Analysis of High Resolution Seismic Data: Section 2. Application of Seismic Reflection Configuration to Stratigraphic Interpretation

Herman C. Sieck, George W. Self

AAPG Special Volumes

... of the sea bottom and subsurface lithology. Commonly, more than one acoustic device is used simultaneously to achieve different data for different studies...

Shelf Break on Modern Passive Margins: Structure, Sedimentation, and Progradation: ABSTRACT

Gilbert Boillot, Denis Mougenot, Jeanpierre Rehault

AAPG Bulletin

... and boundary layer conditions and of the grain size and density of the particles being transported. By maintaining factors F and H as constants, we can...

Textures in Layered Silicates: Progressive Changes Through Diagenesis and Low-Temperature Metamorphism

Jung Hoo Lee, Jung Ho Ahn, Donald R. Peacor

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...) Packets of relatively defect-free layers in slight misalignment, with small-angle grain-boundary-like interfaces defined by concentrations of edge...

Geological significance of seismic reflections and imaging of the reservoir architecture in the Malampaya gas field (Philippines)

Franois Fournier, Jean Borgomano

AAPG Bulletin

... the pore-fluid nature. (D) Histograms of the acoustic impedance for the different diagenetic unit types.Diagenetic unit types exhibit significant...

From outcrop to subsurface model—Large-scale fractured zones in Apulian platform carbonates (Maiella Mountains, Central Apennines, Italy)

Stefano Torrieri, Chadia Volery, Loï Bazalgette, and Christoph G. E. Strauss

AAPG Bulletin

... to the subsurface was developed. The two identified mechanical boundary types are related to well-sorted bioclastic packstone-grainstone units and a dolomitized bed...

Defining Paleo-Exposures and Paleo-Aquifers in Carbonates with Isotopic and Cationic Data: A Brief Review

Paul D. Wagner

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... probably did experience meteoric diagenesis, but under slightly different conditions than is typical for modem Caribbean weathering, and therefore...

A review of the genesis, evolution, and prediction of natural fractures in deep tight sandstones of China

Lianbo Zeng, Lei Gong, Yunzhao Zhang, Shaoqun Dong, and Wenya Lyu

AAPG Bulletin

... area can be explained by geological conditions (e.g., the thickness and strength of rock mechanical interfaces and paleotectonic stresses) during...

Water depth–terrigenous input dynamic equilibrium controls the Eocene lacustrine shale laminae records in Jiyang depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China

Chao Liang, Yingchang Cao, Jing Wu, Yu Han, Keyu Liu, Fang Hao, Danish Khan, Junfang Mei, Shun Zhang, and Yong Wang

AAPG Bulletin

..., as shown in Figure 17B. Figure 17. Comparison of the characteristics of the lamina couplets (LC) in different lithofacies types. Sedimentary...

Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Interaction of Hydraulic Fracture and Natural Fracture Using the Cohesive Zone Finite Element Method

Minghui Li, Xiaodong Hu, Fujian Zhou, Bo Wang, Shaobo Han, Guopeng Huang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... (b) Shear damage (a) Tensile damage Figure 1 Bilinear traction-separation law for different types of damages When nominal stress ratios reach...

Concentration-Dependent Flow Stratification In Experimental High-Density Turbidity Currents and Their Relevance To Turbidite Facies Models

Matthieu J.B. Cartigny,, Joris T. Eggenhuisen, Ernst W.M. Hansen, George Postma

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... profiles of the flows. Internal flow instabilities, arising from the different density interfaces within the stratified flows, are shown to be increasingly...

Linear "Lower Continental Rise Hills" Off Cape Hatteras

Peter A. Rona

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... hills to megaripples or dunes are evidence that their development is related to deposition controlled by the deep Western Boundary Undercurrent, which...

Mitigating the Effect of Ash Layers on Hydraulic Fracture Connectivity

Bradley Abell, Roberto Suarez-Rivera, J.T. Mayo

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... The boundary analysis allows for a single image to illustrate the evolution of the swelling using a different color line for each 1 min time step...

Abstract: Impacts of Mechanical Stratigraphy in Geomechanical Models of Reservoir-Scale Extensional Fault-Propagation Folds, by K. J. Smart, D. A. Ferrill, and A. P. Morris; #90090 (2009).

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Seismic Activity in the Central Gulf Coast Basin

Eugene R. Brumbaugh

New Orleans Geological Society

... reflective interfaces, low saturation gas in a sandstone reservoir and superimposing of two different reflections, such as diffraction from a fault...

Classification of Dolomite Rock Textures

Duncan F. Sibley, Jay M. Gregg

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... according to crystal size distribution and crystal boundary shape. The classification scheme presented here is largely descriptive but carries genetic...

Geochemical constraints on the origins of calcite cements and their impacts on reservoir heterogeneities: A case study on tight oil sandstones of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, southwestern Ordos Basin, China

Kelai Xi, Yingchang Cao, Keyu Liu, Songtao Wu, Guanghui Yuan, Rukai Zhu, Yiwei Zhao, and Helge Hellevang

AAPG Bulletin

... and mudstone interfaces of the Yanchang Formation. Petrographic and geochemical characteristics are significantly different between the two types...

Structure and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Para-Passive Continental Margin of the Northern South China Sea: Chapter 3: Chinese Margin

Feng Zhiqiang, Miao Wancen, Zheng Weijun, Chen Shengyuan

AAPG Special Volumes

... Guo and Chen, 1985). End_Page 36------------------------- conditions (sandstone and reef) are present. More than 90 traps of different types...

Geologic Considerations for Stratigraphic Modeling and Interpretation: Section 3. Stratigraphic Models from Seismic Data

L. D. Meckel Jr. , A. K. Nath

AAPG Special Volumes

... nonreservoir rock types. Abruptness of Vertical Contacts: Vertical contacts between two different rock types can be sharp or, as is more common in nature...

Geomechanical modeling of hydraulic fracturing: Why mechanical stratigraphy, stress state, and pre-existing structure matter

Kevin J. Smart, Goodluck I. Ofoegbu, Alan P. Morris, Ronald N. McGinnis, and David A. Ferrill

AAPG Bulletin

... that include a pore pressure degree of freedom. Figure 3.Illustration of basic model geometries and boundary conditions. (A) Case 1 with simple, horizontal...

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Slippage of a Natural Fracture Resulting from an Approaching Hydraulic Fracture

Lianbo Hu, Behzad Hemami, Ahmad Ghassemi, Spencer Riley, Dan Kahn, David Langton

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... are based on the properties and boundary conditions we applied in the lab-scale test. Figure 10 shows the induced normal and shear displacement...

Design Support for Texaco CO2 Flooding Projects

R. L. Gardenas, A. J. Nute

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of the oil. Under certain conditions of temperature and pressure, CO2 may become first-contact miscible with the reservoir oil. This type of oil recovery...

Applications of Shallow High-Resolution Seismic Reflection to Environmental Problems

Richard D. Miller, William E. Doll, Carlene Merey, William E. Black

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... years. The successful use of the technique for shallow applications depends on several key conditions. First and foremost is the existence...

Rate Transient Analysis of Fracture Swarm Fractal Networks

Jorge A. Acuña

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... in the literature. When fractures have large conductivity, the system exhibits only sub-linear flow until boundary conditions are reached. With low...

ABSTRACT: Numerical Modeling of Fault-Related Folding and Associated Fluid Flow, by L. M. Strayer and P. Hudleston; #91021 (2010)

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An Experimental Investigation into Surface Roughness of a Hydraulic Fracture

Abbas Movassagh, Manouchehr Haghighi, Dane Kasperczyk, Mohammad Sayyafzadeh, Xi Zhang

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... are different in various selected segments. However, they follow an increasing trend in radial directions from the initiation point at the wellbore...