CHAPTER 2: THE CONTINENTAL SHELF OFF SOUTH TEXAS

Henry L. Berryhill, Jr.

AAPG Special Volumes

... on the inner shelf that sorting out the small channels relative to lowstand surface was not possible on the full-second sweep seismic-reflection profiles used...

3-D AVO Analysis and Modeling Applied to Fracture Detection in Coalbed Methane Reservoirs

Antonio C.B. Ramos, T.L. Davis

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

.... However, reflection coefficients derived for isotropiJisotropic and isotropidanisotropic interfaces are not significantly different when velocity...

The Geophysicists' Bane: Multiple Suppression on the North West Shelf

C. R. T. Ramsden, M. R. Hobson, R. Cooper

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... difficult to identify because the reflection coefficients within the sedimentary sequence are much lower than at the sea-surface. However...

Structural imaging in the Rocky Mountain Foothills (Alberta) using magnetotelluric exploration

Wen Xiao, Martyn Unsworth

AAPG Bulletin

... magnetotelluric inversion algorithm was used to compute small static shift coefficients. By allowing the static shifts to be free parameters...

Application of Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy in Determination of Reservoir Properties

John Woods

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and accessories. For this study I have used attenuated total reflection (ATR) which involves transmitting the IR beam through a crystal that has...

Effect of Pressure on the Reservoir Properties of Sandstones

V. M. Dobrynin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... listed above find reflection. Method of experimental investigations. For determination of the coefficients of pore compressibility and of changes...

Comparative Geochemical and Mineralogical Studies of two Cyclic Transgressive Pelagic Limestone Units, Cretaceous Western Interior Basin, U.S.

Michael A. Arthur, Walter E. Dean, Richard M. Pollastro, Peter A. Scholle

Special Publications of SEPM

...% organic carbon with ranges of 42-96% and 0.06-6.97%, respectively, across small-scale cycles. High concentrations of Al, Fe, Mg, K, Ti, Na, Cr, Ni, V...

Spectral Analysis of the Middle Triassic Latemar Limestone

Linda A. Hinnov, Robert K. Goldhammer

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... cm-scale hemipelagic carbonate/shale alternations. We conclude that Milankovitch-forced, small amplitude sea-level oscillations were the most likely...

3-D seismic-based morphometric analysis of Silurian pinnacle reefs, southern Ontario, Canada

Bruce S. Hart, Shelie Cascadden, Ian Scotland

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... in the world, carbonate buildups encased in shales are typically represented by positive reflection coefficients (e.g., Burgess et al. 2013...

Variation in Ilmenite Element Composition within and Among Drainage Basins: Implications for Provenance

Dennis A. Darby, Yu Wen Tsang

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... for sands in the depocenter. Initial results on ilmenite from small-drainage-basin tributaries dominated by one or two source-rock types known...

Discriminant Analysis of Elemental Data To Differentiate Formations of Like Facies Vertically Across An Unconformity and Laterally Across A Paleotopographic Divide

Stephen P. Phillips, Thomas H. Morris, David G. Tingey, Dennis L. Eggett, Wei Zhou

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... between the laterally and partially time-equivalent White Throne Member of the Temple Cap Formation and the Page Sandstone (Fig. 2). It shows...

Fracture Identification and Evaluation Using S Waves, by Bob Hardage, #40792 (2011).

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Bulk Density of Pelagic Sediments from the Equatorial Pacific Estimated from Carbonate Content, Age, and Subbottom Depth

Michelle Kominz, G. Ross Heath, Ted C. Moore, Jr.

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of carbonate concentration (in percent), depth below seafloor (in meters) and depositional age (in millions of years BP). To keep coefficients...

Probability maps of reservoir presence and sensitivity analysis in stratigraphic forward modeling

Véronique Gervais, Mathieu Ducros, and Didier Granjeon

AAPG Bulletin

...—the training set—simulated for a sample of the input parameter space, called design of experiments. The metamodels then only require a small...

DAS microseismic reflection imaging for hydraulic fracture and fault zone mapping

Yuanyuan Ma, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, Avinash Nayak, Xiaoyu Zhu, Julia Correa

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... indicated by white arrows, but it also presents considerable interpretable features, which is a promising outcome. Reflection imaging provides a high...

Permian White Rim Sandstone Member of Cutler Formation: Coastal Dune Field, Utah: ABSTRACT

Brenda A. Steele-Mallory

AAPG Bulletin

...; and small amounts of well rounded, reworked glauconite are present throughout the study area. The White Rim Sandstone Member was deposited during...

Manganese-Nodule Bedforms and Thermohaline Density Flows in a Deep-Sea Valley on Carnegie Ridge, Panama Basin

Peter Lonsdale

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., Biogenic opal preservation in pelagic sediments of a small area in the eastern tropical Pacific: Geol. Soc. America Bull. v. 87, p. 1273-1282. JONES, E. J...

Structural Controls on the Formation of Bottom-simulating Reflectors Offshore Southwestern Taiwan from a Dense Seismic Reflection Survey

Philippe Schnurle, Char-Shine Liu

AAPG Special Volumes

..., Siberia: Marine Geology, v. 172, p. 121.Warner, M., 1990, Absolute reflection coefficients from deep seismic reflections: Tectonophysics, v. 173, p...

1.5 Crustal Sections: A Wide Angle Seismic Profile

V. J. Hughes, R. S. White, E. J. W. Jones, D. H. Matthews, J. A. Brewer, and D. K. Smythe

AAPG Special Volumes

...1.5 Crustal Sections: A Wide Angle Seismic Profile V. J. Hughes, R. S. White, E. J. W. Jones, D. H. Matthews, J. A. Brewer, and D. K. Smythe 1983 6...

Abstract: High Resolution Diffraction Imaging of Small Scale Fractures in Shale and Carbonate Reservoirs; #90244 (2016)

Alexander Popovici, Ioan Sturzu, Tijmen Jan Moser

Search and Discovery.com

... produced by conventional reflection imaging techniques, by emphasizing small-scale structural elements that are difficult to interpret on a conventional...

Lithoprobe Seismic Transect of the Alberta Basin: Compilation and Overview

Jacqueline Hope, David W. Eaton, Gerald M. Ross

CSPG Bulletin

... continuous and correlatable throughout the section. The Second White Speckled Shale, another commonly used Cretaceous marker reflection, is not present...

The Problem of Beach Cusp Development

A. T. Williams

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... breaker height, with large cusps tending to appear on exposed shores, small cusps in the sheltered bays, although Shepard (1963) has shown...

Channel detection in 3-D seismic data using sweetness

Bruce S. Hart

AAPG Bulletin

...-amplitude peaks and high-amplitude troughs (corresponding to positive and negative reflection coefficients, respectively, using North American...

Geologic Model of San Andres Reservoir, Roberts Unit CO2 Phase Iii Area, Wasson Field, Yoakum County, Texas

James V. Bent, Jr.

West Texas Geological Society

... is common; however, intercrystalline matrix porosity is critical for effective permeability. Anhydrite occurs as small nodules, fossil replacement (or mold...

Petrography and Reservoir Physics II: Relating Thin Section Porosity to Capillary Pressure, the Association Between Pore Types and Throat Size (1)

CATHERINE A. MCCREESH , ROBERT EHRLICH , and STERLING J. CRABTREE

AAPG Bulletin

... the relative amount of filling of that pore type for each pressure interval. The coefficients associated with some pore types may equal zero in some equations...