Submarine Slope Systems
3D seismic interpretation of Channel and Mass transport complex interactions: Nile Delta
Research by Dr Dorthe Hansen and Victoria Catterall
Introduction:
The Nile Delta is an active area of hydrocarbon exploration and in recent years submarine channel systems have become successful plays. Submarine channels are abundant in the study area and played a key role in the transport of sediment downslope from the Nile shelf to the deep-sea. Despite the importance of these channel systems for hydrocarbon exploration and the wealth of information they contain about climatic and tectonic processes, little is known about their evolution.
This project will be primarily concerned with the interpretation of high-resolution, shallow 3D-seismic data (provided by BG-Group) from the western Nile Delta slope (fig 1).
Aim and objectives:
This project will assess the relationship between channel systems and mass transport complexes based upon the PhD work of Vicky Caterall and postdoctoral work by Dr Dorthe Hansen.
