Chapter 12: Increasing Interpreter Capability in Structurally Complex Settings through Combined Fieldwork, Interpretation, and Geocellular Modeling

John G. Solum, Stephen J. Jolley, Benjamin D. Meyer

AAPG Special Volumes

... and construction of a 3-D digital fault framework model from outcrop data – and how the application of simple geometrical rules results in quality...

Geologic Excursions in Southwestern California

George Dunne, John Cooper

Pacific Section SEPM

... fault. Elevation profile of crest trace, showing correlations between anomalies in the horizontal & vertical dimensions and with structure. Bedding...

Subsurface Fault Throw: A Discussion

Emile Rod

Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo (AVGMP)

..., it is “the vertical distance between the two ends or edges of a faulted bed or vein, taken in a plane at right angles to the strike of the fault...

Fault Interpretation Problems in the Southeast Barrow Sub-Basin

R. K. Whyte

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... several major steps. With fault offset these steps cause lateral velocity contrasts on the fault plane, called velocity windows. Normal incidence ray...

Integration of Natural and Hydraulic Fracture Network Modeling with Reservoir Simulation for an Eagle Ford Well

Randy Offenberger, Nathaniel Ball, Kousic Kanneganti, Dmitry Oussoltsev

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... well that included:  construction of a 3D geological model to characterize the variability of reservoir and mechanical properties as well...

Structural Modeling of a Fractured Chalk Reservoir: Toward Revitalizing Gilbertown Field, Choctaw County, Alabama

Jack C. Pashin , Richard H. Groshong, Jr. , Guohai Jin

GCAGS Transactions

... component of oblique slip is apparent at the extremities of West Gilbertown fault A, where the fault plane curves in places by more than 10°. SEAL...

Geological Cross Sections: Part 6. Geological Methods

Jeremy M. Boak

AAPG Special Volumes

... be preferable to construct a profile section in which the plane of section is perpendicular to the plunge of the structure rather than being vertical...

Milton Field, Harris County, Texas

Phil F. Martyn, Roy F. Beery Jr.

Houston Geological Society

... Houston field. A profile drawn along the fault plane permits of the interpretation that an area of approximately 108,000 square feet (2 acres) may...

Seismic Models and Interpretation of The Casper Arch Thrust: Application to Rocky Mountain Foreland Structure

Riley C. Skeen, R. Randy Ray

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... fault zones (Ray and others, 1983). Two of these zones show up as laterally continuous reflections on the seismic profile A-A‘ (Fig. 3). Bedding Plane...

Clyde Field Growth Fault Secondary Detachment Above Basement Faults in North Sea

Alan D. Gibbs

AAPG Bulletin

...Clyde Field Growth Fault Secondary Detachment Above Basement Faults in North Sea Alan D. Gibbs 1984 1029 1039 68 8. (August) The Clyde oil field...

Research on buried hill fracture prediction based on sweet spot attributes of gradient structure tensor in dominant frequency band

Min Gong, Bo Wang, Lin Wang, Rui Wu

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... the fault, ε≈ 0, far away from the fault, ε≈ 1. Sweet Spot Attributes of Gradient Structure Tensor The structure tensor field is a new attribute analysis...

Introduction to AAPG Bulletin thematic issue on fault seals

Russell K. Davies, James W. Handschy

AAPG Bulletin

... of clay-rich layers, such as shale, along a fault plane created a lower permeability fault rock, or seal, between two reservoirs (Smith, 1966, 1980; Weber...

Introduction to AAPG Bulletin thematic issue on fault seals

Russell K. Davies, James W. Handschy

AAPG Bulletin

... of clay-rich layers, such as shale, along a fault plane created a lower permeability fault rock, or seal, between two reservoirs (Smith, 1966, 1980; Weber...

Application of an Inverse Method for Calculating Three-Dimensional Fault Geometries and Slip Vectors, Nun River Field, Nigeria

Hugh G. Kerr, Nicky White

AAPG Bulletin

... within the plane of Fig. 9. Synthetic model. (a) Numerically generated fault surface used in forward model to calculate geometries of two deformed...

Evidence of Post-Pleistocene Faults on New Jersey Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf: GEOLOGIC NOTES

R. E. Sheridan , H. J. Knebel

AAPG Bulletin

... permit the extrapolation of the fault planes at depth. The fault planes appear to dip northwest. On two crossings northeast of profile A-B (Fig. 1...

Seismic Profile, Structural Cross Section, and Geochemical Comparisons

Donald S. Stone

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

..., and the figure (7) caption states that the “inclination of [the] fault is approximated by [the] syncline’s axial plane which dips steeply under...

Sealing by Shale Gouge and Subsequent Seal Breach by Reactivation: A Case Study of the Zema Prospect, Otway Basin

Paul J. Lyon, Peter J. Boult, Richard R. Hillis, Scott D. Mildren

AAPG Special Volumes

... the observed paleocolumn. It is therefore likely that fault damage processes on the fault plane were responsible for holding back the original 69-m (226-ft...

Implications of the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake for the Emergence of Marine Terraces Along the Santa Cruz Coast, and for Long Term Evolution of the Santa Cruz Mountains

Robert S. Anderson, Dan L. Orange, Susan Y. Schwartz

Pacific Section of AAPG

.... J.G.R. v. 89: p. 5681-5698. Schwartz, S.Y., J.W. Dewey, and T. Lay, 1989. Influence of fault plane heterogeneity on the seismic behavior...

Utilization of Existing Wells in Seismograph Work

Burton McCollum , Wilton W. Larue

AAPG Bulletin

... of a fault plane at different depths, as shown in Figure 4. Here, for example, a well which was drilled too far back from the fault plane to obtain...

Application of improved shearlet transform algorithm in noise filtering of complex fault block oilfield in eastern Bohai Sea

Yu Xiong, Cai Li, Yongqiang Yao, Shaoxuan Li, Lei Gao

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...), it can be seen that at the position indicated by the red arrow, the characteristics of fault plane distribution are very clear in the 2000ms...

ABSTRACT: Fluvial Response to Faulting: Insights into the Growth History of Normal Fault Arrays using Geomorphic Criteria, by Deirdre C. Commins, Sanjeev Gupta, and Joseph A. Cartwright; #90906(2001)

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Locally Develop Tectonic Historic Of Southern Barito Basin Due To Tensor Type Analyses, Study Case In Panyiuran Region, South Kalimantan

Emanuelta Naibaho, Hendry Setiawan Lie, Febriwan Mohamad, Arief Pinandita

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... interlimb angle. The axes fold had the same orientation with as the Buluan Normal Dextral Fault (Figure 7). Baliangin Fold (Axial Plane I and Axial Plane...

Fourbear Field: An Eocene Laccofold, Western Bighorn Basin

Donald S. Stone

Wyoming Geological Association

... this fault zone (out of the plane of the profile in Figure 12), as at Fourbear; and Francs Fork is considered an example of early-stage laccofold...

Revealing Fault Control on Hydrocarbon Distribution in the Montney Play: a 3-D Exploratory Statistics Approach; #11388 (2024)

Jean-Yves Chatellier, Tristan Euzen, Andy Mort, Damien Thenin

Search and Discovery.com

... fault planes identified using Datadesk, a 3-D exploratory statistic program 30 km 34 high pressure gas kick incidents on the map One fault plane...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Geological Perception of Pore and Fracture Prediction: Case Histories from the Gulf of Mexico

Shaker, Selim S.

GCAGS Transactions

... presence contribute to the magnitude of this shift. The structural setting of a prospect and the fault plane lithology juxtaposition play...