Abstract:
This dissertation presents the 2D seismic interpretation of Khushalgarh area in Kohat
Plateau, which is located in the northwestern apex of the southern deformed fold and thrust
belt.
The key objective of this study is to delineate the subsurface geometry in order to
understand the petroleum system of the concerned area by using different seismic processing
and interpretation techniques. Main emphasize is on the interpretation methodology adopted in
order to illustrate the horizons and faults. Beside this different maps are generated including
time and depth contour maps.
Seismic expression of four seismic lines of the study area (latitudes 33°28’52” N and
longitudes 71°53’50” E) reveals that it needs more investigation over the Recent to Eocene
time span with regard to the structural changes occurring within different parts of the region.
Special emphasis has been made on the E-W structural trend with tight anticlines and wider
synclines in the East of Kohat. As well as it also indicates that the Kohat and Kuldana
Formations are the only representatives of the Middle Eocene in the Kohat Basin. The
geologically folded structure seems to be an E-W directed plunged antiformal peak having the
Khushalgarh area in the centre with a high elevated area.
