Assessing the inversion structure during Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period depending on interpretation of seismic reflection methods: A case study from Horus oil field, North Western Desert of Egypt. | ||
| Bulletin of Faculty of Science, Zagazig University | ||
| Article 39, Volume 2025, Issue 1, April 2025, Pages 58-65 PDF (2.33 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/bfszu.2024.290753.1393 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Marwa El-Sawy1; Ashraf Ghoneimi2; Ali Ali Elkhadragy3; Mohamed Hussian Saad4; Ahmed Ali* 5; Ahmad Abd Elhay Azab6 | ||
| 1Assistant Professor at Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute | ||
| 2Zagazig University, Faculty of Science, Geology Department, 44519, Zagazig, Egypt | ||
| 3Geology department, Zagazig University | ||
| 4Professor at Egyptian Petroleum Research institute, Exploration Department | ||
| 5Demonstrator at Egyptian Petroleum Research institute, Exploration Department | ||
| 6Professor at Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Exploration Department. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The primary objective of this study is to assess the inversion structure and specific structural components utilizing high-quality 2D seismic lines obtained from the Horus oil field. This field is situated in the southern section of the Alamein Basin, positioned above the hanging-wall of a normal fault from the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period. This fault extends in an ENE-WSW direction and bounds half graben trough in the northern margin of Horus oil field. Cretaceous period appears NE-asymmetrical anticline overlying Jurassic rifting. The movements of the tectonic belts resulted in a regional extensional regime during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods. Subsequently, stress movements during the Late Cretaceous to Oligocene period led to the inversion of the Alamein Basin. Numerous NW-SE oriented normal faults, varying in length and throw, dissect the Cretaceous horizons. These faults partition the anticline into multiple blocks. The inversion of this basin is ascribed to the Syrian-Arc event, which prevailed over North Africa at the Late Cretaceous period. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Alamein Basin; Horus oil field; Inversion Structure; Seismic interpretation | ||
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