A Predictive Model for Reservoir Distribution in the Permian (Leonardian) Clear Fork and Glorieta Formations, Robertson Field Area, West Texas

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1031-1055

  Atchley, Stacy C ^a,b   Kozar, Michael G ^a   Yose, Lyndon A ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPLE ZONES; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTECEDENT TOPOGRAPHY; FACIES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

EID: 0032648989     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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