Building the 3-D jigsaw puzzle: Applications of sequence stratigraphy to 3-D reservoir characterization, Permian basin

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 460-484

  Tinker, S W ^a  

^a MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMIAN; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, NEW MEXICO; USA, TEXAS;

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEDIMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

INTERWELL HETEROGENEITY; PERMIAN BASIN; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENT OUTCROPS; VOLUMETRIC CALCULATIONS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0029667980     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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