2D Seismic Interpretation of Seismic Lines in Khushalgarh Area, Kohat Basin, Pakistan (P-1053) (MFN 3024)

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.