Facies mapping from three-dimensional seismic data: Potential and guidelines from a tertiary sandstone-shale sequence model, Powderhorn field, Calhoun County, Texas

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-46

  Zeng, Hongliu ^a,b,d,e,f   Backus, Milo M ^a,g,h   Barrow, Kenneth T ^c   Tyler, Noel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Texaco Exploration and Production Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Texaco E and P Inc   (United States)

^e Petroleum Engineering Institute   (China)

^f AAPG

^g Geophysical Service Incorporated

^h Geophysical Service Incorporated ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FACIES MAPPING; SPONTANEOUS POTENTIAL;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SHALE; TERTIARY; WELL LOGGING;

USA, TEXAS, CALHOUN COUNTY, POWDERHORN FIELD;

EID: 0029735077     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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