Petroleum Geosciences and Geophysics

Project Description

The Sulaiman fold belt is a major tectonic feature, located at the western terminus of the Indian Plate.  It is seismically most active and economically important recognized as the most important petroleum province of Pakistan.  The seismicity is distributed in the form of two peculiar bands in the Sulaiman fold belt. One band of seismicity is located in the frontal part of the Sulaiman fold belt.  This area is structurally characterized by the presence of surface folds with discovery of several gas fields and absence of emergent thrust. The other band of seismicity is located in the central part of the Sulaiman fold belt.  This area is structurally characterized by the presence of surface faults and limited hydrocarbon exploration activities.   The faults are poorly understood in this area with limited geological mapping which is based mainly on satellite images and air-photo interpretation (Kazmi and Rana 1982; Bannert et al., 1992).  It is critical to resolve the nature of the faults with consideration of their continuity, displacement, and depth of penetration for earthquake hazard assessments, and hydrocarbon exploration potential of 10 km stratigraphically thick sedimentary strata, as source and reservoir rocks.  This project is aimed at addressing these problems as a follow-up of our previous detailed studies with integrated surface geology, satellite image interpretation, and seismic reflection data (Jadoon, 1991; Jadoon et al., 1992, 1994; Jadoon and Khurshid, 1996; Jadoon, 2010; Jadoon, 2012). 

Project Funding

Sr. No.Funding BodyFunds
1 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany 0 Rs

Members

  • Dr. Ishtiaq A. K. Jadoon