Advances in seismological methods for characterizing fault zone structure

Large earthquakes frequently occur along complex fault systems.Understanding seismic rupture and long-term fault evolution requires constraining the geometric and material properties of fault zone structures.We provide a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in seismological methods used to study fault zone structures,including seismic tomography,fault zone seismic wave analysis,and seismicity analysis.Observational conditions limit our current ability to fully characterize fault zones,for example,insufficient imaging resolution to discern small-scale anomalies,incomplete capture of crucial fault zone seismic waves,and limited precision in event location accuracy.Dense seismic arrays can overcome these limitations and enable more detailed investigations of fault zone structures.Moreover,we present new insights into the structure of the Anninghe-Xiaojiang fault zone in the southeastern margin of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau based on data collected from a dense seismic array.We found that utilizing a dense seismic array can identify small-scale features within fault zones,aiding in the interpretation of fault zone geometry and material properties.

A new numerical well testing approach: Application to characterization of complex fault structures

Fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs and consequently optimum scenario for hydrocarbon production,is heavily influenced by reservoir heterogeneities.Faults are one of the most common types of heterogeneity found in reservoirs.Leaky faults,baffles(limited extent faults)and complex multiple fault geometries are among the most complicated and important types of faults that are difficult to characterize.Leaky faults,unlike the sealing faults,are in partial communication with other portions of the reservoir.Because of faults'effect on reservoir connectivity and possible infill drilling plan for accessing all parts of the reservoirs,possible communication across the fault must be precisely modeled.In order to detect the effect of a fault on communication within the reservoir,we need to analyze dynamic data.There are a few analytical methods for modelling partially communicating faults,however,these methods may not be accurate enough and may be limited in application,especially in complex situations.Numerical methods(i.e.finite difference or finite element)are also not computationally economical when a large number of grid blocks are simulated.In the current work,the Fast Marching Method(FMM)is applied to effectively mimic fluid flow in the heterogeneous areas,such as complex faults.It is shown that FMM can capture the effect of different fault configurations on the bottom hole pressure and is also able to capture different linear,radial and spherical flows.

New Recognition about Faulted Structures in Tarim Basin

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New approach for the digital reconstruction of complex mine faults and its application in mining

Visualization of complex geological structures can technically support the accurate prediction and prevention of coal mine disasters.This study proposed a new digital reconstruction method to visualize geological structures based on establishing a virtual model in the digital twin system.This methodology for the digital reconstruction of complex fault structures comprises the following four aspects:(1)collection and fdelity of multi-physical feld data of the fault structures,(2)the transmission of multi-physical feld data,(3)the normalization of multi-physical feld data,and(4)digital model reconstruction of fault structures.The key scientifc issues of this methodology to be resolved include in situ fdelity of multi-feld data and normalized programming of multi-source data.In addition,according to the geological background and conditions in Da’anshan coal mine in western Beijing,China,a preliminary attempt is made to reconstruct a digital model of fault and fold structures using the methodology proposed in this study.

Study on fault-controlled hydrocarbon migration and accumulation process and models in Zhu I Depression

Through the analysis of the faults and their internal structure in Zhu I Depression,it is found that the internal structure of the late fault is obviously segmented vertically.It develops unitary structure(simple fault plane)in shallow layers,binary structure(induced fracture zone in hanging wall and sliding fracture zone in footwall)in middle,layers and ternary structure(induced fracture zone in hanging wall and sliding fracture zone in middle,and induced fracture zone in footwall)in deep layers.Because the induced fracture zone is a high porosity and permeability zone,and the sliding fracture zone is a low porosity and ultra-low permeability zone,the late fault in middle layers has the character of"transporting while sealing".The late fault can transport hydrocarbon by its induced fracture zone in the side of the hanging wall and seal hydrocarbon by its sliding fracture zone in the side of the footwall.In deep layers,the late fault has the character of"dual-transportation",induced fracture zones in both sides of hanging wall and footwall can transport hydrocarbon.The early fault that only developed in the deep layers is presumed to be unitary structure,which plays a completely sealing role in the process of hydrocarbon migration and accumulation due to inactivity during the hydrocarbon filling period.Controlled by hydrocarbon source,early/late faults,sand bodies and traps,two reservoir-forming models of"inverted L"and"stereo-spiral"can be proposed in middle layers,while two reservoir-forming models of"cross fault"and"lateral fault sealing"are developed in the deep layers of Zhu I Depression.

Characteristics and origin of continental marginal fault depressions under the background of preexisting subduction continental margin,northern South China Sea,China

Based on the new seismic and drilling data and the recent related research results,this paper systematically analyzes the diversity and complexity of evolution process of crustal lithosphere structure and basin structure in the Pearl River Mouth Basin on the northern margin of the South China Sea.Three types of detachment faults of different structural levels exist:crust-mantle detachment,inter-crust detachment and upper crust detachment.It is considered that different types of extensional detachment control different subbasin structures.Many fault depressions controlled by upper crust detachment faults have been found in the Zhu I Depression located in the proximal zone.These detachment faults are usually reformed by magma emplacement or controlled by preexisting faults.Baiyun-Liwan Sag located in the hyperextension area shows different characteristics of internal structure.The Baiyun main sag with relative weak magmatism transformation is a wide-deep fault depression,which is controlled by crust-mantle detachment system.Extensive magmatism occurred in the eastern and southwest fault steps of the Baiyun Sag after Middle Eocene,and the crust ductile extensional deformation resulted in wide-shallow fault depression controlled by the upper crust detachment fault.Based on the classical lithosphere extensional breaking and basin tectonic evolution in the Atlantic margin,it is believed that the magmatic activities and pre-existing structures in the Mesozoic subduction continental margin background are important controlling factors for the diversified continental margin faulted structures in the northern South China Sea.

Fault Tolerant Suffix Trees

Classical algorithms and data structures assume that the underlying memory is reliable,and the data remain safe during or after processing.However,the assumption is perilous as several studies have shown that large and inexpensive memories are vulnerable to bit flips.Thus,the correctness of output of a classical algorithm can be threatened by a few memory faults.Fault tolerant data structures and resilient algorithms are developed to tolerate a limited number of faults and provide a correct output based on the uncorrupted part of the data.Suffix tree is one of the important data structures that has widespread applications including substring search,super string problem and data compression.The fault tolerant version of the suffix tree presented in the literature uses complex techniques of encodable and decodable error-correcting codes,blocked data structures and fault-resistant tries.In this work,we use the natural approach of data replication to develop a fault tolerant suffix tree based on the faulty memory random access machine model.The proposed data structure stores copies of the indices to sustain memory faults injected by an adversary.We develop a resilient version of the Ukkonen’s algorithm for constructing the fault tolerant suffix tree and derive an upper bound on the number of corrupt suffixes.

Ore-controlling effect of structure and distribution of deep rock mass on Pb-Zn deposit in Qingchengzi ore concentration area,Liaoning

Qingchengzi ore concentration area in Liao-Ji rift is an important lead-zinc ore area of China,and the deep prospecting in this area has great prospects.Based on the spatial occurrence of ore bodies the Pb-Zn deposit can be divided into three types:layered,vein-shaped and pinnate.The deep geological conditions in this area are deduced by analyzing the tectonic evolution process and rock mass gravity inversion.The tectonic evolution of Liao-Ji rift can be divided into three stages:Paleoproterozoic extension period,Mesoproterozoic compression period and Mesozoic reactivation period.The magmatic activities in the Indosinian epoch led to the distribution pattern of the present deposits.According to the gravity inversion,Shuangdinggou-and Xinling rock masses on the north and south sides of the mining area are connected in the deep.The connected rock body might be distributed in the entire mining area.Xinling rock mass may be a branch extending from Shuangdinggou rock mass along the northeast trending fault,the connected rocks provide magmatic hydrothermal fluid for the final,folds and faults result in different types of ore body shapes.