Beyond chi-squared: Additional measures of the closeness of a model to data1

Alan G. Jones

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... typically by the sum of derivatives (either 1st or 2nd derivative) across vertical (in 1D) or both vertical and lateral (in 2D and 3D) boundaries...

Deltas: Chapter 7

Daniel A. Busch

AAPG Special Volumes

... of the same cross-sectional area and a small increase in the sum total of Fig. 88. Distribution of forward velocity in plane jet. After Bates (1953). End...

Revised Models for Depositional Grand Cycles, Cambrian of the Southern Rocky Mountains, Canada

J. D. Aitken

CSPG Bulletin

.... Studies, v. 23, pt. 2, p. 39-50. Palonen, P. A., 1976, Sedimentology and stratigraphy of Gog Group sandstones in southern Canadian Rockies: Ph. D. thesis...

How Should We Measure Residual-Oil Saturation?

R. E. Wyman

CSPG Bulletin

... equations the velocity of a typical tracer molecule can be described by      (6) Tracers with different partition coefficients will have different...

Depositional Environments of Sediments near the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary, Bastrop, Texas

Thomas E. Yancey, Thomas F. Hull, Regina L. Dickey

GCAGS Transactions

... of the Wilcox Group are the product of a major flood of sediments carried to the Gulf of Mexico coastal plains during the early part of the Paleogene...

Siliciclastic Sediment Across the North Queensland Margin (Australia): A Holocene Perspective on Reciprocal Versus Coeval Deposition in Tropical Mixed Siliciclastic–Carbonate Systems

Jason M. Francis, Gavin B. Dunbar, Gerald R. Dickens, Ian A. Sutherland, Andre W. Droxler

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... the North Queensland Margin can be approximated by three independent methods: (1) the noncarbonate residual, (2) the sum of quartz, clays...

Optimum Deconvolution for Seismic Inversion Purposes

M. Suprajitno, L. Nutt, P. Busono

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

...., and Willm C., 1977, “Inversion of Seismogram and Pseudo Velocity Logs”: Geophysical Prospecting 25, 231–250. 6. Lindseth, R. O., 1976, Seislogs...

A Floating-Element Drag Plate for Direct Measurement of Bed Shear Stress During Eolian Transport

Steven L. Namikas

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... velocity derived from an adjacent mast of rotating-cup anemometers, in terms of their correspondence with measurements of the transport rate obtained...

Unravelling the Tectonically Controlled Stratigraphy of the West Natuna Basin by Means of Palaeo-Derived Mid Tertiary Climate Changes

Robert J. Morley, Harsanti Pribatini Morley, Pedro Restrepo-Pace

Indonesian Petroleum Association

..., with 'superabundant' Bosedinia/Granodiscus generally exceeding 90% of the combined sum of pollen, spores and the Bosedinia group. Zone PIVC Characterized...

Polar Wandering and Continental Drift an Evalvation of Recent Evidence

Ernst R. Deutsch

Special Publications of SEPM

... pp 509 514 DU BOIS P M 1959 M Rayleigh Palaeomagnetism Late waves and Study of shear velocity distribution in Bull Seis Soc Amer v 50 pp 87 115...

Chapter 5: Pre-Salt Depositional System: Sedimentology, Diagenesis, and Reservoir Quality of the Barra Velha Formation, as a Result of the Santos Basin Tectono-Stratigraphic Development

M. D. de Carvalho, F. L. Fernandes

AAPG Special Volumes

... oolitic siliciclastic ramp sequences (Pinda Group, Albian, Offshore Angola): AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, no. 11, p. 1729–1758. Farias, F., P. Szatmari...

Petrography and Reservoir Physics I: Objective Classification of Reservoir Porosity (1)

ROBERT EHRLICH , STERLING JAMES CRABTREE , KATHLEEN O. HORKOWITZ , and JOHN P. HORKOWITZ

AAPG Bulletin

... and permeability of quartz sandstones, Simpson Group (Ordovician), Oklahoma: AAPG Bulletin, v. 65, no. 11, p. 2381-2387. Pittman, E. D., and R. W. Duschatko...

The impact of rock composition on geomechanical properties of a shale formation: Middle and Upper Devonian Horn River Group shale, Northeast British Columbia, Canada

Tian Dong, Nicholas B. Harris, Korhan Ayranci, and Sheng Yang

AAPG Bulletin

... Group shale. At least in part, this may be because of its high thermal maturity; less mature shales may show a different relationship. Factor...

Active Ooid Growth Driven By Sediment Transport in a High-Energy Shoal, Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands

Elizabeth J. Trower, Marjorie D. Cantine, Maya L. Gomes, John P. Grotzinger, Andrew H. Knoll, Michael P. Lamb, Usha Lingappa, Shane S. O'Reilly, Theodore M. Present, Nathan Stein, Justin V. Strauss, Woodward W. Fischer

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... quantitatively. There are a number of hypotheses about the controls on ooid growth, each offering different ideas on where and how ooids accrete and what...

Biases in the Frequency of Fruits and Seeds in Modern Fluvial Sediments in Northwestern Italy: The Key to Interpreting Analogous Fossil Assemblages

Elena Vassio, Edoardo Martinetto

PALAIOS

... is proportional to the sum of the occurrence frequencies (X) of different taxa sharing the same growth form. The position of different plant symbols...

Ground Roll Polarization Filtering with Spatial Smoothness Constraints

Search and Discovery.com

... polarization serves as a synonym for direction. The data d(t ) that is measured on a 3C receiver can also be seen as the sum of P-wave p(t ) and S-wave...

Estimation of Natural Gas Reserves

Eugene A. Stephenson

AAPG Special Volumes

...., 1927, Core studies of the second sand of the Venango Group, from Oil City, Pa., in Petroleum development and technology in 1926: Am. Inst. Mining...

Search and Discovery

Search and Discovery.com

Resource Estimates of the Next Frontier: Deep Coals in the Cooper Basin

David Warner, Creties Jenkins, P.Jeffrey Brown, Timothy McMahon

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... – Toolachee T1 zone, Gidgealpa Group, Cooper Basin. The mean values of the two AUs do not sum to the mean of the entire T1 because these values result from...

Basin Characteristics, Tectonic History, and Grain Size are Main Influences in the Transport and Deposition of Turbidity Currents

Arnold H. Bouma, Anne M. Delery, Alfonso Benavides-Iglesias

GCAGS Transactions

... and complex where experts work together, in reality less time is required than one might expect. Practically all companies conduct these different...

Fluid and Petrophysical Prediction in the Elastic Impedance Domain Using Neural Network Technique; #41066 (2012)

M. Hermana, M. Najmi, Z.Z.T. Harith, and C.W. Sum

Search and Discovery.com

..., and C.W. Sum Fluid and Petrophysical Prediction in the Elastic Impedance Domain Using Neural Network Technique* M. Hermana1, M. Najmi1, Z.Z.T....

Subsurface Image Comparison between Active Seismic Data and Interferometry Seismic for a Mud Volcano Case in Wringin Anom, East Java

Triswan Madani Ade Surya, Nur Rochman Muhammad, Nathasya Abigail, Firman Syaifuddin

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... Different types of layers (soil or rock) will have different velocity. This method can also estimate the depth of the sea by detecting the time needed...

Significance of The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy for Identification of Low Contrast Low Resistivity Zones in a Clastic Outcrop of The Upper Talang Akar Formation, Musi Banyuasin, Indonesia

Amsal Frans Harapenta Surbakti, Muhammad Fadhli, Muhamad Ridho Naufalwan, Ugi Kurnia Gusti

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... is filled with two different sources in the Eastern part and Western part paleo high. The bottom Talang Akar consists of coarse-grained sandstone...

What to expect when you are prospecting: How new information changes our estimate of the chance of success of a prospect

Frank J. Peel and John R. V. Brooks

AAPG Bulletin

... Decisions Group, v. 2, p. 719–762. Kaufman, G. M., 1996, Risk analysis: From prospect to exploration portfolio and back, in A. G. Dore, and R. Sinding-Larsen...

A new methodology using seismic data to differentiate shallow-water carbonate deposits from similar, noncarbonate structures

M. Badalì, J. Hsieh, and S. D’Annibale

AAPG Bulletin

... response, and growth patterns.  Testing, performed on 214 internal, multiclient, and published images from different ages and locations, has shown...