Zusammenfassung
Die Sedimente des Callov bis zum Ryazan (oberer Mitteljura bis unterste Kreide, hier als »Oberjura« bezeichnet) des zentralen niederländischen Nordsee-Grabens, der den Zentralgraben und die Scruff-Gruppe umfaßt, stellen mehrere potentielle Erdölspeichergesteine dar. In jeder dieser beiden Gruppen sowie im Karbon und von der Obertrias bis zur Unterkreide existieren Speichergesteine.
Die strukturelle Entwicklung des Gebietes wird anhand mehrere Profile veranschaulicht. Außerdem schien eine Untergliederuntg in Plattform, Zwischenplattform, äußerer sowie innerer Graben sinnvoll. Die komplexe Entwicklungsgeschichte, die durch Riftingphasen, Wrench-Tektonik, Halokinese und Strukturinversion bestimmt wurde, hat die Paläogeographie und die resultierende Sandsteinbildung intensiv beeinflußt. Eine Anzahl ausgewählter Darstellungen der Geschichte der Sedimentüberlagerung dienen als Beispiele für den Zusammenhang zwischen den strukturell bestimmten Untergruppen und dem Kohlenwasserstoffpotential des Untersuchungsgebietes.
Abstract
The Callovian to Ryazanian (late Middle Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous; here referred to as »Late Jurassic«) sediments of the Dutch Central North Sea Graben, comprising the Central Graben and Scruff Groups, form several potential reservoirs. Source rocks are present within both these groups and the Carboniferous and Late Triassic-Early Jurassic.
The structural development of the area is illustrated by a number of cross-sections. A structural subdivision has been made into platform, intermediate platform, outer graben, and inner graben. The complex history of rifting, wrench-faulting, halokinesis, and structural inversion strongly influenced the palaeogeography and ensuing sandstone developments. A few selected burial-history plots are presented as examples of the relationship between the structural subdivision and the hydrocarbon potential of the area.
Résumé
Dans le secteur néerlandais du Graben Central de la Mer du Nord, plusieurs réservoirs potentiels sont constitués par les sédiments calloviens à ryazaniens (ensemble allant du sommet du Jurassique moyen au Crétacé inférieur et désigné ici par «Late Jurassic»). Ces sédiments comprennent le groupe du Graben central et le groupe de Scruff. Des rochesmères existent dans chacun de ces deux groupes ainsi que dans le Carbonifère et dans la série Trias terminal-Eojurassique.
La constitution structurale de cette région est illustrée par une série de coupes. On distingue, au point de vue structural: une plate-forme, une plate-forme intermédiaire, un graben externe et un graben interne. L'histoire géologique complexe, avec ses processus de rifting, de décrochement, d'halokinèse et d'inversion structurale, s'est répercutèe de manière significative sur la paléogéographie et, par voie de conséquence, sur l'extension des faciès arénacés. Quelques reconstitutions de l'histoire sédimentaire sont présentées à titre d'exemple de manière à illustrer la relation entre les unités structurales et le potentiel en hydrocarbure de la région.
Краткое содержание
Седиментные отложен ия в нидерландском гр абене центрального Северн ого моря, охватывающи е центральный грабен и группу Scruff, обра зуют множество потенциальных пород-коллекторов. Возраст седиментов охватывает период д о т Callov до Ryazan/ верхняя средняя юра до нижнег о мела; именуемая здес ь «верхней юрой»/. Б обеих группах находят породы-носит ели в возрасте от карбона до верхнего триаса/ни жней юры. Структурное разв итие региона объясня ется на основании некоторых профилей. Проведено и подразделение на более мелкие едини цы в платформе, межпла тформенных участков, во внешнем и внутреннем грабене. Сложная исто рия образования рифт а, тектоника, галокинез и инверсии структур повлияли на палеогеографию и последующее развит ие песчанистых образований в этом ра йоне. Приводятся отде льные примеры описания ист ории отложений, иллюс трирующие соотношения между ст руктурными подразде лениями и потенциальной возм ожностью присутстви я нефти в этом регионе.
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Wong, T.E., van Doorn, T.H.M. & Schroot, B.M. »Late Jurassic« petroleum geology of the Dutch Central North Sea Graben. Geol Rundsch 78, 319–336 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01988367
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