Part One (Scientic Model & Geological Problems)
Geological Setting of the Kwanza Geographic Basin
a) Congo, Kwanza & Benguela Geographic Basins
b) Substratum of the Kwanza Geographic Basin
c) Opening of South Atlanticc.1) Sedimentary & Tectonic Events
c.2) Opening Geological ModelGeological Map the Kwanza Geographic Basin
a) Simplified Geological Map & Structural Sketch
b) Present-Day Geological Knowledge of the AreaGeological Problems of the Kwanza Geographic Basin
a) What is the Salt Substratum ?
b) What is the Bottom of Salt Morphology ?
c) Why the depocenters seem displaced eastward ?c.1) M.Martin & M.Hudek Fore-Deep Hypothesis
c.2) Critical Test of the Fore-Deep hypothesisd) How to explain the Compressional Uplift on the Littoral Area ?
e) How to explain the Depositional Volcanic High?
f) How many Salt Depocenters there are in the Basin ?
g) Where are the Fracture Zones & Depocenters
h) What Role play the Fracture Zone ?Lithostratigraphy & Seismostratigraphy of Kwanza Geographic Basin
a) Unconformities & Sedimentary Basins
b) Transgressive & Regressive Phases
c) Infra-salt Seismostratigraphy
d) Seismostratigraphy of the Infra-Salt Interval in South AtlanticExploration Wells & Stratigraphic Results
a) Exploration & Development wells
Benfica ≠1 ; Benfica ≠2 , Benfica ≠6 ; Bento ≠1 ; Bento ≠2 ; Benza Quitele ≠1 ; Bom Jesus ≠1 ; Cabo Ledo ≠1A , Cabo Ledo ≠3 ; Cacimbas ≠1 ; Cacoba ≠1 ; Cacuaco ≠2 ; Cacuaco ≠5 ; Cacuaco ≠6 , Cacuaco ≠7 ; Cacuaco ≠9 , Cacuaco ≠10 ; Cacuaco ≠11 ; Cacuaco ≠12 ; Calomboloca ≠1 ; Calomboloca ≠2 ; Cambage ≠1 , Capolo ≠1 ; Carimba ≠2 ; Casau ≠102 ; Catanga ≠1 ; Caxito ≠1 ; Chio ≠1 ; Cunga ≠1 ; Denda ≠1 ; Denda ≠2 ; Funda ≠1 ; Funda ≠3 ; Galinda ≠1 ; Kula ≠1 ; Lagostas ≠ 1 ; Lalama ≠ 1 ; Longa ≠1 ; Luanda ≠1 ; Luanda ≠14 ; Lumbondo ≠1 ; Maculungo ≠1 ; Maximende ≠1 ; Mongaichi ≠1 ; Morro Da Cruz ≠1 ; Morro Liso ≠4 ; Mulenvos ≠ 1 ; Muxate ≠1 ; Muxate ≠2 ; Muxate ≠3 ; Paca ≠ 1 ; Pedreira ≠1 ; Petroleo ≠1 ; Pitchi ≠1 ; Pitchi ≠2 ; Puaca ≠1 ; Quembeje ≠1 ; Quenguela N≠2 ; Quenguela N≠4 ; Quenguela N≠51 ; Quenguela S≠1 ; Quenguela S≠14 ; Quilondamo ≠1 ; Sao Bras ≠1 ; Sao Tiago ≠1 ; Sao Tiago ≠2 ; Tanda ≠1 ; Tobias ≠1 ; Tobias ≠11 ; Tobias ≠12 ; Tombo ≠1 ; Tuenza ≠1 ; Uacongo ≠1 ; Uacongo ≠3 ; Zango ≠3.
b) Calibration of Seismic Data
1) Flamingo Well (Angola offshore) ; 2) Labrador Offshore Well (Eastern Canada offshore) ; 3) Australia Onshore Well ; 4) Águia Well (Angola offshore) ; 5) Gaivota Well (Angola offshore) ; 6) Chio Well (Angola onshore) ; 7) Quiçama Wells (Angola onshore) ;
Seismic Surveys & Geological Maps
a) Old Seismic Lines (pre-1972)
b) Reprocessed Seismic Lines
c) SKB Seismic Grid (2012) on GoogleEarth Map
d) SKB Seismic Grid (2012) on Geological Map
e) SKB Seismic Grid (2012) on Fracture Zones & Depocenters Map
Part Two (Geological Conjectures)
a) Assumptions
b) Stratal Implications
c) Geometric Relationships
d) Stratigraphic Boundaries
Part Three (Fault Picking & Seismic Artifacts)
Identification & Picking of Faults on Seismic Data
a) Hyperboles ;
b) Reflected Refractions ;
c) Abrupt Reflection Terminations ;
d) Dipping Seismic Surfaces ;
e) Dip Changes on Seismic Surfaces.Fault Traces in Strike & Dip Seismic Lines
Seismic Artifacts induced by Faulting
Seismic Artifacts induced by Evaporites
Seismic Artifacts in Geological Interpretation of Seismic Lines
1) Canyons ;
2) Canyons & Reverse Faults ;
3) Faulting, Salt Evacuation, Tectonic Inversion ;
4) Age Faulting in Salt Basins ;
5) Auto-Similarity of Geological Records ;
6) Deltas (lato sensu) ;
7) Continental & Delta Slopes;
8) Delta Progradations ;
9) Vertical Exaggeration ;
10) Geometrical Relationships & Unconformities ;
11) Overbank Deposits (Fluvial & Turbiditic).
Part Four (Rational Geological Interpretation of the Seismic Lines)
