The Taiyuan Formation consists of lowstand systems tracts (LST), transgressive systems tracts (TST) and highstand systems tracts (HST).
The LST sandstones were mostly deposited in delta plain, the TST and HST sandstones in delta front and shoreface to foreshore.
The Taiyuan sandstones suffered from extensive compaction and cementation with poor reservoir quality.
The LST delta plain sandstones have a better reservoir quality than the delta front to shoreface and foreshore sandstones of TST and HST.
The sandstone reservoir quality was controlled by sequence stratigrahy framework, depositional facies, grain size and diagenetic alterations.