Notes on a
Mega-Seismic Section Across the Northeastern Slope of
the Arabian Plate, Iraq
Muhmed, Sabah A. G.,
Iraq Ministry of Oil, Baghdad,
Iraq
The process of building and interpreting a giant seismic section
across the northeastern slope of the Arabian Plate within the territory of Iraq
provides valuable insights into regional geological, geophysical and reservoir
attributes of this significant hydrocarbon province. The description includes
basic information and observations on the geological features and seismic
attributes of the Mega seismic line number (7) that extends in SW-NE direction
from Maania town on the Iraqi-Saudi border to Naft Khana near the Iranian
boarder.
The tops of important Mesozoic and Cenozoic formations known to
exist in Iraq
are represented as seismic reflectors. The paper addresses variations in the
seismic attributes and describes qualitatively changes in the stratigraphic column along the chosen track. It includes
identification of numerous seismic stratigraphic
features that require further investigation to help seismic sequence studies
in the region.
It is hoped that such work will contribute in unifying future
interpretations directing exploration operations and to study, in detail, the
structural and stratigraphic features that previous
studies failed to reveal.