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Resolving the Structural Complexities in the Deepwater Niger-Delta Fold and Thrust Belt: A Case Study from the Western Lobe, Nigerian Offshore Depobelt, #10289 (2010)

Olabode S. Matthew, Jason Won, George Udoekong, Olaoluwa O. Ibilola, Dolapo Dixon

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... these theories and identified the presence of an additional fracture zone up-dip within the extreme deepwater Western Niger-Delta, named the Benin...

Abstract: Grayson Field, Jurassic Smackover Reservoir, Columbia County, AR: A Case Study Using Leading Edge Reservoir Characterization Seismic Processing of 3D Seismic Data

Kevin B. Hill and William R. Meaney

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... on a four-way dip closure defined by three 2D seismic lines. Investors were hoping to find a maximum of 100 feet of pay. After the discovery of 158 feet...

Causes and Appearance of Noise in Seismic Data Volumes, by Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt; #41476 (2014).

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Screening Techniques: Chapter 9

Myron K. Horn

AAPG Special Volumes

... MAPPING TECHNIQUES: COMPUTATION OF CURVATURE, SANISH SANDSTONE EXAMPLE ST-20 MAPPING TECHNIQUES: SANISH DIP PROFILE (VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SCALES...

Seismic Stratigraphy of the Northern New Guinea Basin: Insight into the Tectonic Evolution of a Segmenting Basin

John D. Pigott, Douglas G. Neese

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... to the hostility of the terrain (Sago swamps to mountains), the acquisition should be viewed as optimal for the conditions, but moderate in terms of its...

Sumpal Fractured Basement Field, Structural Attribute Analysis and Interpretation Case Study, Workflow Management and New Insights from Pre-Stack Depth Migrated Data and Azimuthal Stacks

Yan Darmadi, John Hughes, Sugiharto Danudjaja, Rita Achdiat

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... in the enhancement of: (1) fault plane definition; and, (2) the top Pre-Tertiary (PRT) basement horizon reflector continuity. The analysis shows a complex...

Reconstruction of Allochthonous Salt Emplacement from 3-D Seismic Reflection Data, Northern Gulf of Mexico

Robert D. Walters

AAPG Bulletin

... salt sheet into individual salt structures. Faults with regional and counte -regional dip may develop during the segmentation process. The fault trace...

Chapter Nine: Inversion and Interpretation of Impedance Data

Rebecca B. Latimer

AAPG Special Volumes

... by Sheriff in his dictionary of geophysics terms as “Deriving from field data a model to describe the subsurface that is consistent with the data...

What Does It Mean When Bottom Simulators Are Black Swans?

Karyna Rodriguez, Neil Hodgson, Julia Davies, Searcher Seismic, Discover Geoscience

GEO ExPro Magazine

... flow in the basin, the acoustic change is found at a similar point below the seabed over large areas, generating a seismic reflector that simulates...

Abstract: Grayson Field Jurassic Smackover Reservoir: A Case Study Using Leading-Edge Reservoir Characterization Seismic Processing of 3D Seismic Data

Kevin B. Hill

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... Data Kevin B. Hill 2005 25 27 47 6 The discovery well at Grayson Field was drilled on a four-way dip closure defined by three 2D seismic lines. Investors...

3.4 Detached Sediments: 3.4.1 Decollement Tectonics (A-Subduction): Application of a Statics Solution, Wyoming Overthrust

J. H. Johnson, M. S. Yancey, and P. S. D'Onfro

AAPG Special Volumes

... of this is illustrated in Figure 1. A real data example of this problem is shown in Figure 2; a seismic section from the Wyoming Overthrust belt. The dip...

ABSTRACT Strain and Displacement Analysis Using the Displacement/Distance Method: Application to 3D Seismic Data from a Deep Water Thrust Belt, #90123 (2011)

David Iacopini, Rob Butler

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... of the western Niger Delta. Discontinuities and reflector terminations define stratal cut-offs which are correlated across thrusts. The offsets...

Neogene Evolution of a Confined Upper Slope Canyon System with Emphasis on Canyon Fill Architecture, Offshore Equatorial Guinea, by Zane Jobe and Jim Hewlett, #50048 (2007).

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Neogene Evolution of a Confined Upper Slope Canyon System with Emphasis on Canyon Fill Architecture, Offshore Equatorial Guinea, by Zane Jobe and Jim Hewlett, #50048 (2007).

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Mapping Middle Triassic Doig Sandstone Reservoirs in Northeast British Columbia Using Seismic Attributes; #51080 (2015)

Satinder Chopra, Ritesh Kumar Sharma, James Keay

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... are useful seismic discontinuity attributes that come in handy during interpretation. By first estimating the volumetric reflector dip and azimuth...

Structure, Stratigraphy, and Geologic History of Florida-Hatteras Shelf and Inner Blake Plateau

Charles K. Paull, William P. Dillon

AAPG Bulletin

... of the R/V Fay (017, 018, and 025, Fig. 2); 22 dip lines were run across the shelf and inner Blake Plateau at an average spacing of 30 km. Three tie...

Testing 3D Seismic Attribute Strategies for Subtle Fault Mapping; #41232 (2013)

J. H. McBride, R. William Keach, II, and Clayton K. Chandler

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..., cross-line-directed amplitude change, azimuth of the dip, shaded relief, and fault likelihood attributes. The results provide instructive examples...

Gas-Hydrate Horizons Detected in Seismic-Profiler Data from the Western North Atlantic

Brian E. Tucholke , George M. Bryan , John I. Ewing

AAPG Bulletin

...) the horizons are restricted to areas where sediment strata dip landward; such anomalous horizons are uncommon within the normal seaward-dipping continental...

Seismic Reflections from a Lau Basin Magma Chamber

Janet L. Morton, Norman H. Sleep

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... (Figure 2). The sound source was a 21.5-1, 2000-psi, tuned airgun array. A preliminary brute stack of the data revealed a strong reflector on both profiles...

Extending the Resolution of Seismic Reflection Exploration

L. R. Denham

Pacific Section of AAPG

... the shallow zone important when target depths are being specified. If the target is a good reflector, less effort will be needed to achieve a satisfactory...

Shanghai Field, Expanded Upper Yegua Trend, Texas Gulf Coast: Unexpected Reserves Defined By 3D Seismic

Thomas E. Ewing

GCAGS Transactions

... southward dip to the south. However, the base of the wedge (E-1) generally dips north into the fault, but is upturned into the main fault in various...

New Attributes Illuminate Old Structures on the Central Basin Platform

Charles H. Blumentritt, Kurt J. Marfurt, E. Charlotte Sullivan

West Texas Geological Society

... vector dip can be imaged by newly developed measures of reflector dip, azimuth, curvature, and rotation. Such attributes are useful for delineating...

Seismograph Interpretation as Related to Changes in Sedimentary Section in West Texas and New Mexico

John Daly , C. N. Page

AAPG Bulletin

... been observed in a reflection survey, and the data computed at a constant velocity of 14,000 feet per second, we would have shown a dip of 1,750 feet...

2-D Correlation and Stratigraphic Analysis

Charles Kerans, Scott W. Tinker

Special Publications of SEPM

... narrow in terms of dip width and can have local relief. 6) Bentonites or other volcanic alteration deposits are excellent correlation markers. However...