Geochemical Exploration for Hydrocarbons - No New Tricks-But an Old Dog

William Duchscherer Jr.

Abilene Geological Society

... Rev., Vol. 11, No. 10, pp. 1092-1104. Horvitz, L., 1939. On geochemical prospecting: Geophysics, Vol 4, pp. 210-228. Horvitz, L., 1954. Near-surface...

Abstract: Characterizing Brittle Deformation, Damage Parameters, and Clay Composition in Fault Zones: Insights from the Chelungpu, Taiwan and Mozumi, Japan Fault Zones, by Angela Isaacs; #90033 (2004)

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Predicting Sandstone Reservoir System Quality and Example of Petrophysical Evaluation; Dan J. Hartmann, Edward A. Beaumont, and Edward Coalson; Search and Discovery Article #40005 (2000)

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Possible Causes of Velocity Mis-Ties

R. A. Broding

Oklahoma City Geological Society

.... It is possible for the ray paths of tie shots to traverse different sections as a result of dip, faults, differential ray paths or near surface velocity...

Plant-Induced Weathering of Hawaiian Basalts

Robert A. Berner, M. Ford Cochran

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... weathering products, rich in Al and Fe, in some cavities and on the upper rock surface. However, in the younger historic flows the amount of clay-size...

Remote surface mapping using orthophotos and geologic maps draped over digital elevation models: Application to the Sheep Mountain anticline, Wyoming

Subhotosh Banerjee and Shankar Mitra

AAPG Bulletin

...Remote surface mapping using orthophotos and geologic maps draped over digital elevation models: Application to the Sheep Mountain anticline, Wyoming...

Remote Sensing for Analysis of Mine Subsidence and Mine Wastes

Douglas C. Peters, K. Eric Livo, Phoebe L. Hauff

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... unconsolidated material at and near the surface (Quaternary alluvial deposits; Scott and Wobus, 1983), material that should be less stable than some...

Seismic Exploration in the Rockies - Some Reflections

John M. Parker

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... in shallow auger holes beyond each end of the seismometer away. After correctingfor weathering and the surveyor’s surface elevation data, reflective...

Internal Structure of the Southern Front Range, Colorado, From an Apatite Fission-Track Thermochronology Perspective

Shari A. Kelley, Charles E. Chapin

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

..., 1997) of the highest elevation sample indicate that these rocks were near the surface during Ancestral Rocky Mountain deformation (peak deformation 290...

Sand Dune Development within the Simpson Desert and its Effect on Statics Calculation

P. G. Senycia

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... base was variable and unpredictable. (c) The relationship between surface elevation and weathering depth was complex. (d) Velocity change did...

Geophysical Case History of the Northwest Sulphur Pool, Murray County, Oklahoma

C. L. Howell

Oklahoma City Geological Society

... in the sub-weathering zone were used for corrections. Figure 1 is a portion of the final time map submitted by SSC's party chief, W. O. Novelly, under...

A Review of Seismic Acquisition Trials and Procedures in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

J. R. Hughes, N. A. Fitzgerald

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... in the resolution of the distortion that near surface effects have on seismic data. Thus, much of the effort during the last few years has been...

Weathering Pits in Jurassic Sandstones: Cosmogenic Exposure Age Dating of Geomorphic Surfaces in Southern Utah

Marjorie A. Chan, John Gosse, Thure E. Cerling, Dennis Netoff

Utah Geological Association

... sandstone weathering pit in arid south-central Utah: Earth Surface Processes and Land-forms v. 34 p. 99–108. Netoff, D.I., Cooper B.J., and Shroba R.R....

Understanding the Root Cause of Poor Seismic Data Through Modelling, #41912 (2016).

Anastasia Poole, Peter V. Baaren

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... feasibility studies using synthetic data are becoming more and more accepted in the marine environment. For marine acquisition the near-surface...

Groundwater resources evaluation using geospatial technology

Tesfa Gebrie, Ebissa Gadissa, Imran Ahmad, Mithas Ahmad Dar, Afera Halefom Teka, Asirat Teshome Tolosa, Ermias Sisay Brhane, and Assefa Fenta

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... with near-surface runoff and less permeability. Drainage density is considered as one of the indicators of groundwater occurrence. The study area has...

Industrial Minerals in the Southern Canadian Rocky Mountains

J. W. McCammon

CSPG Special Publications

... largest in the area. It is the only one now being mined. Here the Burnais formation lies near the surface in an area of 6 square miles. Good exposures...

Dune Reddening Along the Outer Banks of North Carolina: DISCUSSION

Robert Dolan

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... to reddish material grading downward into buff or gray unaltered sands. The ridges of "intermediate" age lack the thin dark near-surface horizon...

Problems in South American Geology as Suggested by an Aerial Traverse

John L. Rich

Tulsa Geological Society

..., others of recent elevations, and still others of both sinking and elevation in various degrees. There is a strong suggestion of a recent general drop...

New Scents on The Chattermark Trail: Weathering Enhances Obscure Microfractures

Elizabeth Decker Orr, Robert L. Folk

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... with humic acids near a soil zone are chattermarked and more chattermark trails occur per grain. Artificial weathering of glacial quartz sand grains...

Abstracts: Getting Better Shear-wave Data over Heavy Oil: Rational for Buried Acquisition; #90173 (2015)

Rob Kendall and Richard A. Bale

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... because of sensitivity to the changes in viscosity associated with heating the bitumen. Often shear waves suffer in resolution because of near surface...

Rattlesnake Dakota (Oil), T. 29 N., R. 19W., NMPM, San Juan County, New Mexico

D. L. Baars

Four Corners Geological Society

... ranging from 1° to 3°. As at the Hogback field, the Tocito Sandstone Member is at or near the surface on the structure and the original productive...

Abstract: Supervirtual S-wave Refraction Interferometry for Converted Wave Statics and Near-Surface S-wave Velocity Model Building; #90224 (2015)

Kristof De Meersman and Yoones Vaezi

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...Abstract: Supervirtual S-wave Refraction Interferometry for Converted Wave Statics and Near-Surface S-wave Velocity Model Building; #90224 (2015...

Tyrone-Mt. Union Cross-Strike Lineament of Pennsylvania: A Major Paleozoic Basement Fracture and Uplift Boundary

Michael R. Rodgers , Thomas H. Anderson

AAPG Bulletin

.... Geomorphic evidence of the lineament is recorded in Mississippian and older rocks. Near-surface hydrocarbon measurements, reservoir gas analysis, fracture...

Paleoclimatology and the Relative Stability of Feldspar Minerals Under Atmospheric Conditions

Thomas W. Todd

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., 305 p. WAHLSTROM, E. E., 1948, Pre-Fountain and Recent weathering on Flagstaff mountain near Boulder, Colorado: Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull, v. 59, p...

Clay minerals and their implications for Late Quaternary palaeoclimate investigation: A case study in Pontian, Johor

Abdul Hadi Hashim, Habibah Jamil, Ramlan Omar

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... identified near the surface of the Earth, a characteristic attributable to thermodynamic stability required during their formation and phase changes...