从沉积盆地排出的偶尔流体排气由加压泥石提供燃料
Luke M Kearney1, Richard F Katz1, Christopher W MacMinn2
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3AN, United Kingdom.
概括
泥石可以充当压力源,导致地下水库的液体泄漏. 这项研究揭示了泥石压力扩散对地质构成中的密封失效风险作出了重大贡献.
科学领域:
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 地下砂岩水库对于废物封存至关重要,但由于密封失效而存在泄漏的风险.
- 在水库压力演变中的间隙泥石的作用是有争议的,有理论认为它们充当密封体,水槽或来源.
- 了解长期压力动态对于评估地质储存场所的完整性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究泥石在长期水库压力演变中的作用.
- 为关于泥石的压力源假设提供证据.
- 量化泥石对地下压力增加的贡献.
主要方法:
- 利用了莱万特盆地偶发流体泄漏的地质记录.
- 采用贝叶斯框架来整合通风数据 (记录2亿年前以来的地下压力) 与随机压力演变模型.
- 对观察到的压力充电速率进行量化和比较的候选机制.
主要成果:
- 在Levant盆地推断出大约30 MPa/Myr的显著压力充电率.
- 鉴定出泥石中带弹性压力扩散是解释高充电率的最合理的机制.
- 证明了泥石的压力扩散可以放大构造压缩驱动的充电 (~3 MPa/Myr).
结论:
- 泥石在地下水库中充当重要的压力来源.
- 泥石的多弹性压力扩散是导致密封失效的关键因素.
- 这些发现表明,由于无处不在的加压泥石,沉积盆地存在全球密封失效风险.
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