Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Kura Depression and Adjacent Basins

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Geophysical Studies in the Caucasus

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences ((LNESS))

  • 944 Accesses

Abstract

It was initially believed that the Kura Depression (Basin) (megasynclinorium) (see Fig. 2.4) that separates the mega-anticlinoria of the Greater and the Lesser Caucasus was composed of thick sedimentary rocks deposited on the crystalline Pre-Alpine basement, and that these megastructures were separated by subvertical deep faults. In 1965, the Saatly superdeep borehole (SD-1) was drilled on the buried uplift of the basement of the Middle Kura Depression (predicted on the basis of high elastic wave velocities and rock densities; see Sect. 4.4.2.1). Analysis of magnetic properties of the rocks showed that the basement was not magnetized, and that a large portion of the geological section of the Middle Kura Depression consisted of Mesozoic magmatic associations of basic and intermediate composition with high magnetization (Khesin 1976). The mainly Jurassic associations are widely distributed in the north-eastern part of the Lesser Caucasus. The associations have a deep-seated underthrust of a gentle slope under thick sand-shale series of the Jurassic of the Greater Caucasus. These results were obtained by physical-geological modeling of the region (Khesin 1976; Khesin et al. 1983).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Abdullayev NR (2000) Seismic stratigraphy of the upper pliocene and quaternary deposits in the South Caspian Basin. J Petrol Sci Eng 28:207–226

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Akselrod SM, Danevich VI, Sadykhov DM (1991) Nuclear-magnetic investigations of borehole sections in Azerbaijan. Azerb. State, Baku (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Aliyev ChS (1994) Radioactive fields of depression regions of Azerbaijan. D.Sci. thesis, Baku (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Aliyev ChS, Zolotovtskaya TA (1996) Results of radiometric investigations. In: Kerimov KM (ed) Geophysical investigations in Azerbaijan, pp 386–389

    Google Scholar 

  • Alizadeh AkA (ed) (2005) Geology of Azerbaijan, vol V, Physics of the Earth. Nafta-Press, Baku (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Allen MB, Vincent SJ, Alsop JI, Ismail-Zadeh A, Flecker R (2003) Late cenozoic deformation in the South Caspian region: effects of a rigid basement block within a collision zone. Tectonophysics 366:223–239

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Amiraslanov TC (1987) Interpretation of gravitational magnetic anomalies for complex constructed regions on the basis of geophysical field integrated analysis. D. Sci. thesis, Baku (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Amiraslanov TC (1990) Geological interpretation of gravity and magnetic anomalies in the central part of the Middle Kura Depression. Azerbaijan Oil Industry (Azerbaidzhanskoe Neftyanoe Khozyaistvo) (7): 13–17 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Artemenko VI, Malovitsky YaP (1977) Results of near-bottom temperature survey at oil & gas deposit Bakhar. Geol Oil Gas (Geologiya Nefti i Gaza) (4): 50–54 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Artyushkov EV (2007) Formation of the superdeep South Caspian basin: subsidence driven by phase change in continental crust. Russ Geol Geophys 48:1002–1014

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bagirov E, Nadirov R, Lerche I (1998) Hydrocarbon evolution for a north–south section of the South Caspian Basin. Mar Petrol Geol 14(7/8):773–854

    Google Scholar 

  • Batsevich L (1881) Geological description of the Absheron Peninsula. Mater Geol Caucasus III:38 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Binkin IG, Pystulnikov LM, Odintzov NI, Kambarly CE, Oifa VYa, Pererva VM (1986) Results of experimental investigations of zones facies replacements of Maikop oil&gas perspective horizons in the West-Kuban depression. In: Aleksin AG (ed) Prognosis of geological section and searching complex-buried traps. Nauka, Moscow, pp 117–126

    Google Scholar 

  • Brunet M-F, Korotaev MV, Ershov AV, Nikishin AM (2003) The South Caspian Basin: a review of its evolution from subsidence modeling. Sediment Geol 156:119–148

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Brusilovsky YuV, Ivanenko AN, Filin AM (2009) High-precision differential geomagnetic survey in regions perspective on hydrocarbons deposits (North Caspian). In: Transaction of the XVIII international conference on marine geology, Moscow, pp 20–22

    Google Scholar 

  • Buryakovsky L, Chilingar GV, Aminzadeh F (2001) Petroleum geology of the south Caspian Basin. Gulf Professional Publication

    Google Scholar 

  • Diaconescu CC, Kieckhefer RM, Knapp JH (2001) Geophysical evidence for gas hydrates in the deep water of the South Caspian Basin, Azerbaijan. Mar Petrol Geol 18:209–221

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Donovan D, Forgey RL, Roberts AA (1979) Aeromagnetic detection of diagenetic magnetite over oil fields. AAPG Bull 63:245–248

    Google Scholar 

  • Dzabayev AA (1969) Principles of the searching and study of oil-and-gas bearing structures by aeromagnetic method (South Caspian Basin). Statistika, Ashkhabad (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Egan SS, Mosar J, Brunet M-F, Kangarly T (2009) Subsidence and uplift mechanisms within the South Caspian Basin: insights from the onshore and offshore Azerbaijan region. Geol Soc Lond Spec Publ 312:219–240

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eppelbaum LV (2007b) Localization of ring structures in earth’s environments. J Soc Slovakian Acad Sci Spec Issue: Arch Prosp XLI:145–148

    Google Scholar 

  • Eppelbaum LV, Ezersky MG, Al-Zoubi AS, Goldshmidt VI, Legchenko A (2008) Study of the factors affecting the karst volume assessment in the Dead Sea sinkhole problem using microgravity field analysis and 3D modeling. Adv GeoSci 19:97–115

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eppelbaum LV, Khesin BE (2011) Development of 3-D gravity-magnetic models of earth’s crust of Azerbaijan and adjacent areas: a generalized review. Positioning 2(2):84–102

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eppelbaum LV, Mishne AR (1995) High-precision magnetic survey: elimination of secondary time variations. In: Transaction of the conference of the geology society of America, Rocky Mountain, 27, No.4, p10

    Google Scholar 

  • Eppelbaum LV, Pilchin AN (1998) Western Caspian Sea Basin and Dead Sea Basin: comparison of some physical-geological characteristics. In: Transaction of the III international conference on the eastern mediterranean, Cyprus, Aug 1998, p20

    Google Scholar 

  • Eppelbaum LV, Pilchin AN (2006) Methodology of curie discontinuity map development for regions with low thermal characteristics: an example from Israel. Earth Planet Sci Lett 243(3–4):536–551

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eppelbaum L, Yakubov Ya (2010) Method for comprehensive computing of water flows geodynamics in the Dead Sea basin. In: Transaction of the XXXV EGS meeting, Zurich, 24, pp 1–4

    Google Scholar 

  • Gadirov VG (2009) Results of gravity and magnetic prospecting application for prognosis of oil-and-gas deposits in the Kura Depression of Azerbaijan. Geophys (Geofizika) (2): 51–56 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Gasanov AG (2001) Deep structure and seismisity of Azerbaijan in relation to oil-and-gas prognosis. Elm, Baku (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Granath JW, Soofi KA, Baganz OW, Bagirov E (2007) Gravity modeling and its implications to the tectonics of the South Caspian Basin. In: Yilmaz PO, Isaksen GH (eds) Oil and gas of the greater Caspian Area. AAPG Studies in Geology, 55, pp 43–46

    Google Scholar 

  • Green T, Abullayev N, Hossack J, Riley G, Roberts AM (2009) Sedimentation and subsidence in the south Caspian Basin, Azerbaijan. In: Brunet M-F, Wilmsen M, Granath JW (eds) South Caspian to central Iran Basins, vol 312, Special Publications. The Geological Society, London, pp 241–260

    Google Scholar 

  • Inan S, Yalcin MN, Guliev IS, Kuliev K, Feizullayev AA (1997) Deep petroleum occurrences in the lower Kura depression, South Caspian Basin, Azerbaijan: an organic geochemical and basin modeling study. Mar Petroleum Geol 14(7/8):73l–762

    Google Scholar 

  • Ismail-Zadeh TA (1983) Paleomagnetic investigations of Meso-Cenozoic of Azerbaijan. D.Sci. Thesis, Institute of the Physics of the Earth, Moscow (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Jackson J, Priestley K, Allen M, Berberian M (2002) Active tectonics of the South Caspian Basin. Geophys J Int 148:214–245

    Google Scholar 

  • Kadirov FA (2000) Application of the hartley transform for interpretation of gravity anomalies in the Shamakhy–Gobustan and Absheron oil- and gas-bearing regions, Azerbaijan. J Appl Geophys 45:49–61

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Katz B, Richards D, Long D, Lawrence W (2000) A new look at the components of the petroleum system of the South Caspian Basin. J Petrol Sci Eng 28:161–182

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kerimov KM (ed) (1996) Geophysical studies in Azerbaijan. Sharg-Garb, Baku (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kerimov KM, Pilchin AN, Gadzhiev TG, Buachidze GY (1989) Geothermal map of the Caucasus, Scale 1:1,000,000 Baku, Cartographic Plant No. 11 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Khain VE (1984) Regional geotectonics, The Alpine Mediterranean Belt. Nedra, Moscow (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Khain VE, Levin LE, Polyakova ID (2005) Petroleum potential of deep Oligocene–Miocene basins in southern Russia. Dokl Earth Sci 404(7):979–981

    Google Scholar 

  • Khesin BE (1976) Prognosis and localization of hidden nineralization in mountainous regions on the basis of geophysical data. Nedra, Moscow (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Khesin BE, Alexeyev VV, Eppelbaum LV (1988) Optimization of geophysical investigations in mountainous regions by increasing the effectiveness of interpretation. In: Borisovich VT, Eppelbaum VM (eds) Optimization of ore exploration in mountainous regions. Nedra, Moscow, pp 79–122 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Khesin BE, Alexeyev VV, Eppelbaum LV (1996) Interpretation of geophysical fields in complicated environments, Ser.: Modern Approaches in Geophysics. Kluwer, Dordrecht/Boston/London

    Google Scholar 

  • Khesin BE, Alexeyev VV, Metaxa KhP (1983) Interpretation of magnetic anomalies in the conditions of oblique magnetization and rugged topography. Nedra, Moscow (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Khesin BE, Eppelbaum LV (1994) Near-surface thermal prospecting: review of processing and interpretation. Geophysics 59(5):744–752

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Khesin BE, Eppelbaum LV (1997) The number of geophysical methods required for target classification: quantitative estimation. Geoinformatics 8(1):31–39

    Google Scholar 

  • Klett TR, Schenk CJ, Charpentier RR, Brownfield ME, Pitman JK, Pollastro RM, Cook TA, Tennyson ME (2011) Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Azov–Kuban Basin Province, Ukraine and Russia, 2010. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fact Sheet 2011–3052

    Google Scholar 

  • Knapp CC, Knapp JH, Connor JA (2004) Crustal-scale structure of the South Caspian Basin revealed by deep seismic reflection profiling. Mar Petrol Geol 21:1073–1081

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Leroy SAG, Marretb F, Giraltc S, Bulatov SA (2006) Natural and anthropogenic rapid changes in the Kara-Bogaz Gol over the last two centuries reconstructed from palynological analyses and a comparison to instrumental records. Quatern Int 150:52–70

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Malovitsky YaP, Kogan LI, Mistrukov YuM et al (1977) Marine geophysical investigations. Nedra, Moscow (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Mangino S, Priestley K (1998) The crustal structure of the southern Caspian region. Geophys J Int 133:630–648

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Manley DM, Mohammed SF, Robinson ND, Thomas RW (2005) Structural interpretation of the deepwater Gunashli Field, facilitated by 4-C OBS seismic data. Leading Edge (9):922–926

    Google Scholar 

  • Mikhailov VO, Smolyaninova EI (2002) Numerical modeling of neotectonic movements and the state of stress in the North Caucasus foredeep. Tectonics 21(4):1–14. doi:10.1029/2002TC001379

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nasruyev NP, Andreyev LI, Eleseyenko NA (1975) In: Akhmedov GA et al (eds) Geophysical investigations in Azerbaijan, vol III., pp 87–91

    Google Scholar 

  • Ovnatanov ST, Tamrazyan GP (1970) Thermal studies as a technique in subsurface structural investigations. Geothermics (2):1184–1190

    Google Scholar 

  • Pilchin AN (1983) Geothermal regime of the earth crust of Kura Depression and its influence on the pressure distribution, Ph. D. thesis, Geophysical Institute of Georgian Academy of Science (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Pilchin AN, Eppelbaum LV (1997) Determination of magnetized bodies lower edges by using geothermal data. Geophys J Int 128(1):167–174

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pilchin AN, Eppelbaum LV (2006) Iron and its unique role in the earth evolution. Monogr Mex Geophys Soc 1–67

    Google Scholar 

  • Pilchin AN, Khesin BE (1981) On possible nature of the magnitoactive bodies of bottom edges. Appl Geophys (Prikl Geofiz) 92:123–127 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Pototsky E, Khesin B (1971) Probabilistic-informational approach to the revealing of fracture zones in the Near-Caspian region. Azerb Oil Ind (5):15–16 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Shempelev AG, Nevsky LN (2008) The abyssal structure of Ossetian Depression and perspectives of its oil-and-gas presence. In: Transaction of the EAGE Conference, Saint-Petersburg, P042, p 1–5

    Google Scholar 

  • Shikhalibeily ES, Grigoriants BV (1980) Principal features of the crustal structure of the South-Caspian Basin and the conditions of its formation. Tectonophysics 69:113–121

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sobisevich AL, Gorbatikov AV, Ovsuchenko AN (2008) Deep structure of the Mt. Karabetov mud volcano. Dokl Earth Sci 422(7):1181–1185

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stopnevich AD (1913) Value of geothermal gradient in the oil-bearing areas. In: Transactions of the Baku Branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society, XXVII, Nos. 3–4 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Sudzhadinov RA, Kosmodemyansky VV (1986) Mapping for oil and gas structures at large depth, In: Ismail-Zadeh TA (ed) Combined interpretation of geological-geophysical materials for investigating the structure and prospecting for oil and gas at large depths, “YuzhVNIIGeofizika”, p 94–103 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Tzimelzon IO (1965) Earth’s crust deep structure and tectonics of Azerbaijan by geophysical data. Sov Geol (4):103–111 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Vincent SJ, Davies CE, Richards K, Aliyeva E (2010) Contrasting Pliocene fluvial depositional systems within the rapidly subsiding South Caspian Basin; a case study of the palaeo-Volga and palaeo-Kura river systems in the Surakhany Suite, Upper Productive Series, onshore Azerbaijan. Mar Petrol Geol 27:2079–2106

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zeinalov GA (2000) Importance of remote-sensing data in structural geologic analysis of oil- and gas-bearing regions of Azerbaijan. Nat Res Res 9(4):307–313

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zonenshain LP, Le Pichon X (1986) Deep basins of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea as remnants of Mesozoic back-arc basins. Tectonophysics 123:181–211

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Dept. Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Lev Eppelbaum (Faculty Exact Sciences)

  2. Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 84110, Israel

    Boris Khesin

Authors
  1. Lev Eppelbaum
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Boris Khesin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Eppelbaum, L., Khesin, B. (2012). The Kura Depression and Adjacent Basins. In: Geophysical Studies in the Caucasus. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76619-3_6

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation