Guercif Basin and the hot kitchen15 Oct 2023 19:49
While we wait for the test results from MOU-3… some folk may doubt the hydrocarbon charge and intensity of the Guercif sedimentary basin.
A few facts might help you stay cool and calm…
Magma driven hydrocarbon generation.
During the rifting and basin infill stage, Triassic and Jurassic formations were deposited.
Rifting of the Atlantic and the Central Atlantic magmatic province (CAMP), created numerous hydrocarbon sedimentary basins on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean….the result of huge volcanic outbursts.
The opening of the Western Tethyan sea…causing a huge influx of sediments into Guercif.
The Guilliz alkaline volcanic province, just 24 km north east of Guercif city. A globally alignment of volcanic centres, consisting of two major volcanoes and a few smaller satellites … controlled by major faults.
Alkaline magmas are melted at huge depths, tens of kilometres. Onshore alkaline magmatism occurred simultaneously with the huge influx of sediments.
All this volcanic activity can significantly promote the formation of prolific hydrocarbon organisms.
So we have a huge influx of sediments, composed of evaporate, clastic, carbonate and hydrocarbon bearing source rocks, covered over with a thick Neogene sequence.
All simultaeously heated over a large area. Add a few compressive phases and uplift of surrounding mountains.
All likely liberating massive volumes of gas and oil.
Pressure, volume and temperature , all controlled by major faults criss-crossing the basin.
Yes it’s huge, it’s all connected by major deep faults and it’s very hot in the kitchen.
Hope that helps.. cool you down.
“ The degree of one’s emotions varies with one’s knowledge of the facts - the less you know, the hotter you get” Bertrand Russell.
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