Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (4): 515-524.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20260416

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Analysis of Seismic Imaging Characteristics of Volcanic Rocks and Underlying Strata Based on Physical Models: A Case Study of Chaganhua Subsag, Southern Songliao Basin

MIAO He1(), LI Ning1,2(), XING Tingdong3, TIAN Jun1   

  1. 1 Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Northeast Oil and Gas Company, Sinopec, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China
    2 College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China
    3 Geophysical Research Institute, Sinopec, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
  • Received:2025-04-27 Revised:2025-06-20 Accepted:2025-07-26 Online:2026-08-01 Published:2026-07-30

Abstract:

In the southern Songliao Basin, deep strata experienced intense volcanic activity during faulting period. Volcanic rocks act as the critical hydrocarbon reservoir rocks, but they interfere the seismic imaging of underlying strata. It is very important to study the impact of volcanic rocks on seismic imaging of underlying strata. Based on the typical characteristics and elastic parameters of the volcanic rocks in two eruption cycles and the overlying and underlying rocks in the Chaganhua subsag of the Changling fault depression, physical models were built by scaling down, and seismic acquisition and image processing were performed. On this basis, the impacts of the volcanic rocks on the seismic imaging of the underlying strata were analyzed. The results show that equivalent velocity and density models for volcanic rock formations can be constructed using mixed materials with mica powder and epoxy resin as cementing agents to simulate volcanic rock with high wave impedance and high hardness, together with different proportions of organic crystals to simulate different facies zones. These physical models yield the errors of P-wave velocity less than 2%. It is found that the volcanic rocks of Lower Cretaceous Yingcheng formation have great impacts on the well-seismic calibration of the underlying strata, the thickness of the volcanic rocks and the thickness of the underlying clastic rocks jointly affect the well-seismic calibration of the volcanic rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Huoshiling formation, and the seismic imaging-derived velocity in the volcanic rock area is smaller than the actual velocity of the strata. Based on the research results from the physical models, and considering the data of existing wells and previously acquired insights on the thickness and distribution of the volcanic rocks and clastic rocks, grid tomographic velocity modeling was conducted to iteratively optimize the velocity model, improving the compatibility between actual seismic data and synthetic seismogram. This study provides reference for seismic imaging in volcanic rock areas in other regions around the world.

Key words: Songliao Basin, Chaganhua subsag, Yingcheng formation, Huoshiling formation, volcanic rock, physical model, seismic imaging

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