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- Title
New views on the formation of hydrocarbon accumulations in the northern Indian Ocean.
- Authors
Levchenko, O. V.; Matveenkov, V. V.; Volokitina, L. P.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the hydrocarbon accumulations in the northern section of the deformation region in the Indian Ocean. It says that the area, which contains a thick sedimentary cover, is favorable for the growth of hydrocarbon accumulations based on serpentinization as it contains a heat flow which is four times higher than that of the Central Basin. It relates that an analysis of the basin's gravity anomalies showed two extremely deformed uplifts in the uppermost mantle, which is created by serpentinized roots. Moreover, it stresses that the interaction between the organic matter and hydrothermal solutions of the sedimentary cover and further methane influx from deep areas should stimulate the growth of huge hydrocarbon accumulations.
- Subjects
INDIAN Ocean; HYDROCARBONS; GEOLOGICAL formations; HEAT; GEOLOGICAL basins; GRAVITY; EARTH'S mantle; ORGANIC compounds; SEDIMENTARY structures; METHANE
- Publication
Doklady Earth Sciences, 2010, Vol 433, Issue 2, p1012
- ISSN
1028-334X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1028334X10080052