Published August 2019

Impact of geodynamic regime of South Caspian basin on the geological development characteristics and oil-gas bearing potential of local elevations in Baku archipelago and Low Kura depression

N.R. Narimanov

G.N. Gahramanov

M.S. Babayev

G.J. Nasibova

The paper considers the formation of geodynamic regime in South Caspian depression, as well as the impact on its transformation from the peripheral sea into a closed basin in connection with development of its west border. Considering steady geodynamic conditions, their influence on the development of folds and their oil-gas bearing content have been reviewed. As a result, it was defined that in the syndepositional development of local elevations, three stages with various growth intensity are distinguished. Carried out investigations justified that high activity of geodynamic processes in the region alongside with the intensity increase of structural-fault formation leads to the partial destruction and transformation previously formed hydrocarbon accumulations.