Experiments on the Thickness of Beds Deposited by Turbidity Currents

G. V. Middleton, W. J. Neal

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of suspension (per unit width) was found to be directly proportional to the dimensionless ratio of settling velocity divided by the speed of the head...

Modeling of Erosion and Deposition by Turbidity Currents Generated at River Mouths

Thierry Mulder , James P.M. Syvitski , Kenneth I. Skene

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... force due to weight [MLT-2] Fv force due to flow velocity [MLT-2] g acceleration of gravity [LT-2] H thickness of the flow [L] End_Page 136...

Bottom Boundary Layer Parameters and Sediment Transport on the Louisiana Inner-Shelf During Cold Front Passages

David A. Pepper , Gregory W. Stone , and Ping Wang

GCAGS Transactions

... velocity (1.9 cms-1) and wave-current shear velocity (4.4 cms-1) were highest during this event's frontal and prefrontal stages (respectively). During...

Finite Difference Modeling: Part I: Become Expert in Five Minutes

Lasse Amundsen, Ørjan Pedersen, Martin Landrø

GEO ExPro Magazine

...-velocity contrasts. Virieux (1984, 1986) introduced the stable staggered-grid ff GeoExPro Vol. 15, No. 2, May 2018 Copyright © 2018 Geopublishing Limited...

Improving Fault Geometry Interpretation through 'Pseudo-Depth' Conversion of Seismic Data in the Penola Trough, Otway Basin

P. J. Lyon, P. J. Boult, A. Mitchell, R. R. Hillis

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... seal integrity in the Penola Trough, Otway Basin. Fault geometries in the Penola Trough are variable with complex kinematic interactions between...

Measurements Derived from Seismic Data as an Aid in Hydrocarbon Definition

R. E. Sheriff, M. T. Taner, F. P. Kronberger, L. R. Denham

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... can assist gas and oil field development in a number of ways: predicting structure; predicting abnormal pressure by velocity analysis; predicting...

Woods Hole Rapid Sediment Analyzer

John M. Zeigler, Geoffrey G. Whitney, Jr., Carlyle R. Hayes

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., A. T., 1949, Influence of shape on the fall velocity of sand grains: unpublished M.S. thesis, Colorado A & M College, 102 p. KERMACK, W. O., MCKENDRICK...

Mid-Slope Bottom Currents off the Louisiana Coast

W. J. Wiseman, Jr., and H. H. Roberts

GCAGS Transactions

... directions, the low-frequency signal is dominated by pulses of southward-directed flow (Fig. 2). The variance-preserving spectra of the two velocity...

Determining a Good Hole Cleaning by Judging the Cutting Transport Parameter in 81/2" Horizontal Hole Section Leads to Operational Success During Underbalanced Drilling Operation

Raden Hanggara Tri Poetra, Kitos G. Akbar, Hasnan Rifani, Robani Sadiya

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... of Minimum Transport Velocity (MTV) from Larsen and Rudi-Sindhu correlations. This concept assumes that a hole can be cleaned efficiently by maintaining...

Seismic Stratigraphy — Lodgepole Play Examples

John A. Andrew

Montana Geological Society

... and acoustic contrast (especially velocity) relative to the seismic wavelength. Frequency is the only acquisition variable affecting wavelength...

Incorporating Secondary Information Using Direct Sequential Cosimulation

A. Soares, J. A. Almeida, L. Guerreiro

AAPG Special Volumes

... simulation is a new approach to stochastic simulation that does not require any prior transformation of the original variable or any posterior transformation...

Abstract: Seismic Wave Attenuation due to Scattering and Leaky Mode Mechanisms in Heterogeneous Reservoirs; #90171 (2013)

Jun-Wei Huang, Gilles Bellefleur, and Bernd Milkereit

Search and Discovery.com

..., Ottawa ON, K1A0E9 and Bernd Milkereit University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto ON, M5S1A7 Summary Multi-dimensional and multi-variable...

Exploiting a Priori Model Reduction Methods to Accelerate Seismic Simulations, #42038 (2017).

David Modesto, Josep De La Puente

Search and Discovery.com

... is fixed at the surface point indicated in Figure 1, and the frequency is variable along the range 1 to 5 Hz. Therefore, note that this corresponds velocity...

Design and Application of Aerated and Foam Drilling Fluid, Case Study in Drilling Operation in Indonesia

Wisnu Adi Nugroho, Muhammad Sumantri, Satria Hermawan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... underbalanced conditions are foam mud, aerated fluid and air/mist drilling. There are two parameters as variable to be controlled in those techniques, air...

Passive Margins: Eroded Carbonate Platform Margin--The Blake Escarpment off Southeastern United States

William P. Dillon, Anne M. Trehu, Page C. Valentine, and Mahlon M. Ball

AAPG Special Volumes

... areas for profiling anyway, because of rough surfaces and cavities produced by karstification, and occurrence of common high-velocity layers shallow...

Using Thomsen's Model to Analyze Composition and Internal Structure of Shales; #90017 (2003)

Jose Agnelo Soares, Margareth da Silva Brasil Guimaraes

Search and Discovery.com

...) and doing laboratory measurements of P wave velocity in direction parallel VPpar, perpendicular VPper and 45 degrees from shale bedding VP45, plus...

Oil Shales: Their Shear Story, by Jyoti Behura, Michael L. Batzle, Ronny Hofmann and John Dorgan, #40379 (2009).

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Seismic Stratigraphy and Global Changes of Sea Level: Part 9. Seismic Interpretation of Clastic Depositional Facies: Section 2. Application of Seismic Reflection Configuration to Stratigraphic Interpretation

J. B. Sangree , J. M. Widmier

AAPG Special Volumes

... and low-velocity turbid layer and suspension transport processes. Low-Continuity and Variable-Amplitude Facies (variable energy) Sediments deposited...

Seismic Stratigraphy and Global Changes of Sea Level, Part 9: Seismic Interpretation of Clastic Depositional Facies

J. B. Sangree , J. M. Widmier

AAPG Bulletin

... velocity, and broad, low-relief mounds are the principal factors in defining seismic facies units. The shelf-margin and prograded-slope environment...

Sediment Transport Models

H. W. Shen

Dallas Geological Society

... range) will follow the same trend. They selected the sediment concentration (bed material load) as the dependent variable and the fall velocity...

Sediment Transport Models

H. W. Shen

CSPG Special Publications

... range) will follow the same trend. They selected the sediment concentration (bed material load) as the dependent variable and the fall velocity...

Hydrodynamic behaviors of pachycephalosaurid domes in controlled fluvial settings: A case study in experimental dinosaur taphonomy

Joseph E. Peterson, Carol L. Bigalke

PALAIOS

.../s. The frontoparietal dome of Stegoceras had an average entrainment velocity of 0.83 m/s. The Stegoceras skull was most variable and had an average...

Carbonate Sand Waves, Isla Mujeres, Yucatan

J. C. Harms, P. W. Choquette, M. J. Brady

New Orleans Geological Society

... configurations in depth-velocity-size diagrams: Jour. Sed. Petrology, V. 41, p. 903-915. Taft, W. H., Arrington, F., Haimovitz, A., Macdonald, C...

Pore Pressure and Elastic Moduli Estimation Considerations for a Simplified Geomechanical Model for Unconventional Plays. A case study in the Vaca Muerta Formation

Sergio Cuervo, Ezequiel Lombardo

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... the construction of 1D mechanical models a major challenge. Current published models for unconventionals are highly variable, even for the same play...

Depositional Mechanisms from the Size Analysis of Clastic Sediments

Basanta K. Sahu

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., 99 p. SCHULTZ, E. F., WILDE, R. H., AND ALBERTSON, M. L., 1954, Influence of shape on the fall velocity of sedimentary...