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Abstract: Use of Seismic Modeling for Reef Exploration in Michigan Basin

Waldo Jackson, Fred Hilterman

The large velocity contrast between shale, evaporites, and carbonate rocks, together with the relatively uniform geologic section of the Michigan basin, makes modeling a particularly useful technique for reef exploration.

Wave-equation models can be generated to aid in the determination of field parameters for optimum noise rejection and processing parameters. Examples show that good surface-consistent Previous HitstaticNext Hit Previous HitcorrectionsNext Hit are necessary to obtain field data which are useful for model comparisons.

Examples of field and model data show good correspondence between the two. One-dimensional modeling using synthetic seismograms can be used very successfully to identify reflections and to predict the response of reefs in a particular area, for the response is very different depending on the presence or absence of salt in the sections. Two-dimensional models using Kirchoff wave theory are useful in Previous HitdeterminingNext Hit the boundaries and thickness of reefs as well as in the detection of reefs. Three-dimensional examples indicate the density of coverage necessary to detect reefs and aid in Previous HitdeterminingTop areal size.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90961©1978 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma