Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Thermic Environment and Thermal Evolution of the Sedimentary Cover in the Astrakhan Oil-and-Gas Province

  • Published:
Lithology and Mineral Resources Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Data on the temperature and heat flow distribution in the sedimentary cover of the Astrakhan arch in the Caspian Basin are considered. Depth temperatures in 2D and 3D models with the thermal tomography technology are carried out. Parameters for this calculation are represented by original data on the thermophysical properties of sedimentary cover rocks and the concentration of long-lived isotopes in rocks. Palinspastic reconstructions of the sedimentation history of the cover served as the basis for calculating the temperature evolution over 400 Ma.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 4.
Fig. 5.
Fig. 6.
Fig. 7.
Fig. 8.
Fig. 9.
Fig. 10.
Fig. 11.
Fig. 12.
Fig. 13.
Fig. 14.
Fig. 15.

Similar content being viewed by others

Notes

  1. Note that the association of the high-velocity rock lens with eclogites is ambiguous. The existence of a high-velocity lens can also be attributed to another process, for example, the appearance of a slab of the oceanic crust of the Ural Paleocean in the lower crust of the depression due to subduction.

  2. FEM designates the finite element method.

  3. Heat capacity of rocks is a rather conservative value. For various rock types, the heat capacity lies within narrow limits, ranging from 800 to 820 J /(kg K). The lower limit of this interval was accepted in our calculations.

  4. Experimentally determined temperature and thermal conductivity were used for 2D nonstationary models; only thermal conductivity was used for stationary models.

REFERENCES

  1. Astrakhanskii karbonatnyi massiv: Stroenie i neftegazonosnost (The Astrakhan Carbonate Massif: Structure and Petroleum Potential), Volozh, Yu.A. and Parasyny, V.S., Eds., Moscow: Nauchn. Mir, 2008

    Google Scholar 

  2. Birch, F., Roy, R.F., and Decker, E.R., Heat flow and thermal history in New England and New York, in Studies in Appalachian Geology, New York, 1968, ch. 33, pp. 437‒451.

  3. Bochkarev, A.V., Deliya, S.V., Karpov, P.A., Samoilenko, G.N., and Stepanov, A.N., Experience of the pre-license assessment of the petroleum potential, Geol. Nefti Gaza, 2001, no. 2, pp. 7‒12.

  4. Boganik, N.S., Radiogennoe teplo zemnoi kory Russkoi platformy i ee skladchatogo obramleniya (Radiogenic Heat in the Earth’s Crust of the Russian Platform and Its Orogenic Framing), Moscow: Nauka, 1975.

  5. Brodskii, A.Ya., Yurov, Yu.G., and Volozh, Yu.A., A new look at the structure of the Astrakhan subsalt uplift, in Nedra Povolzh’ya i Prikaspiya (The Earth’s Interior in the Volga and Caspian Regions), Saratov: NVNIIGG, 1996, iss. 11, pp. 31‒41.

  6. Dal’yan, I.B. and Posadskaya, A.S., Geologiya i neftegazonosnost' vostochnoi okrainy Prikaspiiskoi vpadiny (Geology and Petroleum Potential at the Eastern Margin of the Caspian Basin), Alma-Ata: Nauka, 1972.

  7. Dal’yan, I.B. and Sydykov, Zh.S., Geothermal conditions at the eastern margin of the Caspian Basin, Sov. Geol., 1972, no. 6, pp. 126‒131.

  8. Druzhinin, A.V., Relationship between the geothermal setting of the sedimentary sequence and structure of the crystalline basement, Geol. Nefti Gaza, 1961, no. 3, pp. 20‒25.

  9. Ermolkin, V.I., Sorokova, E.I., and Bobyleva, A.A., The formation of hydrocarbon pools in the subsalt complex of the Caspian Basin, Sov. Geol., 1989, no. 3, pp. 31‒40.

  10. Geotermicheskaya karta SSSR (Geothermal Map of the Soviet Union), Makarenko, F.A., Eds., Moscow: GUGK SSSR, 1972.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Gidrogeotermicheskie usloviya Aralo-Kaspiiskogo regiona (Hydrogeothermal Conditions in the Aral‒Caspian Region), Alma-Ata: Nauka, 1977.

  12. Khutorskoy, M.D., Geotermiya Tsentral’no-Aziatskogo skladchatogo poyasa (Geothermics in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt), Moscow: RUDN, 1996.

  13. Khutorskoy, M.D., Application of the 3D geothermal modeling for the calculation of conditions of organic matter catagenesis, Lithol. Miner. Resour., 2008, no. 4, pp. 394‒405.

  14. Khutorskoy, M.D., Geothermal field in the Astrakhan carbonate massif, Protsessy v geosredakh, 2018, no. 4(18), pp. 1226‒1239.

  15. Khutorskoy, M.D., Podgornykh, L.V, Gramberg, I.S., and Leonov, Yu.G. Thermal tomography of the West Arctic Basin, Geotectonics, 2003, no. 3, pp. 245‒256.

  16. Khutorskoy, M.D., Antipov, M.P., Volozh, Yu.A., and Polyak, B.G., Temperature field and a 3D geothermal model of the North Caspian Basin, Geotectonics, 2004, no. 1, pp. 53‒60.

  17. Khutorskoy, M. D., Teveleva, E. A., Tsybulya, L. A., and Urban, G. I., Heat flow in salt-dome basins of Eurasia: A comparative study, Geotectonics, 2010, no. 4, pp. 289‒304.

  18. Kovner, S.S., Theory of thermal exploration, Dokl. AN SSSR, 1941, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 398‒400.

    Google Scholar 

  19. Kovner, S.S., Calculation of the value of thermal anomaly in anticline, Dokl. AN SSSR, 1947, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 473‒476.

    Google Scholar 

  20. Kutas, R.I., Lyubimova, E.A., and Smirnov, Ya.B., Study of heat flux in the European part of the Soviet Union, Teplovoe pole Zemli (Heat Field of the Earth), Moscow: Mir, 1982, pp. 285‒294.

  21. Nikitin, D.S., Khutorskoy, M.D., and Nikitin, A.S., Noncontact measurements of thermophysical properties of rocks using TS14, Protsessy v geosredakh (Processes in Geomedia), 2016, no. 3(7), pp. 246‒254.

  22. Orlov, G.I. and Voronin, N.I., Perspectives of petroleum potential in the Devonian subsalt complex of the Astrakhan dome, Geol. Nefti Gaza, 2001, no. 1, pp. 17‒25.

  23. Postnova, E.V., Oreshkin, I.V., Pisarenko, Yu.A., and Sizintseva, L.I., Current state of the oil-and-gas resource base in the Caspian megabasin, in Nedra Povolzh’ya i Prikaspiya (The Earth’s Interior in the Volga and Caspian Regions), Saratov: NVNIIGG, 2001, iss. 27, pp. 7–12.

  24. Sass, J.H., Blackwell, D.D., Chapman, D.S., et al., Heat flow of the crust of the United States, in Physical Properties of Rocks and Minerals, New York: McGrew-Hill, 1981, pp. 503‒548.

    Google Scholar 

  25. Smyslov, A.A., Moiseenko, U.I., and Chadovich, T.Z., Teplovoi rezhim i radioaktivnost' Zemli (Thermal Setting and Radioactivity in the Earth), Leningrad: Nedra, 1979.

  26. Starovoit, O.E., Seismic observations in Russia, Zemlya Vselennaya, 2005, no. 2, pp. 82‒89.

  27. Volozh, Yu.A., Sedimentary basins in western Kazakhstan (Based on the seismostratigraphic analysis), Abstract of DSc. (Geol.‒Miner.) Dissertation, Moscow: GIN AN SSSR, 1991.

  28. Zhevago, V.S., Geotermiya i termal’nye vody Kazakhstana (Geothermics and Thermal Waters in Kazakhstan), Alma-Ata: Nauka, 1972.

Download references

Funding

This work was accomplished under the State Research Program of the Laboratory of Heat and Mass Transfer, Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (project no. 122012700311-2) and supported financially by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 23-17-00019).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    M. D. Khutorskoy, O. S. Belykh, D. S. Nikitin & E. L. Prikashikova

Authors
  1. M. D. Khutorskoy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. O. S. Belykh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. D. S. Nikitin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. E. L. Prikashikova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to M. D. Khutorskoy.

Ethics declarations

The authors of this work declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Translated by D. Sakya

Publisher’s Note.

Pleiades Publishing remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Khutorskoy, M.D., Belykh, O.S., Nikitin, D.S. et al. Thermic Environment and Thermal Evolution of the Sedimentary Cover in the Astrakhan Oil-and-Gas Province. Lithol Miner Resour 59, 168–187 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024490223700451

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024490223700451

Keywords:

Search

Navigation