a r t i c l e i n f o The Upper Cretaceous John Henry Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation preserves regressive shoreface and channel facies, and transgressive lagoonal tidal inlet facies that suggest distinct modal sandstone compositions. Detrital modes from six sandstone facies (upper shoreface, lower shoreface, deflected mouth bars, fluvial channels, tidal inlets and washover fans), and t...

Based on numerous empirical observations of lacustrine basin strata, we propose a three-fold classification of lacustrine facies associations that accounts for the most important features of lacustrine petroleum source rocks and provides a predictive framework for exploration in nonmarine basins where lacustrine facies are incompletely delineated. (1) The fluvial-lacustrine facies association i...

We present detailed bathymetry, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and submersible observations, and sedimentary and radiocarbon age data from carbonate deposits recovered from two submerged terraces at 150 m (T1) and 230 m (T2) off Lanai, Hawaii. The tops of the terraces are veneered by relatively thin (b5 m) in situ accumulations of coralline algal nodule, coralgal nodule, Halimeda and a derived...

The problem of estimating the location of facies boundaries is difficult in history matching, partly because of the geological complexity. The truncated plurigaussian method for modeling geologic facies is useful in this aspect not only for the wide variety of textures and shapes that can be generated, but also because of the internal consistency of the stochastic model. This method has not bee...

Gas and oil reservoirs have been the focus of modeling efforts for decades as an attempt to locate zones with high volumes. Certain subsurface layers and layer sequences, such as those containing shale, are known to be impermeable to gas and/or liquid. Oil and natural gas then become trapped by these layers, making it possible to drill wells to reach the supply, and extract for use. The drillin...

Coal exploration and mining in extensively drilled and sampled coal seams can benefit from 3D statistical facies interpolation. Starting from closely spaced core descriptions, and using interpolation methods, a 3D optimum and robust facies distribution model was obtained for a thick, heterogeneous coal seam zone deposited in the non-marine As Pontes basin (Oligocene-Early Miocene, NW Spain). Se...

When CO2 is injected in saline aquifers, dissolution causes a local increase in brine density that can cause Rayleigh-Taylor-type gravitational instabilities. Depending on the Rayleigh number, density-driven flow may mix dissolved CO2 throughout the aquifer at fast advective time-scales through convective mixing. Heterogeneity can impact density-driven flow to different degrees. Zones with low ...

the area under study is located 75 km north of isfahan north of fenshark village.the mesozoic deposits of this area have been metamorphosed in the vicinity of neogene granodiorites and quartzdiorites ,forming hornfelses in three individual facies albit-epidot-hornfelses in three individual facies albit-epidot-hornblende-and pyroxene hornfels. wollastonite,vesuvianite,garnet and calcite are the ...

An undeformed metadolerite dyke cutting foliated pyroxene-granulite facies gneisses in the Jotunhelm, Norway, has almandine rods replacing the cores of plagioclase laths, although garnet is generally absent from the enclosing gneisses, and is not present in reaction zones between peridotites and gneisses. Chemical analyses of the dyke and its garnet, plagioclase, and clinopyroxene are given. Th...

Nowadays, there are significant issues in the classification of lithofacies and identification rock types particular. Zamzama gas field demonstrates complex nature due to heterogeneous reservoir formation, while it is quite challenging identify lithofacies. Using our machine learning approach cluster analysis, we can not only resolve these difficulties, but also minimize their time-consuming as...