NONSEISMIC METHODS OF HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION IN COMPLEX REGIONS OF A CONTINENTAL SLOPE
M.V. Kruglyakova, V.V. Kruglyakov, and E.A. Lavrenova
Federal Scientific Center Yuzhmorgeologiya, 20 ul. Krymskaya, Gelendzhik, 353470, Russia
Keywords: Hydrocarbon exploration, multibeam echosounding, acoustic profiling, geochemical surveys
Pages: 198-204
Abstract
The paper presents results of integrated detailed surveys by a Simrad EM-12 S120 multibeam echosounder, a MAK-1M deep-towed side-scan sonar, dragging, and gas measurements in surface water on the Caucasian continental slope in the Russian Black Sea. The combined use of these methods proved its efficiency in hydrocarbon exploration in folded and faulted regions of steep continental slopes.
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