Seeing through the shear zone for the first time: The impact of seismic technologies on the clarity of seismic image over Bahrah field

Ali Mohamed, Adel El-Emam, Nacim Brika, Halis Bayri, Amr Issa, Kashif Adeel

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... the comprehensive TTI depth velocity model building work which successfully integrates borehole geophysical measurements and surface seismic refraction...

New Data on the Subsurface Geologic Structure of the Eastern Part of the Issyk-kul Intermontane Basin*

F. N. Yudakhin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... Dzhergalan and Pokrovsk basins. As results of seismic refraction exploration have shown, deposits of the middle structural stage, represented...

Utilizing Seismic for Higher Definition of Geologic Prospects: 2-D, 2-D Swath, and 3-D Seismic

R. Randy Ray

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

...-effective method of imaging the subsurface in order to reduce the risk of drilling uneconomic and dry holes. INTRODUCTION Reflection seismic...

Quantitative Petrophysical AVO Error Analysis in a Layered Model

Search and Discovery.com

... parameters but might be ignored in AVO inversion. Such factors include using only the vertical component of reflection amplitude, calculation...

Structural and Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Cayman Trough (Caribbean Sea) From Seismic Reflection Data

Sylvie Leroy , Bernard Mercier de Lepinay , Alain Mauffret , Manuel Pubellier

AAPG Bulletin

... conversions are calculated with velocities obtained from refraction data (Ewing et al., 1960) and interval velocities derived from reflection seismic profiles...

Seismic Activity in the Central Gulf Coast Basin

Eugene R. Brumbaugh

New Orleans Geological Society

... of structure, the Gulf Coast is primarily a "subsurface" province, and the seismograph is its most important exploration tool. Reflection seismograph work has...

Offshore Petroleum Potential, Solomon Islands

J. G. Vedder, T. R. Bruns

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... seismic reflection. 12 forearc area kHz bathymetric profiles. Wide-angle seismic reflection /refraction sonobuoy profiles. Magnetometer. vimeter...

Marine Seismic Sources: Part XII: Sound in the Sea

Martin Landrø, Lasse Amundsen

GEO ExPro Magazine

... to the law of refraction of light. But it is now known that this law was first described by the Arabian optics engineer lbn Sahl (9401000) working in Baghdad...

Junction of the Russian and Cis-Caucasus Platforms in Connection with the Oil-Gas Prospects of the Astrakhan Area

V. I. Mal’tsev, B. I. Yurchenko

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... into the basin of the northern Caspian (Karpinskiy swell). The junction of these platforms, according to seismic refraction and drilling data, is a suture...

Bars, Spits, and Ripple Marks in a Michigan Lake: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

George R. Wulf

AAPG Bulletin

... marks. Most of the observed ripple marks are directly the result of the incoming waves. Wave refraction around headlands and shallows makes most...

Integrated Seismic Structure, Stratigraphy and Magnetic Basement Interpretation: Offshore Louisiana Shelf, by Michael Alexander, #10200 (2009)

Search and Discovery.com

Floor of the North Atlantic--Summary of Geophysical Data: Chapter 4: Introductory Papers

J. E. Nafe , C. L. Drake

AAPG Special Volumes

.... Consequently, the layer commonly was missed in earlier refraction work. Not until adequate reflection equipment was available was its widespread...

South Pelto Block 20 Field: Offshore Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Eugene H. Harris

New Orleans Geological Society

... and later defined by reflection and refraction seismography. The four adjoining State Leases 791 (OCS 071, Block 11), 792 (OCS 072, W/2 Block 12), 793...

Rabbit Island Field: Offshore Louisiana

Shelby W. Smith, et al

New Orleans Geological Society

... was discovered in 1939 by a reflection seismic survey which encountered salt in shot holes only 10 to 20 deep. The discovery well, The Texas Company...

Seismogeologic Regionalization

A. I. Khramoy

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... has reached its limit and that refraction must be used for exploration of local structures of the platform type. New possibilities, however, were...

Cascaded full-waveform inversions to resolve Mesozoic structures in shallow-water Gulf of Mexico with limited-offset data

Wei Kang, Christoph Koeninger, Miguel Acosta Perez, Josue Jurado Ramirez, Imran Nagir, Denes Vigh, Silvino Dominguez Garcia, Alfredo Vazquez Cantu, Luis Arturo Vega, Marco Antonio Mayorga

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...-offset data, which could compensate for the limited refraction penetration depth and resolve deep structures related to allochthonous salt...

Probable Reserves of Oil and Gas in the Dnieper-Donets Depression

I. G. Baranov, V. A. Vitenko, V. M. Zav’yalov, A. S. Muromtsev

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... of 36 deep wells as well as seismic reflection and refraction surveys are necessary on these profiles. This work will permit a considerable part...

Main Results of Exploration and Seismic Surveying on Devonian Clastic Sediments in the Orenburg Region

O. A. Khomentovskaya, V. S. Kovrizhkin, N. L. Prokhorov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

...-drilling, g-electrical surveys, h-gravimetry, i-seismic reflection surveys, j-seismic refraction surveys. Projections: 1-Paslikin, 2-Pilyuginsko-Ivanov...

Offshore Areas of Canadian Arctic Islands--Geology Based on Geophysical Data: Regional Arctic Geology of Canada

S. A. Bourne , A. E. Pallister

AAPG Special Volumes

... much of the Arctic Archipelago. Seismic profiles in marine areas of the southern Arctic Islands indicate a wide range of large structures; refraction...

Extended Abstract: Basement Structure in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Province: Persistent Influence or Rejuvenated?

Michael Alexander, Karim Aimaddeddine

GCAGS Transactions

... seismic reflection and/or refraction depths. Other positive correlations with magnetic basement structure and bathymetry/ topography are illustrated...

Prospects for Finding New Oil and Gas Fields in the Upper Pechora Depression

A. A. Gromyko

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

.... The earlier seismic surveys (reflection and refraction) did not disclose the structure satisfactorily. The initial drilling stage was in 1958-62, when several...

Oil-Gas Potential of Ancient Beds of Moscow Sineklize

T. V. Vladimirova, I. N. Kapustin, D. L. Fedorov

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... but poorly studied. Seismic reflection and refraction surveys in the period from the Forties to the Seventies failed to establish stratigraphic...

Developments in Southeastern States in 1955

R. O. Vernon , Walter Erwin

AAPG Bulletin

... of reflection seismograph, 90 weeks of refraction seismograph, 6 weeks of experimental seismograph, 98 weeks of core drill, 18 weeks of gravity, and 8 weeks...

2.3 Detached Sediments in Extensional Provinces: 2.3.2 Salt Tectonics: Reflection Profiles Across the Aquitaine Basin (Salt Tectonics)

R. Curnelle and R. Marco

AAPG Special Volumes

...2.3 Detached Sediments in Extensional Provinces: 2.3.2 Salt Tectonics: Reflection Profiles Across the Aquitaine Basin (Salt Tectonics) R. Curnelle...

Geophysical Study of Antilles Outer Ridge, Puerto Rico Trench, and Northeast Margin of Caribbean Sea: DISCUSSION

Watson H. Monroe

AAPG Bulletin

... is presented in compact and usuable form. Especially interesting are the interpretations of reflection profiles which show diapirs of "basement" hills...