Linking dynamic elastic parameters to static state of stress: toward an integrated approach to subsurface stress analysis.

S. Tigrek, E. Slob, M. Dillen, S.A.P.L. Cloetingh, J.T. Fokkema

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    Abstract

    Stress is the most important parameter to understand basin dynamics and the evolution of hydrocarbon systems. The state of stress can be quantified by numerical geo-mechanical modelling techniques. These techniques require static elastic parameters of the rocks as input, while tectonic and gravitational forces are given as explicit boundary conditions to compute the local state of stress at different scales. We developed a technique to determine the density and elastic constants at seismic frequencies using full Zoeppritz inversion on angle-dependent seismic reflection data. The dynamic elastic parameters as obtained from seismic data differ from their static equivalents, which are necessary to determine the static state of stress. The dynamic elastic parameters are related to their static equivalents through experimentally obtained relations. In these rock-physics experiments, the static and dynamic elastic parameters are measured simultaneously during different external loading conditions. The experiments used here are all carried out in a tri-axial pressure machine under equal axial stresses. Then pre-stack seismic data analysis in combination with the relation between the static and dynamic elastic parameters, from the rock-physics experiments, provides the input parameters for geo-mechanical modelling. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)167-179
    JournalTectonophysics
    Volume397
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

    Bibliographical note

    doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.10.008

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