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dc.contributor.advisorBuenz, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorTesfamariam, Daniel Adhanom
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T08:22:28Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T08:22:28Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-17
dc.description.abstractThis master thesis study uses seismic modeling to better understand the seismic response of the free gas that accumulates beneath hydrate-bearing sediments. To this end, I developed 12 different geological models ranging from very simple geometries to anticline structures. Within these models, I varied the distribution of free gas in the layers beneath the BSR. Sediment properties were taken from velocity profiles of the Storegga gas hydrate system and the density approximately estimated from a computed Gassmann diagram. Norsar 2D, Norsar 3D and Seisrox modeling programs were used to generate PSDM seismic images. Higher frequencies, large incident angle and long horizontal sampling distances has resulted in the generation of BSR as termination of enhanced reflection. The termination of the enhanced reflections coincided with anticlinal and dipping BSR in this study. The presence of intercalation of gas free and hydrate bearing layers above the dipping BSR and gas free and gas bearing sediments below the dipping BSR led to the termination of enhanced reflection at the BGHSZ. Low frequency, near angle and small sampling distances resulted in proper BSR reflections for the geologic setting mentioned above. Lower frequency and large sampling distances results in termination of enhanced reflection of the BSR. A seismic section from Hydratech data was compared to the synthetic seismic model.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8437
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8010
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2016 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDGEO-3900en_US
dc.subjectGas Hydrateen_US
dc.subjectfree gasen_US
dc.subjectBSRen_US
dc.subjectSeisroxen_US
dc.subjectmodelingen_US
dc.subjectseismicen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Marin geologi: 466en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Marine geology: 466en_US
dc.titleSeismic Modeling of Free Gas Occurrences and Bottom Simulation Reflection (BSR) Beneath Hydrate-bearing Sedimentsen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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