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Contouring by Machine: A User's Guide

Richard F. Walters

AAPG Bulletin

... for interpretation, in making a suite of maps that is to be made internally consistent; and in further analysis of resulting surfaces. Most general purpose contour...

Using and Improving Surface Models Built by Computer: Part 8. Integrated Computer Methods

David E. Hamilton

AAPG Special Volumes

... amounts (magnitude of the wobbles) and using these new surfaces to constrain filtering, a smoother model that still honors surface form can be created...

Predicting Reservoir Quality Using Linear Regression Models and Neural Networks

K.M. Love, C. Strohmenger, A. Woronow, K. Rockenbauch

AAPG Special Volumes

... distribution of reservoir attributes has been developed by integrating geological and statistical models. The general method, applicable to carbonate...

Volume Fractions of Lithologic Units Deposited per Geologic Epoch in the Cenozoic, Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Part 1„Sand, Shale, and Siltstone

Sharon Cornelius, Peter A. Emmet

GCAGS Journal

... boundaries and maximum flooding surfaces using a combination of gamma ray and resistivity electric logs. These paleontological reports were made...

Subseismic pathway prediction by three-dimensional structural restoration and strain analysis based on seismic interpretation

Jennifer Ziesch, David C. Tanner, and Charlotte M. Krawczyk

AAPG Bulletin

.... In the 3-D model, the faults are corrugated (Ziesch et al., 2015) and the horizon surfaces are tightly faulted; because interpolation and smoothing...

Modeling the Semivariogram: New Approach, Methods Comparison, and Simulation Study

A. Gribov, K. Krivoruchko, J. M. Ver Hoef

AAPG Special Volumes

... interval, say 30 or more for each bin, can be overcome using the algorithm proposed below. In addition, fewer samples per bin can be used if smoothing has...

Late Cenozoic History of the Northern Colorado Front Range

Dudley W. Bolyard

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... Oligocene and Miocene time, but processes which resulted in topographic smoothing continued long &r. Renewal of uplift began in the Miocene...

The Geometry and Seismic Character of Mid-Late Miocene Carbonate Sequences, SS Area, Offshore Northwest Java

David Carter, Marihot Hutabarat

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... attributes. Both zone-averaged RMS amplitude and frequency attributes provide images that represent the carbonate sequence as a whole. These results have...

Challenges of Sub-Thrust Imaging Using Broadband Three-Dimensional Seismic Data: a Case Study in the Outer Banda Arc, Indonesia

Masamichi Fujimoto, Yonghe Guo, Anky Fatwa, Yuki Sasaki

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... changed from 1545 m/sec to 1485 m/sec because of temperature, salinity, and the pressure of seawater. We constructed detail bathymetry surfaces from...

Comparison of Marcellus Fracturing Using Azimuthal Seismic Attributes Versus Published Data From Outcrop Studies

Tanya L. Inks, Terry Engelder, Jacki S. Hocum, Bruce Golob, Darien O'Brien

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Comparison of Marcellus Fracturing Using Azimuthal Seismic Attributes Versus Published Data From Outcrop Studies Tanya L. Inks, Terry Engelder...

Traces In the Dark—Sedimentary Processes and Facies Gradients In the Upper Devonian–Lower Mississippian Upper Shale Member of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota, U.S.A.—Discussion

Juergen Schieber

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., Simple gifts and hidden treasures: implications of finding bioturbation and erosion surfaces in black shales: The Sedimentary Record, v. 1, no., 2, p. 4...

Preservation of Unconsolidated Sediment Cores in Plastic

J.P. Shannon, Jr., C. W. Lord

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... to avoid pouring directly onto the slab surfaces (fig. 3). Thickness of the plastic filling is as desired, but usually 1 inch above the specimen surface...

Geological process simulation in 3-D lithofacies modeling: Application in a basin floor fan setting

Daniel Otoo, David Hodgetts

CSPG Bulletin

... to produce a geologically realistic turbidite architecture showing key features such as erosional surfaces, channels and lateral compensational stacking...

The Shapes of Glacial and Ice Jam Cobbles

Chester K. Wentworth

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., or distinctive glacial smoothing. Series No. 3, 253 specimens (Location 37) Super-glacial debris of medial moraine on Herbert Glacier. Two hundred...

A comparison of three-dimensional–printed porous rocks with nano x-ray computed tomography: Silica sand, gypsum powder, and resin

Lingyun Kong, Mehdi Ostadhassan, Bo Liu, Mohsen Eshraghi, Chunxiao Li, Miguel Navarro, Yihuai Zhang, and Huabin Wei

AAPG Bulletin

... structures, a gap still exists to relate reservoir attributes at macroscale to the same properties at the microscale and nanoscale (Lai et al., 2017; Liu et...

Crossplots of Nuclear Logging Relationships Aid in Estimating Sizes and Shapes of Sands to Improve Maps

Rob L. Allen

GCAGS Transactions

... and not largely blotted out. The Lena delta in Figure 1B has a relatively rough shoreline due to arctic ice interfering with long shore current smoothing...

Abstract: Smoothing SA's Path to Shale Success

PESA Staff

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...Abstract: Smoothing SA's Path to Shale Success PESA Staff unconventionals Smoothing SA's Path To Shale Success outh Aust ra lia has sto len a march...

Submarine Ramp Facies Model for Delta-Fed, Sand-Rich Turbidite Systems: DISCUSSION

John W. F. Waldron

AAPG Bulletin

... of smoothing will generally be a substantial increase in the average length of runs and a corresponding reduction in their number. The test for runs up...

Seismic tomographic cross-sections of the Bowser Basin in northwest British Columbia, Canada

David B. Snyder, Brian J. Roberts

CSPG Bulletin

... and attributes of rocks that are exploration targets (e.g. Zelt et al., 2001; Hole et al., 2006 and references therein). Depth penetration...

Terrestrial and aquatic neoichnological laboratory experiments with the freshwater crayfish Orconectes: Trackways on media of varying grain size, moisture, and inclination

Justin M. Fairchild, Stephen T. Hasiotis

PALAIOS

...-, and medium-grained sand. A rectangular container filled with sediment was used to run trackway trials on flat and 106 inclined surfaces. All subaqueous tracks...

Tidal Sedimentology and Estuarine Deposition of the Proterozoic Big Cottonwood Formation, Utah

Todd A. Ehlers, Marjorie A. Chan

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... surfaces. Other structures that corroborate the tidal interpretation include: (1) flaser bedding, (2) mud cracks, and (3) mud-draped wave ripples...

High-impact palynology in petroleum geology: Applications from Venezuela (northern South America)

Valenti Rull

AAPG Bulletin

... increased marine influence, whereas low TLI values indicate regression. Consequently, TLI maximums (M) should coincide with flooding surfaces...

Fast and efficient structure-oriented preconditioning with on-the-fly dip estimation

Rodrigo Felicio Fuck, Lorenzo Casasanta

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... in several multidimensional seismic data processing steps. Originally defined by He et al. (2013) as an edge-preserving smoothing filter for de-noising...

U-net based primary alignment

Ricard Durall, Ammar Ghanim, Norman Ettrich

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... for accurate determination of intercept and gradient attributes. Moreover, flattening of primaries improves the quality of stacks for structural...