中国西北部盆地岩石热导率和生热率特征

本文根据大量实测数据,首次系统地报道了中国西北地区塔里木盆地、准噶尔盆地和柴达木盆地内的岩石热导率、岩石放射性生热率数据及其分布特征.对600多个岩石热导率和100多个实测岩石生热率的统计分析表明,沉积盆地中岩石的热物理性质与其岩性、埋藏深度和地层时代密切相关.随深度和地层时代的加大,岩石热导率增大;塔里木盆地的岩石热导率的总体平均值最大,而柴达木盆地的最小.岩石生热率在上地壳的分布是随深度的增加而减小的,但在沉积盆地的深度范围内几乎不变,其分布是均匀的,仅不同岩性的生热率差别较大.估算的岩石放射性生热产生的热量可以占到盆地地表热流的25%～45%.因此,岩石热物理性质的参数不仅与盆地的地温分布和大地热流特征密切相关,还可以为该地区盆地热历史恢复及深部地球物理的研究提供有效的参数和边界条件.     

柴达木盆地英东地区大地热流及影响因素

英雄岭构造带是柴达木盆地油气最为富集的地区之一,地温场对油气成藏过程有重要影响,也是油田开发工程实施的重要参考.利用试油静温数据,结合激光扫描法开展岩心热导率及放射性生热测试,对研究区地温场进行了研究.英东地区地温梯度为31.8～35.3℃/km,平均为33.6℃/km,新近系热导率为1.8～2.4W/m/K,平均为2.07W/m/K,大地热流值为65～74mW/m²,平均为69mW/m².热流呈“西高东低”特征,昆北、南翼山及一里坪等地热流值超过65mW/m²,而阿尔金山前、冷湖构造带及涩北等地较低,咸水泉和冷湖等地普遍低于50mW/m².新近系实测平均生热率为2.84μW/m³,对热流的贡献约20%.研究区具有“热壳温幔”特征,其影响因素包括地壳放射性生热、蚀源区高U中酸性侵入岩、印度板块汇聚引起的构造热及热岩石圈厚度较薄等.     

挪威和瑞典前寒武纪地层的重向生热率分布及地热意义

南斯堪的纳维亚（Scandivnavia)的地质情况为深部和中部地壳的取样提供了独特的条件，以进行热流和生热率研究。在南挪威中部地区，闪岩相的地体看来是位于更深的壳层枯部，这些更深的壳层在其西部和东部边缘出露。作者从文献中选用这个地区所有岩类的大量的地球化学数据来计算各种岩相的放射性生热率。用同一地区的热流约束得到了一个可靠的地壳生热率分布模型。麻粒岩相地体的平均生热率是0．4μW/m^3。这个地盾也包含了由后期构造事件形成的生热元素富集的花岗岩，地表岩石总的平均生热率是2．7μW/m^3。根据10个测点的热流和生热率的数据，这个地区的剩余热流为22±2mW/m^2，这相当于28km厚的深地壳岩相层顶的热流，预示了地幔热流可能只有10mW/m^2的低值。整个地壳平均的放射性热贡献为31mW/m^2。     

基于自然伽马测井的淮南煤田朱集井田煤系岩浆岩生热率研究

为研究淮南煤田煤系岩浆岩生热率特点及其对地温场的影响,以淮南朱集井田为研究对象,基于36个钻孔内6 208个煤系岩石自然伽马（GR）测井值的基础上,利用自然伽马与生热率GR-A的关系式,计算不同岩石生热率及其标准差,结果得出,煤系沉积岩的GR值由大到小依次为泥岩83.83 API、砂岩62.23 API和煤34.32 API,岩浆岩的GR值为103.89 API,远大于沉积岩;岩浆岩的生热率也最大,平均1.63 μW/m3,约为煤的3倍,但因受岩浆岩侵入分期性的影响,其标准差较大。总的来说,朱集井田内煤系岩石放射性生热对区内大地热流的贡献量不大,但岩浆岩的高生热率对岩层生热结构的改变较大。      

西藏岩浆岩放射性生热率的实验研究

测定了采自喜马拉雅和冈底斯地块露头和钻孔的97块岩石标本的放射性生热率(A),结果表明:藏南花岗岩(n=12)和藏北花岗岩(n=24)的平均生热率A值分别为3.2±1.5μW/m~3和2.6±1.6μW/m~3,与全球17个热流省的统计数据相比,两者均具有中等的放射性生热元素丰度;两者的平均钍铀比十分接近,分别为4.4±2.7和4.5±1.4,岩浆分异程度属中等。这些说明了:(1)本文作者在前期研究中选用的A值量级是适宜的;(2)花岗岩类作为壳内主要的放射性生热岩层,其生热率A值并未呈现异常量级。换言之,应着重从构造演化过程及其诱发的深部热作用机制,探讨藏南藏北高热流异常的成因。     

南海海盆IODP349钻井岩心的生热元素测试与应用研究

放射性生热率是岩石热物性参数之一,也是研究岩石圈热结构和构造热演化的重要参数。针对南海海盆区缺少岩石生热率资料的实际情况,本文通过整理和分析IODP349航次中的测井资料,测试钻井岩心样品的主要放射性生热元素,通过计算得出:玄武岩样品的生热率平均值为0.28±0.07μW/m~3,沉积碎屑岩样品的生热率为1.21±0.34μW/m~3,以及3个钻井的地热流值。获得以下认识:(1)本次研究的沉积碎屑岩样品生热率与中国东南沿海的同类岩石样品的生热率值相近,而洋壳中的基性火山岩生热率明显低于大陆碱性玄武岩。(2)用新资料计算南海西南次海盆段的岩石圈热结构得出其热岩石圈厚度约为39~42 km,平均壳幔热流比值为2.4%,说明西南次海盆岩石圈薄,海底热流主要受深部的地幔热源控制。(3)U1431D和U1433A钻井的热流密度值与附近探针热流密度值相近;而U1431C的热流密度值明显偏小,属于受地下水热循环影响所致。     

江西芦溪县南部大地热流特征

江西省芦溪县南部地区地热资源丰富, 但地热地质研究程度较低, 大地热流测量工作进行的较少, 制约着区域地热资源勘查开发。本文以芦溪县南部的新泉和石溪为研究区, 结合钻孔岩心热物性测试和地温测井等分析了研究区岩石热导率、地温场、热源机制的特征。研究区岩石热导率平均值为 2.063~6.176 W/(m·K), 热导率最高的为硅质石英岩, 可作为良好的导热岩体。大地热流平均值为 76.39 mW/m2, 远高于中国大陆地区的平均值62.5 mW/m2, 该地区具有较高的热背景值。花岗岩放射性生热率平均值为2.16 μW/m3, 不属于高产热型岩体, 放射性生热对地表热流贡献较小, 热源来源为地壳深部供热。研究区构造活动强烈, 深大断裂和次级断裂发育, 为地下热水的深部循环提供了良好的导热和导水通道。本研究可为武功山地区的地热资源开发提供重要启示。     

热流和岩石生热率关系的研究

通过花岗岩体和中下地壳剖面岩石生热率的研究,显示出花岗岩体内生热率的分布至多样性;华北下地壳变质岩的生热率介于0.2-0.4μW/m³之间,其对热流的热贡献较小;地壳岩石生热率总体上是深度不连续的递减函数。中国东南地区出露着大面积的中生代花岗岩体,实测热流和岩石生热率没有得出可信的线性关系。结合对现有热流省资料的认识,提出了对热流和岩石生热率关系的新看法,解释了以往线性关系的不稳定性,估算出正常陆壳厚度的热流下限应为29.5mW/m²。     

准噶尔盆地地温分布特征

据盆地大量的钻孔测温资料和实测岩石热导率、放射性生热率等岩石热物理性质参数,分析了准噶尔盆地的地温分布状况,表明盆地现今是一个相对较冷的盆地,平均地温梯度为22.6℃/km.由热传导理论计算了盆地深部和无钻井区的地温,并编制了盆地3 000～6 000 m深温度分布图和盆地东西、南北向的温度分布剖面图,分析了盆地深浅地温的关系.     

中国大陆科学钻探主孔揭示的大陆地壳生热模型

本文对大陆科学钻探主孔149块岩心样品进行了系统的岩石放射性生热元素 U、Th 和 K 的含量测试,同时结合该井浅部井段前人的实测数据,揭示了上地壳5km 生热率的垂向分布。结果显示,以1650m 为界,上下两段生热率均随深度呈增加趋势,与正常地壳生热率特征不同,显示出超高压变质带独特的生热率垂向变化特征。结合地壳的岩性分布,建立了苏鲁超高压变质带地壳的生热模型。该模型中,地壳厚32km,其中上地壳0～10km,由超高压变质岩片组成,按岩性又详细分为8层,生热率变化在0.49～1.73μWm~(-3)。中地壳10～20km,由片麻岩组成,生热率为生热率1.51μWm~(-3)。下地壳20～32km为麻粒岩,生热率0.31μWm~(-3)。整个地壳热流约31mw/m~2,其中上地壳12mW/m~2。上地壳厚度和热流分别占整个地壳的31%和39%。与华北和下扬子地壳生热模型相比,上地壳热流整个地壳热流的比例最低。这表明,苏鲁超高压变质带,作为中朝与扬子板块俯冲-碰撞的产物,其地壳生率垂向分布与正常大陆地壳(华北、下扬子)相比,具有显著的不同。     

Heat Aggregation Mechanisms of Hot Dry Rocks Resources in the Gonghe Basin,Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Hot dry rock (HDR) is an important geothermal resource and clean energy source that may play an increasingly important role in future energy management. High-temperature HDR resources were recently detected in deep regions of the Gonghe Basin on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, which led to a significant breakthrough in HDR resource exploration in China. This research analyzes the deep temperature distribution, radiogenic heat production, heat flow, and crustal thermal structure in the Qiaboqia Valley, Guide Plain, and Zhacanggou area of the Gonghe Basin based on geothermal exploration borehole logging data, rock thermophysical properties, and regional geophysical exploration data. The results are applied to discuss the heat accumulation mechanism of the HDR resources in the Gonghe Basin. The findings suggest that a low-velocity layer in the thickened crust of the Tibetan Plateau provides the most important source of constant intracrustal heat for the formation of HDR resources in the Gonghe Basin, whereas crustal thickening redistributes the concentrated layer of radioactive elements, which compensates for the relatively low heat production of the basal granite and serves as an important supplement to the heat of the HDR resources. The negative effect is that the downward curvature of the lithospheric upper mantle caused by crustal thickening leads to a small mantle heat flow component. As a result, the heat flows in the Qiaboqia Valley and Guide Plain of the Gonghe Basin are 106.2 and 77.6 mW/m2, respectively, in which the crust-mantle heat flow ratio of the former is 3.12:1, indicating a notably anomalous intracrustal thermal structure. In contrast, the crust-mantle heat flow ratio in the Guide Plain is 1.84:1, which reflects a typical hot crust-cold mantle thermal structure. The Guide Plain and Zhacanggou area show the same increasing temperature trend with depth, which reflects that their geothermal backgrounds and deep high-temperature environments are similar. These results provide important insight on the heat source mechanism of HDR resource formation in the Tibetan Plateau and useful guidance for future HDR resource exploration projects and target sites selection in similar areas.     

华南陆缘火成岩区差异性地壳热结构及地热意义

高产热花岗岩是重要的壳内热源之一,我国华南陆缘花岗岩体分布广泛,为该区浅表热量的生成及聚集提供了可能。本文在简述区内花岗岩资源分布的基础上,系统分析了区内主要花岗岩体的放射性生热特征,并结合区内近些年施工的地热勘探深钻,对重点地热勘查区的深部地温场分布、地热通量、地壳热结构等进行了对比分析,提出了华南陆缘浅表地热资源的聚热模式。分析认为,华南陆缘地区具有“幔源供热 壳内生热 断裂传热 盖层保热”的四元聚热模式,其中,花岗岩体的放射性生热率是影响区内浅部地温场的主要因素之一,粤北—赣南岩体的生热率明显高于漳州地区的花岗岩体,其近似“热壳冷幔”型或“温壳温幔”型岩石圈热结构与漳州“热幔冷壳”型岩石圈热结构有一定的差异;断裂构造及盖层条件对于地下热量聚集及散失具有明显的控制作用。研究成果对于深入理解华南陆缘地热资源的成因、控热因素,以及今后该地区地热资源勘探开发实践具有一定的理论与指导意义。     

High radiogenic heat production in the Kerala Khondalite Block,Southern Granulite Province,India

In situ radioelemental (K, U and Th) analysis and heat production estimates have been made at 59 sites in the Kerala Khondalite Block (KKB) of the Southern Granulite Province (SGP) of India. Together with the in situ analyses on granulites and gneisses previously reported from 28 sites, and heat production estimated from the published geochemical analyses on granites and syenites of the KKB, the new data set allows good characterization of heat production for the major granulite facies rocks and granitoids of the KKB. Garnet biotite gneisses are characterized by high levels of Th and U, with mean values of 60 and 3 ppm, respectively. Khondalites, leptynites and charnockites have slightly lower levels of Th (23, 20 and 22 ppm, respectively) and U (2.9, 2.4 and 0.9 ppm, respectively). The mean K, U, Th abundances for the granites, leucogranites and granitic gneisses ranges from 3.9 to 4.3%, 2.6 to 4.3 ppm, 22 to 50 ppm respectively, and for the syenites 4.8%, 2 ppm and 5.7 ppm. Mean radiogenic heat production values for garnet–biotite gneiss, khondalite, leptynite and charnockite are 5.5, 2.7, 2.4 and 2.2 μW m⁻³, respectively. For the granites, leucogranites, granitic gneisses and syenites it is 2.6, 3.4, 4.6 and 1.4 μW m⁻³, respectively. Heat production of granulite facies rocks, which are the most abundant rocks in KKB, correlate well with Th, but less with U, suggesting that variation is caused by Th and U bearing accessory minerals such as monazite and zircon. The high heat production of the KKB granulites are in contrast to the low heat production of the Late Archaean granulites of the Northern Block (NB) of the SGP which are highly depleted in radioelements and also the granulites of Madurai Block (MB) that have higher radioelemental abundances than in the granulites of the NB. The high heat production of the KKB granulites could be due to the nature of protoliths and/or metasomatism associated with Neoproteroic- to- Pan African alkaline magmatic activity represented by alkali granite and syenite–carbonatite emplacements and emplacement of pegmatites.     

济阳坳陷地幔热流和深部温度

济阳坳陷深部地热状况对于分析岩石圈深部结构特征、探索该盆地形成和演化的地球动力学过程具有重要意义.依据济阳坳陷最新的钻探资料和深部地球物理探测结果, 按沉积盖层、上、中、下地壳4层结构, 建立了分别代表该区凹陷部位和凸起及斜坡带上的2种地壳结构模型.通过多道能谱分析, 测试了区内4 3块岩心样品的放射性元素U、Th、40K含量, 统计得出了济阳坳陷沉积盖层的平均生热率为(1.40±0.26) μW/m3.在研究大地热流分布的基础上, 结合济阳坳陷地壳各岩层放射性生热率, 采用“剥层”法, 从地表开始, 由浅到深逐步扣除各层段所提供的热量, 得到了济阳坳陷的地幔热流.并且采用相似的方法, 利用一维稳态热传导方程, 分析了地壳上地幔顶部的温度状况.结果表明, 济阳坳陷的地幔热流约为38.4~39.2 mW/m2, 占整个地表总热流量的5 8%;地幔顶部温度约为602~636℃.与世界上其他各类地质构造单元相比, 济阳坳陷无论是地幔热流值或其与地表热流之比值都是比较高的, 其深部地热状态具有介于稳定地区和构造活动区之间的特点.      

Ultrahigh‐temperature osumilite gneisses in southern Madagascar record combined heat advection and high rates of radiogenic heat production in a long‐lived high‐T orogen

We report the discovery of osumilite in ultrahigh‐temperature (UHT) metapelites of the Anosyen domain, southern Madagascar. The gneisses equilibrated at ~930°C/0.6 GPa. Monazite and zircon U–Pb dates record 80 Ma of metamorphism. Monazite compositional trends reflect the transition from prograde to retrograde metamorphism at 550 Ma. Eu anomalies in monazite reflect changes in fO₂ relative to quartz–fayalite–magnetite related to the growth and breakdown of spinel. The ratio Gd/Yb in monazite records the growth and breakdown of garnet. High rates of radiogenic heat production were the primary control on metamorphic grade at the regional scale. The short duration of prograde metamorphism in the osumilite gneisses (<29 ± 8 Ma) suggests that a thin mantle lithosphere (<80 km) or advective heating may have also been important in the formation of this high‐T, low‐P terrane.     

The thermal structure and thickness of continental roots

We compare heat flow data from the Precambrian shields in North America and in South Africa. We also review data available in other less well-sampled Shield regions. Variations in crustal heat production account for most of the variability of the heat flow. Because of this variability, it is difficult to define a single average crustal model representative of a whole tectonic province. The average heat flow values of different Archean provinces in Canada, South Africa, Australia and India differ by significant amounts. This is also true for Proterozoic provinces. For example, the heat flow is significantly higher in the Proterozoic Namaqua–Natal Belt of South Africa than in the Grenville Province of the Canadian Shield (61 vs. 41 mW m⁻² on average). These observations indicate that it is not possible to define single value of the average heat flow for all provinces of the same crustal age. Large amplitude short wavelength variations of the heat flow suggest that most of the difference between Proterozoic and Archean heat flow is of crustal origin. In eastern Canada, there is no good correlation between the local values of heat flow and heat production. In the Archean, Proterozoic and Paleozoic provinces of eastern Canada, heat flow values through rocks with the same heat production are not significantly different. There is therefore no evidence for variations of the mantle heat flow beneath these different provinces. After removing the local crustal heat production from the surface heat flow, the mantle (Moho) heat flow was estimated to be between 10–15 mW m⁻² in the Archean, Proterozoic and Paleozoic provinces of eastern Canada. Estimates of the mantle heat flow in the Kaapvaal craton of South Africa may be slightly higher (≈17 mW m⁻²). Large-scale variations of bulk crustal heat production are well-documented in Canada and imply significant differences of deep lithospheric thermal structure. In thick lithosphere, surficial heat flow measurements record a time average of heat production in the lithospheric mantle and are not in equilibrium with the instantaneous heat production. The low mantle heat flow and current estimates of heat production in the lithospheric mantle do not support a mechanical (conductive) lithosphere thinner than 200 km and thicker than 330 km. Temperature anomalies with surrounding oceanic mantle extend to the convective boundary layer below the conductive layer, and hence to depths greater than these estimates. Mechanical and thermal stability of the lithosphere require the mantle part of the lithosphere to be chemically buoyant and depleted in radiogenic elements. Both characteristics are achieved simultaneously by partial melting and melt extraction.     

Shallow geothermal regime in the Perth Metropolitan Area

Exploration of Perth's geothermal potential has been performed by the Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence (WAGCoE). Detailed vertical temperature and gamma ray logging of 17 Western Australia Department of Water's (DoW) Artesian Monitoring (AM) wells was completed throughout the Perth Metropolitan Area (PMA). In addition, temperature logs from 53 DoW AM wells measured in the 1980s were digitised into LAS format. The logged data are available in the WAGCoE Data Catalogue.

Analysis of the gamma ray logs yielded the first estimates of radiogenic heat production in Perth Basin formations. Values by formation ranged between 0.24 and 1.065 μW m^?3. The temperature logs provide a picture of true formation temperatures within shallow sediments in the Perth Basin. A three-dimensional model of the temperature distribution was used to produce maps of temperature at depth and on the top of the Yarragadee aquifer.

The temperature data were interpreted with a one-dimensional conductive heat model. Significant differences between the model and the observations was indicative of heat moving via non-conductive mechanisms, such as advection or convection. Evidence of non-conductive or advective heat flow is demonstrated in most formations in the region, with significant effects in the aquifers. Average conductive geothermal gradients range from 13°C km^?1 to 39°C km^?1, with sandstone formations exhibiting average gradients of approximately 25°C km^?1, while insulating silt/shale formations show higher average gradients of over 30°C km^?1.

To produce preliminary heat flow estimates, temperature gradients were combined with thermal conductivities measured elsewhere. The geometric mean heat flow estimates range between 64 mW m^?2 to 91 mW m^?2, with the standard deviation of the arithmetic mean heat flow ranging between 15 and 23 mW m^?2.

The study characterises the shallow temperature regime in the Perth Metropolitan Area, which is of direct relevance towards developing commercial geothermal projects.