Unusual Holocene Serpulid-Tufa Bioherms, Enriquillo Valley, Dominican Republic: Morphologies and Paleoenvironmental Implications

Kelsey Winsor, H. Allen Curran, Lisa Greer, Bosiljka Glumac

PALAIOS

... include: non-normal marine salinity, warm and restricted waters, periods of stable water level, high Ca2+ and CO322 influx, and moderate wave action...

High-Energy Shelf Deposit: Early Proterozoic Wishart Formation, Northeastern Canada

Bruce M. Simonson

Special Publications of SEPM

... aggradation during pulses of more rapid sedimentation All of the cycles are capped by erosional surfaces Many are overlain by a thin lag conglomerate...

Application of a deep-water stratigraphic framework to the production of the Wolfcampian units in the Permian Basin

Daniel Minisini and Patricio Desjardins

AAPG Bulletin

... organic carbon, water saturation, porosity, permeability, Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, compressional wave/shear wave), calibrating well log...

Poro-acoustoelasticity FD simulation of elastic wave propagation in prestressed porous media

Haidi Yang, Li-yun Fu

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

...Poro-acoustoelasticity FD simulation of elastic wave propagation in prestressed porous media Haidi Yang, Li-yun Fu Poro-acoustoelasticity FD...

Examining the significance of the converted-modes beneath an ultra-high-velocity caprock: Physical modeling and a Gulf of Mexico salt proximity VSP survey

Jingjing Zong, Yukai Wo, Jizhong Yang, Nikolay Dyaur

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... The rugose salt bodies tend to introduce complicated seismic wavefields. In addition to the well-known challenges in seismic imaging around the complex...

Shallow Water Ripple Mark Varieties

William F. Tanner

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of two or more wave sets. One of these varieties, a symmetrical ripple mark, is shown to deviate in plan by as much as nearly 45° from the waves which...

Anatomy and provenance of a typical transgressive sandstone: the Lower Cretaceous Martin House Formation, Northern Canada

Julia E. A. Davison, Benjamin G. Daniels, Stephen M. Hubbard, Larry M. Heaman, Thomas Hadlari

Bulletin of Canadian Energy Geoscience (CEGA)

... of Sedimentary Research, v. 79, p. 184–209. Bhattacharya, J.P. and Walker, R.G. 1991. River- and wave-dominated depositional systems of the Upper...

Marine Dispersal of Fluvial Sediments as Fluid Muds: Old Concept, New Significance

Kristina A. Rotondo and Samuel J. Bentley Sr.

Special Publications of SEPM

... of observations collected during recent studies of the Eel and Fly rivers, and their similarities to the Atchafalaya shelf indicate that wave-enhanced gravity...

ABSTRACT: COMPARING BASIN MODELING TO VELOCITY MODELING FOR PREDICTING PRESSURES IN DEEP COLUMBUS BASIN, TRINIDAD,W.I.

K.M. Kumar and A.R. Vittachi

Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago

.... The predominately available P-wave velocities are affected by structure and fluids i.e. shallow gas, both are common in the Columbus Basin. The PS-wave velocities...

Geometry and Distribution of Sand Bodies in Deltaic Rocks: Abstract

James M. Coleman

CSPG Special Publications

... exploitation. In low-tidal, low-wave-energy deltas that debouch large volumes of sediment, three major types of sand bodies are formed that display...

Oral Session Abstracts: Numerical Modeling of the Global Tsunami: Indonesian Tsunami of 26 December 2004 - Abstract

Zygmunt Kowalik, William Knight, Tom Logan, Paul Whitmore

Alaska Geological Society

... was developed and run on a supercomputer. The high spatial resolution of one minute produces very small numerical dispersion even when tsunamis wave...

Abstract: Physical-Biogenic Break in Nearshore Sedimentary Sequences, by J. D. Howard, H.-E. Reineck; #90972 (1976).

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Wave Dominated Conglomeratic and Sandstone Marine Sequences of the Gates Formation (Falher Equivalent): Abstract

D. Leckie

CSPG Special Publications

...Wave Dominated Conglomeratic and Sandstone Marine Sequences of the Gates Formation (Falher Equivalent): Abstract D. Leckie 1984 572 573 Coal company...

Hummocky Cross-Stratification: Shelf or Surf?: Abstract

Brian Greenwood

CSPG Special Publications

... criteria for single sets of hummocky cross-stratification (Harms et al., 1982) have been found in the surf zone of a storm-wave dominated coastline...

Bed Forms and Sand Transport Paths in Non-Tidal Currents, Northwest European Shelf: Abstract

N. H. Kenyon, R. A. Flather

CSPG Special Publications

... of the outer shelf in depths of 100 to 150 m and exceed 100 cm/s in some parts of the North Sea. Tidal, surge and wave oscillatory currents are strong enough...

Evidence of Wave-Dominated, Selective Transport and Deposition of Heavy Minerals in Uplifted Pleistocene Shelf Sands Along the Oregon Coast: Abstract

Curt D. Peterson, Kenneth F. Scheidegger

CSPG Special Publications

...Evidence of Wave-Dominated, Selective Transport and Deposition of Heavy Minerals in Uplifted Pleistocene Shelf Sands Along the Oregon Coast: Abstract...

Links Between Suspended and Bed Load Sand Transport Rates on the Long Island Inner Shelf, New York, U.S.A.: Abstract

Christopher E. Vincent, Robert A. Young, Donald J. P. Swift

CSPG Special Publications

... outlined in Grant and Madsen (1979) to obtain the Shields’ Number ψ(t) for a combined wave current w(t) and steady current a, and the empirical equation...

Wave-Dominated Shelves — A Geological Point of View: Abstract

Roger G. Walker

CSPG Special Publications

...Wave-Dominated Shelves — A Geological Point of View: Abstract Roger G. Walker 1986 344 344 The geologist identifies two main problems of wave-(storm...

Abstract: Detection of Naturally Fractured Tight Gas Reservoirs: Case Histories from the Uinta and Wind River Basins Using 2-D and 3-D Seismic Data

Dave Phillips, Heloise Lynn, Michele Simon, Richard Van Dok

Four Corners Geological Society

... be located using seismic techniques prior to drilling, it can greatly benefit field development. Shear wave seismic detects fractures...

Abstract: Deltaic Systems: Perspectives on Facies Models and Sequence Stratigraphy

John R. Suter

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... systems built into widely utilized facies models. Elegant process-response classifications of Holocene examples as river, wave, or tide-dominated...

Abstract: A Comparison of Two Late Pleistocene Shelf-Edge Deltas (Indonesia and Gulf of Mexico)- Stratigraphic Architecture, Systems Tracts, Bounding Surfaces, and Reservoir Potential

Harry H. Roberts, John M. Robalin, Johan Sydow, and Richard Fillon

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

..., an important consequence of different depositional settings. The tropical Mahakam shelf is tectonically active and has low wave energy strong oceanic...

Abstract: Measurement of compressional--wave velocity gradients in seabed materials -- examples from the Beaufort Sea and the Sea of Japan

A. McKay

Atlantic Geology

...Abstract: Measurement of compressional--wave velocity gradients in seabed materials -- examples from the Beaufort Sea and the Sea of Japan A. McKay...

Abstract: Sedimentology of Cretaceous Mesa Rica Sandstone, Tucumcari Basin, New Mexico, by John E. Gage, George B. Asquith; #90970 (1977).

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Abstract: Ambiguity and Sensitivity of Rock Properties under Different Reservoir Conditions

Alvaro Chaveste

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... attributes related to changes of three physical properties of rocks (P- and S-wave velocity and density) across interfaces. Unambiguous estimation of the three...

Abstract: Compaction and Overpressure in Shales: Practice and Theory

Phil Heppard and Dan Ebrom

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... to explorationists generally. Away from well control, the most common source of pressure information is P-wave seismic velocities. Converting shale...