We quantify natural methane hydrate reservoirs by generating synthetic seismic traces and comparing them to real seismic data: if the synthetic matches the observed data, then the reservoir properties and conditions used in synthetic modeling might be the same as the actual, in-situ reservoir conditions. This approach is model-based: it uses rock physics equations that link the porosity and min...

The presence of gas hydrate and associated gas in the Makran Accretionary Prism, offshore Iran, has been confirmed by various seismic indicators, including the bottom-simulating reflector (BSR), amplitude blanking, and bright spot. The pre-stack analysis and the study of amplitude-variation-with-offset (AVO) attributes are the most reliable tools for semi-quantitative study of gas hydrate and f...

here in, an application of a new seismic inversion algorithm in one of iran’s oilfields is described. stochastic (geostatistical) seismic inversion, as a complementary method to deterministic inversion, is perceived as contribution combination of geostatistics and seismic inversion algorithm. this method integrates information from different data sources with different scales, as prior informat...

Earth is inhomogeneous, which means its elastic characteristics change with depth. The seismic method employs the propagation of waves throughout the earth to locate different structures and stratigraphy. Understanding the wave propagation is an important matter in exploration seismology; therefore modeling of seismic wave is an important tool. To validate the interpreted earth model out of the...

S U M M A R Y We discuss two types of physical constraints derived from thermodynamics that can be applied during seismic inversions. The first constraint involves assimilating heat-flow measurements in seismic inversions. This can improve seismic models beneath continents, particularly beneath cratons and continental platforms where uncertainties in crustal radioactive heat production and the ...

Pattern recognition on seismic data is a useful technique for generating seismic facies maps that capture changes in the geological depositional setting. Seismic facies analysis can be performed using the supervised and unsupervised pattern recognition methods. Each of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. In this paper, we compared and evaluated the capability of two unsuperv...

Seismic stations are increasingly used to monitor river activity and quantify sediment transport during flood events. In tropical regions, cyclone-induced floods often associated with heavy rain strong wind episodes, generating complex seismic records involving the simultaneous signature of water, sediment, rainfall wind. Hence, characterization is then required better decipher each process imp...

spectral decomposition or time-frequency representation (tfr) is a powerful tool for analyzing time varying nature of seismic data. mapping of a one dimensional seismic time trace to a two dimensional function of time and frequency reveals some characteristics of seismic signals that are not available in only time or frequency representations. this approach has been widely used in seismic explo...

In recent years, tectonic plate movements have caused huge natural disasters, such as the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and the resulting Asian tsunami, which led to significant loss of human lives and properties (Ammon et al., 2005; Lay et al., 2005). Scientific evidences proved it was the beginning of a new earthquake supper-cycle in this active area (Sieh et al., 2008). In order for scien...