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George A. McMechan, Gerard C. Gaynor, and Robert B. Szerbiak
Use of ground-penetrating radar for 3-D sedimentological characterization of clastic reservoir analogs
Geophysics (June 1997), 62(3):786-796
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Clastic reservoir analogs based on 2-D outcrop studies provide valuable definitions of geometric and petrophysical heterogeneities at interwell scales. Integration of 3-D ground-penetrating radar (GPR) surveys with sedimentological and stratigraphic data provides information on the internal heterogeneities of sedimentary sequences at scales that allow dissection of the 3-D anatomy of clastic depositional systems. Two 3-D GPR data volumes were acquired in the Ferron sandstone of east-central Utah. The data show prominent lenticular features, a variety of lithologies, and structural elements such as channels and shale drapes that match well with those seen at the same stratigraphic levels in adjacent cliff faces.
analog simulation; clastic rocks; Cretaceous; electromagnetic methods; Ferron Sandstone Member; geophysical methods; geophysical surveys; ground-penetrating radar; Mesozoic; outcrops; petroleum; radar methods; sedimentary rocks; surveys; three-dimensional models; United States; Upper Cretaceous; Utah
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