Examining the significance of the converted-modes beneath an ultra-high-velocity caprock: Physical modeling and a Gulf of Mexico salt proximity VSP survey

Jingjing Zong, Yukai Wo, Jizhong Yang, Nikolay Dyaur

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... the seismic energy partitioning in a typical geological scenario where the rock salt body is overlaid by an ultra-high velocity caprock (e.g....

Structure Interpretation Problems of a Lower Miocene Reef Associated with a Shallow Low Velocity Anomaly, North Sumatra

Peter Walker, Masrizal Maas, Michael D. Burnaman

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., at the base reef level. These two phenomena, although unconnected are due to the ray path distortion caused by the presence of high velocity reef...

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)

... Acknowledgments). Fig. 6.—. A) Time-averaged velocity (u) profiles over the steady-state body of the high-density turbidity currents. B) Time...

Dynamics of Stream Flow and Environmental Control

Krishna K. Misra

Tulsa Geological Society

... by KE = m × v2 where m is the mass and v the velocity at which the body is moving under the applied force. Total stream energy is the sum...

Interaction Between Sedimentation and Salt Tectonics: An Application Workshop

James F. Fox

New Orleans Geological Society

... importance of salt tectonics is not the salt, but the effect the mobile salt has had on the surrounding sedimentary section--not only in the formation...

Results of Elastic-Wave Surveys in California and Elsewhere

Frank Rieber

AAPG Bulletin

... of overburden once sustained. The question of whether there is any relation between compaction and velocity is next considered. In a body of loosely...

Some Relations Among Sedimentation, Stratigraphy, and Seismic Exploration

W. C. Krumbein

AAPG Bulletin

... are in part related to certain lithologic discontinuities. Swan (1942) prepared numerous maps of local areal velocity variations on selected horizons...

Sand Conditions As Indicated by the Self-Potential Log, B.W. Wilson and R.H. Nanz, #60005 (2002)

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Tectonic and Transport Controls on Conglomerate Composition, Upper Cretaceous of Southwest Utah

Robert P. Fillmore, Larry T. Middleton

Pacific Section SEPM

... and Walker (1977) have shown that during high velocity flows, gravel will commonly move down a channel reach as a discrete carpet of rolling clasts. Depending...

Diagenetic and Sedimentologic Explanation for High Seismic Velocity and Low Porosity in Mesozoic-Tertiary Sediments, Svalbard Region: DISCUSSION

Marc B. Edwards

AAPG Bulletin

...Diagenetic and Sedimentologic Explanation for High Seismic Velocity and Low Porosity in Mesozoic-Tertiary Sediments, Svalbard Region: DISCUSSION Marc...

Abstract: Sub-Salt and Sub-Basalt Imaging Using Long Offset and Multicomponent Seismic Data, by J. Gaiser, N. Jones, and P. Fontana; #90923 (1999)

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Chapter 104: Slope-channel Complexes at Guadalupe Canyon, Upper Brushy Canyon Formation, Texas, USA

C. Rossen, R. T. Beaubouef

AAPG Special Volumes

..., nonamalgamated fill character of some Guadalupe Canyon channels. The large bounding erosion surfaces attest to repeated erosion by high-velocity flows early...

Body size trends in Trigoniida bivalves from the Mesozoic Kutch, India

Debattam Sarkar, Shubhabrata Paul, Ranita Saha, Subhendu Bardhan, and Purbasha Rudra

PALAIOS

...). Therefore, one can argue that u observed body size increase in the Berriasian may be the artifact of size sorting in a high-energy condition, resulting...

Shoestring Sands of Eastern Kansas

John L. Rich

AAPG Bulletin

.... Production is determined entirely by the extent of the sand body. The "string" crosses minor structural features without effect on the production except...

Moho, Basin Dynamics, Salt Stock Family Development, and Hydrocarbon System Examples of the North German Basin Revisited by Applying Seismic Common Reflection Surface Processing

Heinz-Juergen Brink, Dirk Gajewski, Mikhail Baykulov, Mi-Kyung Yoon

AAPG Special Volumes

... sediments instead of a high-velocity salt body. The high-velocity body at a depth of about 3 km (1.9 mi) within the center of the salt complex...

Surface Source Technology

Stan D. Brasel

Pacific Section of AAPG

... responses of a surface high velocity impact, from near the surface boundary to a depth of 100 feet. These results were recorded at a test site near Stillwater...

Application of Principle of Differential Settling to Tracing of Lenticular Sand Bodies

John L. Rich

AAPG Bulletin

...., Vol. 14 (1930), pp. 1-24. Idem, "Compaction and Its Effect on Local Structure," Problems of Petroleum Geology (Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., 1934), pp...

Morphology of Ancient Reef Massifs of Permian Near-Urals and Their Oil-Bearing Character

Yu. Ye. Atlasman

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... morphology. See figure 2. Figure 2. Map of local component of top of Famennian Stage of Unva field (distribution of high-producing wells...

Application of Geostatistical Inversion in the Thin Sand Body Prediction: A Case Study in Yangqian 19 Area, Nanxiang Basin

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Abstract: How to Improve Location Accuracy When Dealing with Artifacts in Microseismic Event Locations; #90187 (2014)

N. Verkhovtseva

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...; a stacking effect when events form almost a perfect line at a high contrast velocity border; and a sloping effect when events form obvious trends...

Geophysical Prospecting for Oil

Donald C. Barton

AAPG Bulletin

..., the velocity for the lower high-speed bed. By the use of the distance X0 to the point at which the travel time is the same for both wave paths, a formula...

Use of Gravimetry for Direct Exploration for Oil and Gas

I. O. Tsimel’zon

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

...qual 2500 and 500 m, respectively. According to the theory of gravity effect, a disturbing body is distinguished on a map of residual anomalies ...

Abstract: Application Of Shear Wave Velocities For Pore Pressure Prediction In High Temperature Overpressure Regimes; #90315 (2017)

John Ajesh

Search and Discovery.com

... in porosity-ES relationship is crucial in pore pressure prediction estimation. A common challenge encountered at high temperatures is the high velocity...

The Canning Basin Symposium: Igneous Intrusions in the North-West Canning Basin and Their Impact on Oil Exploration

S. A. Reeckmann, A. J. Mebberson

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... and diffractions (Figure 3). In places, the relative high velocity of the intrusions results in a velocity 'pull-up' of the underlying sedimentary...

Physical Processes in the Ocean: Part 2: Relation of Oceanography to Sedimentation: PART 1

R. H. Fleming, Roger Revelle

AAPG Special Volumes

... to their high velocity are accompanied by strong turbulence, and also residual currents of low velocity, which effect continuing transport, both play...