Oil and gas exploration in Cuba : geological-structural cartography using potential fields and airborne gamma spectrometry

• Main Authors: Echarte, Manuel Enrique Pardo (Author), Reguera, Jorge Luis Cobiella (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in earth system sciences.
• Subjects: Petroleum > Prospecting > Cuba.; Cuba.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319567440; 9783319567433
• ISSN: 2191-589X
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 76 pages) : illustrations (some color)

A summary of the results achieved in the geological-structural mapping, by potential fields and airborne gamma spectrometry data, of the units of igneous and metamorphic rocks in the western regions (Havana-Matanzas), central (Cienfuegos, Villa Clara-Sancti Spiritus) and central-eastern (Camagüey-La...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 The State of Art; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Synthesis of Potential Fields and Airborne Gamma Spectrometry; 1.3 Synthesis of Geological-Geophysical-Geochemical Aspects; 1.4 Conclusions; 2 Overview of the Geology of Cuba; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Cuban Orogenic Belt; 2.2.1 Proterozoic Basement and Jurassic Granites; 2.2.2 Mesozoic Basement; 2.2.2.1 North American Mesozoic Paleomargin; 2.2.2.2 Mesozoic Ophiolite Association (Northern Ophiolite Belt-NOB); 2.2.2.3 Cretaceous Volcanic Arc Terrain (KVAT).
• 2.2.2.4 Southern Metamorphic Terrains2.2.3 Paleogene Folded and Faulted Belt; 2.2.3.1 Foreland Basin; 2.2.3.2 Piggyback Basins; 2.2.3.3 Synorogenic Basins and Oil-Gas Potential in Cuba; 2.2.4 Eocene-Quaternary Cover; 2.3 Conclusions; References; 3 Tectonic-Structural Regionalization with Purposes of Hydrocarbon Exploration and Mapping of New Potential Oil-Gas Goals; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Materials and Methods; 3.2.1 Materials; 3.2.2 Methods and Techniques; 3.3 Results; 3.3.1 Region of Block 9; 3.3.2 Region of Block 23; 3.3.3 Region of Blocks 17-18; 3.4 Conclusions; References.
• 4 Geological-Structural Mapping of Weathered Igneous and Metamorphic Rock UnitsAbstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Materials and Methods; 4.2.1 Materials; 4.2.2 Methods and Techniques; 4.3 Results; 4.3.1 Central Region; 4.3.2 Camagüey-Las Tunas-Holguín Region; 4.3.3 Habana-Matanzas Region; 4.4 Conclusions; References.