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Authors: | Corciulo, M.* Zollo, A.* Vassallo, M.* Dell'Aversana, P.* Morandi, S.* |
Title: | Depth and morphology of reflectors from the non-linear inversion of arrival times and waveforms semblance data. Part II: Modelling and interpretation of real data acquired in Southern Apennines, Italy | Journal: | Geophysical Prospecting | Series/Report no.: | /56(2008) | Publisher: | Blackwell publishing | Issue Date: | Oct-2008 | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2008.00691.x | Keywords: | Southern Apennines non-linear inversion |
Subject Classification: | 04. Solid Earth::04.02. Exploration geophysics::04.02.06. Seismic methods | Abstract: | In order to retrieve a 2D background velocity model and to retrieve the geometry and depth of shallow crustal reflectors in the Southern Apennines thrust belt a separate inversion of first arrival traveltimes and reflected waveforms was performed. Data were collected during an active seismic experiment in 1999 by Enterprise Oil Italiana and Eni-Agip using a global offset acquisition geometry. A total of 284 on-land shots were recorded by 201 receivers deployed on an 18 km line oriented SW–NE in the Val D’Agri region (Southern Apennines, Italy). The two-step procedure allows for the retrieval of a reliable velocity model by using a non-linear tomographic inversion and reflected waveform semblance data inversion. The tomographic model shows that the P wave velocity field varies vertically from approximately 3 km/s to 6 km/s within 4 km from the Earth’s surface. Moreover, at a distance of approximately 11 km along the profile, there is an abrupt increase in the velocity field. In this zone indeed, an ascent from 2 km depth to 0 km above sea level of the 5.2 km/s iso-velocity contour can be noted. The retrieved velocity can be associated with Plio-Pleistocene clastic deposits outcropping in the basin zone and with Mesozoic limestone deposits. The inversion of waveform semblance data shows that a P-to-P reflector is retrieved at a depth of approximately 2 km. This interface is deeper in the north-eastern part of the profile, where it reaches 3 km depth and can be associated with a limestone horizon. |
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