Control of pore fluid pressure on depth of emplacement of magmatic sills: An experimental approach

Tectonophysics

Volumn 489, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Gressier, Jean Baptiste ^a   Mourgues, Regis ^a   Bodet, Ludovic ^a   Matthieu, Jean Yves ^a   Galland, Olivier ^b   Cobbold, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Hydraulic fracturing; Physical modelling; Pore fluid pressure; Sill emplacement

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; COMPRESSED AIR; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICONES;

ANALOGUE MODELLING; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUID OVERPRESSURE; PERMEABLE MATERIAL; PHYSICAL MODELLING; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; SILL EMPLACEMENT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; DIATOMITE; EMPLACEMENT; FLUID PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MAGMATISM; MATURATION; OVERPRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SILL;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; PARANA BASIN;

EID: 77953809187     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

References (101)

1. Anderson E.M. The Dynamics of Faulting and Dyke Formation with Applications to Britain 1951, Oliver and Boyd Ltd., Edinburgh. Second Edition.
2. Antonellini M.A., Cambray F.W. Relations between sill intrusions and bedding-parallel extensional shear zones in the mid-continent rift system of Lake Superior Region. Tectonophysics 1992, 202:331-349.
3. Araujo L.M., Triguis J.A., Cerqueira J.R., Freitas L.C.da.S. The atypical Permian Petroleum System of the Paraná Basin, Brazil. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 2000, vol. 73:377-402. M.R. Mello, B.J. Katz (Eds.).
4. Barker C. Calculated volume and pressure changes during the thermal cracking of oil to gas in reservoirs. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bull. 1990, 74:1254-1261.
5. Bradley J. Intrusion of major dolerite sills. Trans. R. Soc. N.Z. 1965, 3:27-55.
6. Byerlee J. Friction of rocks. Pure Appl. Geophys. 1978, 116:615-626.
7. Chang H. Hydraulic Fracturing in Particulate Materials 2004, Georgia Institute of Technology.
8. Chapman R.E. Mechanical versus thermal cause of abnormal high pore pressure in shale. A.A.P.G. Bull. 1980, 64:2179-2183.
9. Chen C.S., Pan E., Amadei B. Determination of deformability and tensile strength of anisotropic rock using Brazilian tests. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. 1998, 35:43-61.
10. Chenevert M.E., Gatlin C. Mechanical anisotropies of laminated sedimentary rocks. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal 1965, 5:67-77.
11. Clemens J.D., Mawer C.K. Granitic magma transport by fracture propagation. Tectonophysics 1992, 204:339-360.
12. Cobbold P.R., Castro L. Fluid pressure and effective stress in sandbox models. Tectonophysics 1999, 301:1-19.
13. Cobbold P.R., Rodrigues N. Seepage forces, important factors in the formation of horizontal hydraulic fractures and bedding-parallel fibrous veins ("beef" and "cone-in-cone"). Geofluids 2007, 1-10.
14. Cobbold P.R., Rossello E.A. Aptian to recent compressional deformation, foothills of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Marine and Petroleum Geology 2003, 20:429-443.
15. Cobbold P.R., Diraison M., Rossello E.A. Bitumen veins and Eocene transpression, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Tectonophysics 1999, 314:423-442.
16. Cordani U.G., Neves B.B.N., Fuck R.A., Porto R., Thomaz Filho A., Cunha F.M.B. Estudo preliminar de integração do Pré- Cambriano com os eventos tectônicos das bacias sedimentares brasileiras. Bol. Cienc., Tecnica Petrol. 1984, 15. 70 pp.
17. Cruz C.E., Villar H.J., Munoz N.G. Los sistemas petroleros del Grupo Mendoza en la Fosa de Chos Malal, Cuenca Neuquina, Argentina. XIII Cong. Geol. Arg. y III Cong. Expl. Hidroc. 1 1996, 45-60.
18. Dahlen F.A. Critical taper model of fold-and-thrust belts and accretionary wedges. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 1990, 18:55-99.
19. Delaney P.T., Pollard D.D., Ziony J.I., McKee E.H. Field relations between dikes and joints: Emplacement processes and paleostress analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research 1986, 91:4920-4938.
20. Engelder T., Fischer M.P. Influence of poroelastic behavior on the magnitude of minimum horizontal stress, Sh, in overpressured parts of sedimentary basins. Geology 1994, 22:949-952.
21. Fertl W.H. Abnormal Formation Pressures, Developments in Petroleum Sciences, 2 1976, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
22. Francis E.H. Magma and sediment-I. Emplacement mechanism of Late carboniferous tholeiite sills in northern Britain. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 1982, 139:1-20.
23. Galland O., Cobbold P.R., Hallot E., de Bremonds d'Ars J.E., Delavaud G. Use of vegetable oil and silica powder for scale modeling of magmatic intrusion in a deforming brittle crust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 243:786-804.
24. Galland O., Planke S., Neumann E.R., Malthe-Sørenssen A. Experimental modelling of shallow magma emplacement: application to saucer-shaped intrusions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2009, 277:373-383.
25. Gretener P.E. On the mechanics of the intrusion of sills. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 1969, 6:1415-1419.
26. Gudmundsson A. Dyke emplacement at divergent plate boundaries. Mafic Dykes and Emplacement Mechanisms 1990, 47-62. Balkema, Rotterdam, 541 pp. A.J. Parker, P.C. Rickwood, D.H. Tucker (Eds.).
27. Gudmundsson A. The geometry and growth of dykes. Physics and Chemistry of Dykes 1995, 142:23-33. Balkema, Rotterdam. Baer, Heimann (Eds.).
28. Gudmundsson A. Emplacement and arrest of sheets and dykes in central volcanoes. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 2002, 116:279-298.
29. Gudmundsson A. Effects of mechanical layering on the development of normal faults and dykes in Iceland. Geodin. Acta 2004, 18:11-30.
30. Gudmundsson, A. in press. Deflection of dykes into sills at discontinuities and magma-chamber formation. Tectonophysics. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.10.015.
31. Gudmundsson A., Philipp S.L. How local stress fields prevent volcanic eruptions. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 2006, 158:257-268.
32. Hillis R.R. Coupled changes in pore pressure and stress in oilfields and sedimentary basins. Petroleum Geoscience 2001, 7:419-425.
33. Hillis R.R. Pore pressure/stress coupling and its implications for rock failure. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2003, 216:359-368.
34. Hoek E., Marinos P., Benissi M. Applicability of the geological strength index (GSI) classification for weak and sheared rock masses. The case of the Athens Schist Formation. Bull. Eng. Geol. Environ. 1998, 57:151-160.
35. Hogg S.L. Geology and hydrocarbon potential of the Neuquén Basin. Journal of Petroleum Geology 1993, 16:383-396.
36. Holmberg E. Descripcion geologica de la Hoja 33d, Auca Mahuida (Provincia del Neuquen). Direccion Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Buenos Aires. Boletin 1964, 94:1-88.
37. Hubbert M.K. Theory of scale models as applied to the study of geologic structures. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1937, 48:1459-1519.
38. Hubbert M.K., Rubey W.W. Mechanics of fluid filled porous solids and its application to overthrust faulting. Role of fluid pressure in mechanics of overthrust faulting. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 1959, 70:115-166.
39. Hubbert M.K., Willis D.G. Mechanics of hydraulic fracturing. Structural Geology 1957, 175-190. Hafner Publishing Company, Nex York. M.K. Hubbert (Ed.).
40. Hunt J.M. Generation and migration of petroleum from abnormally pressured fluid compartments. A.A.P.G. 1990, 74:1-12.
41. Jaeger C.M. Rock Mechanics and Engineering 1972, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
42. Kavanagh J., Menand T., Sparks R.S.J. An experimental investigation of sill formation and propagation in layered elastic media. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 245:799-813.
43. Kwasniewski Testing and modelling of the anisotropy of tensile strength of rocks. Proceedings of the International Conference on Rock Joints and Jointed Rock Masses, Tucson, Arizona, USA, January 7-8, 2009 2009.
44. Lambe T.W., Whitman R.V. Soil Mechanics, SI Version 1979, John Wiley, New York.
45. Leaman D.E. Form, mechanism and control of dolerite intrusion near Hobart, Tasmania. J. Geol. Soc. Austr. 1975, 22:175-186.
46. Legarreta L., Uliana M.A. El Jurasico y Cretacico de la Cordillera Principal y la Cuenca Neuquina. SEGEMAR 1999, 29:399-416. R. Caminos (Ed.).
47. Legarreta L., Cruz C.E., Vergani G., Laffitte A., Villar H.J. Petroleum mass-balance of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina: a comparative assessment of the productive districts and non-productive trends. Search and Discovery Article 10080 2005.
48. Liss D., Huton D.H.W., Owens W.H. Magma flow geometries in the Whin Sill derived from field evidence and magnetic analyses - indicators for sill emplacement mechanisms. Wissen. Mittel. Bergakademie Freiberg. 2002, 20:28-29.
49. Lister J.R. Buoyancy-driven fluid fracture. Similarity solutions for the horizontal and vertical propagation of fluid-filled cracks. J. Fluid Mech. 1990, 217:213-239.
50. Lister J.R., Kerr R.C. Fluid-mechanical models of crack propagation and their application to magma transport in dykes. J. Geophys. Res. 1991, 96:10049-10077.
51. Luo X., Vasseur G. Contributions of compaction and aquathermal pressuring to geopressure and the influence of environmental conditions. A.A.P.G. Bull. 1992, 76:1550-1559.
52. Madon M. Overpressure development in rift basins: an example from the Malay Basin, offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Petroleum Geoscience 2007, 13:169-180.
53. Magara K. Compaction and fluid migration. Practical Petroleum Geology 1978, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company.
54. Malthe-Sorenssen A., Planke S., Svensen H., Jamtveit B. Formation of saucer-shaped sills. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2004, vol. 234:215-227. The Geological Society of London, London. C. Breitkreuz, N. Ptford (Eds.).
55. Mandel J. Essais sur modèles réduits en mécanique des terrains. Etude des conditions de similitude. Revue de l'industrie minérale 1962, 44:611-619.
56. Mandl G., Harkness R.M. Hydrocarbon migration by hydraulic fracturing. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1987, 29:39-53.
57. Mathieu L., Wyk Van, de Vries B., Holohan E.P., Troll V.R. Dykes, cups, saucers and sills: analogue experiments on magma intrusion into brittle rocks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2008, 271:1-13.
58. McPherson B.J.O., Garven G. Hydrodynamics and overpressure mechanisms in the Sacramento Basin, California. Am. J. Sci. 1999, 299:429-466.
59. Melfi A.J., Piccirillo E.M., Nardy A.J.R. Geological and magmatic aspects of the Paraná Basin-an introduction. The Mesozoic Flood Volcanism of the Paraná Basin-Petrogenetic and Geophysical Aspects 1988, 1-13. Instituto Astronômico e Geofísico-USP, São Paulo SP, Brazil. E.M. Piccirilli, A.J. Melfi (Eds.).
60. Menand T., Tait S. The propagation of a buoyant liquid-filled fissure from a source under constant pressure: an experimental approach. J. Geophys. Res. 2002, 107.
61. Merle O., Vendeville B. Modélisation analogique de chevauchements induits par des intrusions magmatiques. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 1992, 315:1541-1547.
62. Milani E.J., Ramos V.A. Orogenias paleozóicas no domínio sul-ocidental do Gondwana e os ciclos de subsidência da Bacia do Paraná. Rev. Bras. Geocienc. 1998, 28:473-484.
63. Mourgues R., Cobbold P.R. Some tectonic consequences of fluid overpressures and seepage forces as demonstrated by sandbox modeling. Tectonophysics 2003, 376:75-97.
64. Mourgues R., Cobbold P.R. Sandbox experiments on gravitational spreading and gliding in the presence of fluid overpressures. J. Struct. Geol. 2006, 28:887-901.
65. Mourgues R., Cobbold P.R. Thrust wedges and fluid overpressures: sandbox models involving pore fluids. J. Geophys. Res. 2006, 111.
66. Mudge M.R. Depth control of some concordant intrusions. Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 1968, 79:315-332.
67. Neuzil C.E. How permeable are clays and shales?. Water Resour. Res. 1994, 30:145-150.
68. Nur Amos, Byerlee J.D. An exact effective stress law for elastic deformation of rock with fluids. Journal of Geophysical Research 1971, 76:6414-6419.
69. Olson J., Pollard D.D. Inferring paleostresses from natural fracture patterns: a new method. Geology 1989, 17:345-348.
70. Olson J.E., Pollard D.D. The initiation and growth of en echelon veins. J. Struc. Geol. 1991, 13:595-608.
71. Osborne M.J., Swarbrick R.E. Mechanisms for generating overpressure in sedimentary basins: a reevaluation. A.A.P.G. Bull. 1997, 81:1023-1041.
72. Petford N., Kerr R.C., Lister J.R. Dike transport of granitoid magmas. Geology 1993, 21:845-848.
73. Pollard D.D. Derivation and evaluation of mechanical model for sheet intrusions. Tectonophysics 1973, 19:233-269.
74. Pollard D.D., Segall P., Delaney P.T. Formation and interpretation of dilatant echelon cracks. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 1982, 93:1291-1303.
75. Price N.J., Cosgrove J.W. Analysis of Geological Structures 1990, 520. Cambridge University Press.
76. Ramberg, H., 1967. Gravity, deformation and the earth's crust. London, New York: Academic Press (Eds.), pp 214.
77. Rice J.R., Cleary M.P. Some basic stress diffusion solutions for fluid-saturated elastic porous media with compressible constituents. Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics 1' 1976, 227-241.
78. Rivalta E., Bottinger M., Dahm T. Buoyancy-driven fracture ascent: experiments in layered gelatin. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 2005, 144:273-285.
79. Roberts J.L. The intrusion of magma into brittle rocks. Mechanism of Igneous Intrusion. Journal of Geology Special Issue 1970, vol. 2:380. Liverpool Letterpress Limited, Liverpool.
80. Roberts S.J., Nunn J.A. Episodic fluid expulsion from geopressured sediments. Marine and Petroleum Geology 1995, 12:195-204.
81. Rodrigues N., Cobbold P.R., Løseth H. Physical modelling of sand injectites. Tectonophysics 2009, 474:610-632. 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.04.032.
82. Rodriguez Monreal F., Villar H.J., Baudino R., Delpino D., Zencich S. Modeling an atypical petroleum system: a case study of hydrocarbon generation, migration and accumulation related to igneous intrusions in the Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Marine and Petroleum Geology 2009, 26:590-605.
83. Roman D.C., Power J.A., Moran S.C., Cashman K.V., Doukas M.P., Neal C.A., Gerlach T.M. Evidence for dike emplacement beneath Iliamna Volcano, Alaska in 1996. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 2004, 130:265-284.
84. Rossello, E.A., Cobbold, P.R., Diraison, M., Arnaud, N. 2002. Auca Mahuida (Neuquén Basin, Argentina): a Quaternary shield volcano on a hydrocarbon-producing substrate. V International Symposium on Andean Geodynamics, Toulouse, Extended abstracts, Ed. IRD, Paris, 549-552.
85. Rubin A.M. Propagation of magma filled cracks. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 1995, 23:287-336.
86. Schellart W.P. Shear test results for cohesion and friction coefficients for different materials: scaling implications for their usage in analogue modeling. Tectonophysics 2000, 324(2000):1-16.
87. Sibson R.H. Brittle-failure controls on maximum sustainable overpressure in different tectonic regimes. AAPG Bull. 2003, 87:901-908.
88. Spence D.A., Turcotte D.L. Magma-driven propagation of cracks. J. Geophys. Res. 1985, 90:575-580.
89. Spence D.A., Turcotte D.L. Buoyancy-driven magma fracture: a mechanism for ascent through the lithosphere and the emplacement of diamonds. J. Geophys. Res. 1990, 95:5133-5139.
90. Spera F.J. Aspect of magma transport. Physics of Magmatic Processes 1980, 265-323. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. R.B. Hargraves (Ed.).
91. Stewart K., Turner S., Kelley S., Hawkesworth C., Kirstein L., Mantovani M. 3-D, 40Ar-39Ar geochronology in the Parana continental flood basalt province. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1996, 143:95-109.
92. Terzaghi K. Die berechnung der durchlassigkeitsziffer des tones aus dem verlauf der hydrodynamischen spannungserscheinungen. Szgber. Akad. Wien, Math-Naturwiss klasse Iia 1923, 132(3-4):125-138.
93. Turic M., Aramayo Flores F., Gomez Omil R., Pombo R., Peroni G., Sciutto J., Robles D., Caceres A. Geologia de las cuencas petroleras de la Argentina. Evaluacion de las formaciones en la Argentina. Sclumberger 1987, 1-44. B.A. Felder (Ed.).
94. Turner S., Regelous M., Kelley S., Hawkesworth C., Mantovani M. Magmatism and continental break-up in the South Atlantic: high precision 40Ar-39Ar geochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1994, 121:333-348.
95. Uliana M.A., Legarreta L. Hydrocarbons habitat in a Triassic to Cretaceous sub-Andean setting: Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Journal of Petroleum Geology 1993, 16:397-420.
96. Urien C.M., Zambrano J.J. Petroleum systems in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. The Petroleum System - From source to trap. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Mem. 1994, 60:513-534. L.B. Magoon, W.G. Dow (Eds.).
97. Valentine G.A., Krogh K.E.C. Emplacement of shallow dikes and sills beneath a small basaltic volcanic center - the role of pre-existing structure (Paiute Ridge, southern Nevada, USA). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 246:217-230.
98. Vergani G.D., Tankard A.J., Belotti H.J., Welsink H.J. Tectonic evolution and paleogeography of the Neuquén basin, Argentina. A.A.P.G. Memoir 1995, 62:383-402. A.J. Tankard, S.R. Suarez, H.J. Welsink (Eds.).
99. Weaver C.E. Paleontology of the Jurassic and Cretaceous of West Central Argentina 1931, 531. University of Washington press.
100. Wohletz K., Heiken G. Volcanology and Thermal Energy 1986, University of California Press.
101. Zalán P.V., Wolff S., Conceição J.C.J., Marques A., Astolfi M.A.M., Vieira I.S., Appi V.T., Zanotto O.A. Bacia do Paraná. Origem e evolução de bacias sedimentares. Petrobrás, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil 1990, 135-168. Coords. G.P. De Raja Gabaglia, E.J. Milani (Eds.).