Jana Ólavsdóttir vart ph.d. við Københavns Universitet
Fríggjadagin 20. desember vardi Jana Ólavsdóttir ph.d. ritgerð sína á Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning, Københavns Universitet. Ritgerðin hevur heitið “A study of the distribution, structure and seismic stratigraphy of syn-breakup and post-breakup sediments in the Faroe sector of the Faroe-Shetland Basin”.
Jana Ólavsdóttir hevur seinastu árini granskað føroysku undirgrundina. Ítøkiliga hevur Jana við seismiskum tulkingum funnið út av, at legugrýti oman á basaltinum í Hetlandsrennuni, sum eru runnin saman ymsastaðni frá, kemur frá Fugloyarrygginum, Munkagrunninum, Føroyaháslættanum og bretska økinum. Tað hevur áður verið mett, at dygdin av legugrýtinum, sum kemur frá føroyska økinum, er munandi verri kolvetnisgoymslugrýti enn legugrýti, sum kemur frá bretska økinum. Nágreiniligar kanningar av tí føroyska legugrýtinum vístu, at partar av legugrýtinum høvdu betri kolvetnisgoymslugrýti enn áður mett, og at hetta legugrýti ikki hevði breitt seg til landsynningspartin av føroyska økinum av Hetlandsrennuni.
Jana Ólavsdóttir hevur verið innskrivað á Københavns Universitet, og arbeiðið við ph.d.-ritgerðini hevur verið gjørt á Jarðfeingi. Lars Ole Boldreel, lektari á Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning, Københavns Universitet, hevur verið høvuðsvegleiðari ímeðan Morten Sparre Andersen, ið er seniorgranskari á GEUS, hevur verið hjálparvegleiðari.
Stuðlað verkætlanini hava Jarðfeingi, SINDRI (Chevron), Granskingarráðið, Statoil og ENI.
Opponentar vóru Sierd Cloetingh, ið er professari við Utrecht University, Michael Larsen, PhD/teamleader í DONG Energy og Lars Nielsen, ið er lektari við Københavns Universitet.
Les um verkætlanina, sum er stuðlað úr Granskingargrunninum, í Stuðulsyvirlitinum.
Les um Janu Ólavsdóttir í Heilagrunninum
Samandráttur av ritgerðini
Emplacement of the Cenozoic sediments in the Faroese sector of the Faroe-Shetland Basin appear to be controlled by decelerating thermal subsidence of the basin, and local uplift of sediment source areas. However, the actual distribution of sediments appears to be controlled by re-activation of older, Mesozoic structural elements controlling the sediment path way and restricting the depositional areas. The structural elements being re-activated at different times causing considerable structural complexity. Understanding older, Mesozoic, structural elements control on sedimentation is a potential tool understanding deviations from “normal” thermal subsidence and for predicting the prospectivity in syn- and post-rift succession in the Faroe-Shetland Basin. On top of the basalt in the Faroe-Shetland Basin there is deposited up to 3.5 km thick sedimentary package, which led into the basin from different directions. With interpretations of 2-D and 3-D reflection seismic data of the post-basalt package it is shown which adjacent areas the various sub-sedimentary packages comes from and where they are located in the basin at specific time intervals. The adjacent areas to the Faroe-Shetland Basin are constructed of various compositions, where Munkagrunnur Ridge, Fugloy Ridge and Faroe Platform consist of basaltic material while the NW British Platform area is composed of more stable rocks. The derived erosion products from the different adjacent areas will therefore be of diverse quality regarding to a possible future hydrocarbon reservoirs in the intra- and post-basalt strata. Volcanic derived erosion material has always been avoided as potential hydrocarbon reservoirs due to its bad reputation as a hydrocarbon reservoir. In this study the potential reservoir quality of the intra basalt tuff and epi-volcaniclastic layers onshore Faroe Islands are investigated and some of the intervals hold interesting properties. The results can be used as a first attempt for future studies of intra basalt tuff and epi-volcaniclastic reservoirs.
Myndin er frá Vísindavøku 2012 - myndatøka Høgni Heinesen.