Integrating streamer and ocean-bottom seismic data AND OCEAN- for sub-basalt imaging on the Atlantic margin

Lau, K. W. H. and White, R. S. and Christie, P. A. F. (2010) Integrating streamer and ocean-bottom seismic data AND OCEAN- for sub-basalt imaging on the Atlantic margin. Petroleum Geoscience, 16 (4). pp. 349-366. DOI 10.1144/1354-0793/10-023

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Abstract

Stacked basalt flows cover much of the NW European continental margin, including potentially prospective sediments of the Faroes shelf. Such flows attenuate seismic energy, hindering sub-basalt structural imaging which is critical for both exploration and tectonic studies. Low-frequency, long-offset reflection surveys have yielded improved images below top basalt, while coincident ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) data have mapped low velocity zones (LVZ) from tomographic inversion. Image correlation in a common depth domain is challenged by low spatial resolution of the tomographic image, the absence of turning rays in a LVZ and the lack of wide-angle arrivals in the reflection data. We integrate densely sampled reflection data with deep velocities from OBS data to give a common velocity model in a new, iterated, pre-stack depth-migration workflow using complementary constraints from the two datasets. The matched velocity model and depth image enable interpretation of (i) a uniform flood basalt sequence, 2–4 km thick beneath the Fugloy Ridge, with velocities correlating with those in the Lopra 1/1A borehole and (ii) a sub-basalt LVZ with chaotic reflections corresponding to sill-intruded, probably syn-rift sediments. Such a workflow could be extended to targets beneath high velocity salt or basalt and could provide constraints for 3D datasets.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Schlumberger, cml
Uncontrolled Keywords:	2010AREP; IA61,
Subjects:	02 - Geodynamics, Geophysics and Tectonics
Divisions:	02 - Geodynamics, Geophysics and Tectonics
Journal or Publication Title:	Petroleum Geoscience
Volume:	16
Page Range:	pp. 349-366
Identification Number:	10.1144/1354-0793/10-023
Depositing User:	Sarah Humbert
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2010 10:40
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2013 09:57
URI:	http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/1416

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