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Gassy sediments are detectable acoustically in subbottom profiles of Canada's Fraser Delta slope and prodelta areas. Interstitial gas is typically represented by zones of acoustic turbidity on high-resolution seismic profiles and by gas brightening on air-gun profiles. The top of the acoustically turbid zone is generally highest within the sediment column closest to the river mouths and lies within 10 ms (two-way travel time) of the sea floor in a nearly continuous area that covers over 530 km2. Most of the gas is believed to be biogenic in origin, although thermogenic gas derived from underlying Tertiary sedimentary rocks may be present in places. 相似文献
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A. Baltzer B. Tessier H. Nouzé R. Bates C. Moore D. Menier 《Marine Geophysical Researches》2005,26(2-4):235-245
The presence of gas is a common feature in many seismic sections. However, the origin of the gas is often difficult to determine.
Recently acquired very high resolution seismic profiles using an IKB Seistec boomer provide useful insight to the understanding
of the gas origins in a range of environmental settings including sea lochs and coastal lagoons. The gas features are described
both from a qualitative point of view through their acoustic facies, and quantitatively through the associated seismic signal
(polarisation, amplitude). Acoustic facies include acoustic turbidity, gas “curtains” and “blankets” as well as “white fringes”
and “black shadows”. All the features encountered have been related to specific gas nature generated by different sources
(organic matter degradation in paleo-valley infillings, waste material effluent). 相似文献
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Very high resolution seismic profiles, ground-truthed by vibrocores, have revealed the occurrence of kilometre-scale acoustic
turbidity in the Marennes-Oléron Bay, France. Such acoustic turbidity is commonly interpreted as gas-charged sediments. Comparison
between accurate historical bathymetric data and the present day bathymetry has shown high sediment accretion zones in the
study area (locally up to 8 m since 1824). The superimposition of seismic and bathymetric datasets displays a striking correlation
between the high sedimentation rate area and the boundaries of the acoustic turbidity, i.e. gas-charged sediments. The key
role of sedimentation rates in shallow gas generation in the study area is pointed out. It is also concluded that shallow
gas is probably generated at short (decadal to secular) time scales. 相似文献
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Henrique Duarte Luis Menezes Pinheiro Francisco Curado Teixeira José Hipólito Monteiro 《Geo-Marine Letters》2007,27(2-4):115-126
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and an important energy source. The global significance and impact in coastal zones of
methane gas accumulation and seepage in sediments from coastal lagoon environments are still largely unknown. This paper presents
results from four high-resolution seismic surveys carried out in the Ria de Aveiro barrier lagoon (Portugal) in 1999, 2002
and 2003. These comprise three chirp surveys (RIAV99, RIAV02, RIAV02A) and one boomer survey (RIAV03). Evidence of extensive
gas accumulation and seepage in tidal channel sediments from the Ria de Aveiro barrier lagoon is presented here for the first
time. This evidence includes: acoustic turbidity, enhanced reflections, acoustic blanking, domes, and acoustic plumes in the
water column (flares). The stratigraphy and structural framework control the distribution and extent of gas accumulations
and seepage in the study area. In these shallow systems, however, tidal altitude variations have a significant impact on gas
detection using acoustic methods, by changing the raw amplitude of the enhanced seismic reflections, acoustic turbidity, and
acoustic blanking in gas-prone areas. Direct evidence of gas escape from drill holes in the surrounding area has shown that
the gas present in the Ria de Aveiro consists of biogenic methane. Most of the gas in the study area was probably generated
mainly in Holocene lagoon sediments. Evidence of faults affecting the Mesozoic limestones and clays underlying some of the
shallow gas occurrences, and the presence of high-amplitude reflections in these deeper units raise the possibility that some
of this gas could have been generated in deeper sedimentary layers, and then migrated upward through the fractured Mesozoic
strata. 相似文献
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Alberto G. Figueiredo Jr. Charles A. Nittrouer Elen de Alencar Costa 《Geo-Marine Letters》1996,16(1):31-35
Seismic profiling with 3.5-kHz and GeoPulse in the Amazon submarine delta indicates that gas-charged sediments cover an area greater than 31,000 km2. Gas appears on seismic profiles as gas-brightening reflectors near the river mouth, where mud and sand are well stratified. In fine sediments of the distal portion of the system, gas turbidity zones predominate. Biogenic gas is generated during degradation of terrestrial and marine organic matter by bacteria. The depth of gas in sediment below the seabed depends in part on anaerobic methane oxidation and the base of the sulfate reduction zone and on stratigraphic traps. 相似文献
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M. W. Lee D. R. Hutchinson W. F. Agena W. P. Dillon J. J. Miller B. A. Swift 《Marine Geophysical Researches》1994,16(3):163-184
Gas hydrates are stable at relatively low temperature and high pressure conditions; thus large amounts of hydrates can exist in sediments within the upper several hundred meters below the sea floor. The existence of gas hydrates has been recognized and mapped mostly on the basis of high amplitude Bottom Simulating Reflections (BSRs) which indicate only that an acoustic contrast exists at the lower boundary of the region of gas hydrate stability. Other factors such as amplitude blanking and change in reflection characteristics in sediments where a BSR would be expected, which have not been investigated in detail, are also associated with hydrated sediments and potentially disclose more information about the nature of hydratecemented sediments and the amount of hydrate present.Our research effort has focused on a detailed analysis of multichannel seismic profiles in terms of reflection character, inferred distribution of free gas underneath the BSR, estimation of elastic parameters, and spatial variation of blanking. This study indicates that continuous-looking BSRs in seismic profiles are highly segmented in detail and that the free gas underneath the hydrated sediment probably occurs as patches of gas-filled sediment having variable thickness. We also present an elastic model for various types of sediments based on seismic inversion results. The BSR from sediments of high ratio of shear to compressional velocity, estimated as about 0.52, encased in sediments whose ratios are less than 0.35 is consistent with the interpretation of gasfilled sediments underneath hydrated sediments. This model contrasts with recent results in which the BSR is explained by increased concentrations of hydrate near the base of the hydrate stability field and no underlying free gas is required. 相似文献
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Three-dimensional (3D) seismic data acquired for hydrocarbon exploration reveal that gas accumulations are common within the
2–3 km thick Plio-Pleistocene stratigraphic column of the south-western Barents Sea continental margin. The 3D seismic data
have relatively low-frequency content (<40 Hz) but, due to dense spatial sampling, long source-receiver offsets, 3D migration
and advanced interpretation techniques, they provide surprisingly detailed images of inferred gas accumulations and the sedimentary
environments in which they occur. The presence of gas is inferred from seismic reflection segments with anomalously high amplitude
and reversed phase, compared with the seafloor reflection, so-called bright spots. Fluid migration is inferred from vertical
zones of acoustic masking and acoustic pipes. The 3D seismic volume allows a spatial analysis of amplitude anomalies inferred to reflect the presence of gas and fluids. At several locations, seismic attribute
maps reveal detailed images of flat spots, inferred to represent gas–water interfaces. The data indicate a focused fluid migration
system, where sub-vertical faults and zones of highly fractured sediments are conduits for the migration of gas-bearing fluids
in Plio-Pleistocene sediments. Gas is interpreted to appear in high-porosity fan-shaped sediment lobes, channel and delta
deposits, glacigenic debris flows and sediment blocks, probably sealed by low-permeability, clayey till and/or (glacio)marine
sediments. Gas and fluid flow are here attributed mainly to rapid Plio-Pleistocene sedimentation that loaded large amounts
of sedimentary material over lower-density, fine-grained Eocene oozes. This probably caused pore-fluid dewatering of the high-fluid
content oozes through a network of polygonal faults. The study area is suggested to have experienced cycles of fluid expulsion
and hydrocarbon migration associated with glacial–interglacial cycles. 相似文献
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浅层气逸出到海水中的气泡声学探测方法 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
针对南黄海西部等地区在海洋调查仪器上发现的海水中浅层气逸出气泡产生的声学羽流等气泡记录,首先根据水体中气泡共振发生非线性振动形成的强烈散射现象,计算了我国浅层气分布海区的常见浅层气逸出气泡共振频率范围、不同调查仪器在水深变化时的探测气泡大小,据此分析了不同调查仪器探测浅层气逸出气泡的范围。其次,根据气泡在水中的变化、运动规律,提出了浅层气逸出气泡应当具备的声学特点,排除了南黄海西部地区形成水体中特征反射的其他可能因素,并探讨了云状扰动的可能形成原因。 相似文献
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The continental slope off Texas and Louisiana is the most structurally and sedimentologically complex area in the Gulf of
Mexico. This 120,000 km2 area is dominated by diapiric tectonics, resulting in numerous faults, oil and gas seeps, and other geological phenomena
that affect near-surface sediments. Bottom gradients range from 0 to 20°. High-resolution seismic surveys, foundation borings,
and drop cores reveal several mass-movement features, acoustic wipeout zones, sea floor erosion, faults, hardgrounds, bioherms,
reefs, and outcrops. Recent data indicate that most geological activity takes place during relative sea level lowering and
low stands. 相似文献
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Many shallow water, fine-grained sediments are almost acoustically impenetrable to the energy from high resolution, low energy continuous seismic profilers. It has been alleged that this anomalous acoustic behavior is the result of interstitial gas bubbles that produce reverberation within the sediment, but no analyses were made until recently to test this hypothesis. Determinations of the compressibility of sediments from acoustically impenetrable, or turbid, zones and from contiguous zones of good penetration in Chesapeake Bay showed that the acoustically turbid sediments are several orders of magnitude more compressible than acoustically clear sediments of very similar grain size. The increased compressibility is a result of the presence of interstitial gas bubbles. Other acoustically turbid zones are produced by buried shell beds, and do not show an increase in compressibility.Contribution No. 181, Chesapeake Bay Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 21218, U.S.A. 相似文献
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Shiguo Wu Xiujuan Wang How Kin Wong Guangxue Zhang 《Marine Geophysical Researches》2007,28(2):127-138
The passive northern continental margin of the South China Sea is rich in gas hydrates, as inferred from the occurrence of
bottom-simulating reflectors (BSR) and from well logging data at Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) drill sites. Nonetheless, BSRs
on new 2D multichannel seismic reflection data from the area around the Dongsha Islands (the Dongsha Rise) are not ubiquitous.
They are confined to complex diapiric structures and active fault zones located between the Dongsha Rise and the surrounding
depressions, implying that gas hydrate occurrence is likewise limited to these areas. Most of the BSRs have low amplitude
and are therefore not clearly recognizable. Acoustic impedance provides information on rock properties and has been used to
estimate gas hydrate concentration. Gas hydrate-bearing sediments have acoustic impedance that is higher than that of the
surrounding sediments devoid of hydrates. Based on well logging data, the relationship between acoustic impedance and porosity
can be obtained by a linear regression, and the degree of gas hydrate saturation can be determined using Archie’s equation.
By applying these methods to multichannel seismic data and well logging data from the northern South China Sea, the gas hydrate
concentration is found to be 3–25% of the pore space at ODP Site 1148 depending on sub-surface depth, and is estimated to
be less than values of 5% estimated along seismic profile 0101. Our results suggest that saturation of gas hydrate in the
northern South China Sea is higher than that estimated from well resistivity log data in the gas hydrate stability zone, but
that free gas is scarce beneath this zone. It is probably the scarcity of free gas that is responsible for the low amplitudes
of the BSRs. 相似文献
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Acoustic behavior of gas-bearing sediments is significantly different from that of gas-free sediments. In situ velocity profiles and acoustic signal characteristics in gas-bearing sediments of the upper several meters of the sea floor in Kiel Bay are presented in this study. Observed velocities in gas-bearing sediments are both higher and lower than those of the gas-free sediments. Small amounts of gas appear to cause signal reverberation without much attenuation. whereas large amounts of gas cause substantial attenuation. 相似文献
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Gwang-Soo Lee Gwang-Hoon Lee Soo-Choul Park Gil-Young Kim Dong-Geun Yoo 《Marine Georesources & Geotechnology》2013,31(2):96-114
High-resolution seismic survey and sediment core sampling were conducted to investigate acoustic characteristics of gas-bearing sediments in Jinhae Bay, the southeast of Korea. The sediment in Jinhae Bay is mostly homogenous mud deposited after the Holocene transgression. Along with the 410 km of chirp seismic profiling, five piston core samples were collected on the track lines. Gassy sediments are common and occur widely in the bay. Core samples were analyzed for sediment texture, physical properties (porosity, water content, bulk density, and grain density), acoustic properties (compressional wave velocity and attenuation), and electrical resistivity. X-radiograph image analysis was also performed to observe the shape of degassing cracks. There is no significant downcore variation on physical and sediment textures regardless of existence of gas bubbles. However, compressional wave velocity dramatically decreases from average 1480 to 1380～739 m/s for the cores that penetrate the gas-bearing zones. This is probably due to degassying cracks that developed by escaping gases and free gas bubbles that are still trapped in the cores. Electrical resistivity is the only geotechnical property that increases in the gas-bearing zone where compressional wave velocity abruptly decreases. This indicates the possibility of using both electrical resistivity as an index variable as well as to compressional wave velocity to identify gassy sediment microstructure because there are little changes in texture and composition of sediment. 相似文献
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High-frequency near-bottom acoustic reflection signatures of hydrocarbon seeps on the Northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope 总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0
Acoustic reflection signatures of four hydro-carbon seeps were classified using near-bottom 25-kHz echosounder profiles.
Echo patterns were compared with ground-truth data obtained by submersible observations and shallow coring. Six echo types
were distinguished: strong reflections from (1) exposed or (2) buried hard substrates, such as authigenic carbonate or gas
hydrate; acoustic scattering in (3) unlayered or (4) layered sediments owing to gas, shells, or disseminated carbonates; (5) attenuation
caused by gas; and (6) undisturbed sediments. Echo type distributions suggest that high spatial variability indicates a younger,
vigorous seep, whereas extensive hard substrate implies an older, encrusted seep.
Received: 29 May 1998 / Revision received: 7 October 1998 相似文献
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Visual observations of the wall of Great Bahama Canyon indicate that ledges produced by differential submarine erosion occur
at depths like reflectors on high-resolution seismic profiles, suggesting lithologic changes produce acoustic impedance contrasts
and therefore reflectors. Quaternary-aged sediments in a core from Little Bahama Bank exhibit changes in lithology (and presumably
acoustic impedance) associated with glacial-to-interglacial transitions, which also correspond in depth to seismic reflectors.
This supports the concept that reflectors on high-resolution seismic profiles of Bahamian periplatform ooze correspond directly
to changes in lithology and may be associated with climate/sea level fluctuations.
Received: 30 June 1998 / Revision received: 20 January 1999 相似文献
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S. García-Gil E. de Blas N. Martínez-Carreño J. Iglesias R. Rial-Otero J. Simal-Gándara A.G. Judd 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2011
Ría de Vigo is a river valley flooded by the sea, with a bay (San Simón Bay) at its innermost part. The accumulation of Holocene sediment in San Simón Bay has been studied by the integration of 1) large scale high resolution seismic data, and 2) detailed geochemical analysis of a gravity core. In San Simón Bay the majority of the seismic records are obscured by acoustic turbidity which represents gassy sediments, but on records from Rande Strait it is possible to distinguish two Quaternary seismic sequences; an Upper Pleistocene sequence (SQ1) and a Holocene sequence (SQ2). Only SQ2 is recognized in San Simón Bay where it is comprised of two seismic units; the upper unit represents the HST sediment, i.e. the period of highest sea level. A gravity core taken within the gassy zone at 10 m water depth provided 3.55 m of fine-grained sediments (muds) from the youngest seismic unit (4 m thick). Geochemical analysis show high values (4 to 10%) of TOC. Sediment and porewater analyses indicate a distinct sulphate–methane transition zone (SMTZ) between 60 and 80 cm where sulphate is depleted (to <1.7 mM) and methane increases (to >0.4 mM). The top of the acoustic turbidity (the gas front) at 80 cm corresponds to the lower limit of the SMTZ. The methane cannot have been derived from the underlying metamorphic and granitic rocks, but was probably derived by microbial degradation of the organic matter in the Holocene sediments. We estimate that the sediments of the Bay contain approximately 1.8 × 106 m3 of organic carbon and 275 ton of methane. 相似文献
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Mapping the floor of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) with a shallow seismic system of 3.5 kHz resulted in interesting data that were not obtained previously with standard single-channel seismic systems. Over most of the lake acoustic penetration is not possible, probably because of the high gas content in the top sedimentary sequence. However, in a few areas, excellent penetration of about 20 m was achieved. One area is a terrace in the southern part of the lake, south of a small bathymetric escarpment at depths of 13–21 m along Israel latitudinal Grid 238. It is unclear whether the existence of gas in the sediment or other parameters are responsible for the marked difference in acoustic penetration on both sides of the scarp.Another area with acoustic penetration is in the vicinity of hot and salty submarine springs. Although there is no difference in the composition of the upper sedimentary layers between these areas and neighbouring areas, there is a marked difference in the acoustic penetration. The contact between areas with acoustic penetration to areas without acoustic penetration is very sharp. The craters of the submarine springs are usually located on the borders of the areas with acoustic penetration or even at some distance away from them. It is possible that the activity of the hot and salty submarine springs controls the acoustic penetration. However, determination of the exact mechanism for the existence of the zones of acoustic penetration must await further studies of the sediments, especially for measurements of various parameters that control the seismic response of the rock.Another discovery made with the shallow seismic profiles is the existence of some bathymetric irregularities on the floor of the Sea of Galilee. In view of the high sedimentation rate in the lake, which tends to smooth the floor, a bathymetric irregularity such as a linear bathymetric step could be a surface expression of an active fault. 相似文献
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The Upper Quaternary seismic stratigraphy and active faults of the Gulf of İzmit were investigated by means of high-resolution
shallow seismic profiling data in the source region of 1999 İzmit earthquake. High-resolution seismic reflection data correlated
with borehole data indicate that the stratigraphy of İzmit Bay consists of three distinct depositional sequences formed in
response to middle Pleistocene-Holocene sea-level changes. Reflector R, separating the pre-Holocene sequences (1 and 2) from
the Holocene sequence (3), represents an erosional unconformity produced by the subaerial fluvial erosion of the continental
shelves at the time of the last glacial maximum. Occasional, anomalous reflections (acoustic turbidity) observed within the
Holocene sequence are interpreted as gas accumulations. The maximum thickness of the Holocene sediments is found to be about
25 m. The isopach map of Holocene sediment implies that the thickness of the Holocene decreases from the east towards the
central and western basins of İzmit Bay. Two distinct fault systems are interpreted in İzmit Bay. The main fault system extending
roughly in an E-W direction along the Gulf of İzmit is an active right lateral strike slip fault with a normal component.
The secondary faults are normal faults striking in different directions and these are identified as being both active and
inactive. In addition, prominent compressive features are identified in the seismic cross-sections of some profiles acquired
to the east of Hersek Peninsula where the focal mechanisms of the aftershocks of the 1999 İzmit earthquake also reveal predominantly
reverse faulting mechanisms, as identified by a local dense seismic network. 相似文献
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使用重力取样器、渔网、深潜器等手段,已经在海底及以下浅表层的区域采获天然气水合物样品,但关于浅表层水合物的发育机制、分布规律、与海底地形的关系等问题还缺乏基本认识。根据2006年鄂霍次克海天然气水合物调查航次的调查数据,发现萨哈林东北陆坡区,特别是中、下陆坡区发育大量海底凸起。这些凸起一般呈不对称的丘形,宽几百米,高几十米。与海底沙波、沙脊不同,海底凸起为孤立海底地形,在南北方向上并不连续。海底剖面仪结果清楚地显示古陆坡凸起的发育。现今海底陆坡凸起的幅度普遍地要小于古陆坡凸起的幅度,个别地方古今陆坡凸起的形态有所变化,但大部分古、今陆坡凸起是一一对应的,基本形态没有根本变化。在萨哈林陆坡地区存在两个方向的挤压应力场,分别是由德鲁根盆地向萨哈林陆坡方向的挤压应力场和萨哈林陆坡沿萨哈林走滑断裂向南的挤压应力场,海底陆坡凸起是这两大应力场复合作用的结果。浊反射区中的游离气是底辟构造中的超高压多相物质向上迁移形成的,浊反射区上方对应的海底凸起应该是宏观构造挤压和局部底辟发育叠合的结果,浊反射区上方的海底凸起,在形态等方面应该和其他仅由挤压构造原因形成的凸起有所区别,比如顶部发育裂口等。在底辟构造中,由于游离气体的向上迁移,在整个水合物稳定域中从下到上,直至海底都可能形成水合物。 相似文献