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Christopher Jackson
October 14, 2020 @ 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Hot rocks under our feet; seismic reflection imaging of the processes and products of crustal magmatism
Volcanoes are hot, loud and scary, thus we know little of their internal structure or underlying ‘plumbing systems’. Magma intrusion in the Earth’s crust, and the extrusion of this material on its surface, represent a natural (geo)hazard; however, these processes can also result in the formation of economic quantities of hydrocarbons. In this talk I will show how 3D seismic reflection data can illuminate the structure and emplacement mechanics of these ‘hot rocks’. I will also demonstrate the key role igneous processes and products play in the development of petroleum systems on continental margins.
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Professor Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson
Equinor Professor of Basin Analysis
Basins Research Group (BRG)
Department of Earth Science & Engineering
Imperial College
Prince Consort Road
LONDON
SW7 2BP
UK
Email: c.jackson@imperial.ac.uk
Web: www.imperial.ac.uk/c.jackson
Twitter: @seis_matters
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