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From field analogues to realistic seismic modelling: a case study of an oil-producing andesitic sill complex in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina

View ORCID ProfileOle Rabbel, View ORCID ProfileOlivier Galland, Karen Mair, Isabelle Lecomte, Kim Senger, Juan Bautista Spacapan and Rene Manceda
Journal of the Geological Society, 2 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2017-116
Ole Rabbel
Physics of Geological Processes, The NJORD Centre, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Box 1047, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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Isabelle Lecomte
Department of Geosciences, University of Bergen, Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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Kim Senger
Department of Arctic Geology, University Centre in Svalbard, Box 156, 9171 Longyearbyen, Norway
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Juan Bautista Spacapan
Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CONICET-Fundación YPF, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
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Rene Manceda
YTEC, Av. Del Petroleo s/n – 129 y 143, 1925 Berisso–Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract

Interpretation of seismic data has played a major role in recent advances in the studies of igneous sill complexes. Seismic modelling studies based on field analogues represent a promising tool to close the scale gap between observations from outcrops and seismic data and support seismic interpretation. Virtual outcrop models are commonly used to include high-resolution geological structures in models of seismic-scale field analogues. However, realistic seismic modelling requires not only detailed structural input, but also well-constrained elastic properties and an adequate seismic modelling technique. Here, we present a seismic modelling study of oil-producing andesitic sills in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina, which implements all modelling elements at high accuracy by combining virtual outcrop models, well data and a 2(3)D filtering method. Our results indicate that the modelled seismic signatures of intrusive bodies observed in field analogues are characterized by frequency-dependent interference and strong amplitude variations owing to highly variable elastic properties of both host rock and sills. We demonstrate that detailed waveform patterns observed in real seismic data can be linked to intrusive bodies below the traditionally assumed limit of resolution via realistic seismic modelling. This illustrates how an integrated modelling approach based on field analogues can aid seismic interpretation.

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From field analogues to realistic seismic modelling: a case study of an oil-producing andesitic sill complex in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Ole Rabbel, Olivier Galland, Karen Mair, Isabelle Lecomte, Kim Senger, Juan Bautista Spacapan and Rene Manceda
Journal of the Geological Society, 2 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2017-116
Ole Rabbel
Physics of Geological Processes, The NJORD Centre, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Box 1047, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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