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Indonesian Petroleum Association

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27th Annual Convention Proceedings, 2000
Pages 1-9

Understanding Basement Controls on Basin Development: Constraints Previous HitfromNext Hit Gravity and Magnetic Previous HitDataNext Hit.

Duncan R. Cowan, Linda A. Tompkins, Terry Tyler

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Gravity and magnetic Previous HitdataNext Hit provide complementary information on sedimentary basins and basement/cover relations. Magnetic anomalies are usually dominated by magnetic sources in the basement and, to a lesser extent, by volcanics and associated intrusives in the sedimentary sequence. In contrast, gravity anomalies reflect changes within the sedimentary sequence as Previous HitwellNext Hit as basement.

Where the 'basement' residual gravity anomaly can be extracted, the complementary nature of gravity and magnetic Previous HitdataNext Hit can be used to recognize composite basement geophysical domains based on uniform magnetization/density characteristics. Comparison of the vertically integrated, 3D analytic signal with reduction to the pole or pseudo-gravity Previous HitdataNext Hit helps to overcome some of the ambiguity.

Pre-processing of magnetic and gravity anomaly Previous HitdataNext Hit is essential so that a direct comparison of the two anomalous fields is meaningful. Total magnetic intensity anomalies are related to the gravity gradient by Poissons Relation. Magnetic anomalies are differentiated one order further than gravity anomalies, therefore magnetic anomalies should be compared with the gravity gradient. It is important to try to center magnetic anomalies over the source either by reduction to the pole or analysis of integrated 3D analytic signal. It is also important that the two anomalous fields have similar wavelength contents, therefore, pre-filtering is usually required.

Separation or layer filtering allows the effects of shallow sources to be removed, therefore the magnetic and gravity signatures of deeper layers can be recognized.

There are a number of ways to make a direct comparison of reduced-to-the-pole magnetic Previous HitdataNext Hit and gravity gradient Previous HitdataNext Hit, including global correlation, local window correlation and coherency analysis. These techniques have been applied to the northern margin of the Canning Basin in NW Australia. This is a difficult area for potential field interpretation as the relationships between magnetic anomalies, gravity anomalies and basin structures are unclear. Gravity interpretation is complicated by a high degree of isostatic compensation as a result of crustal thinning. Pre-processing of the magnetic and gravity Previous HitdataNext Hit was effective, resulting in a high degree of correlation of the two anomalous fields over much of the area, but also significant differences. The global correlation method of comparing the two anomalous fields gave the best results and improved recognition of subtle trends. The magnetic/gravity correlation Previous HitdataNext Hit provided good resolution of the major Previous HitfaultNext Hit systems bounding the Fitzroy Trough, the main depocentre. The Previous HitdataNext Hit also show internal, east-west structures in the Fitzroy Trough, parallel to the major folds, of Jurassic age. A number of cross-cutting trends are interpreted as basement faults and some of these appear to be previously unrecognised.


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