Submarine Slope Systems
Evolution and quantification of submarine slope systems: Offshore Nile Delta, Egypt
PhD research by Vicky Catterall, Dr Jonathan Redfern and Prof Rob Gawthorpe
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 PhD project is primarily concerned with the interpretation of high-resolution, 3D-seismic data (provided by BG-Group) from the western Nile Delta slope (Fig 1).
Aim and objectives:
The aim of the project is to quantify the evolving geomorphology of the Plio-Pleistocene slope system and the architectural elements that it incorporates (e.g. channel-levee systems).
The project has a number of specific objectives:
(1) Develop a large-scale seismo-stratigraphic framework for the Plio-Pleistocene sequence;
(2) Place the channel-levee systems into this seismo-stratigraphic framework to understand the large-scale evolution of the slope system;
(3) Quantify channel-levee systems to identify evolutionary changes of architecture;
(4) Determine the role of local controls (faults, sediment supply) against sea-level on the large-scale evolution of the slope system and the architectural evolution of channel-levee systems.
Downloadable files:
Conference abstracts |
Conference posters |
Papers/Abstracts |
Petroleum Geoscience Collaboration Conference 2007. Talk abstract - Highly commended talk prize. (pdf 8kb) |
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Nile conference, from source to sink. University of Manchester 2007 Talk Abstract (pdf 8Kb) |
AAPG conference, Long beach, USA 2007. Poster abstract (pdf 5Kb) |
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BG group Student forum, March 2007, Reading UK |
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