Abstract: Stratal Stacking Patterns in Underfilled Basins; #90224 (2015)

Octavian Catuneanu

Search and Discovery.com

... with the prediction of standard models, and consequently stratigraphic frameworks may or may not include the entire spectrum of sequence stratigraphic surfaces...

Shortwave Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging: A Novel Method For Enhancing the Visibility of Sedimentary And Biogenic Features In Oil-Saturated Core

Michelle Speta, Murray K. Gingras, Benoit Rivard

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... Accordingly, each pixel of the digital image contains a reflectance spectrum (Fig. 2). The term “hyperspectral” refers to the fact that reflectance...

Palaeocene Reservoir Depositional Systems of the WD Field, Papua Barat Province: A Play Fairway Opening Discovery

Ruly Mardani, Peter Butterworth

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... The initial sequence boundary at Pc10 times led to the deposition of basin floor ‘fans’ (here termed lobe complexes) overlain by a ‘healing phase...

Diagenetic Alterations of Micromammal Fossil Bones from Olduvai Bed I of the Lower Pleistocene Sequence at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Y. Dauphin , C.T. Williams , P. Andrews , C. Denys , Y. Fernandez-Jalvo

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... here does not separate the matrix components that are entrapped within the bone mineral phase from those which arise from nonmineralized matrix areas...

Dune Migration on Macrotidal Flats Under Symmetrical Tidal Flows: Garolim Bay, Korea

Hee J. Lee, Hyung R. Jo, Yong S. Chu

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., megaripple, and sand ridge (or bank) other than dune (Allen 1980; Ashley 1990). Ashley (1990) has suggested a unifying name, dune, for a spectrum...

Abstract: Cross-Validation of 3C and 9C Prestack Shear Wave Splitting Analysis at Big Sky; #90224 (2015)

Jeff P. Grossman and Gulia Popov

Search and Discovery.com

... to be orthogonal to each other. We also show that this agreement with theory improves beyond a threshold magnitude of SWS, simply because azimuth estimation...

SPE 49025: Geostatistical Analysis of Petrophysical Data and Modeling of Fluid-Flow Effects in Carbonate Outcrops

James W. Jennings, Jr., Stephen C. Ruppel, W. Bruce Ward

West Texas Geological Society

.... Approximately parallel to depositional dip, this section displays a spectrum of cyclic, middle to outer platform carbonate facies successions. Studies...

Advances in Simulation of Hydrocarbon Production From Shale Reservoirs

Masoud Alfi, Zhi Chai, Bicheng Yan, Brian C. Stimpson, Maria A. Barrufet, John Killough

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of this paper, we have provided an in-depth discussion on how rock-fluid interactions can affect the phase behavior and fluid distribution in shale...

Cycle Symmetry and its Causes, Cisco Group (Virgilian and Wolfcampian), Texas

Wan Yang

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... relations, and stratigraphic position. Transgressive and regressive stratigraphic environment gradients are defined as the magnitude of environmental...

Possible Relationships Between Lineament Tectonics and the Dynamics of the Milky Way Galaxy

Peter J. Haman

Utah Geological Association

... deformation involving the basement is of the same order of magnitude underneath the Rocky Mountains as in the Plains. The interior of the Cordillera...

Dikes in Big Bend National Park; Petrologic and Tectonic Significance

Jonathan G. Price, Christopher D. Henry

West Texas Geological Society

... describes localities for examining dikes in Big Bend National Park (Figure 1). These dikes represent two ends of the chemical spectrum of igneous...

Transport and Deposition of Tephra by Pyroclastic Flows and Surges

Steven N. Carey

Special Publications of SEPM

... at higher particle concentrations more massive types will form A whole spectrum of facies relationships is likely to exist because of the great differences...

Phase Residules Can Help Define Channels, by Marcilio Matos and Kurt J. Marfurt; #41140 (2013).

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Expectations from Uranium Exploration

John W. Gabelman

AAPG Bulletin

... 0.5 percent U3O8. The prices of $6.70 to below $5, prevailing during the Federal stretch-out and phase-out program, and during the initial private...

An Integrated Pore-Scale Characterization Workflow for Hydrocarbon Gas Huff-and-Puff Injection into the Lower Eagle Ford Shale

Sherifa Cudjoe, Reza Barati, Robert Goldstein, Jyun-Syung Tsau, Brian Nicoud, Kyle Bradford, Amanda Baldwin, David Mohrbacher

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...) allows for identification of different elements within the rock samples at the micro-scale, where an X-ray spectrum is generated from the entire scan area...

Holocene Dolomitization of Supratidal Sediments by Active Tidal Pumping, Sugarloaf Key, Florida

Jose D. Carballo , Lynton S. Land, Donald E. Miser

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... This transect is representative of the entire area, and includes the complete spectrum of exposure indices, all the depositional environments, and all...

Estimation of Reservoir Fluid Saturation from 4D Seismic Data: Effects of Noise on Seismic Amplitude and Impedance Attributes

Rafael Souza, David Lumley, Jeffrey Shragge

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... assume that the seismic data image polarity is equivalent to a zero-phase wavelet, and use the convention that positive values correspond to positive...

Hydrocarbon Potential of Pennsylvanian Black Shale Reservoirs, Paradox Basin, Southeastern Utah (OFR-534)

S. Robert Bereskin, John McLennan

Utah Geological Survey

..., magenta epoxy can be seen from pores of some magnitude. The latter epifluorescent or reflected light views are qualitative estimates of porosity-only...

Fluid Dynamics of Viscous Buckling Applicable to Folding of Layered Rocks

Hans Ramberg

AAPG Bulletin

... spectrum of trains of folds, the wavelength of all folds in a given train being identical but changing from train to train. However, in any one system...

Assessing Impact of Shale Gas Adsorption on Free-Gas Permeability via a Pore Network Flow Model

Jingsheng Ma, Gary D. Couples

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... of non-ideal gas and showed that a large discrepancy in calculated gas permeability, of more than an order of magnitude, can occur depending on whether...

Parameterizing and Block-Averaging Electrical Characteristics of a Reservoir: an Essential part of Electrical/Electromagnetic Evaluation of Production Process: Reservoir Characterization and Modeling

A. J. Mansure

AAPG Special Volumes

... Formation Evaluation, September 1990, pp 241-247. 9. Morrow, N.R., Irreducible wetting-phase saturations in porous media, Chemical Engineering Science...

Opening-mode fracturing and cementation during hydrocarbon generation in shale: An example from the Barnett Shale, Delaware Basin, West Texas

Julia F. W. Gale, András Fall, Inessa A. Yurchenko, Walaa A. Ali, Stephen E. Laubach, Peter Eichhubl, and Robert J. Bodnar

AAPG Bulletin

...), and kaolinite-quartz (K-qz) spectra. Area B and quartz (qz) spectrum. Area C and cerussite needle (Ce) spectrum. Area D and Fe-calcite (Fe-cc...

Spatial and vertical patterns of peak temperature in the Delaware Basin from Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material

Telemachos A. Manos and Nicholas D. Perez

AAPG Bulletin

... is critical for determining the generative potential of petroleum source rocks. The amount of kerogen that matures into hydrocarbon and the phase...

Automatic Characterization of Effective Fracture Geometry and Production Profiles in Horizontal Wells Using High-Resolution Distributed Strain Sensing

Wei Ma, Kan Wu, Ge Jin

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... to characterize fracture geometry and estimate the drainage dimensions during the production phase in unconventional reservoirs. RFS-DSS enables continuous...

Relationship between mineralogy and porosity in seals relevant to geologic CO2 sequestration

Alexander M. Swift, Lawrence M. Anovitz, Julia M. Sheets, David R. Cole, Susan A. Welch, and Gernot Rother

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... of magnitude. Pore types are identified and then characterized according to presence in each rock type, relative abundance, and surface area of adjacent...