英文文献翻--侧向传输：一种额外的超压源.doc

Lateral transfer: a source of additional overpressure? 英文文献翻译--侧向传输：一种额外的超压源？ Abstract: Overpressure generated by disequilibrium compaction can be enhanced at structural crests by the lateral transfer of fluids from deep, overpressured parts of a basin along laterally extensive inclined aquifers. Fluid flow modelling shows that the effect of an inclined aquifer ranges from being minimal to being a significant contributor (10 MPa) to crestal pore pressures depending on the style of structural evolution, the burial rate and the aquifer relief. Dynamic fluid flow models show that the Centroid Concept, a method for estimating crestal pressures based on a static view of subsurface fluid pressures, does not in general predict the pressure distribution associated with a dipping aquifer. A case study is presented from the Central North Sea where the Pre-Cretaceous reservoir forms part of an aquifer with 2.5 km of relief from the structural crest to the low point. The inclined aquifer is covered by a ubiquitous low permeability layer and has undergone extremely rapid recent burial (500 m/Ma). As expected from the generic modelling analysis, this combination of factors means that lateral transfer has a minor effect on the pressure development in the case study. 摘要：Keywords: Lateral transfer; Disequilibrium compaction; Centroid Concept 关键词：侧向传输，不均衡压实，质心概念 Introduction 1.引言 Disequilibrium compaction, i.e. ineffective de-watering of sediments under loading stress, is thought to be a major cause of overpressure in sedimentary basins(e.g. Gaarenstroom, Tromp,de Jong Brandenburg,1993; Osborne Swarbrick, 1997), but may not be sufficient to explain the extreme overpressures seen in some basins (Kooi, 1997). For example, in the Jurassic reservoirs of the Central North Sea pore pressures below about 4000 m (13,000 ft) are close to the fracture pressure (Gaarenstroom et al., 1993). For one dimensional disequilibrium compaction to be the sole cause of such pore pressures, almost total