SIMULATION OF HEAT-TRANSFER AT THE KOLA DEEP-HOLE SITE - IMPLICATIONS FOR ADVECTION, HEAT REFRACTION AND PALEOCLIMATIC EFFECTS

被引:43
作者
KUKKONEN, IT [1 ]
CLAUSER, C [1 ]
机构
[1] NLFB,GGA,D-30655 HANNOVER,GERMANY
关键词
ADVECTION; FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELD; GEOTHERMICS; HEAT HOW; PALEOCLIMATE; RUSSIA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb01806.x
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
The drill hole SG-3, 12 261 m deep in the Pechenga-Zapolyarny area, Kola Peninsula, Russia, is currently the deepest drill hole in the world. Geothermal measurements in the here reveal a considerable variation (30-68 m W m(-2)) with depth in the vertical component of heat-flow density (HFD). We simulate heat and fluid flow in the bedrock structure of the Kola deep-hole site. Various potential sources for the observed HFD variation are discussed, with special emphasis on advective heat transfer, palaeoclimatic ground surface-temperature changes and refraction of heat flow due to thermal conductivity contrasts. A 2-D finite-difference (FD) porous-medium model of the Kola structure, constructed from all available data on lithology, hydrogeology, topography, thermal conductivity and heat-production rate in the deep-drilling area, is the basis of all forward-model calculations. A conductive, steady-state simulation indicates that heat production and refraction create a variation of about 15 m W m(-2) in the uppermost 15 km, but are insufficient to reproduce the measured HFD-depth curve in the uppermost 2-4 km. However, if topography-driven groundwater how is considered in the model, the measured HFD variation is easily explained. The most sensitive parameters in fitting the model results to the observed HFD-depth curve are the permeability of the top 4 km (10(-14)-10(-15) m(2)) and the (constant) HFD applied at the base of the model at 15 km depth (40-50 m W m(-2)). The palaeoclimatic effect for the Kola structure was calculated with a conductive transient simulation. A simplified ground surface-temperature history (GTH) of the Kola area was simulated by varying the surface temperatures of the model during different intervals of the simulation. Our results indicate that the measured variation in the vertical HFD cannot be explained by the palaeoclimatic effect alone, because its amplitude decreases rapidly from about 16 m W m(-2) near the surface to less than 2 m W m(-2) at depths in excess of 1.5 km.
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