Concepts resulting from studies of microfaunal successions and paleoecology (biofacies) together with vertical and lateral sediment-distribution patterns (lithofacies) can be applied to exploration and development problems. Examples include correlation problems, predicting reservoir distribution, determining base of objective section, predicting geopressures, calibrating seismic events, and exploitation of salt-dome fields.

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