Ukrainian Antarctic Journal

No 13 (2014): Ukrainian Antarctic Journal
Articles

The Falkland Basins: new structural model and hydrocarbon bearing prospects (by remote sensing and geoelectric data)

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  • I. N. Korchagin,
  • V. G. Bakhmutov,
  • S. P. Levashov,
  • V. D. Solovyov,
  • N. A. Yakymchuk,
  • D. N. Bozhezha
I. N. Korchagin
Institute of Geophysics of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv
V. G. Bakhmutov
Institute of Geophysics of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv
S. P. Levashov
Institute of Applied Problems of Ecology, Geophysics and Geochemistry, Kyiv
V. D. Solovyov
Institute of Geophysics of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv
N. A. Yakymchuk
Institute of Applied Problems of Ecology, Geophysics and Geochemistry, Kyiv
D. N. Bozhezha
Management and Marketing Center of Institute of Geological Science NAS Ukraine, Kyiv
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.13.2014.205
Published December 17, 2014
Keywords
  • South Falkland Basin region,
  • remote data processing,
  • geoelectric survey,
  • deep structure,
  • hydrocarbons
How to Cite
Korchagin, I. N., Bakhmutov, V. G., Levashov, S. P., Solovyov, V. D., Yakymchuk, N. A., & Bozhezha, D. N. (2014). The Falkland Basins: new structural model and hydrocarbon bearing prospects (by remote sensing and geoelectric data). Ukrainian Antarctic Journal, (13), 22-30. https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.13.2014.205

Abstract

New results of geoelectric measurements were obtained during the season works of 17 Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (XVII UAE, 2012). New data on the deep structure of the tectonic zone between the Falkland Islands and the South Shetland Islands make it possible to estimate the probable nature of geodynamic processes in this region. Deep geoelectric boundaries position and nature of their contacts near the South Shetland Islands and the Falkland Islands show a fundamentally different distribution of crustal and mantle layers in the Strait structures with continental and oceanic rock complexes. Some anomalous zones of “hydrocarbon deposit” type were detected in the South Falkland Basin shelf by the special technology of satellite data processing and interpretation using. The "deposit" type anomalies were mapped by FSPEF survey and anomalous polarized layers of "hydrocarbon deposit" type were studied by VERS sounding in the South Falkland Basin. These results are new and additional to oil and gas potential data for the South Falkland Basin shelf zone.

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