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Subsurface Geological Structure and Tectonics as Evidenced from Integrated Interpretation of Aeromagnetic and Remote Sensing Data over Kutch Sedimentary Basin, Western India


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1 National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Hyderabad 500 037, India
2 F. No. 505, Prashant Towers, Alkapuri, Hyderabad 500 035, India
3 F. No. 402, Manasasarovar Apartment, Kalyan Nagar, Hyderabad 500 038, India
4 Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695 547, India
 

A number of magnetic zones, faults, lineaments and domal structures were interpreted based on the analysis of aeromagnetic data. Magnetic basement depth and thickness of the sediments were computed by means of quantitative interpretation techniques. A number of alternate basement ridges/highs/uplifted blocks and depressions/lows/downthrown blocks were also delineated. The lithological variations, major folding and faulting patterns, circular spectral anomalies and other geological structures were interpreted from IRS-1C satellite data. The tectonic framework and deformational history of the basin were deduced. The results obtained from the interpretation of aeromagnetic and satellite data were then integrated and the potential zones of hydrocarbon deposits and vulnerable areas for earthquake occurrence were derived.

Keywords

Aeromagnetic and Satellite Data, Basement Depth, Hydrocarbons, Earthquakes.
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  • Subsurface Geological Structure and Tectonics as Evidenced from Integrated Interpretation of Aeromagnetic and Remote Sensing Data over Kutch Sedimentary Basin, Western India

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Authors

P. Chandrasekhar
National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Hyderabad 500 037, India
K. Chandra Mouli
F. No. 505, Prashant Towers, Alkapuri, Hyderabad 500 035, India
D. P. Rao
F. No. 402, Manasasarovar Apartment, Kalyan Nagar, Hyderabad 500 038, India
V. K. Dadhwal
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695 547, India

Abstract


A number of magnetic zones, faults, lineaments and domal structures were interpreted based on the analysis of aeromagnetic data. Magnetic basement depth and thickness of the sediments were computed by means of quantitative interpretation techniques. A number of alternate basement ridges/highs/uplifted blocks and depressions/lows/downthrown blocks were also delineated. The lithological variations, major folding and faulting patterns, circular spectral anomalies and other geological structures were interpreted from IRS-1C satellite data. The tectonic framework and deformational history of the basin were deduced. The results obtained from the interpretation of aeromagnetic and satellite data were then integrated and the potential zones of hydrocarbon deposits and vulnerable areas for earthquake occurrence were derived.

Keywords


Aeromagnetic and Satellite Data, Basement Depth, Hydrocarbons, Earthquakes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi01%2F174-185