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Deep subsurface temperatures in the Roer Valley Graben and the Peelblock, the Netherlands - new results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

R.T. Van Balen ,
J.M. Verweij ,
J.D. van Wees ,
H. Simmelink ,
F. Van Bergen  and
H. Pagnier
R.T. Van Balen*
Affiliation:
Netherlands Insititute of Applied Geoscience TNO – National Geological Survey, Department of Geo-Energy, P.O. Box 80015, 3508TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
J.M. Verweij
Affiliation:
Netherlands Insititute of Applied Geoscience TNO – National Geological Survey, Department of Geo-Energy, P.O. Box 80015, 3508TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
J.D. van Wees
Affiliation:
Netherlands Insititute of Applied Geoscience TNO – National Geological Survey, Department of Geo-Energy, P.O. Box 80015, 3508TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
H. Simmelink
Affiliation:
Netherlands Insititute of Applied Geoscience TNO – National Geological Survey, Department of Geo-Energy, P.O. Box 80015, 3508TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
F. Van Bergen
Affiliation:
Netherlands Insititute of Applied Geoscience TNO – National Geological Survey, Department of Geo-Energy, P.O. Box 80015, 3508TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
H. Pagnier
Affiliation:
Netherlands Insititute of Applied Geoscience TNO – National Geological Survey, Department of Geo-Energy, P.O. Box 80015, 3508TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
*
1corresponding author: e-mail: balr@geo.vu.nl

Abstract

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The deep subsurface temperature data of the Roer Valley Graben have been re-analysed and combined with new temperature data from hydrocarbon exploration wells. The results show that the deep subsurface temperature distribution in the Roer Valley Graben is essentially the same as in the relatively stable high bordering the Roer Valley Graben to the southwest. Thus, the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Roer Valley Graben, which is characterized by uplift and denudation during the Late Eocene and subsidence due to rifting starting from Late Oligocene, has hardly affected the temperatures in the graben, which is probably due to the slow subsidence and sedimentation rates. In contrast to what is suggested on previously published temperature maps, the Roer Valley Graben is probably not a relatively cold area in the Netherlands.

Keywords

Roer Valley GrabenThe Netherlandssubsurface temperaturedrill stem testbottom hole temperatureHorner correctionRFT temperature
Type
Regular Papers
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , March 2002 , pp. 19 - 26
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2002

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