Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2020, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 25-34.doi: 10.11978/2019040CSTR: 32234.14.2019040

Special Issue: 海洋大数据及应用

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Velocity features of gas-hydrate stratigraphy based on OBS and MCS data

Zizheng LI1,2,3,4(), Xuelin QIU1,2,4(), Lei XING3   

  1. 1. CAS Key Laboratory of Ocean and Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou 510301, China
    2. Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
    3. MOE Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
    4. College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2019-04-21 Revised:2019-09-24 Online:2020-03-10 Published:2020-03-10
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFC0309801、2017YFC0307401);National Natural Science Foundation of China(41674092、41730532)

Abstract:

Natural gas-hydrate is a new clean energy resource. The geological conditions in Shenhu area in the northern South China Sea (SCS) are conducive to the formation and storage of gas-hydrate. It is difficult to obtain accurate velocity information from traditional multi-channel seismic (MCS) data, and we can only judge the vertical distribution of geological bodies from the time domain. Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) is a widely used active-source seismic instrument, which can receive clearer air gun signals. Compared with MCS data, refraction seismic data of OBS profiles can reveal velocity information from deeper layers. In this paper, combining the advantages of MCS and OBS, we determine the reflection interfaces on MCS profile, and then obtain the initial model. The OBS and MCS stacking profiles are merged to determine the reflection interface in the OBS profile. The reflection and refraction phases of OBS stations were picked up, and the two-dimensional velocity model of hydrate region was obtained by forward modeling using RayInvr, which solved the difficult time-depth conversion problem in MCS. The final model shows the depth, thickness and velocity of hydrate and free gas regions; it also shows the depth and velocity characteristics of the deeper interface below BSR.

Key words: gas-hydrate, Bottom Simulating Reflection, Multichannel Seismic Exploration, Ocean Bottom Seismometer, refraction phases, forward modeling

CLC Number: 

  • P738.4