Gravity Survey on the Oil-Bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Saudi Arabia) and Its Implications
A detailed gravity survey with 235 measurements was carried out at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals campus, which is located at the crest of the oil-bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia). This survey allows us to better understand the geometry of the underlying Dam...
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| author | Konstantinos Chavanidis Alexandros Stampolidis Panagiotis Kirmizakis Markos Tranos Maurizio Fedi Roman Pasteka Khalid Al-Ramadan SanLinn Kaka Grigorios N. Tsokas Pantelis Soupios |
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| description | A detailed gravity survey with 235 measurements was carried out at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals campus, which is located at the crest of the oil-bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia). This survey allows us to better understand the geometry of the underlying Dammam Dome and its tectonic regime. The acquired data were processed using conventional gravity data reduction techniques. The effectiveness of terrain correction was evaluated using several recently developed algorithms. Afterward, processed data were subject to geophysical filters for edge detection (terracing transformation and horizontal gradient) and depth estimation (tilt derivative and 3D inversion). 3D Bouguer maps were generated and compared to the proposed geological models for the Dammam Dome. The results show the existence of ENE-WSW striking tectonic lines, where two nearly vertical, km long tectonic lines were predominant. The orientation of these tectonic lines defines an NNW-SSE trend for the least principal stress axis (σ<sub>3</sub>) and an ENE-WSW trend for the σ<sub>1</sub>σ<sub>2</sub> stress plane of the driving stress regime, fitting well with the transtension stress regime recently suggested for the area. More importantly, the results of this study demonstrate that the Dammam Dome was affected by the intraplate stresses transferred from the convergence between the Arabian and Eurasian plates along the Zagros orogeny. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db99cdd5b55d4cdbb29a79471d835bbe2023-11-23T17:42:38ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922022-02-0114373510.3390/rs14030735Gravity Survey on the Oil-Bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Saudi Arabia) and Its ImplicationsKonstantinos Chavanidis0Alexandros Stampolidis1Panagiotis Kirmizakis2Markos Tranos3Maurizio Fedi4Roman Pasteka5Khalid Al-Ramadan6SanLinn Kaka7Grigorios N. Tsokas8Pantelis Soupios9Department of Geosciences, College of Petroleum and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaSchool of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Geosciences, College of Petroleum and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Geosciences, College of Petroleum and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Earth, Environmental and Resources Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology and Applied Geophysics, Comenius University Bratislava, 81499 Bratislava, SlovakiaDepartment of Geosciences, College of Petroleum and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Geosciences, College of Petroleum and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaSchool of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Geosciences, College of Petroleum and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaA detailed gravity survey with 235 measurements was carried out at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals campus, which is located at the crest of the oil-bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia). This survey allows us to better understand the geometry of the underlying Dammam Dome and its tectonic regime. The acquired data were processed using conventional gravity data reduction techniques. The effectiveness of terrain correction was evaluated using several recently developed algorithms. Afterward, processed data were subject to geophysical filters for edge detection (terracing transformation and horizontal gradient) and depth estimation (tilt derivative and 3D inversion). 3D Bouguer maps were generated and compared to the proposed geological models for the Dammam Dome. The results show the existence of ENE-WSW striking tectonic lines, where two nearly vertical, km long tectonic lines were predominant. The orientation of these tectonic lines defines an NNW-SSE trend for the least principal stress axis (σ<sub>3</sub>) and an ENE-WSW trend for the σ<sub>1</sub>σ<sub>2</sub> stress plane of the driving stress regime, fitting well with the transtension stress regime recently suggested for the area. More importantly, the results of this study demonstrate that the Dammam Dome was affected by the intraplate stresses transferred from the convergence between the Arabian and Eurasian plates along the Zagros orogeny.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/3/735gravity surveyDammam DomeKFUPMSaudi ArabiaZagros orogeny |
| spellingShingle | Konstantinos Chavanidis Alexandros Stampolidis Panagiotis Kirmizakis Markos Tranos Maurizio Fedi Roman Pasteka Khalid Al-Ramadan SanLinn Kaka Grigorios N. Tsokas Pantelis Soupios Gravity Survey on the Oil-Bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Saudi Arabia) and Its Implications Remote Sensing gravity survey Dammam Dome KFUPM Saudi Arabia Zagros orogeny |
| title | Gravity Survey on the Oil-Bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Saudi Arabia) and Its Implications |
| title_full | Gravity Survey on the Oil-Bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Saudi Arabia) and Its Implications |
| title_fullStr | Gravity Survey on the Oil-Bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Saudi Arabia) and Its Implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gravity Survey on the Oil-Bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Saudi Arabia) and Its Implications |
| title_short | Gravity Survey on the Oil-Bearing Dammam Dome (Eastern Saudi Arabia) and Its Implications |
| title_sort | gravity survey on the oil bearing dammam dome eastern saudi arabia and its implications |
| topic | gravity survey Dammam Dome KFUPM Saudi Arabia Zagros orogeny |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/3/735 |
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