Geoelectric section of the lithosphere of the Amur-Zeya sedimentary basin deduced from magnetotelluric soundings

摘要

The results of magnetotelluric sounding are analyzed along the Korfovo-Astashikha-Novosergeevka profile 200 km long in the south of the Amur-Zeya sedimentary basin. The Korfovo-Astashikha and Korfovo-Novosergeevka profiles were sounded in the AMT and AMT + MTS regimes with a step between the observation points of 1 and 5 km, respectively. The shape of the MTS curves, their variations along the profiles, the shape of the polar plots of the main and additional impedance, and the parameters of the heterogeneity (N) and asymmetry (skew) are characterized. The dimensions of the geological medium is estimated and methods of the interpretation of the magnetotelluric data are chosen. The geoelectric sections are constructed for the depths of 3 and 150 km. The structure and electric properties of the sedimentary cover, the Earth's crust, and the upper mantle are characterized. The thickness of the sedimentary cover in the grabens of the basin attains 1.5-1.7 km. Blocks with various resistivities were identified in the basement. Based on the contrasting changing of the electric resistances, the thickness of the Earth's crust was determined as 38-40 km, which agrees with that established by the seismic data. The geoelectric structure of the upper mantle of the basin is relatively simple. A layer of elevated resistivity from the first hundreds up to a thousand Ohm · m was identified in the background of the low electric resistivity (20-30 Ohm · m) of the mantle in the depth range of 50-80 km. This layer is discrete and divided on the blocks by the zones of the decreased resistivity penetrating to the middle part of the Earth's crust and coinciding with faults of various origins. The petroleum prospectives are estimated for the individual grabens of the basin.