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Table 6.3
Conditions a
nd depth of hydrocarbon generation potential implementation in the South-Caspian Basin. Pliocene-Quaternary.
Parameters
Oil- and gas-producing regions
South-
Caspian
Basin
Apsheron
Peninsula
Apsheron
Archipelago
Baku
Archipelago
L.Kura
Depression
Apsheron-
Balkhan
zone
Balkhan
zone
Gograndag-
Chikishlyar
zone
Avg total thickness,
km
4.0
3.0
6.0
5.5
3.5
3.5
4.5
4.0
Avg deposition rate,
m/MMY
500
375
750
687.5
437.5
437.5
562.5
500
Depth to base (km)
4.0
3.0
6.0
5.5
3.5
3.5
4.5
4.0
Surface-base temper-
ature (
14.5-88
D-MC
2
13.5-66
D-MC
1
12.5-101
D-MC
2
14.5-100
D-MC
2
10.7-88
D-MC
2
16.8-84
D-MC
2
17.8-112
D-MC
2
13.6-93
D-MC
2
C) and OM
alteration stage
°
Avg geothermal gra-
dient (
18.4
17.5
14.8
15.5
22.1
19.2
20.9
19.9
°
C/km)
Time & depth (km)
of complex going
through biogenic
gas generation
(diagenesis stage
D, T<20
N
2
1
N
2
1
N
2
1
N
2
1
N
2
1
N
2
1
N
2
1
N
2
1
<0.13
<0.20
<0.20
<0.17
<0.10
<0.06
<0.03
<0.13
°
C)
