Time-Stratigraphy

Harry E. Wheeler

AAPG Bulletin

...., 1917, "Rhythms and the Measurement of Geologic Time," ibid., Vol. 28, pp. 745-904. BLACKWELDER, E., 1909, "The Valuation of Unconformities," Jour...

Interpreting Sedimentary Growth Structures from Well Log and Seismic Data (With Examples)

Richard E. Bischke

AAPG Bulletin

... to distinguish faults from unconformities in well log data, to identify hard to locate sequence boundaries, and to locate stratigraphic miscorrelations...

Seismic Stratigraphy and Global Changes of Sea Level: Part 7. Seismic Stratigraphic Interpretation Procedure: Section 2. Application of Seismic Reflection Configuration to Stratigraphic Interpretation

R. M. Mitchum Jr., P. R. Vail

AAPG Special Volumes

... in the procedure include (1) recognition, correlation, and age determination of seismic sequences; (2) recognition, mapping, and interpretation of seismic...

Seismic Stratigraphy of a Neogene Piggyback Basin, Argentina (1)

JAMES A. BEER , RICHARD W. ALLMENDINGER , DANIEL E. FIGUEROA , and TERESA E. JORDAN

AAPG Bulletin

...) and the Precordillera thrust belt. Two reflection geometries, onlap and truncation, are observed along four unconformities within the Neogene section. Onlap...

A Review of Fundamental Concepts of Hydrocarbon Exploration in Unconformity Related Traps

John C. Dolson, Keith W. Shanley, Michael L. Hendricks, William A. Wescott

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... Fundamental to understanding the origin of unconformities, effectively mapping their distribution, and predicting the distribution of facies with respect...

Abstract: Elephant Hunting in Nevada

Alan K. Chamberlain

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... beds for the fifty million barrels of oil already produced in Nevada. Karsted unconformities, stromatoporoid reefs, impact breccias, and sandstones make...

Northwest Sarawak: A Complete Geologic Profile from the Lower Miocene to the Pliocene Covering the Upper Setap Shale, Lambir and Tukau Formations

Franz L. Kessler, John Jong

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... and is described in this paper. The ca. 1000 m of profile section displays two major regional unconformities: an older Mid-Miocene Unconformity (MMU...

CHAPTER 1: USE OF HIGH-RESOLUTION REFLECTION PROFILING TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING MAJOR LATE QUATERNARY CONTINENTAL SHELF/SLOPE FACIES

Henry L. Berryhill, Jr.

AAPG Special Volumes

... of depositional and structural features, (4) identify the erosional unconformities or stratigraphic time gaps separating primary depositional...

Genetic Stratigraphic Sequences in Basin Analysis I: Architecture and Genesis of Flooding-Surface Bounded Depositional Units

William E. Galloway

AAPG Bulletin

... to loading, syndepositional structural discontinuities. Units are bounded by hiatal surfaces preserved as submarine unconformities or condensed...

Tectonosedimentary Model of the Northern Bolivian Altiplano : Sequential Balancing of an Synorogenic Basin Evolution

P. Rochat, P. Baby, G. Herail, G. Mascle

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

... mapping, new kinematic data and seismic reflexion analysis were used to study syn-orogenic sediments and to discriminate spatial, temporal and geometrical...

Age and Emplacement of the Mount Kinabalu Pluton

David A. Swauger, Charles S. Hutchison, Steven C. Bergman, John E. Graves

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... and uplift events are closely reflected in major unconformities documented offshore in the oilfields, aild collectively known as the Sabah Orogeny...

Revisiting the Grand Canyon

Search and Discovery.com

Genetic Facies Analysis Using Seismic Geomorphology and Seismic Attributes in the Continental Shelf of Eastern Mexico

Khaled Fouad, L. Frank Brown Jr., William A. Ambrose, Dallas Dunlap, Mario Aranda-Garcia, Ulises Hernandez-Romano

AAPG Special Volumes

... of Mexico Methods for generating seismic facies maps have developed significantly in the last decade. These methods include facies mapping based...

A Philosophy of Contour Mapping with the Computer: Chapter 1

Thomas A. Jones, David E. Hamilton

AAPG Special Volumes

...A Philosophy of Contour Mapping with the Computer: Chapter 1 Thomas A. Jones, David E. Hamilton 1992 1 8 CA 1: Computer Modeling of Geologic Surfaces...

Tectono-Stratigraphic Assessment of the Northern Colombia Forearc Basins and Peripheral Caribbean Deep-Water Fold Belt

E. Gómez, G. Butcher, D. Stewart, S. Sumner, D. Truempy, S. Ings

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

... from mapping of unconformities and growth strata, which are abundant in the seismic data. The sedimentary fill is formed of three megasequences...

Field Relations of Miocene Volcanic and Sedimentary Rocks of the Western Santa Monica Mountains, California

Thomas W. Dibblee Jr., Helmut E. Ehrenspeck

Pacific Section SEPM

... the Topanga Formation that includes them, and by Taliaferro (1924) who observed and named the Conejo Volcanics. Early geologic mapping of parts...

Paleosols in Late Moscovian (Carboniferous) Marine Carbonates of the East European Craton Revealing “Great Calcimagnesian Plain” Paleolandscapes

Pavel B. Kabanov, Tatiana V. Alekseeva, Veronika A. Alekseeva, Andrey O. Alekseev, Stanislav V. Gubin

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of epeiric shelves. Such successions, commonly with multiple unconformities, are well documented in Permo-Pennsylvanian sedimentary successions...

Aerial Photographs in Structural Mapping of Sedimentary Formations

L. E. Nugent, Jr.

AAPG Bulletin

...Aerial Photographs in Structural Mapping of Sedimentary Formations L. E. Nugent, Jr. 1947 478 494 31 3. (March) Factors that control the use...

Depositional Sequences and Stratigraphic Gaps on Submerged United States Atlantic Margin

C. Wylie Poag, John S. Schlee

AAPG Special Volumes

... in their pattern of reflections, making it difficult to separate them. We use the approach of mapping sequences based on unconformities (Vail, Mitchum, and Thompson...

Abstract: The Application of Engineering Geological Mapping in the Design and Construction of Roadways

Muhinder Singh, Mogana Sundram

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

...Abstract: The Application of Engineering Geological Mapping in the Design and Construction of Roadways Muhinder Singh, Mogana Sundram 125...

Limiting Pitfalls of 3-D Seismic Design and Interpretation in the Permian Basin

Louis J. Mazzullo

West Texas Geological Society

... or lithologic attributes of the section that are caused by unconformities, glacioeustatic sea level changes, or other reactivation surfaces. New...

Lower Pearl River Valley: Pleistocene Coastal Plain and Terrace Development. Alluvial Allostratigraphy in Louisiana

Ervin G. Otvos

GCAGS Transactions

... by unconformities established in the subsurface are defined only by overlying and laterally adjacent terrace, valley, upland, and other landform surfaces...

A Test Case of the New Stratigraphies Using Subsurface Data, Wilcox Group (Paleogene), South Texas

Bellamy, Justin B., Breyer, J.A.

GCAGS Transactions

... mapping of the Wales sand interval (Wilcox Group, Paleogene), La Salle and McMullen Counties, South Texas: Master's Thesis, Texas Christian University...

Seismic-Stratigraphic Interpretation of Depositional Systems and its Role in Petroleum Exploration (Part 1)

L. F. Brown Jr., W. L. Fisher

AAPG Special Volumes

..., and to invoke lithofacies models, in addition to conventional structural mapping. The approach permits interpretation of lithofacies, unconformities...

Relationship of Stratigraphic Traps to Submarine Unconformities: Examples from the Tocito Sandstone, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado

Richard J. Bottjer, Jeffrey A. Stein

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

...Relationship of Stratigraphic Traps to Submarine Unconformities: Examples from the Tocito Sandstone, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado Richard...