2-D velocity structure in Kerala-Konkan basin using traveltime inversion of seismic data |
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| Authors: | Praveen Kumar Singh Kalachand Sain |
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| Institution: | 1.CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute,Hyderabad,India |
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| Abstract: | The existence of gas-hydrates in marine sediments increases the seismic velocity, whereas even a small amount of underlying
free-gas reduces the velocity considerably. The change in velocities against the background (without gas-hydrates and free-gas)
velocity can be used for identification and assessment of gas-hydrates. Traveltime inversion of identifiable reflections from
large offset multi channel seismic (MCS) experiment is an effective method to derive the 2-D velocity structure in an area.
We apply this method along a seismic line in the Kerala-Konkan (KK) offshore basin for delineating the gas-hydrates and free-gas
bearing sediments across a bottom simulating reflector (BSR). The result reveals a four layer 2-D shallow velocity model with
the topmost sedimentary layer having velocity of 1,680–1,740 m/s and thickness of 140–190 m. The velocity of the second layer
of uniform thickness (110 m) varies from 1,890 to 1,950 m/s. The third layer, exhibiting higher velocity of 2,100–2,180 m/s,
is interpreted as the gas-hydrates bearing sediment, the thickness of which is estimated as 100 to 150 m. The underlying sedimentary
layer shows a reduction in seismic velocity between 1,620 to 1,720 m/s. This low-velocity layer with 160–200 m thickness may
be due to the presence of free-gas below the gas-hydrates layer. |
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