Characterization and remote detection of onshore hydrocarbon seep - induced alteration

Abstract

Thesis reviews previously published remote sensing studies on hydrocarbon seep-induced alteration; describes quantitatively the spatial pattern and spatial distribution of oil/gas seeps and their associated alterations with geological features; analyses the spectral and chemical characteristics of alteration induced by hydrocarbon seep from field data in order to getting a better understanding of oil and gas migration through the stratigraphy in relation to the various types of seeps in the Zagros belt and investigate the potential of detection of hydrocarbon seep-induced alteration for petroleum explorations; applied a template matching algorithm to ASTER data; investigates whether high spatial resolution WV2 satellite imagery and multispectral ASTER are able to detect gas-induced alterations in the Mishan marly limestone Formation.