Borehole Mineralogy: Reduce Your Risk, Know Your Rocks

Joseph Hamilton, Chi Vinh Ly

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... scattered electrons (BSE) with a brightness t hat is a f unction of the mineral's average atomic number. An X-ray spectrum of BSE brig htness is coll...

4 Multiscale Imaging of Shale Samples in the Scanning Electron Microscope

Herman Lemmens, Dennis Richards

AAPG Special Volumes

... controls (focus, brightness, contrast) contribute to an image that is truly seamless, even when it is composed of many thousands of individual SEM images...

Chapter 9: Microstructure and Anisotropy in Gas Shales

Carl H. Sondergeld, Chandra S. Rai, Mark E. Curtis

AAPG Special Volumes

... the brightest and quartz, calcite, and clays intermediate in brightness. Very few pores are visible in these organics. Interspersed within the organics...

Chapter Six: Tuning Phenomena in Reservoirs

Alistair R. Brown

AAPG Special Volumes

... to the downdip limits of brightness. At these points the apparent dip also changes. The interfering wavelets are unable to approach each other more...

Sieve Analysis as Tomography

William Menke

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of the average brightness of the image in a set of overlapping regions (Herman 1979). For example, the computerized axial tomography (CAT) scanner used...

Parallel Lamination Formed by High-Density Turbidity Currents

Suzanne F. Leclair, R. William C. Arnott

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... might not have been at the same place), and hence a different brightness in the picture. Discussion The present observations on depositional processes...

An Automatic Point-Counting Method for Mineralogical Assessment

Mary Margaret Minnis

AAPG Bulletin

... of accuracy. COLOR GRAPHICS The brightness of the backscatter signal on the SEM is a function of the atomic numbers of the material that the beam is hitting...

ABSTRACT: 3D Characterisation of Potential CO&sub2; Reservoir and Seal Rocks, by Golab, Alexandra; Romeyn, Rowan; Averdunk, Holger; Knackstedt, Mark; Senden, Tim; #90155 (2012)

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A High-Definition Mineralogical Examination of Potential Gas Shales; #50290 (2010)

Jon Sliwinski, Jay Harrington, Matt Power, Peta Hughes, Bernie Yeung

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... (and BSE brightness)  Analysis of drill cuttings, thin sections, RSW core, plugs, core  Results include  Quantitative mineral abundances including...

Pennsylvanian Source Rocks in the Anadarko Basin: An Example from the Missourian Series Hogshooter Formation in Mills Ranch Field, Texas and Oklahoma, #20328 (2015).

Vincent Nowaczewski, Abbas Seyedolali, Steven Hoaglund, Bill Full, Alex Tang, Johnny Barton, Barbara Taylor, Dominick Wytovich

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... Co. A2 Beckham Co. CLOSER LOOK AT MUDSTONE LITHOFACIES Proximal Distal ~1’ Brightness and contrast maximized for these images • Broadly...

Microfracture Propagation during Post-Hydraulic Fracturing Shut-in and Enhanced Gas Production from Shale; #41633(2015)

A. Hayatdavoudi, A. Tavanaei, K.G. Sawant, F. Savage, S. Salehi

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... of mathematical methods utilized in identifying parts in a digital image at which the image brightness changes abruptly. Edge detection is a helpful tool...

Integrated Reservoir Characterization and Depositional Model of Zubair Formation in Exploration Phase, in Bahrah Area, Kuwait; #51106 (2015)

Prabir K. Nath, Sunil Singh, Afrah Saleh Al-Ajmi, Subrata K. Bhukta, Eman Saleh Al-Shehri

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... the corresponding slice. The warmer color indicates sands facies, dim color indicates shale facies and brightness indicates the quality of facies. Figure...

Seismic Characteristics and Distribution of Hydrothermal Vents in the Rift Section of the Campos Basin, Offshore Brazil; #11196 (2019)

Renata Alvarenga, David Iacopini, Juliano Kuchle, Claiton Scherer, Karin Goldberg, Luis F. De Ros

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... and con�nuity; O�en with lateral abrupt termina�ons easily dis�nguished from the surrounding strata; Sills may occur individually, or associated...

Lidar Intensity as a Remote Sensor of Rock Properties

Darrin Burton, Dallas B. Dunlap, Lesli J. Wood, Peter P. Flaig

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of the Optech AlTM 3100 laser scanner intensity data using brightness targets: Commission I Symposium, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote...

Regional and Local Controls of Diagenesis Driven by Basin-Wide flow System: Pennsylvanian Sandstones and Limestones, Cherokee Basin, Southeastern Kansas

Krzysztof M. Wojcik, Robert H. Goldstein, Anthony W. Walton

Special Publications of SEPM

... 1994 Note that the brightness denominations refer to the relative magni that the brightness denominations refer to the relative magnitude...

Trace-Element Composition of Cherts from Alkaline Lakes in the East African Rift: A Probe for Ancient Counterparts

Robert Kerrich, Robin W. Renaut, Thomas Bonli

Special Publications of SEPM

... (BEl). The detector contrast was set to high and brightness to low so that only phases composed of high and brightness to low so that only phases...

Increasing The Resolution of Seismic Imaging With Spectral Blueing, Spectral Decomposition RGB And HSV Blending to Delineate The Fluvial Facies on Fluvio Deltaic Environment

Aji Darma Maulana, Nine Safira, Ongki Ari Prayoga, Egie Wijaksono, Alit Ascaria

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...) for a color to pure white (outside). Value Indicates the brightness value. Hue has values from 0 to 360 degrees, and Saturation and Value range from 0...

Petrographic Examination of Sedimentary Rocks in the Sem Using Backscattered Electron Detectors

Kenneth Pye, David H. Krinsley

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... edge brightness often occurs in SE images because of the large contribution to the SE signal from forward-scattered primary electrons which penetrate...

RESOLVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND SUBSURFICIAL FEATURES OF CARBONACEOUS COMPRESSIONS AND SHELLY FOSSILS USING BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (BSE-SEM)

A.D. MUSCENTE, SHUHAI XIAO

PALAIOS

... image series, except for the dwell time and brightness, which were adjusted to maintain consistent image quality. Generally, dwell time was 30 ms when VA...

The glass ramp of Wrangellia: Late Triassic to Early Jurassic outer ramp environments of the McCarthy Formation, Alaska, U.S.A.

Yorick P. Veenma,, Kayla McCabe, Andrew H. Caruthers, Martin Aberhan, Martyn Golding, Selva M. Marroquín,,† Jeremy D. Owens, Theodore R. Them, II, Benjamin C. Gill, João P. Trabucho Alexandre

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... and kept stirring them at room temperature, while the organic matter oxidized. When the reaction had visibly ceased, the samples were heated to 90 °C...

Diagenesis of the Lower Permian Krider Member, Southwest Kansas, U.S.A.: Fluid-Inclusion, U-Pb, and Fission-Track Evidence for Reflux Dolomitization During Latest Permian Time

John A. Luczaj , Robert H. Goldstein

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... dates from the dolomitic rocks, we suggest that during the Late Permian, reflux of low temperature (<50°C), Mg-bearing brines precipitated U-bearing...

Mapping facies distributions on modern carbonate platforms through integration of multispectral Landsat data, statistics-based unsupervised classifications, and surface sediment data

Stephen E. Kaczmarek, Melissa K. Hicks, Shawn M. Fullmer, Kelley L. Steffen, Steven L. Bachtel

AAPG Bulletin

... of brightness in each band with a spatial resolution of 28.5 m (93.5 ft). A list of the spectral TM bands acquired by Landsat 7 and their associated...

A phosphatic coprolite lacking diagenetic permineralization from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, northeastern Montana: Importance of dietary calcium phosphate in preservation

Kurt T. Hollocher, Thomas C. Hollocher, J. Keith Rigby, Jr.

PALAIOS

... a rough average over the entire volume of the coprolite. Sample density was determined by temperature-corrected specific gravity using an electronic...

Involvement of microbial mats in delayed decay: An experimental essay on fish preservation

Miguel Iniesto, Ana I. Lopez-Archilla, Marian Fregenal-Martínez, Angela D. Buscalioni, M. Carmen Guerrero

PALAIOS

... to those of natural mats. Conductivity (as an indirect measured of salinity), temperature, and pH were monitored in the course of the experiment...

Wasting away in the intertidal: the fate of chiton valves in an acidifying ocean

Bryce A. Peebles, Abigail M. Smith

PALAIOS

... preservation potentials (Sigwart et al. 2014, 2015) and their fossils have been shown to record salinity and temperature, which allows...