Seismic response to natural gas anomalies in crystalline rocks  

作　　者：YANG WenCai JIN ZhenMin YU ChangQing 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Geology,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Beijing 100037,China [2]Facuty of Earth Sciences,China University of Geosciences,Wuhan 430074,China

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2008年第12期1726-1736,共11页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2003CB716505);Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Program

摘　　要：According to the geological and seismic reflection data of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling (CCSD) main-hole (MH), and the anomalies of CH4, CO2, and He are correlated to the three-component seismic reflectors, especially in horizontal component profiles. However, the seismic response is dif-ficult to be explained as the porosity of crystalline rocks is only about 1% in well section where the gas anomalies occur. Seismic velocity measurement of the MH cores indicated that compared with wa-ter-saturated rock samples, seismic velocity (especially the S-wave) could be distinctly decreased by gas contained in tiny cracks despite of the low porosity, and then notable seismic response could be induced in gas-filled crystalline rocks. It could be predicated that if the porosity of certain rocks in the middle crust rose due to water-rock interaction and had natural gas filled, then there would be more probability for natural gas in top of the mid-crust to fill in the crystalline rocks with increased porosity. In such case, based on the decrease of Swave velocity in crystalline rocks, seismic method could be applied in the future to explore natural gas reservoirs in the middle crust.According to the geological and seismic reflection data of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling (CCSD) main-hole (MH), and the anomalies of CH4, CO2, and He are correlated to the three-component seismic reflectors, especially in horizontal component profiles. However, the seismic response is difficult to be explained as the porosity of crystalline rocks is only about 1% in well section where the gas anomalies occur. Seismic velocity measurement of the MH cores indicated that compared with water-saturated rock samples, seismic velocity (especially the S-wave) could be distinctly decreased by gas contained in tiny cracks despite of the low porosity, and then notable seismic response could be induced in gas-filled crystalline rocks. It could be predicated that if the porosity of certain rocks in the middle crust rose due to water-rock interaction and had natural gas filled, then there would be more probability for natural gas in top of the mid-crust to fill in the crystalline rocks with increased porosity. In such case, based on the decrease of S-wave velocity in crystalline rocks, seismic method could be applied in the future to explore natural gas reservoirs in the middle crust.

关 键 词：SCIENTIFIC drilling CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT gas ANOMALIES in CRUST seismic reflection PETROPHYSICS 

分 类 号：P315[天文地球—地震学]