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Volume: 79 (1995)

Issue: 5. (May)

First Page: 711

Last Page: 724

Title: Automated, Quantitative Assessment of Basin History from a Multiwell Analysis

Author(s): Edward W. Mason, Robert Ehrlich (2)

Abstract:

A set of formation tops from an array of wells can be simultaneously analyzed, providing rapid quantitative insights on basin development. The structural configuration of each formation can be defined in terms of relative proportions of a small number of end-member structural states. The relative proportion of each end member as a function of time is a succinct quantitative form of basin history analysis. The procedure works with mappable, as well as unmappable, data. With mappable data, the end members can be displayed as structure contour maps. The end members can also be decomposed into trends and residuals, providing additional details about the structural history of the basin. An example employs formation tops data from 12 Cretaceous formations and 99 wells in the de p basin of Alberta, Canada.

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