Table Of ContentAtlas of Structural Geological Interpretation from Seismic Images
Atlas of Structural Geological Interpretation
from Seismic Images
Edited by
Achyuta Ayan Misra
Reliance Industries Ltd
Navi Mumbai
India
[email protected]; [email protected]
Soumyajit Mukherjee
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
[email protected]
This edition first published 2018
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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data
Names: Misra, A. A. (Achyuta Ayan), editor. | Mukherjee, Soumyajit, editor.
Title: Atlas of structural geological interpretation from seismic images /
edited by Achyuta Ayan Misra and Soumyajit Mukherjee.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2017049885 (print) | LCCN 2017054608 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119158349 (pdf) |
ISBN 9781119158356 (epub) | ISBN 9781119158325 (cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: Seismic tomography–Atlases.
Classification: LCC QE538.5 (ebook) | LCC QE538.5 .A85 2018 (print) | DDC 551.22–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017049885
Cover Design: Wiley
Cover Image: Devonian, Permo-Triassic and Jurassic extensional faults at the transition between the Viking Graben (right hand side) and the
Crawford-Skipper Basin on the East Shetland Platform (left hand side), UK North Sea.
Courtesy of PGS (3D GeoStreamero survey Q16-2013).
Set in 10/12pt Warnock by SPi Global, Pondicherry, India
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
In memory of my grandmother, Shankari Chakraborty, for her unconditional love and inspiration:
Achyuta Ayan Misra
In loving memory of my grandmother, Namita Mukherjee, who left the world on 12 October 2016:
Soumyajit Mukherjee
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Contents
Contributors xiii
Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xix
1 Introduction to Seismic Data 1
Achyuta Ayan Misra and Ashok Yadav
1.1 Seismic Reflection Method 1
1.2 Seismic Data Acquisition 1
1.2.1 Land Acquisition 3
1.2.2 Marine Acquisition 3
1.2.3 Transition Zones 4
1.3 Processing Seismic Data 5
1.3.1 Noise 5
1.3.2 Gathers 7
1.3.3 Migration and Stacking 7
1.3.4 Resolution of Seismic Data 7
1.4 Seismic Attributes 11
1.4.1 Coherency 12
1.4.2 Dip and Azimuth 12
1.4.3 Curvature 13
References 14
2 Seismic Structural Analysis 15
Achyuta Ayan Misra and Soumyajit Mukherjee
2.1 Introduction 15
2.2 Advantages and Limitations of Seismic Data Analyses 16
2.3 Interpreting Faults 17
2.4 Some Common Analyses 21
2.4.1 Geometry of Deformation Structures 21
2.4.2 Crustal Architecture Analyses 21
2.4.3 Progressive Deformation Analysis 21
2.4.4 Strain Analysis 22
2.5 Workflow 22
References 22
Part I Faults 27
3 Normal Faults in the Crawford-Skipper Basin, East Shetland Platform, United Kingdom 29
William Reid and Stefano Patruno
References 32
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4 Normal Faults Bounding Rift Grabens in Krishna‐Godavari Basin, India 35
Achyuta Ayan Misra
References 39
5 Bitsminda Anticline: South Kura Foreland Fold and Thrust Belt, Georgia 41
Victor Alania, A. Chabukiani, O. Enukidze, K. Gogrichiani, Z. Mikeladze, and G. Tatishvili
References 42
6 Diffraction and Refraction Occurring in a Fault Zone in Corinth Gulf, Greece as
Seen by Vertical Seismic Profiling 43
Joachim Place, Charles Naville, and Isabelle Moretti
References 45
7 Horst Inversion Within a Décollement Zone During Extension
Upper Rhine Graben, France 47
Joachim Place, M. Diraison, Y. Géraud, and Hemin A. Koyi
References 49
8 Interpretation of a Vertical Seismic Profile Diffraction Occurring at a
Basement–Sedimentary Cover Interface in the Rhine Graben, France 51
Joachim Place and Charles Naville
References 53
9 Clara Inversion Anticline, Adriatic Sea, Italy 55
Paolo Pace
Acknowledgements 59
References 59
10 Emma Inversion Structure, Adriatic Sea, Italy 61
Paolo Pace
Acknowledgements 64
References 64
11 Inversion in the Umiat Basin (Part 1) National Petroleum Reserve
Alaska (NPRA), North Slope, Alaska 65
Paolo Pace
Acknowledgements 67
References 68
12 Inversion in the Umiat Basin (Part 2) National Petroleum Reserve
Alaska (NPRA), North Slope, Alaska 69
Paolo Pace
Acknowledgements 71
References 72
13 Complex Multiphase Inversion Tectonics in the Southern East Shetland Platform,
Offshore United Kingdom 73
Stefano Patruno and William Reid
References 75
14 Impact of Activation of a Syn‐Depositional Normal Fault on Sedimentation in
Greater Mid North Sea High 77
Stefano Patruno and William Reid
References 81
Contents ix
15 Imaging Normal Faults Using Dual Sensor Streamers 83
Stefano Patruno and William Reid
Acknowledgements 87
References 87
16 Understanding Sinkholes Using Shear Wave Reflection Seismic Imaging in N Germany 89
Charlotte M. Krawczyk and U. Polom
References 91
17 Post‐Earthquake Subsurface Structure for Reconstruction Planning Using
Shear Wave Reflection Seismic Imaging in Banda Aceh, Indonesia 93
Charlotte M. Krawczyk and U. Polom
17.1 Location Negeri 93
17.2 Location Babah Jurong 93
17.3 Location Military Airport 94
17.4 Location Lampasi Engking 95
17.5 Location Iakapeh 96
References 99
18 Shallow Detachment Along a Transform Margin in Cauvery Basin, India 101
Achyuta Ayan Misra and Swagato Dasgupta
References 105
19 Normal Faulting Related to Differential Compaction on the 85°E Ridge in the Bay of Bengal, India 107
Achyuta Ayan Misra
References 111
20 Polygonal Fault System in Late Cretaceous Sediments of Cauvery Deepwater Basin, India 113
Swagato Dasgupta and Achyuta Ayan Misra
References 115
21 Transfer Zone Geometry in the Offshore Cauvery Basin, India 117
Swagato Dasgupta and Abhimanyu Maitra
References 120
22 Synrift Grabens and Inversion in the Cauvery Offshore Basin on the East Coast of India 123
Abhimanyu Maitra
References 125
23 Pull‐Apart Basin in the Offshore Cauvery–Palar Basin, India 127
Swagato Dasgupta
References 129
24 Sedimentary Deformation Features Produced by Differential Compaction and Buoyancy
in the Offshore Palar Basin, East Coast of India 131
Swagato Dasgupta
References 133
Part II Folds 135
25 Compression Folds and a Strike‐Slip Fault in Flowing Evaporites, Red Sea 137
Neil C. Mitchell and Marco Ligi
References 139
