Interpretation of AVO anomalies
Interpretation of AVO anomalies
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DOI:
10.1190/1.3467825
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发表时间:
2010-09
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3.3
通讯作者:
D. Foster;R. G. Keys;F. D. Lane
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作者:
D. Foster;R. G. Keys;F. D. Lane
We investigate the effects of changes in rock and fluid properties on amplitude-variation-with-offset AVO responses. In the slope-intercept domain, reflections from wet sands and shales fall on or near a trend that we call the fluid line.Reflectionsfromthetopofsandscontaininggasorlight hydrocarbonsfallonatrendapproximatelyparalleltothefluidline;reflectionsfromthebaseofgassandsfallonaparallel trendontheopposingsideofthefluidline.Thepolaritystandard of the seismic data dictates whether these reflections from the top of hydrocarbon-bearing sands are below or above the fluid line. Typically, rock properties of sands and shales differ, and therefore reflections from sand/shale interfaces are also displaced from the fluid line. The distance of these trends from the fluid line depends upon the contrast of the ratio of P-wave velocity VP and S-wave velocity VS. This ratio is a function of pore-fluid compressibility and implies that distance from the fluid line increases with increasing compressibility. Reflections from wet sands are closer to the fluid line than hydrocarbon-related reflections. Porosity changes affect acoustic impedance but do not significantly impacttheVP /VScontrast.Asaresult,porositychangesmove theAVO response along trends approximately parallel to the fluidline.TheseobservationsareusefulforinterpretingAVO anomaliesintermsoffluids,lithology,andporosity.