Overview
- Examines oil and gas exploration in Cuba
- Presents a unique approach to geological-structural mapping for exploration
- Discusses geophysical-geochemical exploration techniques in relation to oil and gas
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences (BRIEFSEARTHSYST)
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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-Las Tunas-Holguín) of Cuba is presented. In addition, the structural- tectonic regionalization with hydrocarbon exploration purposes, focusing mapping of possible new oil-gas targets in the regions of Land Blocks 9, 23 and 17-18 are detailed in this volume. In certain case study locations (Majaguillar, North Motembo, Guamutas and Maniabón) reconnaissance work by a profile of Redox Complex (complex of unconventional geophysical-geochemical exploration techniques) was performed with positive results.
In an attempt to contribute to the geological-structural mapping of the metamorphic massif Isla de la Juventud, with emphasis on acid magmatism, the gravi-magnetometric data is used. According to the results, the presumed post metamorphic granitic bodies of low density are located, mainly, in the central and southwestern part of the massif. The granitic bodies apparently were introduced through the system of longitudinal faults (syn metamorphic) and transverse (post metamorphic) at the end of the process multyfolding and metamorphism of the massif sequences, taking a leading role the deep longitudinal fracture zones of sublatitudinal direction in the central and southern part of the massif. On the map of the magnetic field vertical derivative the anomalies, basically, reflected the direction and limits of the folded tectonic structure, the development area of volcanogenic rocks, the presumed development zones of migmatitic rocks and tectonised rocks in North and center of the massif, respectively, and the prevailing direction of the main tectonic dislocations.
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Book Title: Oil and Gas Exploration in Cuba
Book Subtitle: Geological-Structural Cartography using Potential Fields and Airborne Gamma Spectrometry
Authors: Manuel Enrique Pardo Echarte, Jorge Luis Cobiella Reguera
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56744-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56743-3Published: 03 May 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56744-0Published: 24 April 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-589X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5903
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 76
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Structural Geology, Energy Harvesting, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Spectroscopy/Spectrometry