DEEP CRUSTAL REFLECTIONS IN EUROPE

Geophysics ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard P. Dohr ◽  
Rolf Meissner
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Digital Processing ◽  
Ore Deposits ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Seismic Velocities ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Seismic Sounding ◽  
Crustal Structures ◽  
Multiple Coverage ◽  
Reconnaissance Surveys

Deep crustal reflected arrivals in the near‐vertical and the wide‐angle range have been recorded in various parts of Europe. A high resolution of deep crustal structures can be obtained by special seismic investigations. Reconnaissance surveys may be performed during routine prospecting work by using recording lengths up to 15 sec. Several profiles with multiple coverage and digital processing of the data demonstrate the possibility of obtaining seismic cross‐sections down to the Moho. In addition to near‐vertical reflection work, studies of wide‐angle arrivals at distances up to 150 km and more are most favorable for a calculation of seismic velocities in the deeper crust. Ray‐tracing programs have revealed low‐velocity zones at depths below 10 km in many continental crusts. From comparison of reflected amplitudes in the near‐angle and the wide‐angle ranges and from other observations, a lamellar structure in the deeper crust is often detected. Regional differences of various traveltime branches show characteristic crustal structures. It is shown that deep seismic sounding is useful for estimating the shape and development of sedimentary troughs and their connection to oil‐bearing structures, heat energy, and possible ore deposits.

Seismic structure of basalt flows from surface seismic data, borehole measurements, and synthetic seismogram modeling

Geophysics ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1925-1936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moritz M. Fliedner ◽  
Robert S. White
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Structure ◽  
Seismic Velocity ◽  
Synthetic Seismogram ◽  
P Wave ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Seismic Velocities ◽  
Seismic Structure ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Amplitude Variation With Offset ◽  
Velocity Gradients

We use the wide‐angle wavefield to constrain estimates of the seismic velocity and thickness of basalt flows overlying sediments. Wide angle means the seismic wavefield recorded at offsets beyond the emergence of the direct wave. This wide‐angle wavefield contains arrivals that are returned from within and below the basalt flows, including the diving wave through the basalts as the first arrival and P‐wave reflections from the base of the basalts and from subbasalt structures. The velocity structure of basalt flows can be determined to first order from traveltime information by ray tracing the basalt turning rays and the wide‐angle base‐basalt reflection. This can be refined by using the amplitude variation with offset (AVO) of the basalt diving wave. Synthetic seismogram models with varying flow thicknesses and velocity gradients demonstrate the sensitivity to the velocity structure of the basalt diving wave and of reflections from the base of the basalt layer and below. The diving‐wave amplitudes of the models containing velocity gradients show a local amplitude minimum followed by a maximum at a greater range if the basalt thickness exceeds one wavelength and beyond that an exponential amplitude decay. The offset at which the maximum occurs can be used to determine the basalt thickness. The velocity gradient within the basalt can be determined from the slope of the exponential amplitude decay. The amplitudes of subbasalt reflections can be used to determine seismic velocities of the overburden and the impedance contrast at the reflector. Combining wide‐angle traveltimes and amplitudes of the basalt diving wave and subbasalt reflections enables us to obtain a more detailed velocity profile than is possible with the NMO velocities of small‐offset reflections. This paper concentrates on the subbasalt problem, but the results are more generally applicable to situations where high‐velocity bodies overlie a low‐velocity target, such as subsalt structures.

An analysis of some local earthquake phases originating near the afar triple junction

1971 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 1061-1071
Author(s):  
R. C. Searle ◽  
P. Gouin
Keyword(s):  
Travel Time ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Triple Junction ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Northern Ethiopia ◽  
Seismic Velocities ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Seismic Parameters ◽  
Local Earthquake ◽  
Ray Paths

abstract A study of Pn, Sn and Lg phases from 86 earthquakes which have occurred within 12.4° of WWSS station AAE is presented. Travel-time curves for each phase have been determined, and the corresponding seismic velocities have been deduced from them. Velocities of 7.95 km/sec and 4.29 km/sec were found for Pn and Sn respectively. Two different Lg velocities were found: 3.50 km/sec for ray paths between Uganda and Addis Ababa, and 3.73 km/sec for ray paths in the Red Sea and northern Ethiopia. The travel-time curves also allow an upper limit of 48 km to be placed on the crustal thickness under AAE. Regional variations in the efficiency of propagation of Sn and Lg are discussed. Efficient propagation of Lg from epicenters near the center of the Red Sea suggests that not all of the Red Sea floor is pure oceanic crust. Sn is not propagated across northern Afar, suggesting that a gap occurs in the lithosphere there, but it is propagated efficiently across much of southern Afar. Finally, the seismic parameters deduced here indicate the existence of a widespread region of high temperature, low velocity, low density upper-mantle material underlying the Afar triple junction and the surrounding regions.

scholarly journals Wide-angle seismic velocities in heterogeneous crust

1997 ◽  
Vol 129 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Brittan ◽  
Mike Warner
Keyword(s):  
Wide Angle ◽  
Seismic Velocities

Deep crustal structure across a young passive margin from wide-angle and reflection seismic data (The SARDINIA Experiment) – II. Sardinia’s margin

2015 ◽  
Vol 186 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 331-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Afilhado ◽  
Maryline Moulin ◽  
Daniel Aslanian ◽  
Philippe Schnürle ◽  
Frauke Klingelhoefer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crustal Structure ◽  
Passive Margin ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Seismic Velocities ◽  
The West ◽  
Reflection Seismic ◽  
Gulf Of Lion ◽  
Deep Crustal Structure ◽  
Domain Iii

Abstract Geophysical data acquired on the conjugate margins system of the Gulf of Lion and West Sardinia (GLWS) is unique in its ability to address fundamental questions about rifting (i.e. crustal thinning, the nature of the continent-ocean transition zone, the style of rifting and subsequent evolution, and the connection between deep and surface processes). While the Gulf of Lion (GoL) was the site of several deep seismic experiments, which occurred before the SARDINIA Experiment (ESP and ECORS Experiments in 1981 and 1988 respectively), the crustal structure of the West Sardinia margin remains unknown. This paper describes the first modeling of wide-angle and near-vertical reflection multi-channel seismic (MCS) profiles crossing the West Sardinia margin, in the Mediterranean Sea. The profiles were acquired, together with the exact conjugate of the profiles crossing the GoL, during the SARDINIA experiment in December 2006 with the French R/V L’Atalante. Forward wide-angle modeling of both data sets (wide-angle and multi-channel seismic) confirms that the margin is characterized by three distinct domains following the onshore unthinned, 26 km-thick continental crust : Domain V, where the crust thins from ~26 to 6 km in a width of about 75 km; Domain IV where the basement is characterized by high velocity gradients and lower crustal seismic velocities from 6.8 to 7.25 km/s, which are atypical for either crustal or upper mantle material, and Domain III composed of “atypical” oceanic crust. The structure observed on the West Sardinian margin presents a distribution of seismic velocities that is symmetrical with those observed on the Gulf of Lion’s side, except for the dimension of each domain and with respect to the initiation of seafloor spreading. This result does not support the hypothesis of simple shear mechanism operating along a lithospheric detachment during the formation of the Liguro-Provencal basin.

scholarly journals Interface-targeted seismic velocity estimation using machine learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 218 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Nur Schuba ◽  
Jonathan P Schuba ◽  
Gary G Gray ◽  
Richard G Davy
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Seismic Profile ◽  
Velocity Estimation ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Seismic Velocities ◽  
Lower Dimensional Space ◽  
Lower Dimensional

SUMMARY We present a new approach to estimate 3-D seismic velocities along a target interface. This approach uses an artificial neural network trained with user-supplied geological and geophysical input features derived from both a 3-D seismic reflection volume and a 2-D wide-angle seismic profile that were acquired from the Galicia margin, offshore Spain. The S-reflector detachment fault was selected as the interface of interest. The neural network in the form of a multilayer perceptron was employed with an autoencoder and a regression layer. The autoencoder was trained using a set of input features from the 3-D reflection volume. This set of features included the reflection amplitude and instantaneous frequency at the interface of interest, time-thicknesses of overlying major layers and ratios of major layer time-thicknesses to the total time-depth of the interface. The regression model was trained to estimate the seismic velocities of the crystalline basement and mantle from these features. The ‘true’ velocities were obtained from an independent full-waveform inversion along a 2-D wide-angle seismic profile, contained within the 3-D data set. The autoencoder compressed the vector of inputs into a lower dimensional space, then the regression layer was trained in the lower dimensional space to estimate velocities above and below the targeted interface. This model was trained on 50 networks with different initializations. A total of 37 networks reached minimum achievable error of 2 per cent. The low standard deviation (<300  m s−1) between different networks and low errors on velocity estimations demonstrate that the input features were sufficient to capture variations in the velocity above and below the targeted S-reflector. This regression model was then applied to the 3-D reflection volume where velocities were predicted over an area of ∼400 km2. This approach provides an alternative way to obtain velocities across a 3-D seismic survey from a deep non-reflective lithology (e.g. upper mantle) , where conventional reflection velocity estimations can be unreliable.

The Realities of Friction in Metal Plastic Flow With Corresponding Results During Metal Cutting

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Lortz ◽  
Radu Pavel
Keyword(s):  
Internal Friction ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Plastic Flow ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Chip Formation ◽  
Metal Cutting ◽  
Material Behavior ◽  
Deformation Pattern ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
As Stress

Abstract Metal cutting is a dynamic process with two types of friction: on the one hand, external friction between two different bodies, and on the other hand, an internal friction inside the same material, due to plastic flow. These two different types of friction lead to different chip formation processes. In the case of built-up-edge (BUE), low velocity creates low energy, resulting in a self-hardening effect with BUE. With increasing velocity, the energy will increase and will result in high temperatures with a built-up-layer (BUL). Furthermore, under special circumstances, friction will lead to a self-blockade (a self-blocking state). This situation describes the third stage in metal plastic flow — the creation of a segmental chip. In this case the internal friction takes over. One question arises: “How can we determine these two types of different friction?” For solving these phenomena new fundamental equations based on mathematics, physics and material behavior have to be developed. This paper presents newly developed equations, which deliver the theoretical distribution of yield shear stress as well as strain rate with corresponding grid deformation pattern in metal plastic flow. For an actual cut, the plastic deformation pattern remains when the process is stopped, and therefore the theoretical result can be compared with cross-sections of the relevant chip formation areas — contrary to outputs such as stress, strain rate and temperatures which are all functions of position and time. All this will be shown and discussed in the paper, and stands in good agreement with experimental results.

Crustal velocity structure of the southern Nechako basin, British Columbia, from wide-angle seismic traveltime inversion1This article is one of a series of papers published in this Special Issue on the theme of New insights in Cordilleran Intermontane geoscience: reducing exploration risk in the mountain pine beetle-affected area, British Columbia.

2011 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1050-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.L. Stephenson ◽  
G.D. Spence ◽  
K. Wang ◽  
J.A. Hole ◽  
K.C. Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Velocity Structure ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Velocity Model ◽  
Seismic Profile ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Seismic Velocities ◽  
Coast Mountains

In the BATHOLITHSonland seismic project, a refraction – wide-angle reflection survey was shot in 2009 across the Coast Mountains and Interior Plateau of central British Columbia. Part of the seismic profile crossed the Nechako Basin, a Jurassic–Cretaceous basin with potential for hydrocarbons within sedimentary strata that underlies widespread volcanic rocks. Along this 205 km-long line segment, eight large explosive shots were fired into 980 seismometers. Forward and inverse modelling of the traveltime data were conducted with two independent methods: ray-tracing based modelling of first and secondary arrivals, and a higher resolution wavefront-based first-arrival seismic tomography. Material with velocities less than 5.0 km/s is interpreted as sedimentary rocks of the Nechako Basin, while velocities from 5.0–6.0 km/s may correspond to interlayered sedimentary and volcanic rocks. The greatest thickness of sedimentary rocks in the basin is found in the central 110 km of the profile. Two sub-basins were identified in this region, with widths of 20–50 km and maximum sedimentary depths of 2.5 and 3.3 km. Such features are well-defined in the velocity model, since resolution tests indicate that features with widths greater than ∼13 km are reliable. Beneath the sedimentary rocks, seismic velocities increase more slowly with depth — from 6.0 km/s just below the basin to 6.3 km/s at ∼17 km in depth, and then to 6.8–7.0 km/s at the base of the crust. The Moho is found at a depth of 33.5–35 km beneath the profile, and mantle velocities are high at 8.05–8.10 km/s.

Toward Simultaneous Determination of Bulk Crustal Properties Using Virtual Deep Seismic Sounding

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 1387-1392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Chen ◽  
Wang-Ping Chen
Keyword(s):  
Wave Train ◽  
Silica Content ◽  
P Wave ◽  
Deep Seismic Sounding ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Virtual Source ◽  
S Wave ◽  
Large Signal ◽  
Seismic Sounding ◽  
Central Tibet

ABSTRACT We augment the method of virtual deep seismic sounding (VDSS) by adding the phases Sp, the SV-P conversion across the Moho, to determine the average speed of the S wave (VS) in the crust. VDSS uses the strong SV-P conversion below the free surface from teleseismic earthquakes as a virtual source for wide-angle reflections of the P wave. The large signal generated by the virtual source is the strongest aspect of VDSS in which no stacking is necessary to build up the signal. Previous work used the large moveout of the wide-angle reflection, phase SsPmp, relative to the direct S-wave arrival, phase Ss, to minimize the trade-off between bulk P-wave speed (VP) and thickness of the crust (H). It is then straightforward to use the timing of the phase Sp to constrain VS. As examples, we show that this method works for data from both temporary and permanent seismic deployments in contrasting tectonic settings. Specifically, VS under station FORT in western Australia and H1620 in central Tibet are 3.77±0.08 and 3.42±0.11  km/s, respectively. This development complements the undertaking of using information from only the S-wave train to extract all three seismic parameters of the bulk crust, VP, VS, and H. These parameters are important for constraining overall silica content of the crust.

scholarly journals Deep Crustal Structures Interpreted from Potential Field Data along the Deep Seismic Sounding Transect across Olympic Dam, South Australia

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Irena Kivior ◽  
David Boyd ◽  
David Tucker ◽  
Stephen Markham ◽  
Francis Vaughan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potential Field ◽  
Field Data ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Deep Seismic Sounding ◽  
Potential Field Data ◽  
Seismic Sounding ◽  
Crustal Structures ◽  
Olympic Dam

Effect of Injected Longitudinal Vorticity on Particle Dispersion in a Swirling, Coaxial Jet

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 766-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan B. Wicker ◽  
John K. Eaton
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Laser Sheet ◽  
Concentration Field ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Digital Processing ◽  
Particle Dispersion ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Swirling Jet ◽  
The Mean

A Passive particle dispersion control technique was investigated in which longitudinal vortices were injected into a developing coaxial swirling jet with sufficient annular swirl for flow recirculation to occur. Four vortex generators, separated by 90 degrees and placed along the outside of the annular nozzle, injected vorticity opposite in sign to the mean swirl, significantly altering the structure of the swirling jet. The injected vorticity competed with the mean swirl to reduce azimuthal particle flinging and to disrupt the development of the vortex rings in the outer shear layer. Axial flow visualization showed the formation of axial structures at the forcing frequency but considerable azimuthal asymmetry. Horizontal cross sections showed a four-lobed structure which persisted in the natural jet for at least eight inner jet diameters. The particle concentration field was measured using digital processing of pulsed laser sheet images. Outward radial particle dispersion reduced while inward dispersion toward the jet centerline increased indicating that the injected vorticity sufficiently reduced particle flinging by large-scale vortices.

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