Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1996, Page 115

Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1996, Page 115
119 Imaging ofBasalt and Underlying Structures in the Faroese Offshore Area Judith Keser Neish1 and Heri Ziska2 1: Geophysical Consultant, Sandhole Farm, Memsie, Fraserburg, Aberdeen AB43 9BA, U.K. 2: Føroya Náttúrugripasavn/Museum of Natural History, FR-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Úrtak A Norðuratlantsleiðini mynda Føroyar og landgrunnur- in uttan um Føroyar part av einum tí størst agosøkinum frá tertier-tíðini. Stórar nøgdir av basalttilfari vórðu trýstar út um hetta økið í paleocentíðini. Hetta tilfar legði seg oman á jarðfrøðiliga bygnaðin, ið var framm- anundan og forðaði væl og virðiliga fyri, at hetta økið kundi kannast jarðalisfrøðiliga. Serliga, tí eingin jarð- frøðiligur borur til henda dag er farin ígjøgnum hetta gostilfar. Men nýggj framstig frá 1994 og 1995, tá ið jarðalis- frøðiligar staðroyndir skulu fáast til vega og viðgerast, hava borið við sær, at mongdir av nýggjum, nógv bøtt- um staðroyndum eru útvegaðar. Mongdirnar av hesum staðroyndum geva eina mynd av tí, sum er í og undir basalteindunum á teimum økjunum, ið eru meir at kalla lægdir. Harafturat eru skrásetingar av royndum frá hes- um mátingum, sumsiga frá, hvussu víðan vinkul, tær endurspegla, sundurgreindar til tess at tálma snarleika- mynstrið á tertier-strekkinum, sum liggur omaná, og at kanna snarleikaatburðin í sjálvum basalteindunum. Hetta fer at geva nógv ney vari metingar av, hvussu djúp- ar tær eindimar eru, ið liggja niðriundir. Hetta arbeiðið hevur víst, at á serligum økjum ber til seismiskt at sleppa ígjøgnum basalteindimar, sum em út fyri føroysku strondunum og lýsa jarðfrøðiliga bygnað- in, ið liggur undir. Hetta hevur við sær, at tað ber til at gera oljukanningar á Føroyaleiðini. Abstract The Faroe lslands and associated shelf area, located on the western European continental margin between Ice- land and Scotland, are representative of one of the ma- jor Tertiary Igneous provinces of the North Atlantic re- gion. Significant amounts of basaltic material was ex- truded over this area in the Paleocene, superimposing it- self upon the preexisting geological structures and pre- senting a substantial barrier to geophysical exploration in the area, particularly as this volcanic material has not been penetrated by geological drilling to date. However, recent advances in geophysical data ac- quisition and processing in 1994 and 1995 have resulted in the production of new, substantially improved data sets which allow imaging of intra and sub basalt units in the more basinal areas. Further, shot records from these surveys have been analysed for their wide angle reflec- tion information in order to constrain the velocity mod- el for the overlying Tertiary section and to study the ve- locity behavior of the basalt units themselves. This will allow a greatly improved accuracy in the calculation of depth estimates for underlying units. This work has shown that, in certain areas, it is pos- sible to seismically penetrate the basalt units present in the Faroese offshore environment and define underlying geological structures, resulting in a greatly improved vi- ability for petroleum exploration applications in the Faroese region. Fróðskaparrit 44. bók 1996: 119-129
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