Structural imaging of Mesozoic sediments of Kachchh, India, and their hydrocarbon prospects

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1043-1050

  Pandey, Dhananjai ^a,c   Singh, Satish ^b   Sinha, Martin ^c   MacGregor, Lucy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IPG Paris   (France)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping Plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deccan basalts; Kachchh; Mesozoic sediments; MT; Sub basalt imaging; Wide angle seismic

Indexed keywords

DECCAN BASALTS; KACHCHH; MESOZOIC SEDIMENTS; MT; SUB-BASALT IMAGING; WIDE-ANGLE SEISMIC;

BASALT; BUILDINGS; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; BASALT; BASEMENT ROCK; CORRELATION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MESOZOIC; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349110404     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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