The Vertical Fracture Propagation in Cross-Layer Fracturing of Continental Shale Oil Reservoirs: A New Numerical Simulation Study

Guopeng Huang, Minghui Li, Fujian Zhou, Guangbo Lu, Leyi Zheng, Yipeng Zhong, Jinqi Chu, Tianbo Liang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...The Vertical Fracture Propagation in Cross-Layer Fracturing of Continental Shale Oil Reservoirs: A New Numerical Simulation Study Guopeng Huang...

Sediment Ingestion by Tigriopus Californicus and other Zooplankton: Mineral Transformation and Sedimentological Considerations

James P. M. Syvitski , Alan G. Lewis

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...-sea copepods: Marine Biol. Assoc. United Kingdom Jour., v. 54, p. 141-155. HARGRAVE, B. T., AND GEEN, G. H., 1970, Effects of copepod grazing in two...

Structure, Stability, and Transformation of Contaminated Lacustrine Surface Fine-grained Laminae

Ian G. Droppo , Carl L. Amos

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... Layer 2 does not show any signs of strengthening over the four-day period inasmuch as remains close to zero. The effects of the weakened underlying...

Early Modification Stage Emplacement of Shallow Crater-Filling Units, Wetumpka Impact Structure, Alabama

Erik S. Heider, David T. King, Jr.

GCAGS Transactions

... that were unconformably overlying weathered Piedmont schists and gneisses. This paper focuses on the nature of and emplacement order of crater-filling...

Basin Temperature Modelling Using Large Well Log and Bottom-Hole Temperature Datasets in the Haynesville Play: Texas and Louisiana

C. O’Reilly, I. Deighton

GCAGS Transactions

... a geological layer model built with outcrop data and many thousands of formation tops interpreted from log data with large numbers (10,000s) of indexed...

Abstract: Geology, Hydrology, and Biology of the Flower Garden Banks, Northwest Gulf of Mexico

R. Rezak, D. W. McGrail, T. J. Bright

GCAGS Transactions

... at the semidiurnal period. The effects of storms may be seen in modulations of the flow having periods of 3 to 5 days. The nepheloid layer during all...

Abstract: Controls of the Geometry and Evolution of Salt Diapirs in Experimental Models and Natural Examples; #90285 (2016)

Shankar Mitra, Pierre Karam

Search and Discovery.com

.... They exhibit early cylindrical to flared patterns, but also show earlier tapering of the top, suggesting the effects of a depleted source layer, during...

Early Diagenetic Concretions Associated with Intrastratal Shrinkage Cracks in an Upper Proterozoic Dolomite, Tasmania, Australia

Clive R. Calver, Peter W. Baillie

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... Phanerozoic rocks is largely unresolved, but it has been attributed to the destructive effects of burrowing infauna (Horodyski 1976). The use...

Glauconite in Early Tertiary Sediments of Gulf Coastal Province

E. G. Wermund

AAPG Bulletin

... of weathered sediments were selected to determine weathering effects. In the laboratory each sample was separated into two parts: one for petrographic study...

Evolution of pore space in tight sandstone: The roles of dissolution, calcite cementation, and clay growth

Nengwu Zhou, Min Wang, Shuangfang Lu, Wei Liu, Ying Guan, and Changqi Yu

AAPG Bulletin

... size and porosity, whereas mineral dissolution produces the opposite effects (as has been extensively documented: Pittman, 1974; Navarre-Sitchler et al...

Guide to the Engineering Geology of the Anchorage Area: A Commentary on the Geotechnical, Hydrologic, and Historical Aspects of Selected Localities in the City, Anchorage, Alaska, 1984

Randall G. Updike, Larry L. Dearborn, Catherine A. Ulery, Jennifer L. Weir

Alaska Geological Society

..., W. R., 1965, Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, at Anchorage, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Report 542-A, 68 p. Hill, E.A....

Modern Sedimentation in Black Sea: Sediments

K. M. Shimkus, E. S. Trimonis

AAPG Special Volumes

... effects are shown in Table 4. The river-bed portion of the load is principally coarse- and very coarse-grained clastic material (Table 5). The largest...

Shelf-wide Erosion, Deposition, and Suspended Sediment Transport During Cyclone Winifred, Central Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Michael K. Gagan , Allan R. Chivas, Andrew L. Herczeg

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... layer extending 30 km offshore in water up to 43 m deep. Distinct post-Winifred changes in the cross-shelf distribution of organic carbon and carbonate...

Sedimentary Environment Differences of Ordovician Wufeng-Silurian Longmaxi Shale in China and Their Effects on Production – A Case Study of Weiyuan Shale Gas Field

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Thorium-to-Uranium Ratios as Indicators of Sedimentary Processes: Example of Concept of Geochemical Facies

John A. S. Adams , Charles E. Weaver

AAPG Bulletin

... widely applicable because only a gram or so of sample is required. The main errors in this technique are due to emanation effects in the alpha counting...

Abstract: Determining Scale Properties from Seismic Transmission Responses: A Modeling Study; #90171 (2013)

Emmanuel L. Bongajum and Bernd Milkereit

Search and Discovery.com

... imaging methods have been valuable in probing the earth’s subsurface. The image quality obtained of target structures is subject to the scattering effects...

Abstract: Determining Scale Properties from Seismic Transmission Responses: A Modeling Study; #90171 (2013)

Emmanuel L. Bongajum and Bernd Milkereit

Search and Discovery.com

... imaging methods have been valuable in probing the earth’s subsurface. The image quality obtained of target structures is subject to the scattering effects...

Origin of Giant Calcite-Cemented Concretions, Temple Member, Qasr El Sagha Formation (Eocene), Faiyum Depression, Egypt

Antar Abdel-Wahab , Earle F. McBride

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... from nearly uniform to aligned in rows to random, and because many have weathered nearly free from their host sandstone (Figs. 2-4). We studied...

A Petrographic Study on Sandstones from the Meluhu Formation, Southeast Sulawesi, Eastern Indonesia

Surono

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... of fresh and weathered fragments of oligoclase. According to Folk (1980) these are indications that the fragments originated from a rugged topography...

Chapter 10: Reservoir Modeling and Fluid-Flow Simulation, Ivie Creek Case-Study Area - Geological and Petrophysical Characterization of the Ferron Sandstone for 3-D Simulation of a Fluvial-Deltaic Reservoir (MP-02-6)

C.B. Forster, S.H. Snelgrove, J.V. Koebbe

Utah Geological Survey

... from each other by a thin (less than 1 foot thick [< 0.3 m]) mudstone and siltstone bounding layer. The resulting architecture provides the spatial...

Diagenetic Clay Mineral Composition as a Function of Pressure, Temperature, and Chemical Activity

B. Velde, E. Nicot

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... concerning the possible thermal and chemical effects, the origin of differences in smectite content of mixed-layer minerals for different lithologies...

Abstract: 4D Pilot integrated interpretations in Al Khalij carbonates field, Qatar; #90254 (2016)

Hendro Prasetyo, Thierry Pigeaud, Adeoye Adeyemi, Frédéric Cailly, Michael Ipui Emang

Search and Discovery.com

... Field which presents fractured carbonate <5m thick interbedded with tighter layer of muddy facies. The objective of this study was to verify that 4D...

Shale Diagenesis

Eric Eslinger, David Pevear

Special Publications of SEPM

... is the progressive reaction of smectite to illite via a series of mixed-layer illite/smectite (I/S) intermediates (Hower, et al. 1976). Smectite...

Hydrography, Sediment Dispersal, and Recent Historical Development of the Po River Delta, Italy

Bruce W. Nelsox

Special Publications of SEPM

... the delta, forces this layer of intermediate salinity water to move seaward along a broad front. I t transports fine-grainetl sediment at Icast a s f a r...

Precipitation Models for Sediment Supply in Warm Climates

C. Blaine Cecil, Frank T. Dulong

Special Publications of SEPM

... zero under hyperarid and perhumid conditions. The effects of tectonics and eustasy on sediment discharge are negligible, particularly at intermediate...