Tectonics of the Wysoka Kamieńska Graben (NW Poland) and implications for fault sealing potential

• Autorzy: Bobek Kinga , Konieczyńska Monika , Jarosiński Marek

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DOI

10.7306/gq.1607

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Reservoir confinement by faults is important for safe storage of liquid waste or hydrocarbons. Having access to 3D seismic and borehole data, we have interpreted the tectonic setting of the Wysoka Kamieńska Graben (WKG) in the NW part of the Polish Basin and subsequently made an interpretation of the sealing potential of the graben-bounding faults. The formation and development of the graben in the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic was controlled by mechanical decoupling in the salts of the Zechstein Group. The primary tectonic factor triggering the graben origin was dextral strike-slip movement along the regional fault zone in the Paleozoic basement, transtensional accommodation of which in the Zechstein-Mesozoic cover led to development of a horse-tail pattern of grabens. During the Late Cretaceous, the graben underwent minor tectonic inversion. Sealing potential analysis of the graben-bounding faults was performed for the Triassic-Jurassic sequence including juxtaposition seal and fault gouge seal components. Finally, we have focussed our interpretation on the Jurassic sequence where the best reservoirs have been recognized. Our results indicate good to moderate sealing potential of the Hettangian reservoir, poor to moderate sealing of the Pliensbachian reservoir and lack of sealing of the Bajocian reservoir. Hence, the Hettangian reservoir, characterized by large thickness, low clay content and a large regional extent, acts as a potential storage formation, being confined by the graben-bounding faults of the WKG.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

tectonic graben; salt decoupling level; underground storage; fault seal potential; geological modelling

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 65, No. 3
• Strony: art. no. 38
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 92 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Bobek Kinga

• Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Rakowiecka 4, 00-975 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Konieczyńska Monika

• Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Rakowiecka 4, 00-975 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Jarosiński Marek

• Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Rakowiecka 4, 00-975 Warszawa, Poland

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