Thermal Properties of Rocks and Density of Fluids

Eppelbaum, Lev; Kutasov, I.M.; Pilchin, Arkady

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34023-9_2

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“…Such stratified model is consistent with the geological characteristics revealed by the exploratory well EAC-1, which intersected~1100 m of the meta-sedimentary and plutonic basement and the entire caldera sequence (~900 m). Thermal properties of rocks were taken from literature (Eppelbaum et al, 2014 and references therein), but volumetric mass density was measured in core and surface samples through the water displacement method (Table 1). Besides, the model assumes fixed temperature boundary conditions of 15°C at the surface and of 750°C at a depth of 4000 m bgs; the former value corresponds to the annual average temperature of the region (Peláez Pavón, 2015), whereas the latter is the presumed temperature of the heat source considered as a silicic magma (e.g.…”

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Thermal history of the Acoculco geothermal system, eastern Mexico: Insights from numerical modeling and radiocarbon dating

Canet

Trillaud

Prol‐Ledesma

et al. 2015

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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Thermal history of the Acoculco geothermal system, eastern Mexico: Insights from numerical modeling and radiocarbon dating

Canet

Trillaud

Prol‐Ledesma

et al. 2015

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

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“…Minerals that can be also expected in the basaltic dust such as olivines and pyroxenes all are characterised by higher thermal conductivities (3.16-5.03 J m À1 K À1 s À1 ). The average value for basalt is 2.11 J m À1 K À1 s À1 (Eppelbaum et al, 2014) and varies between 1.12 and 2.38 J m À1 K À1 s À1 (Sharma, 2002) where the lowest values are due to high porosity and low saturation which is not expected in dust-sized grains. For a monolayer of dust heat is efficiently transferred through every grain, and such small differences in thermal conductivity do not influence the outcome.…”

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Ephemeral liquid water at the surface of the martian North Polar Residual Cap: Results of numerical modelling

Łosiak

Czechowski

Velbel

2015

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“…comparable elevation along the present-day topography crossing the fold. Indeed, clays have commonly lower thermal conductivity than carbonates (Eppelbaum, Kutasov, & Pilchin, 2014). during the Atlas II tectonic event.…”

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Basin tectonic history and paleo‐physiography of the pelagian platform, northern Tunisia, using vitrinite reflectance data

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Constraining the thermal, burial and uplift/exhumation history of sedimentary basins is crucial in the understanding of upper crustal strain evolution and also has implications for understanding the nature and timing of hydrocarbon maturation and migration. In this study, we use Vitrinite Reflectance (VR) data to elucidate the paleo-physiography and thermal history of an inverted basin in the foreland of the Atlasic orogeny in Northern Tunisia. In doing so, it is the primary aim of this study to demonstrate how VR techniques may be applied to unravel basin subsidence/uplift history of structural domains and provide valuable insights into the kinematic evolution of sedimentary basins. VR measurements of both the onshore Pelagian Platform and the Tunisian Furrow in Northern Tunisia are used to impose constraints on the deformation history of a long-lived structural feature in the studied region, namely the Zaghouan Fault. Previous work has shown that this fault was active as an extensional structure in Lower Jurassic to Aptian times, before subsequently being inverted during the Late Cretaceous Eocene Atlas I tectonic event and Upper Miocene Atlas II tectonic event. Quantifying and constraining this latter inversion stage, and shedding light on the roles of structural inheritance and the basin thermal history, are secondary aims of this study. The results of this study show that the Atlas II WNW-ESE compressive event deformed both the Pelagian Platform and the Tunisian Furrow during Tortonian-Messinian times. Maximum burial depth for the Pelagian Platform was reached during the Middle to Upper Miocene, i.e. prior to the Atlas II folding event. VR measurements indicate that the Cretaceous to Ypresian section of the Pelagian Platform was buried to a maximum burial depth of~3 km, using a geothermal gradient of 30°C/km. Cretaceous rock samples VR values show that the hanging wall of the Zaghouan Fault was buried to a maximum depth of <2 km. This suggests that a vertical km-scale throw along the Zaghouan Fault pre-dated the Atlas II shortening, and also proves that the fault controlled the subsidence of the Pelagian Platform during the Oligo-Miocene. Mean exhumation rates of the Pelagian Platform throughout the Messinian to Quaternary were in the order of 0.3 mm/year. However, when the additional effect of Tortonian-Messinian folding is accounted for, exhumation rates could have reached 0.6-0.7 mm/year.---

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Thermal Properties of Rocks and Density of Fluids

Cited by 86 publications

References 87 publications

Thermal history of the Acoculco geothermal system, eastern Mexico: Insights from numerical modeling and radiocarbon dating

Thermal history of the Acoculco geothermal system, eastern Mexico: Insights from numerical modeling and radiocarbon dating

Ephemeral liquid water at the surface of the martian North Polar Residual Cap: Results of numerical modelling

Basin tectonic history and paleo‐physiography of the pelagian platform, northern Tunisia, using vitrinite reflectance data

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