Chapter Three: Structural Interpretation

Alistair R. Brown

AAPG Special Volumes

... show the two dip components of the plane; the horizontal face shows the strike of the plane. Now consider the rectangular solid of Figure 3-1...

Three-dimensional Reduced-Complexity Simulation of Fluvio-Deltaic Clastic Stratigraphy

Oriol Falivene, Alessandro Frascati, Michele Bolla Pittaluga, John Martin

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of the continental centerline and the shoreline, Fig. 4). The erosional surface is defined by: 1) a user-defined fluvial depositional dip angle to determine...

Modeling Complex Reservoir Geometries Accurately: Using the Right 3Dgrid Types

Christian Höcker, Jonathan Zwaan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of local ‘unstructuredness’ around faults with smaller cells than used elsewhere in the grid (Figure 3). In essence, the cell splitting approach means...

Enhancing the Quality of Seismic Impedance Data; #41961 (2016)

Satinder Chopra, Ritesh Kumar Sharma, Rebecca Daniels, Brian Schulte, Jim Pllishy, Tammy Chow

Search and Discovery.com

... are the near-, mid- and far-angle stacks generated for performing simultaneous inversion and put them through the controlled dip-filtering workflow...

Dude, wheres my AVO? A case study from the Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Said Amiribesheli, Jordan McGlew, Joshua Thorp

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

...) approach for prospect generation and maturation in the Browse Basin. In 2011, Searcher Seismic acquired the long offset (8km) Vampire 2D seismic survey...

RSS PowerDrive Orbit: Records in Challenging Mahakam Swamp Directional Well

Alvin Ivan Handoko, Rangga Saputra, M. Dahnil Maulana, Timora Wijayanto, Esa Taufik

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... performance. During the tangent section, the tool also managed to maintain the angle with low steering ratio 20-50%. RSS PD Orbit takes the drilling performance...

Entrapment of Petroleum Under Hydrodynamic Conditions

M. King Hubbert

AAPG Bulletin

... terraces where, with the water flowing up the dip, the oil might be arrested by the increased drag produced by a decrease in the angle of dip. During...

Field and Seismic Images of Sharp-Based Shoreface Deposits: Implications for Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis

Jean-Noel Proust , Geoffroy Mahieux , Bernadette Tessier

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... lamination with low-angle truncations (lithofacies 14, Table 1); the trough cross-bedded facies is enriched laterally with driftwood, rip-up clasts, and mud...

Integration of Stratigraphic High Resolution Dipmeter Data into the Development of the Minnelusa "B" Sand Reservoir in Hawk Point Field, Campbell County, Wyoming

Steven D. Jorgensen, Susan W. James

Wyoming Geological Association

... illustrates the 20 to 25 degree cross-bed angle of the dune sets as well as the predominant southerly dip direction. Wind direction is inferred...

Structural Models of Subsurface Thrust-related Folds in the Foothills of British ColumbiaCase Studies of Sidetracked Gas Wells

Mark Cooper, Chris Brealey, Peter Fermor, Rick Green, Mike Morrison

AAPG Special Volumes

... section is otherwise similar to the predrill model.FIGURE 17. Postdrilling structural cross section through the well based on 3-D seismic, dip...

Influence of Precambrian Structural Trends on Laramide Defromation West of Fort Collins, Colorado

J.T. O'Connor, G.A. Swann

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... of the fault upthrown. The prominent northerly trending faults dip to the east and thus would be classified as high-angle thrust faults. The dip must...

ABSTRACT Natural Fractures, Mechanical Properties, and In Situ Stress in the Planning and Execution of the Desert Peak EGS Experiment, #90128 (2011)

Nicholas C. Davatzes, Stephen H. Hickman

Search and Discovery.com

... stress, SHmax, are from local tectonic considerations. (b) Orientation of Shmin from borehole failure and the dip azimuth and dip angle of natural...

Statistical Determination of Mean Strike and Dip: An Example from the Basal Tuscaloosa, Eastern Alabama

F. A. Pontigo, Jr. , W. C. Parker , W. F. Tanner

GCAGS Transactions

... This is the tangent of the strike angle; therefore strike is N. 80.683° W. The dip of angle is the angle between the regressed plane and the horizontal plane...

Some Observations on Deformation, Crustal Shortening, and Uplift in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

H. A. K. Charlesworth

CSPG Bulletin

... in section, linear in plan (Krynine and Judd, 1957, p. 640), their dip steepens as they approach the surface. For the same reason the basal shear...

Microseismic Bedding-Plane Slip Theory„ [Requires] a Very Slippery Slope or a Very Large SHmax

Orlando J.Teran, Michael P. Thornton

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... slip is the appropriate interpretation of microseismic events. We will use an analytical approach to estimate the required frictional strength...

Integrating Multibeam Data in the Structural 2-D Seismic Interpretation Workflow: Examples from the Mexican Gulf of Mexico, #42182 (2018).

R. Dirkx, K. Goldsmith, J. Halliday, C. O’Reilly

Search and Discovery.com

... Geophysical Company ASA. All rights reserved High-angle Faulting Fault Escarpments Submarine Canyon MGOM Multibeam – Structure at Seabed • Recent canyon...

Section Four: Geologic Techniques for Operations on Diapiric Structures

New Orleans Geological Society

... distance in the well between the fault and the horizon by the tangent of the fault' shade (i.e., 90° - dip angle). Use 0.7 for 55°, 0.84 for 50°, or 1.0...

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

David Carter, Marihot Hutabarat

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... narrow and poorly defined with increasing distance from the elliptical buildup at SF-1 (Figure 6). The top of this linear buildup has a dip angle of less...

Fault Criteria

Francis F. Campbell

GCAGS Transactions

...------------------------ FIGURE 26. [Grey Scale] Cross-section of dip segments plotted from records along CD of Figure 24. FIGURE 27. [Grey Scale] Structure map...

3-D Architecture and Sequence Stratigraphic Evolution of a Forced Regressive Top-Truncated Mixed-Influenced Delta, Cretaceous Wall Creek Sandstone, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Keumsuk Lee, George A. McMechan, M. Royhan Gani, Janok P. Bhattacharya, Xiaoxian Zeng, Charles D. Howell Jr.

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... examples also emphasize dip-oriented cross-sectional depictions of shelf depositional systems, versus along-strike variability. Strike-oriented...

GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE GASTON STEAM PLANT

Clayton E. Gore, James W. Whitfield

Alabama Geological Society

... shale but also contains some careous beds. . The general strike of the formations the dip is 15° to 25° southwest. Flat and high angle thrust faults...

Acquisition and Interpretation of Horizontal Well Logs

Kyel Hodenfield, Bill Scanlan

Pacific Section of AAPG

.... The subsequent horizontal hole is then kicked off from the pilot hole at the proper target depth and with the correct azimuth. Dip angle can sometimes...

Investigating Natural Fracture Effects on Well Productivity: Eagle Ford, La Salle County, Texas

Paolo Grossi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... derivative mapping, utilizing dip azimuth and dip angle, were the most useful attributes in discerning major structural features. Regional faults, developed...

Classification of Faults

Stuart K. Clark

AAPG Bulletin

... serves to identify the type before evidence of the other attributes is available. The fault plane is inclined at an angle that tends to approach 45...

Digital Sandbox Modeling Using Distinct Element Method: Applications to Fault Tectonics

Yasuhiro Yamada, Toshifumi Matsuoka

AAPG Special Volumes

... a planar geometry with a dip of 60 and the hanging wall to undergo minor rotation. This rotation is supported by the fact that the low-angle thrust...