scholarly journals Early Syn-Rift Evolution In the West Cameros Basin (Upper Jurassic, NW Iberian Range), Spain

2015 ◽  
Vol 85 (7) ◽  
pp. 794-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Sacristán-Horcajada ◽  
Ramón Mas ◽  
María Eugenia Arribas
1977 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 45-49
Author(s):  
Richard J. Hodgkinson ◽  
Christopher D. Walley

Carbonate and clastic sediments of Jurassic and Cretaceous age are exposed along the fault-scarp of Djebel Nefusa in north-western Libya. Previous geological investigations have been mainly restricted to the eastern sector of the scarp. Recent studies by the authors in the western sector of Djebel Nefusa and on equivalent sediments in southern Tunisia have allowed the first regional interpretation of these rocks.The area studied lies geographically and geologically at the edge of the Saharan Platform, a large cratonic block, composed of rocks of Precambrian-Palaeozoic age. To the north and east lies a downfaulted sedimentary basin (Gabes-Sabratha Basin) containing a large thickness of Mesozoic sediments. The location of the sections measured along Djebel Nefusa are depicted in Fig.1.The stratigraphic nomenclature of the rock succession of Djebel Nefusa was first established in the east and continued laterally towards the west by later workers. Difficulties in the application of this nomenclature are presented by the recognition of facies changes previously overlooked by earlier investigators. However, as a framework for understanding these changes and the sedimentary processes which caused them, the stratigraphy erected by Magnier (1963) is adopted.


Author(s):  
S. N. Smolin ◽  
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G. M. Mitrofanov ◽  
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The search for nonstructural hydrocarbon accumulations is a Herculean task that requires the use of delicate tools. Such tools include the Prony filtration technology. It allows for direct qualitative forecasting of hydrocarbon bearing features based on frequency-dependent analysis of the observed wave field of CDP reflection-time sections and includes four steps. The article shows capabilities of technology and specific examples of its application by correlation of frequency-dependent Prony images of wave fields with deep drilling data. The performed studies were carried out using CDP 2D seismic data and deep drilling data of 32 wells obtained in the territory of the West Siberian Plate, mainly for the Middle Jurassic (Late Bajocian-Bathonian, Malyshev horizon) interval of terrigenous-sedimentary deposits. At times, the underlaying and overlying Middle and Upper Jurassic deposits were captured. The manifestation forms of various oil and stratum water accumulations and their possible prospecting indicators, as well as signs of the absence of reservoirs are given. As an example, the manifestation and possible prospecting indicators of gas accumulation from a neighboring region within the West Siberian Plate are shown.


1959 ◽  
Vol S7-I (8) ◽  
pp. 803-808
Author(s):  
Vladimir Stchepinsky

Abstract Upper Jurassic (Kimeridgian and Portlandian) and lower Cretaceous formations crop out in the area south of Bar-le-Duc, France. In contrast to the fractured area to the west, this area is a solid block. The relatively unimportant Veel-Combles fault is related to the Marne double fault, despite its isolation. An east-west fault, 20 kilometers long with a southward throw of 10 meters, can also be traced. The paleogeographic evolution of the area during the Mesozoic is outlined.


Author(s):  
Cees J.L. Willems ◽  
Andrea Vondrak ◽  
Harmen F. Mijnlieff ◽  
Marinus E. Donselaar ◽  
Bart M.M. van Kempen

Abstract In the past 10 years the mature hydrocarbon province the West Netherlands Basin has hosted rapidly expanding geothermal development. Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous strata from which gas and oil had been produced since the 1950s became targets for geothermal exploitation. The extensive publicly available subsurface data including seismic surveys, several cores and logs from hundreds of hydrocarbon wells, combined with understanding of the geology after decades of hydrocarbon exploitation, facilitated the offtake of geothermal exploitation. Whilst the first geothermal projects proved the suitability of the permeable Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous sandstones for geothermal heat production, they also made clear that much detail of the aquifer geology is not yet fully understood. The aquifer architecture varies significantly across the basin because of the syn-tectonic sedimentation. The graben fault blocks that contain the geothermal targets experienced a different tectonic history compared to the horst and pop-up structures that host the hydrocarbon fields from which most subsurface data are derived. Accurate prediction of the continuity and thickness of aquifers is a prerequisite for efficient geothermal well deployment that aims at increasing heat recovery while avoiding the risk of early cold-water breakthrough. The potential recoverable heat and the current challenges to enhance further expansion of heat exploitation from this basin are evident. This paper presents an overview of the current understanding and uncertainties of the aquifer geology of the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous strata and discusses new sequence-stratigraphic updates of the regional sedimentary aquifer architecture.


2016 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Sacristán-Horcajada ◽  
María Eugenia Arribas ◽  
Ramón Mas

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