VARIATION WITH DEPTH IN SHALLOW AND DEEP WATER MARINE SEDIMENTS OF POROSITY, DENSITY AND THE VELOCITIES OF COMPRESSIONAL AND SHEAR WAVES

Geophysics ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Nafe ◽  
Charles L. Drake
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sediments ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Shear Velocity ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Simple Relation ◽  
Deep Basin ◽  
Depth Relationship ◽  
Compressional Velocity ◽  
Range Of Variation

In a study of the dependence of the velocity of compressional waves in marine sediments upon the thickness of overburden, the velocity‐depth relationship in shelf sediments is shown to be distinctly different from that in deep basin sediments. The difference between the two cases may be illustrated by comparing the straight lines that best represent the data. These are [Formula: see text] shallow water, [Formula: see text] deep water where V is in km/sec and Z is in kilometers. Shallow and deep water are defined arbitrarily to be under 100 fathoms and over 1,500 fathoms respectively. The observed variation of average compressional velocity in the shallow and deep water sediments, taken together with the known limited range of variation of velocity for a given porosity, yields limits in turn upon the porosity‐depth dependence in the two environments. It is shown that at the same depth of overburden porosity is much greater in deep water sediments than in shallow. A physical argument is presented to show that there is implicit in the observed narrow range of variation of velocity with porosity a simple relation between porosity and rigidity. Thus quantitative estimates of shear velocity may be made from compressional velocity alone. In this way the original data are used to place rather narrow limits on the depth variation of shear velocity, porosity, and density. A number of comparisons with observation are employed to test the conclusions at each stage of the discussion.

scholarly journals Trans-border (east Serbia/west Bulgaria) correlation of the Jurassic sediments: Main Jurassic paleogeographic units

2006 ◽  
pp. 13-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Platon Tchoumatchenco ◽  
Dragoman Rabrenovic ◽  
Barbara Radulovic ◽  
Vladan Radulovic
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Marine Sediments ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Carbonate Platform ◽  
Lower Jurassic ◽  
Black Shales ◽  
Upper Kimmeridgian ◽  
Middle Callovian

In the region across the Serbian/Bulgarian state border, there are individualized 5 Jurassic paleogeographic units (from West to East): (1) the Thracian Massif Unit without Jurassic sediments; (2) the Luznica-Koniavo Unit - partially with Liassic in Grsten facies and with deep water Middle Callovian-Kimmeridgian (p. p) sediments of the type "ammonitico rosso", and Upper Kimmeridgian-Tithonian siliciclastics flysch; (3) The Getic Unit subdivided into two subunits - the Western Getic Sub-Uni - without Lower Jurassic sediments and the Eastern Getic Sub-Unit with Lower Jurassic continental and marine sediments, which are followed in both sub-units by carbonate platform limestones (type Stramberk); (4) the Infra (Sub)-Getic Unit - with relatively deep water Liassic and Dogger sediments (the Dogger of type "black shales with Bossitra alpine") and Middle Callovian-Tithonian of type "ammonitico rosso"; (5) the Danubian Unit - with shallow water Liassic, Dogger and Malm (Miroc-Vrska Cuka Zone, deep water Dogger and Malm (Donjomilanovacko-Novokoritska Zone).

scholarly journals SCOUR BEHIND CIRCULAR CYLINDERS IN DEEP WATER

1982 ◽  
Vol 1 (18) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Jorg Imberger ◽  
Des Alach ◽  
John Schepis
Keyword(s):  
Test Data ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Vertical Cylinder ◽  
Shear Velocity ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Marginal Value ◽  
Flume Test ◽  
Cylinder Diameter ◽  
Ocean Sediment

Flume test data is presented for the depth of scour in deep water near a vertical cylinder placed in a uniform sand and a fine calcareous ocean sediment. The ratio of the depth of scour to the cylinder diameter at equilibrium is shown to depend only on the ratio of the shear velocity to the critical shear velocity at which bed motion is initiated. Protection against scour by placing collars around the cylinder is shown to be of marginal value.

Neoglacial Ice Advance and Sediment Provenance Changes in Southwest Greenland and its Marginal Seas Traced by Radiogenic Isotopes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Madaj ◽  
Claude Hillaire-Marcel ◽  
Friedrich Lucassen ◽  
Simone Kasemann
Keyword(s):  
Marine Sediments ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Radiogenic Isotopes ◽  
Labrador Sea ◽  
Coastal Current ◽  
Deep Water Formation ◽  
The West ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Water Formation ◽  
Southwest Greenland

<p>Marine sediments from the West Greenland margin represent high-resolution archives of Holocene climate history, past ice sheet dynamics, changes in meltwater discharge and coastal current intensities. We investigate potential changes of sediment provenances using strontium (Sr) and neodymium (Nd) radiogenic isotopes as tracers for the origin and pathways of the silicate detrital fraction in marine sediments. Meltwater discharge and coastal currents are the most important transport pathways for detrital sediments into (northeast) Labrador Sea, which is an important pathway for freshwater from the Arctic Ocean and meltwater from the Greenland Ice Sheet to enter the North Atlantic, where deep water formation takes place. Variations in freshwater supply into Labrador Sea may influence deep water formation and therefore further circulation and climate patterns on a global scale.</p><p>The marine sediment record collected in Nuuk Trough, southwest Greenland, displays uniform isotopic compositions throughout most of the Holocene, indicating well mixed detrital material from local sources through meltwater discharge and distal sources transported via the West Greenland Current. From around 4 ka BP to present the composition of Nd isotopes reveals a steep (εNd: -29 to -35) and the Sr isotope composition a slight (<sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr: 0.723 to 0.728) but pronounced shift. This time interval coincides with the transition into the Neoglacial time period [1], which is characterized by a significant drop in atmospheric temperatures [2], and the onset of the modern Labrador Sea circulation pattern (e.g. [3]). We suggest that the shift in Nd and Sr isotopes indicates a change towards less distal and more local sediment sources, possibly caused by enhanced erosion of the local bedrock during Neoglacial ice advance [4], along with a decrease in meltwater discharge [5] and coastal current strength, leading to a sediment delivery shift.</p><p>[1] Funder & Fredskild (1989) Quaternary geology of Canada and Greenland, 775–783. [2] Seidenkrantz et al. (2007) The Holocene 17, 387-401. [3] Fagel et al. (2004) Paleoceanography 19, PA3002. [4] Funder et al. (2011) Developments in Quaternary Sciences 15, 699-713, (and references therein). [5] Møller et al. (2006) The Holocene 16, 685-695.</p>

Ambiguities in AVO inversion of reflections from a gas‐sand

Geophysics ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Drufuca ◽  
Alfredo Mazzotti
Keyword(s):  
Unique Solution ◽  
Incidence Angle ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Shear Velocity ◽  
Sand Layer ◽  
Borehole Data ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Compressional Velocity

We examine the reflections from a thick sand layer embedded in shales deposited in an open marine environment of Miocene age. Borehole data indicate that the sand bed is gas saturated. Making the assumptions of single interface reflections, plane‐wave propagation in elastic and isotropic media, and correct amplitude recovery of the actual seismic data, we try to invert the amplitude variation with offset (AVO) response for the compressional velocity [Formula: see text], shear velocity [Formula: see text], and density [Formula: see text] of the gas‐sand layer, knowing the parameters of the upper layer and the calibration constant. The actual reflections reach incidence angles up to 54 degrees at the farthest offset. Notwithstanding the large range of incidence angles, the outcomes of the inversion are ambiguous for we find many solutions that fit equally well, in a least‐squares sense, the observed AVO response. We present the locus of the solutions as curves in compressional velocity [Formula: see text], shear velocity [Formula: see text], and density [Formula: see text] space. To gain a better understanding of the results, we also perform the same inversion experiment on synthetic AVO data derived from the borehole information. We find that when inverting the AVO response in the same range of incidence angles as in the real data case, the exact solution is found whichever starting point we choose; that is, we have no ambiguity. However, if we limit the incidence angle range, e.g., to 15 degrees, the invention is no longer able to find a unique solution and the set of admissible solutions defines regular curves in [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] space. We infer that residual noise in the recorded data is responsible for the ambiguities of the solutions, and that because of numerical noise, a wide range of incidence angle is required to obtain a unique solution even in noise‐free synthetic data.

Deep-basin/deep-water carbonate-evaporite deposition of a saline giant: Loch Macumber (Visean), Atlantic Canada

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Schenk ◽  
Peter H. von Bitter ◽  
Ryo Matsumoto
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Atlantic Canada ◽  
Deep Basin ◽  
Water Carbonate

Shear velocity logging in slow formations using the Stoneley wave

Geophysics ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffry L. Stevens ◽  
Steven M. Day
Keyword(s):  
Error Estimates ◽  
Shear Velocity ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Head Wave ◽  
Inversion Method ◽  
Stoneley Wave ◽  
Fluid Viscosity ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Stoneley Waves ◽  
Compressional Velocity

We apply an iterative, linearized inversion method to Stoneley waves recorded on acoustic logs in a borehole. Our objective is to assess inversion of Stoneley wave phase and group velocity as a practical technique for shear velocity logging in slow formations. Indirect techniques for shear logging are of particular importance in this case because there is no shear head wave arrival. Acoustic logs from a long‐spaced sonic tool provided high‐quality, low‐noise data in the 1 to 10 kHz band for this experiment. A shear velocity profile estimated by inversion of a 60 ft (18 ⋅ 3 m) section of full‐wave acoustic data correlates well with the P‐wave log for the section. The inferred shear velocity ranges from 60 to 90 percent of the sound velocity of the fluid. Formal error estimates on the shear velocity are everywhere less than 5 percent. Moreover, application of the same inversion method to synthetic waveforms corroborates these error estimates. Finally, a synthetic acoustic waveform computed from inversion results is an excellent match to the observed waveform. On the basis of these results, we conclude that Stoneley‐wave inversion constitutes a practical, indirect, shear‐logging technique for slow formations. Success of the shear‐logging method depends upon availability of high‐quality, low‐noise waveform data in the 1 to 4 kHz band. Given good prior estimates of compressional velocity and density of the borehole fluid, only rough estimates of borehole radius and formation density and compressional velocity are required. The existing inversion procedure also yields estimates of formation Q inferred from spectral amplitudes of Stoneley waves. This extension of the method is promising, since amplitudes of Stoneley waves in a slow formation are highly sensitive to formation Q. Attenuation caused by formation Q dominates over attenuation caused by fluid viscosity if the viscosity is less than about [Formula: see text]. However, Stoneley‐wave amplitudes are also sensitive to gradients in shear velocity in the direction of propagation. In some cases, correction for the effects of shear‐velocity gradients is required to obtain the formation Q from Stoneley‐wave attenuation.

Sequential Measurement of Compressional and Shear Velocities of Rock Samples Under Triaxial Pressure

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (04) ◽  
pp. 378-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.P. Desai ◽  
D.P. Helander
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Wave ◽  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Wave Velocity ◽  
Resonance Method ◽  
Shear Velocity ◽  
Berea Sandstone ◽  
Rock Samples ◽  
Wave Velocities ◽  
Compressional Velocity ◽  
Wave Properties

Abstract A laboratory measuring system was designed that can precisely and sequential measure both compressional and shear velocities of rock samples under identical conditions of stress distribution and stress history. This is required if accurate and realistic dynamic elastic properties of rocks are to be determined. The hysteresis effect on velocity pressure characteristics of rock was determined to pressure characteristics of rock was determined to illustrate this point. Lead titanate zirconate transducers were used for measuring compressional wave velocity, and AC-cut quartz transducers were used for measuring shear wave velocity. The system was tested using samples of standard material such as aluminum, steel, brass and lucite. Measurements obtained were accurate within 1 percent. percent. Compressional and shear velocities were measured sequentially on 10 samples of Berea sandstone and two samples of Bartlesville sandstone. It was found that 1. Both compressional and shear velocities increased with an increase in applied external pressure. pressure. 2. Compressional velocity depends upon both external (Pe) and internal (Pi) pressure. 3. Shear velocity depends only upon the differential pressure (Pne-Pe-Pi). 4. The nature of the fluid saturant had little effect on compressional velocity. 5. Shear velocity decreased with an increase in the density of the saturant. 6. The Berea sandstone indicated very little anisotropy. 7. The Bartlesville sandstone showed definite anisotropy. Introduction The various properties of an acoustic wave trainvelocity, amplitude, frequency, etc. may be modified, sometimes quite severely by the media through which the wave has traveled. This suggests the use of wave properties to determine, at least in part, the nature of the material through which the part, the nature of the material through which the wave has passed. To accomplish this successfully requires a reliable technique to for obtaining accurate values of all acoustic wave properties. One purpose of this paper is to describe a recently developed system that can precisely and sequentially record acoustic compressional and shear energies as functions both of time and of frequency. One example of the utility of this system is the accurate measurement of compressional and shear velocities through rock samples subjected to triaxial, i.e., simultaneous but independent vertical, circumferential and pore pressure. Since acoustic velocity and elasticity are closely interrelated, such a system would help to determine realistically the elastic properties of rock samples in the laboratory. METHODS FOR THE INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT OF COMPRESSIONAL AND SHEAR WAVE VELOCITIES Currently there are two suitable nondestructive laboratory techniques for measuring wave velocity through a rock sample under pressure. One is by the resonance method and the other is by the pulse technique. In the resonance method a sample, in the form of a thin wire, rod, or plate, is make to vibrate in the longitudinal, torsional or flexural mode. Resonant frequency is determined by recording the amplitude of vibration as a function of applied frequency; the amplitude is maximum at resonant frequency. For isotropic materials the relationships between resonance frequencies, elastic moduli and acoustic wave velocities are well known. SPEJ p. 378

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