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The Anticosti Basin, largely hidden beneath the Gulf of St. Lawrence, includes foreland basin successions that record multiple tectonic events associated with the Ordovician to Devonian evolution of the northern Appalachian orogen. Due to the lack of well ties and minimal onshore exposure, geophysical data must be used in mapping the offshore stratigraphy. Outcropping geologic boundaries are tied to magnetic lineaments that parallel stratigraphy. These lineaments are correlated with reflections on seismic profiles in order to interpret the subsurface. Seismic isochron maps for successive basin development episodes display differences in geometry, implying that orogenic loading varied through time. The geometry and subsidence rates recorded by the Middle Ordovician Goose Tickle Group imply that it formed in a pro-arc setting associated with loading during arc-continent collision that was most intense in the northern Newfoundland Appalachians. The geometry and subsidence recorded by the overlying Long Point Group imply pro-arc loading by Taconian allochthons in the Québec segment of the orogen. Diachronous subduction polarity reversal along the margin placed the Long Point Group in a combined retro-arc and pro-arc setting, comparable to that experienced by parts of the north Australian margin at the present day. The uppermost Silurian to Lower Devonian Clam Bank Formation and Lower Devonian Red Island Road Formation represent foreland basin successions associated with the later Salinian and Acadian orogenies. Their consistent thickness implies a broad, shallow basin, suggesting that the lithosphere was cooler and stronger than during earlier subsidence, and are consistent with a retro-arc setting. 相似文献
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Anisotropy in multi-offset deep-crustal seismic experiments 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Modelling of deep-seismic wide-angle data commonly assumes that the Earth is heterogeneous and isotropic. It is important to know the magnitudes of errors that may be introduced by isotropic-based wide-angle models when the Earth is anisotropic. It is equally important to find ways of detecting anisotropy and determining its properties.
This paper explores the errors introduced by interpreting anisotropic seismic data with isotropic models. Errors in P -wave reflector depths are dependent on the magnitude of the velocity anisotropy and the direction of the fast axis. The interpreted, isotropic, model velocity function is found to correspond closely to the horizontal velocity of the anisotropic medium. An additional observed parameter is the time mismatch , which we define to be the difference between the vertical two-way traveltime to a reflector and the time-converted wide-angle position of the reflector. The magnitude of the time mismatch is typically <1.0 s (when the whole crust is anisotropic) and is found to be closely related to the magnitude and sign of the anisotropic anellipticity. The relationships are extendible to more complicated models, including those with vertical velocity gradients, crustal zonation, and lower symmetry orders.
A time mismatch may be symptomatic of the presence of anisotropy. We illustrate the observation of a time mismatch for a real multi-offset seismic data set collected north of Scotland and discuss the implications for crustal anisotropy in that region. 相似文献
This paper explores the errors introduced by interpreting anisotropic seismic data with isotropic models. Errors in P -wave reflector depths are dependent on the magnitude of the velocity anisotropy and the direction of the fast axis. The interpreted, isotropic, model velocity function is found to correspond closely to the horizontal velocity of the anisotropic medium. An additional observed parameter is the time mismatch , which we define to be the difference between the vertical two-way traveltime to a reflector and the time-converted wide-angle position of the reflector. The magnitude of the time mismatch is typically <1.0 s (when the whole crust is anisotropic) and is found to be closely related to the magnitude and sign of the anisotropic anellipticity. The relationships are extendible to more complicated models, including those with vertical velocity gradients, crustal zonation, and lower symmetry orders.
A time mismatch may be symptomatic of the presence of anisotropy. We illustrate the observation of a time mismatch for a real multi-offset seismic data set collected north of Scotland and discuss the implications for crustal anisotropy in that region. 相似文献
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B. Di Lieto G. Saccorotti L. Zuccarello M. La Rocca R. Scarpa 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,169(2):699-705
Using data from two dense array of short period seismometers, we analyse the kinematic properties of volcanic tremor preceding and accompanying the 2004–2005 eruption of Etna Volcano, Italy. Results from slowness analyses indicate the action of at least two distinct sources. The first dominates the pre-eruptive period, and is likely associated with the main plumbing system feeding the Summit and southeast craters. Following the onset of the eruption, secondary directions of wave-arrival encompass the eruptive fissures, located on the lower eastern flank of the southeast crater. Nonetheless, significant energy radiation from this latter source was also occurring prior to the onset of the lava effusion, likely suggesting the presence of a resident magma batch, in agreement with independent petrologic and geochemical data. 相似文献
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Kalachand Sain Nigel Bruguier A. S. N. Murty & P. R. Reddy 《Geophysical Journal International》2000,142(2):505-515
In order to investigate the velocity structure, and hence shed light on the related tectonics, across the Narmada–Son lineament, traveltimes of wide-angle seismic data along the 240 km long Hirapur–Mandla profile in central India have been inverted. A blocky, laterally heterogeneous, three-layer velocity model down to a depth of 10 km has been derived. The first layer shows a maximum thickness of the upper Vindhyans (4.5 km s−1 ) of about 1.35 km and rests on top of normal crystalline basement, represented by the 5.9 km s−1 velocity layer. The anomalous feature of the study is the absence of normal granitic basement in the great Vindhyan Graben, where lower Vindhyan sediments (5.3 km s−1 ) were deposited during the Precambrian on high-velocity (6.3 km s−1 ) metamorphic rock. The block beneath the Narmada–Son lineament represents a horst feature in which high-velocity (6.5 km s−1 ) lower crustal material has risen to a depth of less than 2 km. South of the lineament, the Deccan Traps were deposited on normal basement during the upper Cretaceous period and attained a maximum thickness of about 800 m. 相似文献
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Distribution of seismic anisotropy in the subduction zone beneath the Wellington region, New Zealand
Shear wave splitting measurements from S arrivals of local earthquakes recorded at the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) broadband sensor SNZO are used to determine a basic anisotropic structure for the subduction zone in the Wellington region. With the use of high-frequency filters, fast anisotropic polarization ( φ ) and splitting time ( δt ) measurements typical of crustal anisotropy are evident, but the larger splitting expected from the mantle is often not resolved. The small splitting seen agrees well with the results of previous studies concerning shallow crustal anisotropy. With the use of lower-frequency filters, measurements more consistent with mantle anisotropy are made. Anisotropy of 4.4 ± 0.9 per cent with a fast polarization of 29° ± 38° is calculated for the subducting slab, from 20 to 70 km depth. Using this result in addition to the results of previous studies, a model is proposed. The model requires a frequency-dependent anisotropy of less than 1.4 per cent when measured with a period of ~2 s to be present in the sub-slab mantle.
Separate from this population, a band of events in northern Cook Strait with an 86° ± 10° fast polarization is seen. This is at about 40° from the strike of the Hikurangi margin, and suggests a source of shear strain 40° removed from that found in the majority of the region. The cause of this is probably a deformation in the subducting slab in this region, as it moves towards a greater incline to the south. 相似文献
Separate from this population, a band of events in northern Cook Strait with an 86° ± 10° fast polarization is seen. This is at about 40° from the strike of the Hikurangi margin, and suggests a source of shear strain 40° removed from that found in the majority of the region. The cause of this is probably a deformation in the subducting slab in this region, as it moves towards a greater incline to the south. 相似文献
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Reserve estimation for hydrocarbon reservoirs can be improved by incorporating values extracted from three-dimensional (3-D)
seismic data with those obtained from more conventional data sources of data, such as drill-core and well-log data. An example
of this improved method is illustrated by an application to the QW pool located in the Buohaiwan Basin in eastern China. Parameter
values extracted from 3-D seismic data extend the knowledge about the spatial distributions of such reservoir parameters as
net thickness, porosity, and oil saturation. To assist in the extraction of these values, different pattern-recognition techniques
can be applied. The results that are obtained by this method offer a more reliable and more credible approach to reserve estimation
and can be applied at every stage of resource extraction from exploration to development. 相似文献
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B. L. N. Kennett 《Geophysical Journal International》1991,104(1):153-154
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David Iacopini Stefano Tavani Sara Pentagallo Vittorio Maselli Marina Dottore Stagna Cynthia Ebinger David Reynolds Arjan van Vliet 《Basin Research》2023,35(1):387-412
The Southeastern portion of the East African Rift System reactivates Mesozoic transform faults marking the separation of Madagascar from Africa in the Western Indian Ocean. Earlier studies noted the reactivation of the Davie Fracture Zone in oceanic lithosphere as a seismically active extensional fault, and new 3D seismic reflection data and exploration wells provide unprecedented detail on the kinematics of the sub-parallel Seagap fault zone in continental/transitional crust landward of the ocean-continent transition. We reconstruct the evolution of the seismically active Seagap fault zone, a 400-km-long crustal structure affecting the Tanzania margin, from the late Eocene to the present day. The Seagap fault zone is represented by large-scale localized structures affecting the seafloor and displaying growth geometries across most of the Miocene sediments. The continuous tectonic activity evident by our seismic mapping, as well as 2D deep seismic data from literature, suggests that from the Middle-Late Jurassic until 125 Ma, the Seagap fault acted as a regional structure parallel to, and coeval with, the dextral Davie Fracture Zone. The Seagap fault then remained active after the cessation of both seafloor spreading in the Somali basin and strike-slip activity on the Davie Fracture Zone, till nowaday. Its architecture is structurally expressed through the sequence of releasing and restraining bends dating back at least to the early Neogene. Seismic sections and horizon maps indicate that those restraining bends are generated by strike-slip reactivation of Cretaceous structures till the Miocene. Finally based on the interpretation of edge-enhanced reflection seismic surfaces and seafloor data, we shows that, by the late Neogene, the Seagap fault zone switched to normal fault behaviour. We discuss the Seagap fault's geological and kinematic significance through time and its current role within the microplate system in the framework of the East African rift, as well as implications for the evolution and re-activation of structures along sheared margins. The newly integrated datasets reveal the polyphase deformation of this margin, highlighting its complex evolution and the implications for depositional fairways and structural trap and seal changes through time, as well as potential hazards. 相似文献
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Max Wyss Malte Westerhaus Hans Berckhemer Ref'an Ates 《Geophysical Journal International》1995,123(1):117-124
The seismicity rate in the Mudurnu Valley of Turkey was studied using an earthquake catalogue that reports events homogeneously down to magnitude 2.3 for the years 1985–1989, and covers the area between latitudes 40.2° and 41.0°N, and longitudes 30.0° and 31.5°E. During this period the only two main shocks, M = 4.0 and M = 4.3, occurred on 1988 September 6 and 1988 December 9 within about 30km of each other. A highly significant seismic quiescence is evident in the area surrounding these main shocks, while the seismicity rate in the rest of the area covered by the catalogue remains constant. the quiescence becomes more pronounced the smaller the area around the main shocks that is studied. the smallest areas that can be studied contain about 60 earthquakes and have dimensions of approximately 25km on each side. the decreases in seismicity rates are 50–80 per cent depending on the volume and period used for defining the quiescence. the quiescence started in 1988 January and lasted about seven months, with approximately 4.5 months of normal activity separating it from the main shock of December. the precursor time of 12 months for an M = 4.3 main shock is similar to those observed in California. It is concluded that it is possible to resolve precursory quiescence before moderate and large earthquakes in the Mudurnu area with the existing seismograph network. 相似文献