Deep seismic exploration in the Gippsland Basin is hindered by strong, unidentified noise below the Latrobe Group coal sequence. Low velocity events that appeared in field data semblance analyses suggested that an elastic wave modelling study was required to understand the subcoal reflection response. The modified reflectivity method (Kennet, 1980) provided a means for constructing detailed and accurate synthetic seismograms from realistic depth models, under the assumption of an isotropic, plane-layered earth. A study into the effect of each part of an elastic depth model (upon an elastic depth model (upon an elastic synthetic seismogram) resulted in a set of guidelines for obtaining a field data comparison. Excellent ties were obtained at several wells, often using little more than a partial sonic log. The noise contributions to the synthesis were interpreted using additional synthetics computed from variations upon the depth model and by exercising control over the wave types modelled. Subsequent processing of the synthetics revealed three types of persistent noise in progressively deeper parts of the subcoal image: 1) mode converted interbed multiples (generated within the coal sequence); 2) S-wave reflections and long period multiples (generated between the coal sequence and the Miocene carbonates and 3) surface related multiples.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/269983 |
| Creators | Dunne, Jarrod C. |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Detected Language | English |
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