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Correlation of seismic reflection data with seismicity over the Ramapo, New Jersey, fault zoneD'Angelo, Richard M. 14 November 2012 (has links)
Reflection seismic data, mylonite reflectivity, gravity data, and earthquake hypocenters have been integrated into a possible explanation for seismicity in the Ramapo fault area. Seven reflection seismic lines were processed using variations in sorting and residual statics. Single VIBROSEIS sweeps were treated as separate sourcepoints. Compressional velocities and densities were determined in the laboratory. Reflection coefficients and gravity models provide evidence for reflections from mylonite zones. Earthquake hypocenters were projected into the vertical seismic sections. The results suggest a correlation between rock volumes containing hypocenters and rock volumes containing mylonite zones. The seismic line furthest from the Taconic suture displays fewer hypocenters and mylonites, in agreement with an assumed model of mylonite development possibly associated with obduction of continental crust. The mylonite zones in the basement may serve as local areas of crustal weakness for seismic activity occurring in the area. / Master of Science
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Thin-bed resolution from cepstrum analysisBryan, Robert A. January 1985 (has links)
A method of cepstrum analysis is developed for the purpose of resolving thin-beds. The method relies on the detection of periodic pulses of the cepstra of reflectivity functions, which are isolated by computing a sub-cepstrum and a sum-cepstrum, and highlighted with a discriminator, where the sub-cepstrum of the functions f₁(t) and f₂(t) is the difference between the cepstra of the two functions, the sum-cepstrum of f₁(t) is the sum of the sub-cepstra of f₁(t) and f<sub>k</sub>(t), k=2,3,4,... , and the discriminator is the product of the sum-cepstrum and the autocovariance of the sum-cepstrum. The technique requires at least two reflected wavelets generated by the same source.
The method was applied to synthetic thin lens models. The method is shown to be sensitive to the ratio of the reflection coefficients at the top and bottom of the thin-bed. Specifically, the resolution depends on the ratio of the reflection coefficients. Optimum resolution is achieved when the reflection coefficients at the top and bottom of the thin-bed are equal in absolute magnitude. In addition, in the noise-free case, the absolute magnitude of the cepstral pulses can be used to determine the absolute magnitude of the ratio of the reflection coefficients. The technique is also sensitive to the sample interval used. The finest sample interval provides the best resolution because it produces the sharpest cepstral pulses and resolves the thinnest beds. The resolution of the method is drastically reduced by random noise, although thin-bed thicknesses are still detectable when the S/N of the synthetic seismic section is 15/1 and the upper frequency of the bandwidth of the noise is 1.1 octaves above the upper frequency of the bandwidth of the source wavelet. / Master of Science
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Velocity and Q from reflection seismic dataEcevitoglu, Berkan G. January 1987 (has links)
This study has resulted in the discovery of an exact method for the theoretical formulation of the effects of intrinsic damping where the attenuation coefficient, a(v), is an arbitrary function of the frequency, v. Absorption-dispersion pairs are computed using numerical Hilbert transformation; approximate analytical expressions that require the selection of arbitrary constants and cutoff frequencies are no longer necessary. For constant Q, the dispersive body wave velocity, p(v), is found to be
p(v) = (p(v<sub>N</sub>)/(1+(1/2Q H(-v)/v))
where H denotes numerical Hilbert transformation, p(v) is the phase velocity at the frequency v, and p(v<sub>N</sub>) is the phase velocity at Nyquist. From (1) it is possible to estimate Q in the time domain by measuring the amount of increase, ΔW, of the wavelet breadth after a traveltime,
Q=(2Δ𝛕)/(𝝅ΔW)
The inverse problem, i.e., the determination of Q and velocity is also investigated using singular value decomposition (SVD). The sparse matrices encountered in the acquisition of conventional reflection seismology data result in a system of linear equations of the form AX = B, with A the design matrix, X the solution vector, and B the data vector. The system of normal equations is AᵀAX = AᵀB where the least-squares estimate of X = X = V(1/S)UᵀB and the SVD of A is A = USVᵀ. A technique to improve the sparsity pattern prior to decomposition is described.
From an application of equation (2) using reference reflections from shallower reflectors, crystalline rocks in South Carolina over the depth interval from about 5 km to 10 km yield values of Qin the range Q = 250 - 300.
Non-standard recording geometries ( "Q-spreads") and vibroseis recording procedures are suggested to minimize matrix sparseness and increase the usable frequency bandwidth between zero and Nyquist. The direct detection of body wave dispersion by conventional vibroseis techniques may be useful to distinguish between those crustal volumes that are potentially seismogenic and those that are not. Such differences may be due to variations in fracture density and therefore water content in the crust. / Ph. D.
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Crustal structures and the Eastern extent of the Lower Paleozoic Shelf Strata within the Central Appalachians: a seismic reflection interpretationLampshire, Laura Dermody 16 February 2010 (has links)
Reprocessing of line PR3 proprietary seismic reflection data (24-fold) has delineated Grenvillian, Paleozoic and Mesozoic structures within the Appalachian foreland, Blue Ridge, and Piedmont of the central Appalachians. The eastern portion of PR3 can be correlated along strike with the western portion of line 1-64, reprocessed earlier at Virginia Tech. The 1-64 seismic reflection data (12-fold) images the crust from the eastern Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain provinces. Automatic line drawing displays were produced from both data sets for the purpose of interpreting and comparing subsurface structures. Within the Piedmont, large reflective structures imaged on both lines PR3 and 1-64 are interpreted to be nappes that might be comprised of deformed Catoctin, Evington Group and possibly younger metamorphosed rocks. A concealed extension of the Green Springs mafic mass intrudes a nappe imaged along the PR3 profile.
The Blue Ridge-Piedmont allochthon was transported in a northwest direction along the Blue Ridge thrust, which ramped upward beneath the Piedmont province approximately 12 km east of the surface exposure of the Mountain Run Fault. Along line PR3, the Blue Ridge thrust maintains an undulating geometry, and the maximum thickness of the Blue Ridge allochthon is interpreted to be approximately 4.5 km. The Blue Ridge metamorphic allochthon is generally acoustically transparent and overlies parautochthonous Lower Paleozoic shelf strata. The maximum thickness of these strata is approximate1y 8 km. Shelf strata are interpreted to extend as far east as 5 km east of the surface exposure of the Mountain Run Fault, the northeastward extension of the Brevard Fault Zone, where they are truncated by the Blue Ridge thrust at a depth of 10.5 km (3.5 s). Various folds and blind thrusts are imaged beneath the Appalachian foreland; however, the foreland does not appear to have experienced the same degree of deformation as observed in the eastern provinces. A basement uplift approximately 45 km wide is imaged beneath the Valley and Ridge province and is interpreted as having formed prior to Upper Cambrian time. Further west, reflections itnaged beneath the Glady Fork anticline in the Appalachian Plateau are interpreted as a positive flower structure associated with wrench fault tectonics. Relatively few deep crustal reflections are inlaged along line PR3. The majority of reflections that does exist at these depths is observed beneath the Piedmont and eastern Blue Ridge. The high reflectivity associated with the Grenvillian basement in these areas suggests that this crust was deformed during compression related to the Paleozoic orogenies and extension related to Late Proterozoic and Mesozoic rifting. / Master of Science
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Estimation of seismic parameters from multifold reflection seismic data by generalized linear inversion of Zoeppritz equationsDemirbağ, Mustafa Emin 01 February 2006 (has links)
An inversion method is developed to estimate the P- and S-wave velocities and density ratio of two elastic, isotropic, and homogeneous media separated by a plane, horizontal boundary from P-wave reflection amplitude-versus-offset (AVO) data recorded at the surface. The method has for its basis the inversion of the plane wave Zoeppritz. equations by generalized linear inversion (GLI) and bootstrapping. The Zoeppritz equations are converted into the time-offset domain by using Snell’s law, common mid-point (CMP) geometry, and two-way travel (twt) time. The equations in the time-offset domain have five independent variables that enable estimation of P- and S-wave velocities and density ratio for the upper and lower layers. The linearity and uniqueness of the inversion are investigated by residual function maps (RFMs). The RFMs show closed elliptical contours around the true values of the seismic parameter pairs except in the case of S-wave velocity pair for which the open contours imply a linear correlation. However, the RFMs of S-wave velocities with the other model parameters show well defined minima, indicating the uniqueness of the inverse problem in the absence of noise. The estimation of seismic parameters is constrained by physical considerations and the results are enhanced statistically by bootstrapping to obtain the most likely solutions, i.e., the mode values of the distribution functions of solutions, and the confidence limits of the most likely solutions.
The inversion method is tested using model AVO data with and without random noise. The tests show that the model parameters are exactly recovered when offset-to-depth (O/D) ratio 1s about 2 or larger, depending on the contrast among the seismic parameters of the media. The results for small O/D ratios (< 1) diverge from the true values, especially for S-wave velocities, and indicate the importance of the O/D ratio in the AVO data inversion. The parameters are not recovered correctly in the case of noisy model AVO data because of the degrading effect of noise in the inversion. However, the model parameters fall into the confidence limits of the estimated parameters when tight constraints are imposed on the solutions, and the signal to noise (S/N) ratio is high. The inversion method is sensitive to auxiliary parameters such as the root-mean-square (rms) velocity and zero-offset twt time which are used in the adjustments of observed or calculated reflection amplitudes to compensate for the effects of wave propagation. Because the plane wave Zoeppnitz equations define the variation in reflection amplitude with offset for a single boundary, the method is limited to isolated reflections in the CMP gathers.
The AVO inversion is applied to field data from the Atlantic Coastal Plain in South Carolina to show the feasibility of the method. The first example is from Charleston, S.C. where the estimated seismic parameters from adjacent CMP gathers are in close agreement demonstrating the stability of the AVO inversion. The second example is a data set that crosses the border fault of the Dunbarton Triassic basin, S.C. For this data set common offset stacked CMP gathers are used to increase the S/N ratio and minimize the surface coupling effects. The inversion results show that the seismic parameters are greater north of the border fault indicating crystalline basement while smaller parameters to the south represent the Triassic basin. P-wave velocities estimated for the crystalline basement (6.4 km/s) and the Triassic basin (4.8 km/s) are in good agreement with the computed refraction velocities and support the interpreted location of the Dunbarton Triassic border fault. / Ph. D.
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Fluid content effect on acoustic impedance and limits of direct detection capability : illustrated on an offshore prospectCatto, Antonio José 24 October 2014 (has links)
The presence of gas and oil in some sand formations decreases the seismic velocity and density to such an extent that anomalously large reflections coefficients are encountered at fluid contacts. Geerstma and Gassmann's theories are equivalent and provide a good way to study the physical properties that affect the elastic behavior of the porous rock. The fluid-contact reflectivity (gas-water, oil-water) can be well estimated based on the brine saturated velocity alone. A comparison between the estimated and observed fluid-contact reflectivities on seismic and well log data from an Offshore prospect showed a remarkable agreement. / text
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Seismological and mineralogical studies of the world’s deepest gold-bearing horizon, the Carbon Leader Reef, West Wits Line goldfields (South Africa): implications for its poor seismic reflective characterNkosi, Nomqhele Zamaswazi January 2016 (has links)
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand
in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Geosciences. Johannesburg, 2016. / The measurements of physical rock properties, seismic velocities in particular, associated with ore
deposits and their host rocks are crucial in interpreting seismic data collected at the surface for
mineral exploration purposes. The understanding of the seismic velocities and densities of rock units
can help to improve the understanding of seismic reflections and thus lead to accurate interpretations
of the subsurface geology and structures. This study aims to determine the basic acoustic properties
and to better understand the nature of the seismic reflectivity of the world’s deepest gold-bearing reef,
the Carbon Leader Reef (CLR). This was done by measuring the physical properties (ultrasonic
velocities and bulk densities) as well as conducting mineralogical analyses on drill-core samples.
Ultrasonic measurements of P- and S-wave velocities were determined at ambient and elevated
stresses, up to 65 MPa. The results show that the quartzite samples overlying and underlying the
CLR exhibit similar velocities (~ 5028 m/s-5480 m/s and ~ 4777 m/s-5211 m/s, respectively) and bulk
densities (~ 2.68 g/cm3 and 2.66 g/cm3). This is due to similar mineralogy and chemical compositions
observed within the units. However, the CLR has slightly higher velocity (~ 5070 m/s-5468 m/s) and
bulk density (~ 2.78 g/cm3) than the surrounding quartzite units probably due to higher pyrite content
in the reef, which increases the velocity. The hangingwall Green Bar shale exhibits higher velocity
(5124 m/s-5914 m/s) and density values (~ 2.89 g/cm3-3.15 g/cm3) compared to all the quartzite units
(including the CLR), as a result of its finer grain size and higher iron and magnesium content. In the
data set it is found that seismic velocities are influence by silica, iron and pyrite content as well as the
grain size of the samples, i.e., seismic velocities increase with (1) decreasing silica content, (2)
increasing iron and pyrite content and (3) decreasing grain size. Reflection coefficients calculated
using the seismic velocities and densities at the boundaries between the CLR and its hangingwall and
footwall units range between ~0.02 and 0.05, which is below the suggested minimum of 0.06 required
to produce a strong reflection between two lithological units. This suggests that reflection seismic
methods might not be able to directly image the CLR as a prominent reflector, as observed from the
seismic data.
The influence of micro-cracks is observed in the unconfined uniaxial compressive stress tests where
two regimes can be identified: (1) From 0 - 25 MPa the P-wave velocities increase with progressive
loading, but at different rates in shale and quartzite rocks owing to the presence of micro-cracks and
(2) above stresses of ~20 - 25 MPa, the velocity stress relationship becomes constant, possibly
indicating total closure of micro-cracks.
The second part of the study integrates 3D reflection seismic data, seismic attributes and information
from borehole logs and underground mapping to better image and model important fault systems that
might have a direct effect on mining in the West Wits Line goldfields. 3D seismic data have delineated
first-, second- and third-order scale faults that crosscut key gold-bearing horizons by tens to hundreds
of metres. Applying the modified seismic attribute has improved the imaging of the CLR by
sharpening the seismic traces. Conventional interpretation of the seismic data shows that faults with
throws greater than 25 m can be clearly seen. Faults with throws less than 25 m were identified
through volumetric (edge enhancement and ant-tracking seismic attributes) and horizon-based (dip,
dip-azimuth and edge detection seismic attributes) seismic attribute analysis. These attributes
provided more accurate mapping of the depths, dip and strikes of the key seismic horizon
(Roodepoort shale), yielding a better understanding of the relationship between fault activity, methane
migration and relative chronology of tectonic events in the goldfield. The strato-structural model
derived for the West Wits Line gold mines can be used to guide future mine planning and designs to
(1) reduce the risks posed by mining activities and (2) improve the resource evaluation of the goldbearing
reefs in the West Wits Line goldfields. / LG2017
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Extensional subsidence, inversion and volumetric contraction in the Bass Basin of Australia : a seismic study / Pradipta Kumar Das.Das, Pradipta Kumar January 2001 (has links)
"August, 2001" / Bibliography: leaves 173-183. / xvi, 184, 12 leaves : ill. (some col.), maps, plates (some col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / "The primary objective of the study was to gain a better understanding of the tectonostratigraphic evolutionary history of the Bass Basin. In particular, the study has focussed on mapping and analysing all the faults and fault patterns in the Bass Basin in relation to the subsidence history and its influence on sedimentation and hydrocarbon potential of the basin. The reason why the Durroon area and the Bass area behaved differently in response to extensional stresses was investigated. As a final outcome, it was thought important to clarify some of the existing disagreement about the broad tectonic and structural history of the basin and in particular to separate the influence of the Otway and Tasman Sea rifting episodes on the sedimentation history of the Bass and Durroon area. The study also aimed at investigating the occurence in the basin and nature of a recently recognised fault system, a polygonal fault system." --p. 2. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, 2002
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4D seismic analysis of the Hibernia oil field, Grand Banks, Canada /Wright, Richard James, January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2005. / Bibliography: leaves 206-212. Also available online.
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Computer modeling of the seismic response to various cut-and-fill geometricsAde, William C. 03 June 2011 (has links)
A range of seismic images likely to be encountered from stream-cut channels is examined with ray tracing computer modeling. The channel shapes, sizes, depths of burial, and associated geologies are examined to determine their effect on seismic images, waveforms, and ultimate interpretation. The study uses channel geometries taken from the Pulaski, Bush City, Moberly, and Nesvacilka channels which are assumed to he at various depths of burial. Results show that seismic sections often do not approximate geologic cross sections, that seemingly random reflections have geologic meaning, and that channels can be detected by their effects on the amplitude and shape of lower reflectors. The resolution of channels is summarized in tables of resolvability.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306
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