THERMAL EFFECTS OF COMPACTION-DRIVEN GROUNDWATER-FLOW FROM OVERTHRUST BELTS

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作者
DEMING, D
NUNN, JA
EVANS, DG
机构
[1] Dept Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA
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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH AND PLANETS | 1990年 / 95卷 / B5期
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10.1029/JB095iB05p06669
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
摘要
The thermal consequences of compaction-driven groundwater flow resulting from overthrusting are studied with a two-dimensional numerical model. The model represents a foreland basin 5 km deep and 400 km wide and is used to estimate quantitatively the magnitude, direction, and thermal consequences of fluid expulsion. Modeling results suggest that the expulsion of pore fluids from orogenic zones through the process of sediment compaction is likely to produce significant thermal perturbations in adjacent forelands only over areas that are spatially restricted, or spatially and temporally restricted. -from Authors
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页码:6669 / 6683
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