ VPDB), light rare earth elements enrichment and significantly elevated Y/Ho ratios (86 ± 59.3), likely related to the oxidation of organic matter during thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR). Consequently, diagenetic fluid may have evolved from: Cambrian seawater, meteoric water, shallow-buried seawater-dominated pore water, medium-deep-buried ferrous-rich pore water, lately high-salinity hydrothermal fluid-dominated pore water and finally to acidic fluids related to TSR dissolution. Reservoir quality is enhanced by hydrothermal pulses and TSR in deep-burial settings. This study is significant for those concerned with the formation of deep-buried carbonate reservoirs.

Nature and evolution of diagenetic fluids in the deeply buried Cambrian Xiaoerbulake Formation, Tarim Basin, China