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MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
Volume 84, Issue -, Pages 274-288Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.04.005
Keywords
Seismic evidence; Gas hydrate; Pockmarks; Zhongjiannan Basin; South China Sea
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- Special Fund for Land & Resources Scientific Research in the Public Interest [201511037]
- CNPC Enterprise Fund [2016A-1003]
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An analysis of 3D seismic data from the Zhongjiannan Basin in the western margin of the South China Sea (SCS) reveals seismic evidence of gas hydrates and associated gases, including pockmarks, a bottom simulating reflector (BSR), enhanced reflection (ER), reverse polarity reflection (RPR), and a dim amplitude zone (DAZ). The BSR mainly surrounds Zhongjian Island, covering an area of 350 km(2) in this 3D survey area. The BSR area and pockmark area do not match each other; where there is a pockmark developed, there is no BSR. The gas hydrate layer builds upward from the base of the stability zone with a thickness of less than 100 m. A mature pockmark usually consists of an outside trough, a middle ridge, and one or more central pits, with a diameter of several kilometers and a depth of several hundreds of meters. The process of pockmark Creation entails methane consumption. Dense faults in the study area efficiently transport fluid from large depths to the shallow layer, supporting the formation of gas hydrate and ultimately the pockmark. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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