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Three‐dimensional reflection seismic data from the Neves‐Corvo area, southern Portugal, were reprocessed with the main objective of improving the seismic signature of the Lombador and Semblana volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits. The sensitivity for choosing adequate parameters for targeted imaging, even during the pre‐processing stage, such as common‐depth point binning size, was studied in detail before the main processing work began helping to optimize bin size parameters; preliminary stacking results from this analysis presented severe acquisition footprint, and seismic targets were not clearly identifiable. Processing results using pre‐stack dip move‐out and post‐stack migration methods show strong moderate to steeply dipping reflections. Several of the observed reflections can be correlated with known lithological contacts, some of which are interpreted to originate from the Semblana and Lombador deposits. Despite the mixed signal‐to‐noise ratio, the seismic cube reveals both shallow and deep three‐dimensional structures, allowing to account for the deposits’ lateral extension beyond the capabilities of two‐dimensional seismic imaging alone. Given the data processing approach taken it was possible to distinguish strong diffraction patterns, interpreted as originating from faults and edges of the Lombador deposit, illustrating the usefulness of diffraction patterns for better interpretation of geological features in hard‐rock environments.

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3D reflection seismic imaging of volcanogenic massive sulphides at Neves‐Corvo, Portugal
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Keyword(s): 3D; high‐resolution seismic; seismic acquisition; seismic data

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