Three-Dimensional Depth Imaging of Seismic Data, with Examples from the Overthrust Belt of Southwestern Wyoming

Alvin K. Benson

Wyoming Geological Association

... that provide improved images of seismic data. For both cases, stacking velocities were initially used to derive interval velocities for modeling...

Stratigraphic Studies of Baker-Glendive Anticline, Eastern Montana

F. W. DeWolf , W. W. West

AAPG Bulletin

... blue-gray to pink limestone 100-160 feet thick and a lower red magnesian shale or sandstone, which, in central Montana, grades into the lower part...

Elastic Properties of Propped and Unpropped Eagle Ford Shale and 3D-printed Fractured Models Under Iso-static Stress

Suresh Dande, Robert R. Stewart, Michael T. Myers, Lori Hathon, Nikolay Dyaur

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... technology is growing in geophysical and engineering-physical modeling experiments. For example, Ishutov et al. (2015) printed Idaho Gray Sandstone...

Abstract: Hydrogeologic Modeling in Support of Ontario Power Generations Proposed Deep Geologic Repository for Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste, Tiverton, Ontario; #90172 (2014)

Jonathan F. Sykes, Stefano D. Normani, Yong Yin

Search and Discovery.com

... the Ordovician shale and limestone units are significantly under-pressured. The thin Cambrian sandstone formation pinches out 10’s km east of the DGR...

The Nature of Bed Form Migration in Shallow Marine Environments: Evidence from the Lower Trias, Western Alps, France: Abstract

M. T. Richards

CSPG Special Publications

... quartz-arenite sandstone, separated by planar erosion surfaces overlying top-surface lags. Individual cross-sets, 0.15 to 1.47 m thick, show...

ABSTRACT: Italy--Adriatic Sea--Barbara--A Giant Gas Field Marked by Seismic Velocity Anomaly--A Subtle Trap, by A. Ianniello, W. Bolelli, L. Di Scala; #91000 (1990).

Search and Discovery.com

Precision Measurements of Interval Velocity Differences from Seismic Data: ABSTRACT

Ernest E. Cook, Norman S. Neidell, John H. Beard

AAPG Bulletin

... in the subsurface. Reservoir quality porous rock formations will always be distinguished by reduced seismic velocities whether or not hydrocarbons are present...

Development of Marginal Fields in E South Area, Offshore Northwest Java, Indonesia

Ronnie Purantoro, Wayne Suyenaga, Medria K. Dewi, Danang R. Saleh, Frans J. Silitonga

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... Raja Limestone. In the E area, the lower portion of the Talang Akar consists mainly of shale interbedded with sandstone, siltstone and coal followed...

Correlation of seismic velocity and density of metasandstone from Kati Formation, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

Norsyafiqah Salimun, Abdul Ghani Rafek, Khairul Arifin Mohd. Noh

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... between their petrophysical properties and seismic velocities. The study conducted in Malaysia mainly focuses to correlate the physical and mechanical...

Stress-Dependent Flow, Mechanical, and Acoustic Properties for an Unconventional Oil Reservoir Rock

Gang Han, Marte Gutierrez, Peter Schmitz

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... be added to routine analyses. Azeemuddin et al. (1999) tested Indiana limestone and Berea sandstone under both hydrostatic and triaxial conditions...

Integration of Vertical Seismic, Surface Seismic, and Well-log Data at the Mallik 2L-38 Gas-hydrate Research Well, Mackenzie Delta, Canada

M. W. Lee, T. S. Collett, W. F. Agena

AAPG Special Volumes

... different scale lengths ranging from 0.3 (sonic log) to 60 m (197 ft) (surface seismic). The interval compressional (P-)wave velocities derived from VSP...

Initial Cruise Report, SOPAC Leg 1 (Cruise L5-82), Southern Tonga Platform

David W. Scholl, Tracey L. Vallier, Tun U. Maung, Shipboard Scientific Party

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... siltstone, sandstone, and breccia interbedded with fossiliferous limestone. Initial paleontologic age calls indicated that much of the platform's upper...

Holocene Oolitic Marine Sand Complexes of the Bahamas

Eugene C. Rankey, Stacy Lynn Reeder

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... flats; the dominant bar form broadly corresponds with flow velocities within and among shoals. Among Bahamian tidal shoals, the mean grain size of ooids...

Exploration-Scale Predrill Reservoir-Quality Prediction Strategies for Gulf of Mexico Basin Sandstones and Carbonates

Brown, Alton A.

GCAGS Transactions

... examples (a Cretaceous limestone and a Miocene shelf sandstone) are examined to illustrate how these reservoir-quality prediction techniques can be used...

Composite (VS/VP) Ratios in Transversely Isotropic Geology: Possible Aid for Identifying Organic Contamination in Porous Rocks

Alvin K. Benson

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... in otherwise pure sedimentary rocks, such as sandstone or limestone. Velocities in Transversely Isotropic Media Thinly layered (laminated) materials (Figure 1...

Limitations of Reflection Seismograph

L. E. Nugent, Jr.

AAPG Bulletin

... ordinarily have much higher velocities than shales. For example, the Ellenburger limestone has a velocity near 20,000 feet/second while Gulf Coast...

A Stratigraphic Interpretation of Shear and Compressional Wave Seismic Data for the Pennsylvanian Morrow Formation of Southeastern New Mexico: Chapter 13

M. D. McCormack, M. G. Justice, W. W. Sharp

AAPG Special Volumes

... sedimentary cycles or pulses. The most common lithology observed in the type log (Figure 3) is sandstone, shale, oolitic limestone, and coal. Geologic...

Hydrocarbon Prospects of Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan

Viqar-un-nisa Quadri, S. M. Shuaib

AAPG Bulletin

... discoveries in Paleocene limestone or sandstone, and one gas-condensate discovery from lower Eocene limestone prove that hydrocarbons are present...

Regional Geology of Eastern Canada Offshore

Grey H. Austin

AAPG Bulletin

... deposits comprising pelletoidal limestone and calcareous shale and sandstone; Lower and Upper Cretaceous sandstone, shale, and siltstone with a prominent...

Geophysical Monitoring with Seismic Metamaterial Contrast Agents

Quin R. S. Miller, H. Todd Schaef, Satish K. Nune, Ki Won Jung, Jeffrey A. Burghardt, Paul F. Martin, Matthew S. Prowant, Kayte M. Denslow, Chris E. Strickland, Manika Prasad, Mathias Pohl, Piyoosh Jaysaval, B. Peter McGrail

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... 5-8. Pimienta, L., J. Fortin, and Y. Guéguen, 2014, Investigation of elastic weakening in limestone and sandstone samples from moisture adsorption...

Quantification of Tertiary Exhumation in the United Kingdom Southern North Sea Using Sonic Velocity Data

Richard R. Hillis

AAPG Bulletin

.... (January) Sonic velocities from the Upper and Middle Chalk (Upper Cretaceous), the Bunter Sandstone, and the Bunter Shale (both Lower Triassic) were used...

Cost Effective Seismic Acquisition and Drilling in the Fold Thrust Belt of Papua New Guinea and Implications for Exploration in Irian Jaya

R. J. Schroder, B. McConachie, T. Surka

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... is the presence of Iagifu Sandstone in the hangingwall of the Wasuma Anticline. Seismic data have identified a risk that the Darai Limestone extends...

Seismic Stratigraphy of Baltimore Canyon Trough

John S. Schlee

AAPG Bulletin

... of interbedded calcareous shale and limestone (and zones of oolites) was drilled (3.8 to 4.8 km below kelly bushing); interval velocities range from 4.2...

P- and S-Wave Velocity Structures of the Sigsbee Abyssal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico from Ocean Bottom Seismometer Data

Sangmyung D. Kim, Seiichi Nagihara, Yosio Nakamura

GCAGS Transactions

...-frequency sonic measurements, the trend between Vp/Vs and P-wave velocities of these sediments is suggestive of the following lithologic change with depth...

A Predictive Model of Reservoir Continuity in Fluvial Sandstone Bodies of a Lacustrine Deltaic System, Colton Formation, Utah

Thomas H. Morris, Dean R. Richmond

Utah Geological Association

...A Predictive Model of Reservoir Continuity in Fluvial Sandstone Bodies of a Lacustrine Deltaic System, Colton Formation, Utah Thomas H. Morris, Dean...