2-D Interpretation of Talagang Area

Abstract

Hydrocarbons are one of the most essential parts of economics of any country. Even on a smaller scale, hydrocarbons play a wide role in everyday life. Geophysicists have been trying for a long time for the exploration of hydrocarbons in the Earth and are applying different methods in this regard. Seismic methods are one of the most widely used methods in the exploration of hydrocarbons, especially reflection seismology (used in the present work) has great importance in this regard. Pakistan has a high potential for hydrocarbons in its Northern (Potwar, Kohat) and Southern (Badin, Mari etc) parts. The Indus Basin, including the Kohat Potwar depression, belongs to the category of extra-continental downward basin which accounts for 48% of the World’s known petroleum resources (Riva, 1983). The Potwar sub-basin is dominated by the structural traps and mostly seismic data is incorporated for the delineation of these structures. On the other hand, the incorporation of seismological data for interpreting the structures has not been done yet by previous workers for the area of Potwar. However, in other parts of the world, the integration of seismic with seismology has been carried out for ages. In the present work interpretation of the seismic lines has been carried out in order to study the subsurface structure of the area