Integrating 3-D Seismic Data with Shallow High Resolution Seismic Data
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University of New Orleans ScholarWorks@UNO University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations Dissertations and Theses Spring 5-19-2017 Evidence of fault movement during the Holocene in Southern Louisiana: integrating 3-D seismic data with shallow high resolution seismic data Joseph P. Frank University of New Orleans, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td Part of the Geology Commons Recommended Citation Frank, Joseph P., "Evidence of fault movement during the Holocene in Southern Louisiana: integrating 3-D seismic data with shallow high resolution seismic data" (2017). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2321. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2321 This Thesis is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by ScholarWorks@UNO with permission from the rights-holder(s). 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The Pennsylvania State University, 2013 May, 2017 Acknowledgements I sincerely want to thank my advisor Dr. Mark A. Kulp for his support and guidance throughout my graduate career. I also thank Dr. Ioannis Georgiou and Dr. Royhan Gani for being on my advisory committee. I must also extend my gratitude to Chris McClindon for his help with acquiring the seismic data as well his guidance with the project. My thanks also go to Michael Brown and Andrew Courtois for their help with performing the field work necessary to complete this study. ii Table of Contents List of Figures .......................................................................................................................................... v List of Tables .......................................................................................................................................... vi Abstract .................................................................................................................................................. vii Chapter 1. Introduction, Organization, and Significance ........................................................ 1 1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose and Hypothesis ............................................................................................................................. 4 1.2.1 Purpose .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.2.2 Hypothesis ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 1.3 Importance ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 2. History and Geologic Framework .............................................................................. 5 2.1 Louisiana Faults ............................................................................................................................................. 5 2.1.1 Baton Rouge Fault System ...................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.2 Fault Slip Rates ................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Lake Borgne and Lake Pontchartrain .................................................................................................... 8 2.2.1 Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne Formation ............................................................................... 11 2.2.2 Lake Framework .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Chapter 3. Intergration of 3-D and 2-D Data .............................................................................. 16 3.1 3-D Lake Borgne Methodology .............................................................................................................. 16 3.1.1 3-D Seismic Data ............................................................................................................................................... 16 3.1.2 Synthetic Seismogram .................................................................................................................................... 17 3.1.3 Well Logs ............................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.1.4 Fault Interpretation ........................................................................................................................................ 25 3.2 2-D Lake Borgne Chirp Methodology .................................................................................................. 30 3.2.1 Chirp System ...................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.2.2 Data Collection .................................................................................................................................................. 31 3.2.3 Chirp Data Set .................................................................................................................................................... 32 3.2.4 Chirp Interpretation ....................................................................................................................................... 32 3.2.5 Holocene/Pleistocene Boundary ............................................................................................................... 33 3.3 2-D Lake Pontchartrain Methodology ................................................................................................ 34 3.3.1 Data Set ................................................................................................................................................................ 34 3.3.2 2-D Interpretation ........................................................................................................................................... 35 3.4 Marsh Imagery Methodology ................................................................................................................. 37 3.4.1 2-D Marsh Imagery Compilation ............................................................................................................... 37 Chapter 4. Results ............................................................................................................................... 38 4.1 3-D Seismic Faults ...................................................................................................................................... 38 4.2 Chirp Seismic Faults .................................................................................................................................. 41 4.3 2-D Seismic Faults ...................................................................................................................................... 45 4.4 Marsh Imagery ............................................................................................................................................. 51 Chapter 5. Discussion......................................................................................................................... 54 5.1 Fault Activity ................................................................................................................................................ 54 5.2 Inactive Faults .............................................................................................................................................. 54 5.3 Preservation of Stratigraphy .................................................................................................................. 55 5.4 Chirp Data Resolution ............................................................................................................................... 55 iii 5.5 River Channel Steering ............................................................................................................................. 56 Chapter 6. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 58 References ............................................................................................................................................. 60 Appendix