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dc.contributor.authorJaiswal, P.
dc.contributor.authorDewangan, P.
dc.contributor.authorRamprasad, T.
dc.contributor.authorZelt, C.A.
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-06T05:58:30Z
dc.date.available2015-11-06T05:58:30Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Geophysical Research (B: Solid Earth), vol.117; 2012; B10305, doi:10.1029/2012JB009201
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4859
dc.description.abstractIn fine-grained, faulted sediments, both stratigraphic and fault-induced structural variations can simultaneously determine the gas hydrate distribution. Insights into hydrate distribution can be obtained from P wave velocity (VP) and attenuation (QP−1) character of the gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ). In this paper, we apply frequency domain full-waveform inversion (FWI) to surface-towed 2D multichannel seismic data from the Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin, India, to image the fine-scale (100 × 30 m) VP and QP−1 variations within the GHSZ. We validate the inverted VP model by reconciling it with a sonic log from a nearby (∼250 m) well. The VP model shows a patchy distribution of hydrate. Away from the faults-dominated parts of the profile, hydrates demonstrate stratigraphic control which appears to be permeability driven. The QP−1 model suggests that attenuation is relatively suppressed in hydrates-bearing sediments. Elevated attenuation in non-hydrate-bearing sediments could be driven by the apparent pore fluid immiscibility at seismic wavelengths. The VP and the QP−1 models also suggest that fault zones within the GHSZ can be hydrate- or free-gas-rich depending on the relative supply of free gas and water from below the GHSZ.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsAn edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright [2012] AGU. To view the published open abstract, go to http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JB009024
dc.subjectGEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
dc.subjectAQUATIC RESOURCES
dc.titleSeismic characterization of hydrates in faulted, fine-grained sediments of Krishna-Godavari basin: Full waveform inversion.
dc.typeJournal Article


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