On the interpretation of near-bottom water temperature anomalies

A positive water temperature anomaly of 0.11°C and an inverse gradient of potential temperature of 1.5 × 10^?2°C/m has been measured at the TAG hydrothermal field in the rift valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at latitude 26°N by means of a thermistor array towed between 2 and 20 m above the seafloor. This anomaly appears to be associated with hydrothermal discharge from the oceanic crust. The temperature data are interpreted in terms of (1) a steady, turbulent thermal plume rising in a homogeneous, neutrally buoyant medium, and (2) turbulent diffusion in the ocean-bottom boundary layer. The calculations indicate that the thermal output of the TAG anomaly area is of the order of several megawatts, which is of the same order of magnitude as some continental geothermal systems. The thermal output from the TAG anomaly area represents a significant fraction of the total heat loss resulting from the generation of new lithosphere at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 26°N.     

Heat flow at standard depth

Secular and long-term periodic changes in surface temperature cause perturbations to the geothermal gradient which may be significant to depths of at least 1000 m, and major corrections are required to determine absolute values of heat flow from the Earth's interior. However, detailed climatic models remain contentious and estimates of error in geothermal gradients differ widely. Consequently, regions of anomalous heat flow which could contain geothermal resources may be more easily resolved by measuring relative values at a standard depth (e.g. 100 m) so that all data are subject to similar corrections.Regional heat flow data obtained in existing deep holes show reasonable correlation with values determined at shallow depth. Hence geothermal resources of low enthalpy can be characterised by extrapolating temperatures from relative heat flow data readily obtained from shallow boreholes. Regional control can be provided by casing deep boreholes drilled for other purposes.For routine geothermal exploration, borehole temperatures can be measured using gradient probes with fixed sensor separation (e.g. 5 m), allowing very accurate determinations of the geothermal gradient at a single depth. Values of relative heat flow can then be obtained after determining the thermal resistivity of the corresponding core interval. Sampling errors can be minimised by multiple determinations of thermal conductivity over the complete interval.     

四川盆地钻孔温度测量及现今地热特征

基于四川盆地9口钻孔的稳态测温资料和297块岩石样品的热导率数据,报道了9个高质量的大地热流数据,提出了沉积地层岩石热导率系列柱.结合前人的数据资料,绘制了地温梯度和大地热流等值线图.四川盆地沉积地层的岩石热导率变化主要由岩性控制,与现今埋藏深度没有明显的相关性.盆地的地温梯度为17.7～33.3℃/km,平均值为22...     

塔里木盆地现今地热特征

地温梯度和大地热流是揭示盆地现今热状态的重要参数,它们对理解盆地的构造-热演化过程及油气资源评价等方面均具有重要意义.利用塔里木盆地约470口井的地层测试温度资料和941块岩石热导率数据,本文计算了塔里木盆地38个新的大地热流数据,进而揭示了该盆地现今地热分布特征.研究表明,塔里木盆地现今地温梯度变化范围为17～32 ℃/km,平均为22.6±3.0 ℃/km;大地热流变化范围为26.2～65.4 mW/m²,平均为43.0±8.5 mW/m².与我国其他大中型沉积盆地相比,它表现为低地温、低大地热流的冷盆的热状态,但仍具有与世界上典型克拉通盆地相似的地热背景.整体而言,盆地隆起区地温梯度和热流相对较高,坳陷区地温梯度和热流则偏低.此外,我们还发现塔里木盆地现有的油气田区一般位于高地温梯度区域,这可能与下部热流体的向上运移和聚集有关.影响塔里木盆地现今地热特征的因素包括盆地深部结构、构造演化、岩石热物理性质、盆地基底构造形态和烃类聚集等.     

准噶尔盆地大地热流特征与岩石圈热结构

沉积盆地现今大地热流和岩石圈热结构特征是岩石圈构造-热演化过程的综合反映和盆地热史恢复的约束条件,对盆地动力学研究和油气资源评价具有重要意义.作者系统分析了准噶尔盆地2000年以来新增的102口钻孔的系统测井温度和400余口钻孔的试油温度资料,采用光学扫描法测试了15口钻孔共187块代表性岩石热导率,首次建立了准噶尔盆地岩石热导率柱,新增了11个高质量的(A类)大地热流数据,分析了准噶尔盆地大地热流分布特征,并揭示了其岩石圈热结构.研究表明,准噶尔盆地现今地温梯度介于 11.6~27.6℃/km,平均21.3±3.7℃/km,大地热流介于23.4~56.1 mW/m²,平均42.5±7.4 mW/m²,表现为低地温梯度、低大地热流的"冷"盆特征.准噶尔盆地大地热流与地温梯度分布规律基本一致,主要受控于基底的构造形态,东部隆起最高,陆梁隆起次之,乌伦古坳陷、中央坳陷和西部隆起较低,北天山山前坳陷最低.准噶尔盆地地壳热流介于18.8~26.0 mW/m²,地幔热流介于16.5~23.7 mW/m²,壳幔热流比值介于0.79~1.58,属于典型的"冷壳冷幔"型热结构.准噶尔盆地地幔热流值与莫霍面起伏一致,隆起区地幔热流高,坳陷区地幔热流低.     

济阳坳陷沾化东区块现今地温场及热历史

根据区内钻井测温和镜质体反射率RO资料，在该区现今地温场分析的基础上，采用岩石圈和盆地尺度相结合的多期热演化模型对该区的热史进行了恢复.结果表明：(1)现今地温梯度为35.8℃/km.孤岛及垦东地区地温梯度较高，大于3℃/km.(2)古新世早期的大地热流值为83.6mW/m²，相当于现代活动裂谷的热流值.自古新世以来，盆地有逐步变冷的趋势，中间有二次回升，但回升的幅度逐渐变小.现今大地热流值为63mW/m²，接近全球大地热流的平均值.(3)该区主力烃源岩经历了持续的受热过程，现今仍处于“生油窗口”内，在深度上具有较大的油气赋存空间，热演化背景对油气生成有利.上述模拟结果可以用渤海湾盆地的裂谷演化模式进行较好的解释，并对胜利油田沾化凹陷的油气勘探工作具有一定的实际意义.     

Correlation analysis of geothermal data for the sedimentary basins of India

Correlation coefficients are calculated from the available geothermic data for the sedimentary basins of India to reveal some significant association between: (1) heat flow and thermal conductivity, (2) heat flow and geothermal gradient, (3) geothermal gradient and thermal conductivity, and (4) heat flow and related crustal thickness. The observed negative correlationship between heat flow and thermal conductivity for all Indian sedimentary basins suggests corresponding changes in crustal thickness.     

Specific features of the genesis of the Azores-Gibraltar fault zone (North Atlantic)

Maps of the main structures and the degree of geothermal studies of the Azores-Gibraltar and Iceland regions are constructed. Computer modeling of the coefficient of velocity of thermal subsidence into the asthenosphere of the Azores segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is performed. According to the results of modeling, this velocity exceeds the mean velocity of thermal subsidence of the mid-ocean ridges of the world ocean by a factor of ∼ 1.5. The high velocity of subsidence of the Azores segment of the ridge is caused by the influence of the hot substance of the plume on the process of subsidence. The distributions of the heat flow in the Horseshoe basin, Alboran Sea, and southern part of the Iberian Peninsula are analyzed. A zone of increased heat flow and seismicity, extending from the Madeira-Torre Ridge through the Horseshoe basin, and farther to the east through the southern parts of Spain and France, is identified for the first time. The identified geothermal zone marks the northern branch of the diffuse boundary between the Eurasian and African plates. In the region of the Alpine chain, this zone joins the southern boundary between the Eurasian and African plates, which runs along the northern part of Africa and the Apennine Peninsula. The European and African plate boundaries outline the identified Western-Mediterranean plate, which mainly consists of the oceanic and thinned continental lithospheres of the Algerian-Provence and Tyrrhenian basins.     

南海南部礼乐盆地礁体发育区的构造热演化特征

礼乐滩是礼乐盆地的重要组成部分,自晚渐新世礼乐地块裂离北部陆缘后开始发育礁灰岩.为认识这些长期浸没海水中的礼乐礁体及其下伏地层的热状态与热演化特征,在详细分析礼乐滩钻井测温数据和镜质体反射率数据的基础上,对一条穿过礁体的骨干剖面进行了构造热演化数值模拟.结果显示,礁体区钻井2000～4500 m深度范围内温度介于30～90℃之间,井底与海底之间的平均地温梯度仅10℃·km^-1左右,地温梯度随深度逐渐增加,3000～4000m深度段地温梯度介于32～37℃·km^-1;礁体下伏地层有机质曾经经历了比现今所处温度更高的古温度.进一步分析表明,高孔高渗的礁体上部因与周围低温海水发生热交换,导致地层温度降低、地温梯度和热流降低甚至为负值;与海水热交换作用随深度增加而减弱并最终停止,地层温度逐渐升高,地温梯度和热流值趋于正常;现今钻井3000～4000 m深度段地温梯度约为35℃·km^-1,基底热流可能介于65～75 mW·m^-2,平均约为70 mW·m^-2;礁体发育区有机质热成熟度主要是...     

张裂型盆地地热参数的垂向变化与琼东南盆地热流分布特征

海洋热流数据是开展海洋地球动力学研究和油气资源评价的基础数据.为深入认识琼东南盆地的地热特征,本文首先利用耦合沉积作用与岩石圈张裂过程的数值模型分析了张裂型盆地主要地热参数的垂向变化特征;并通过钻孔资料的详细分析,获得了琼东南盆地44口钻孔的热流数据;结合海底地热探针获取的热流数据,对琼东南盆地地热特征及其主要影响因素进行了简要分析.结果表明:沉积作用的热披覆效应对表层热流有较明显的抑制作用,由于沉积物生热效应与披覆效应的共同作用,同一钻孔处海底表层热流与钻孔深度3000~4000m处热流或与海底间的平均热流差异很小,可以一起用于分析琼东南盆地的热流分布特征;莺歌海组、乐东组热导率随深度变化小于黄流组及其下地层热导率的变化,钻孔沉积层平均热导率约为1.7 W·(m·K)-1,钻孔地层生热率一般低于2.5μW·m-3,平均生热率为1.34μW·m-3,平均地温梯度主要介于30~45℃/km,热流介于50~99mW·m-2,陆架区热流主要集中于60~70mW·m-2,深水区钻孔具有较高的地温梯度和热流值;从北部陆架与上陆坡区往中央坳陷带,热流值从50~70mW·m-2,增高为65~85mW·m-2,并且往东有升高趋势,在盆地东部宝岛凹陷、长昌凹陷与西沙海槽北部斜坡带构成一条热流值高于85mW·m-2的高热流带.进一步分析认为,琼东南盆地现今热流分布特征是深部热异常、强烈减薄岩石圈的裂后冷却作用、晚期岩浆热事件、地壳与沉积层的生热贡献以及沉积作用的热披覆效应等多种主要因素综合作用的结果.     

南海珠江口盆地钻井BHT温度校正及现今地温场特征

温度是盆地现今地温场研究最重要的基础参数之一,针对钻井井底温度(BHT)一般低于地层真实温度的情况,本文对珠江口盆地16口钻井的BHT数据进行了校正,并根据校正后的温度数据采用最小二乘法新增计算了16个地温梯度及大地热流数据.结合前人发表数据,本文绘制了珠江口盆地最新地温梯度等值线图及大地热流等值线图.除此之外,系统收集整理了盆地钻井大地热流、生热率以及热导率等参数,利用一维热传导方程计算了盆地1~5km深度处的温度,并绘制了盆地深部温度等值线图.在此基础上,分析了盆地现今地温场特征及其成因,以期为珠江口盆地地球动力学背景研究及油气资源评价与勘探提供地热学参数.     

华北平原区地温梯度与基底构造形态的关系

本文根据部分实测温度资料和有限单元法的数值模拟计算结果,研究了华北平原区地温梯度和地表热流值与基底构造形态的关系,分析了盖层相对厚度、基岩侧界面倾角以及不同岩石热导率比值对地温梯度和地表热流分布图式的影响,并讨论了地壳浅部热流的折射和再分配问题。在此基础上,提出了华北平原区地温梯度和热流值基底构造形态的相关直线校正法,即根据不同构造部位上钻孔的实测地温梯度和盖层相对厚度的相关直线推算区域平均地温梯度和具代表性区域热流值的方法。     

Tectonic thermal history and its significance on the formation of oil and gas accumulation and mineral deposit in Ordos Basin

The analyzing data on stratigraphic temperature measurement, thermal conductivity of the strata and radioactive heat production rate show that the present average geothermal gradient in the Ordos Basin is 2.93 °C/100 m, and the average heat flow value is 61.78 mW/m², which belongs to the mesothermal basin, and the value of the present geothermal gradient and heat flow in the east is higher than that in the west. The sandstone radioactive heat production rate of Zhiluo Group in Dongsheng Uranium deposits of Yimeng uplift is obviously higher in the mudstone, indicating that there exists a uranium anomaly. Based on studies of the present thermal field of the basin, the late-Mesozoic paleotemperature and paleogeothermal gradient are determined by using different kinds of paleotemperature methods. According to the anomaly of the late-Mesozoic paleotemperature gradient and magmatic event age, there was a tectonic thermal event in the early Cretaceous epoch of late-Mesozoic. This article rebuilds tectonic thermal history of different tectonic units by thermal history simulation using basin simulating software. The evolution of oil-gas and coal, and accumulation (mineralization) of mineral uranium are all controlled by the tectonic thermal history in the Ordos basin, especially by the tectonic thermal event that happened in the late Mesozoic. For both the gas source rocks of upper Paleozoic group and lower paleozoic group, the gas was largely generated in the early Cretaceous epoch of the late Mesozoic. The main petroleum generation period for Yanchang Group in Triassic system is the early Cretaceous epoch too, and the highest thermal maturity of the coal of Permo-Carboniferous, Triassic, and Jurassic reaches is the early Cretaceous epoch also. Early Cretaceous epoch is still one of the most important mineralizing periods of uranium.     

中国南方现今地热特征

根据中国南方地温梯度和大地热流的数据各418个,编制了中国南方地温梯度图和中国南方大地热流图,研究了中国南方现今地温梯度分布特征和大地热流分布特征.结果显示,中国南方地温梯度介于782～1625℃/km,平均241℃/km;大地热流变化于22～220 mW/m2之间,平均值为642 mW/m2.东南沿海和滇西南地区为高地温梯度分布区,扬子地块为中－低温地温梯度区.地温梯度不仅与区域热构造背景有关,还显著地受地下水热活动、断裂以及地层热导率影响.中国南方大地热流东部、西南部高,中部低,且异常高值点主要沿板块边界缝合带、深大断裂活动带分布.大地热流与区域构造运动、最后一次热事件发生的时间、岩石圈拉张程度、地壳厚度、壳内高导层埋深等因素具有明显的相关性.     

REGIONAL GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION IN EGYPT*

Although Egypt is not characterized by abundant Cenozoic igneous activity, its location in the northeastern corner of the African plate suggests that it may possess geothermal resources, especially along its eastern margin. Regional geothermal exploration has been carried out in Egypt using the thermal gradient/heat flow technique and groundwater temperature/chemistry technique. In the thermal gradient/heat flow study, existing oil-well bottom-hole temperature data as well as subsurface temperature measurements in existing boreholes were utilized before special thermal gradient holes were drilled. Groundwater temperature and chemistry data were used to extend the geographic range of the direct subsurface thermal measurements. On a very modest budget, a regional thermal high has been discovered along the eastern margin of Egypt, and a local thermal anomaly has been discovered in this zone. Published geological information suggests that the sandstones of the Nubian Formation may be a suitable reservoir for geothermal fluids. The new data indicate that temperatures of 150°C or higher may be found in this reservoir in the Gulf of Suez and Red Sea coastal zone where it lies at a depth of 4 km and deeper.     

雄安新区现今地温场特征及成因机制

雄安新区位于渤海湾盆地冀中坳陷内,区内主要包含有牛驼镇凸起、容城凸起、高阳低凸起等次级构造单元.通过分析该区最近实测的8口钻井测温曲线和108块岩石热导率实测数据并结合前人的研究成果,对雄安新区内部地温梯度、大地热流分布规律等进行了分析.结果表明雄安新区内部不同构造单元地层的地温梯度在垂向上可划分为两段：上部沉积盖层段,地温梯度值在25.2~58.9℃·km^-1之间;下部白云岩段地温梯度较低,主要在5℃·km^-1附近.同时地温梯度在平面上具有明显的区域性特征,牛驼镇凸起地温梯度值最高,范围为46.5~58.9℃·km^-1;容城凸起区地温梯度次之,范围在32.0~40.9℃·km^-1之间;凹陷及低凸起区地温梯度较低,唯一的实测值显示为25.2℃·km^-1.通过搜集的热流值绘制的热流图也显示出凸起区热流值高,凹陷区热流值相对较低的特点.雄安新区较高的现今地温场特征与其处于弧后拉张的构造背景相关.同时,基岩地层凹凸相间的格局、砂泥质盖层直接覆盖在碳酸盐地层之上的地层组合、热储层段内的地下水对流作用、断裂的发育等共同造成了雄安新区较高的现今地温场特征.     

Geothermal regime and geodynamics of the North Pacific Ocean

The distribution of heat flow in the North Pacific Ocean has been examined, and a map of geothermal and geomagnetic fields for the Bering Sea as it is known today has been made. Reliable data are lacking regarding the time of origin for features of oceanic and continental genesis in the Bering Sea, which is an obstacle to the study of geodynamic processes in the North Pacific. Heat flow data were used to yield numerical estimates for the age of seafloor features in the Bering Sea: the Kamchatka Basin (21 Ma), Shirshov Ridge (95 Ma for the northern part and 33 Ma for the southern), the Aleutian Basin (70 Ma), Vitus Rise (44 Ma), Bowers Ridge (30 Ma), and Bowers Basin (40 Ma). These age estimates are corroborated by combined geological, geophysical, and plate kinematic data. A thermochemical model of global mantle convection has been developed in order to perform a numerical simulation of the thermal process involved in the generation of extended regional features in the North Pacific (the Emperor Fracture Zone, Chinook Trough, etc.). The modeling suggests a plume-tectonic origin for these features, yielding the optimal model for the tectonic evolution of the North Pacific. An integrated geological and geothermal analysis leads to the conclusion that the northern and southern parts of the Shirshov Ridge are different, not only in geologic age, but also in tectonic structure. The northern part is of imbricated-thrust terrane origin, while the southern part is of ensimatic island-arc origin, similar to that of Bowers Ridge. The seafloor of the Aleutian Basin is an outlier of the Upper Cretaceous Kula plate where, in the Vitus Rise area, backarc spreading processes originated during Eocene time. The terminating phase of activity in the Bering Sea began about 21 Ma by spreading in the older seafloor of the Kamchatka Basin. We developed plate-tectonic reconstructions of evolution for the North Pacific for the times 21, 33, 40, and 70 Ma in the hotspot system based on age estimates for the seafloor features derived from heat flow data and modeling of the thermal generation of regional faults, as well as on an analysis of geomagnetic, tectonic, and geological data.     

查干凹陷大地热流

查干凹陷是银根-额济纳旗盆地最具勘探潜力的凹陷, 但是查干凹陷及整个银根-额济纳旗盆地的大地热流研究仍为空白, 严重制约该盆地的油气资源的评价. 本文通过测试19口井107块岩芯的岩石热导率和岩石热导率原位校正, 利用协和平均公式计算得到查干凹陷各地层的岩石热导率大小; 并利用9口井的温度数据, 结合岩石热导率数据对查干凹陷的地温梯度和大地热流进行了计算. 研究结果表明查干凹陷具有构造稳定区和构造活动区之间的中温型地温场特征, 其平均地温梯度和大地热流分别为33.6℃/km, 74.5 mW/m². 本文的研究成果为查干凹陷及银根-额济纳旗盆地油气资源评价提供地热参数.     

藏北地区钻孔大地热流值测量

本文利用藏北地区三口天然气水合物钻孔测温数据,在分析样品热导率测试结果基础上,计算了藏北地区的热流值.对于样品热导率值,首先根据样品孔隙度对实验室测试结果进行了饱水校正,计算热流时采用的是对应井段的岩石热导率饱水校正值的厚度加权平均值.地温梯度以三口钻孔48 h的测温数据为基础,回归三口井的地温梯度,计算时去除了浅部受地表温度和冻土带对温度影响的数值.A钻孔地温梯度分为200~438 m和438~882 m两段回归,分段热流的加权平均值作为钻孔热流值,计算结果为42.7 mW·m^-2; B钻孔和C钻孔回归地温梯度时未分段,热流计算结果分别为58.3 mW·m^-2、70 mW·m^-2.综合分析认为,岩石圈断裂、地幔上涌、碰撞造山过程中的剪切生热等因素可能造成了班公湖—怒江缝合带以南热流值较高,而北部羌塘地块热流值相对较低.     

塔里木克拉通形成以来的背景热史研究

塔里木盆地是一个典型大型叠合盆地,发育在太古代-早中元古代的结晶基底之上,具有稳定克拉通性质.现今地表热流为43mW·m^-2,平均地温梯度为21℃·km-1,莫霍面温度为550℃,较低的热流背景值指示塔里木盆地经历了一个长期冷却加厚的过程.然而对于这样一个长期冷却过程,之前的研究都只停留在显生宙阶段,并未获得塔里木显生宙以前的热史.本文以塔里木地区已有的地热数据作为约束,依据地幔动力学模型设置底部边界条件,利用正演拟合的方法,反演出塔里木的背景热史,填补了该区域古生代以前热史研究的空白.结果表明,塔里木克拉通自形成以来背景热流不断降低(由85mW·m^-2降至43mW·m^-2),岩石圈持续加厚(由130km加厚到190km),在长时间尺度下,塔里木克拉通总体的热演化模式为长期冷却加厚,这与世界上其他典型克拉通的热演化规律类似.显生宙以来受到短期局部的构造-热事件影响,塔里木克拉通在长期冷却的趋势下叠加了约20～40mW·m^-2的热扰动.