Heat flow evolution, subsidence and erosion in Upper Silesian
Coal Basin, Czech Republic

J 2016

Heat flow evolution, subsidence and erosion in Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Czech Republic

GERŠLOVÁ, Eva, Marek GOLDBACH, Milan GERŠL and Petr SKUPIEN

Basic information

Original name

Heat flow evolution, subsidence and erosion in Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Czech Republic

Authors

GERŠLOVÁ, Eva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Marek GOLDBACH (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milan GERŠL (203 Czech Republic) and Petr SKUPIEN (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

International Journal of Coal Geology, 2016, 0166-5162

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.783

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00089598

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2015.12.007

UT WoS

000371554300003

Keywords in English

thermal maturity;vitrinite reflectance;RE pyrolysis;Upper Silesian Coal Basin;1D basin modelling;

Abstract

V originále

The deep boreholes in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin provide a valuable material to evaluate thermal maturity of the present Carboniferous units. 17 boreholes were used for evaluating expected paleothicknesses of the missing units and the maximum temperatures reached via 1D modelling. The models consider the geological evolution concepts accepted for the region. The reliability of the final thermal models was calibrated with vitrinite reflectance data. Vitrinite reflectance varies between 0.46 and 2.32 %Rr indicating thermally early mature to over mature organic matter for the Ostrava Fm. and Karviná Fm. The coal rank increases from the east to the west. Based on the data from RockEval pyrolysis all samples from the Ostrava and Karviná Fm. belong to type III kerogen. The RE results show that the source potential of the Carboniferous sediments was not spent in full as part of the Variscan tectogen. Burial and thermal history on the Czech side of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin was reconstructed. The set of several 1D simulations proved that the thickness of the missing Palaeozoic Molasses association is 2,500 to 3,400 m in the foreland and 1,800 to 2,000 m for the platform. The maximum burial is expected at the end of the Westphalian. The consequent sedimentation of the Carpathian Foredeep and nappe thrusting did not change the Palaeozoic thermal maturity pattern within the tested area of the USCB.

Links

MUNI/M/0081/2013, interní kód MU

Name: Energetická infrastruktura a její vliv na energetickou bezpečnost

Investor: Masaryk University, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Interdisciplinary research projects

Citovat

GERŠLOVÁ, Eva, Marek GOLDBACH, Milan GERŠL and Petr SKUPIEN. Heat flow evolution, subsidence and erosion in Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Czech Republic. International Journal of Coal Geology. 2016, vol. 154, January, p. 30-42. ISSN 0166-5162. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2015.12.007.

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GERŠLOVÁ, Eva, Marek GOLDBACH, Milan GERŠL and Petr SKUPIEN. Heat flow evolution, subsidence and erosion in Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Czech Republic. \textit{International Journal of Coal Geology}. 2016, vol.~154, January, p.~30-42. ISSN~0166-5162. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2015.12.007.

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