Three-dimensional seismic imaging of a dynamic Earth

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1763, 1999, Pages 3359-3375

  Lonergan, Lidia ^a   White, Nicky ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Hydrocarbons; Sedimentary basins; Seismic imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347037897     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1999.0498     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Brown, A. R. 1996 Interpretation of three-dimensional seismic data, 4th edn. AAPG Memoir, no. 42. Tulsa, OK: AAPG.
2. Cartwright, J. A. & Lonergan, L. 1996 Volumetric contraction during the compaction of mudrocks: a mechanism for the development of regional-scale polygonal fault systems. Basin Res. 8, 183-193.
3. Dewhurst, D. N., Cartwright, J. A. & Lonergan, L. 1999 The development of polygonal fault systems by syneresis of colloidal sediments. Marine Petroleum Geol. 16, 793-810.
4. Fowler, C. M. R. 1990 The solid Earth. Cambridge University Press.
5. Jackson, J. A. 1987 Active normal faulting and crustal extension. In Continental extensional tectonics (ed. M. P. Coward, J. F. Dewey & P. L. Hancock), pp. 3-17. Geological Society Special Publication, no. 28.
6. Klemperer, S. & Hobbs, R. W. 1991 The BIRPS Atlas. Deep seismic reflection profiles around the British Isles. Cambridge University Press.
7. McKenzie, D. P. 1978 Some remarks on the development of sedimentary basins. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 40, 25-32.
8. Sandwell, D. T. & Smith, W. H. F. 1992 Global marine gravity from ERS-1, Geosat and Seasat reveals new tectonic fabric. Eos 73, 133.
9. Singh, S. C., Sinha, M. C., Harding, A. J., Kent, G. M., Barton, P. J., Orcutt, J. A., White, R. S., Hobbs, R. W. and ARAD Group Participants 1999 First 3D seismic reflection imaging of a mid-ocean ridge: the ARAD experiment at 9° 03′ N, East Pacific Rise. Eos 80, 181-185.
10. White, N. & Lovell, B. 1997 Measuring the pulse of a plume with the sedimentary record. Nature 387, 888-891.
11. Yilmaz, O. 1987 Seismic data processing. Tulsa, OK: Society of Exploration Geophysicists.