Seismic Indicators of Natural Gas Hydrate and Underlying Free Gas
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Résumé
Seismic methods provide the most important means for detecting, mapping, and characterizing the distribution of natural gas hydrate and underlying free gas. Bottom-simulating reflectors (BSRs) are the most common indicator of the presence of gas hydrate. However, gas hydrate has been shown to occur without an underlying BSR, and significant gas-hydrate accumulations can occur well above the BSR. To obtain quantitative estimates of the amount of gas hydrate or free gas in the natural environment, we must examine the elastic properties of sediments with hydrate or gas and compare these with sediments that do not contain hydrate or gas phases. The most important seismic properties are P-wave and S-wave velocities, attenuation, and anisotropy. Because the P-wave velocity of pure gas hydrate is high (3650 m/s) compared with the sediments in which they occur, strong reflectors from the top of massive hydrate layers are sometimes observed. However, bright reflections below the BSR are more common observations and are produced by layers of low-velocity gas-charged sediments. Near-vertical seismic blank zones that extend upward to the seafloor from near the BSR are also detected; the blanking may be produced by vertical fractures that carry fluid and gas to the seafloor or by unusually high concentrations of gas hydrate or free gas within the sediments. Significant near-surface concentrations of massive gas hydrate have been found in some of these structures. Gas or fluid-venting sites are also associated with mounds or pockmarks on the seafloor or with anomalously high-seafloor reflectivity produced by authigenic carbonates or distributions of clam shells in the region of the vent. Borehole studies suggest that seismic attenuation in hydrate-bearing sediments increases at sonic log frequencies of 10–20 kHz. However, it is not clear that attenuation changes significantly at seismic frequencies of 20–150 Hz, particularly in surface reflection studies conducted at sea. The degree to which gas hydrate attenuates seismic waves is currently an active field of research. Recent research is also focused on determining S-wave velocities in hydrate-bearing sediments (particularly using P- to S-mode-converted waves) because S-wave velocities might be a particularly sensitive indicator of how gas hydrate is distributed in the pore space. In addition, P- to S-converted waves provide information on azimuthal seismic anisotropy, which can be used to determine the intensity and orientation of fractures in the subsurface. The hydraulic properties of the subsurface are important to understanding how hydrate-forming gases move through sediments and how gas hydrate is likely to be distributed within them. Recent estimates of gas hydrate and free-gas concentrations reported in the literature, based mainly on seismic velocity anomalies in the marine environment, seem to have converged: (1) regional hydrate concentrations are approximately 1%–10% of pore space in tectonically passive margins and about 5%–30% in accretionary wedges; (2) regional, subBSR free-gas concentrations are typically <4% of pore space in all tectonic environments (often <1%); and (3) hydrate concentrations in local vent structures approach 80%–100%.
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