Possible detection of hydrocarbon seepage via high resolution aeromagnetic data of southern Alberta

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Leblanc ◽  
W. A. Morris
Author(s):  
M. H. Chen ◽  
C. Hiruki

Wheat spot mosaic disease was first discovered in southern Alberta, Canada, in 1956. A hitherto unidentified disease-causing agent, transmitted by the eriophyid mite, caused chlorosis, stunting and finally severe necrosis resulting in the death of the affected plants. Double membrane-bound bodies (DMBB), 0.1-0.2 μm in diameter were found to be associated with the disease.Young tissues of leaf and root from 4-wk-old infected wheat plants were fixed, dehydrated, and embedded in Spurr’s resin. Serial sections were collected on slot copper grids and stained. The thin sections were then examined with a Hitachi H-7000 TEM at 75 kV. The membrane structure of the DMBBs was studied by numbering them individually and tracing along the sections to see any physical connection with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes. For high resolution scanning EM, a modification of Tanaka’s method was used. The specimens were examined with a Hitachi Model S-570 SEM in its high resolution mode at 20 kV.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-590
Author(s):  
H. Musa ◽  
N.E. Bassey ◽  
R. Bello

The study of high-resolution aeromagnetic data was carried out over the Gongola basin, upper Benue trough, northeastern Nigeria, for analytic signal depth determination. Total intensity magnetic map obtained from the data using the Oasis Montaj TM programming software was used to get the residual map by polynomial fitting, from where the analytic signal was obtained with the use of anomaly width at half the amplitude (X1/2). This was used to carry out depth estimations over the study area. The results showed that it peaks over the magnetic structure with local maxima over its edges (boundaries or contact), and the amplitude is simply related to magnetization, likewise results also showed that the depth estimates were in the range of 1.2 to 5.9 km and were calculated for contact, dyke/sill and horizontal cylinder respectively. The lowest values are from DD profiles, while the highs are from AA profiles. This work is important in identifying dykes, contacts and intrusives over an area.


Geophysics ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 695-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. K. Bhattacharyya

An automatic method has been developed for compilation of digital aeromagnetic data. This method has been applied to the data obtained during a high‐sensitivity aeromagnetic survey over an area in the Precambrian shield of northeastern Ontario in Canada. With this method, all points of intersection between traverse and base lines are determined automatically and adjusted within the limits of positional error for minimizing differences in magnetic values at the intersections. Then the data are corrected for diurnal variation and leveled to tie the magnetic measurements together. Next, the resulting total field values are contoured with a machine method at a scale of 1:25,000. For such a scale, the minimum contour interval that can be used in the present area is two gammas. However, because of the accuracy of the method of compilation, with a larger scale, it is possible to trace one‐gamma contours. The maps thus compiled have been compared with published aeromagnetic maps of data obtained with conventional flux‐gate and proton‐precession magnetometers. The new maps are vastly superior to the old ones for delineating trends, patterns, and fine features of available detailed geological maps. This superiority is mainly due to the excellent definition of small amplitude anomalies, some of only a few gammas in magnitude, on the high‐resolution magnetic maps.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1545-1558
Author(s):  
E. M Okoro ◽  
K. M Onuoha ◽  
C. G Okeugo ◽  
C. I. P. Dim

AbstractThe renewed quest to boost Nigeria’s dwindling reserves through aggressive search for oil and gas deposits in Cretaceous sedimentary basins has re-ignited the need to re-evaluate the hydrocarbon potentials of the Dahomey Basin. Aeromagnetic data are a low-cost geophysical tool deployed in mapping regional basement structures and determination of basement depths and sedimentary thickness in frontier basin exploration. In this study, high-resolution aeromagnetic (HRAM) data covering the Dahomey Basin Nigeria have been interpreted to map the basement structural configuration and to identify mini-basins favorable for hydrocarbon prospectivity. The total magnetic intensity grid was reduced to the equator (RTE) and edge detection filters including first vertical derivative (FVD), total horizontal derivative (THDR), tilt derivative (TDR) and total horizontal derivative of upward continuation (THDR_UC)) were applied to the RTE grid to locate the edges and contacts of geological structures in the basin. Depth to magnetic sources were estimated using the source parameter imaging (SPI) method. Data interpretation results revealed shallow and deep-seated linear features trending in the NNE-SSW, NE-SW, NW-SE and WNW-ESE directions. The SPI map showed a rugged basement topography which depicted a horst-graben architecture on 2D forward models along some selected profiles. Two mini-basins ranging in basement depths between 4.5 – 6.3km were mapped offshore of the study area. It appears the offshore Dahomey Basin holds greater promises for hydrocarbon occurrence due to the presence of thicker succession of sedimentary deposits in the identified mini-basins.


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