Abstract
The study area is the South Tatarstan Arch located in the Volgo-Ural Region, which is an enigmatic crustal segment occupying one third of the East European Platform. Monitoring studies have shown that fluid discharge processes are still active and time-dependent. This paper presents an integrated review of the geological, geophysical, hydrochemical and geochemical studies of the crystalline basement of Tatarstan. These studies are based on the stratigraphic and compositional schemes within the crystalline basement, the drilling of deep wells, the geodynamic activity of the fractured zones of the crystalline basement and the presence of fluids therein. Furthermore, the changes in the chemical composition of the basement waters are taken into account.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Bogdanova SV (1986) The Crust of the Russian Platform in the Early Precambrian (in Russian). Nauka, Moscow, pp 1–224
Bogdanova SV, Waele B.De., Bibikova EV, Postnikov AV, Popova LP (2006) New data of the age of the crystalline basement of the Volgo-Ural oil and gas province. In: Hydrocarbon potential of the basement of young and ancient platforms and replenishment of oil and gas fields (in Russian). Kazan University Press, pp 40–42
Doronkin KN, Ibragimov RL, Karimov MZh, Kaveev IKh (2000) Hydrogeological research in studying hydrocarbon potential of the crystalline basement in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Georesour J 3(3):8–9
Geological Structure and Economic minerals of the USSR (1985) Russian Platform, vol 1. In: Nalivrin VD, Yakobson KE (eds) Leningrad, Nedra, pp 1–356 (in Russia)
Goryachev IN, Gramberg IS, Smekalov AS (2000) Possible relation of the growing amounts of methane in the troposphere to the number of low-magnitude earthquakes (in Russian). Geol Geophys 41(8):1187–1194
Gottikh RP, Pisotsky BI (2000) Petroleum systems and geological periodicity as a basis of geochemical prospecting. Georesour J 3(4):28–30
Gottikh RP, Pisotsky BI, Egorkin AV, Plotnikova IN, Nazipov AK (2003) Geophysical, geochemical and fluid flow arguments for the deep formation of hydrocarbons. Georesour J 7:6–9
Ibragimov RL (2004) Problems of hydrogeology and using of the underground water in the prospecting and development of the oil fields (in Russian). VNIIOENG Press, Moskow, pp 1–139
Khristoforova NN, Khristoforov AV, Muslimov RKh (1999) Decompaction zones of the crystalline basement. Kazan, Georesour 1:4–15
Khristoforova NN, Neprimerov NN, Khristoforov AV, Nikolaev AV, Khristoforova MA (2005) Thermal Regime defines oil and gas potentials in the Volga Region. Georesources 1(9):24–26
Kuznetsov GE (2000) Structure and geodynamics of the earth’s interior in the Republic of Tatarstan (in Russian). Monitoring of the Geological Environment: Endogenous and Exogenous Processes, Kazan, pp 35–50
Kuznetsov OL, Chyrkin IA, Zhukov AS, Muslimov RKh, Khisamov RS, Gatiyatullin NS (2004) Study of fracturing in crystalline basement for searching HC occurrences (in Russian). Scientific-Technical Magazine “Oil and gas geology”, pp 34–42
Lapinskaya ТА, Bogdanova SV, Popova LP (1976) A geological structure, petrography and physical properties of basement rocks of area of drilling well 20 000-Minibaevo. In: Deep researches of the Archean basement of the east of Russian platform in well 20 000-Minibaevo. The Tatar Book Publishing house, Kazan, pp 33–47
Mirzoev KM, Gatiyatullin RN, Stepanov V.P (1999) Tracing of active faults in the Romashkino Oil Field using group earthquakes. In: The mining symposium. section “Mathematical Methods in Geology”. Prague, Czech Republic, pp 1–6
Mirzoev KM, Kashurkin PI, Stepanov VP, Gatiyatullin RN (2000) Monitoring of Modern Vertical Movements of the Earth’s Crust in the Romashkino Oil Field. Hydrocarbon Reservoirs and Their Deformations in the Course of Development of Oil Fields. Kazan University Press, pp 63–64
Muslimov RKh, Lapinskaya TA (1996) Crystalline basement of Tatarstan and its hydrocarbon potentials (in Russian). Denta, Kazan pp 1–487
Plotnikov NA (2003) Hydrocarbon potentials of the crystalline basement in the Tatarstan Republic, Russia. Georesour J 7:13–15
Plotnikova IN (1989) Structure and hydrocarbon prospects of the South Tatarstan Arch (in Russian). PhD thesis, Institute of Geological Sciences, Kiev, pp 1–34
Plotnikova IN (2003) Flow tests in the crystalline basement. Georesour J 7:9–11
Plotnikova IN (2004) Features of reservoir zones distribution within the crystalline basement along the borehole Novoelkhovo # 20009 (in Russian). Sci-Tech J Oil Gas Geol 4:12–18
Plotnikova IN (2005) Hypotheses and facts of the recent replenishment of hydrocarbon reserves. Georesour J 1(9):38
Postnikov AV (2002) Crystalline basement of the Eastern Portion of the East European Platform and it Influence on the Structure and oil Fields Location of the Sedimentary Cover (in Russian). PhD thesis, Russian Academy of Oil and Gas, Moscow, pp 1–54
Sharov VI, Grechishnikov GA, Ryzhkova IA (2006). Seismic research geodynamic system and fluid regime of the earth crust of South-Tatar dome in connection with its unique oil bearing. In: Hydrocarbon Potential of the Basement of Young and Ancient Platforms and Replenishment of Oil and Gas Fields (in Russian). Kazan University Press, pp 312–315
Boronin VP, Stepanov VP, Golshtein BL (1982) Geophysical study of crystalline basement of Tataria (in Russian). Kazan State University, Kazan, pp 1–200
Stepanov VP (2002) Fracturing Tectonic of the Crystalline Basement of the Eastern Portion of the Volga-Kama anteclise and it Influence on the Structure of the Sedimentary Cover (by geological and geophysical data) (in Russian). PhD thesis, Kazan State University, Kazan, pp 1–53
Troyanov AK, Astrakchansev YG, Nachapkin NI, Plotnikova IN (2006) Results of investigations of saturated fractured zones in crystalline basement by measurement of natural geoacoustic signals (in Russian). In: Hydrocarbon Potential of the Basement of Young and Ancient Platforms and Replenishment of Oil and Gas Fields. Kazan University Press, pp 269–273
Vorontsov AK, Rabinovich YI (1996) Chemical composition and gases of underground waters of central high of the Punez-Katunskaya ring structure by the results of drilling of Vorotilovskaya well (in Russia). Prospect Conserv Resour J 1(7):19–23
Yusupov RI, Trofimov VA (1998) Drill-stem formation tests in the crystalline basement. In: Hydrocarbon Prospects of the Crystalline Basement in Tatarstan and the Volga-Kama Region (in Russian). Novoye Znanie, Kazan, pp 136–147
Acknowledgments
The author expresses her profound gratitude to Prof. Renat Kh. Muslimov for his long-term guidance of the crystalline basement studies, the results of which have formed the core of this work, and to Prof. Alexander V. Postnikov, Prof. Danis K. Nurgaliev and Prof. Natalya N. Khristoforova for discussing these materials and for the valuable comments and generous help in preparing this paper. The author thanks Prof. Rimma P. Gottikh, and Prof. Bogdan I.Pisotsky for suggestions that improved the manuscript and for the useful discussions and support.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Plotnikova, I.N. New data on the present-day active fluid regime of fractured zones of crystalline basement and sedimentary cover in the eastern part of Volga-Ural region. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 97, 1131–1142 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-007-0274-z
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-007-0274-z