摘要 |
Methods of geophysical exploration are provided for estimating the burial conditions of sedimentary material in a selected basin. The burial conditions can include measures of porosity, lithology, pore fluid pressure, effective pressure, and density. In particular, a reference velocity profile is developed for a model of the sedimentary material comprising the basin and is compared to a velocity profile obtained from seismic data to obtain estimates of the burial conditions of the sedimentary material.
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