Conditioning a process-based model of sedimentary architecture to well data

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 868-879

  Karssenberg, Derek ^a,c   Törnqvist, Torbjörn E ^b   Bridge, John S ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARCHITECTURE; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE; ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; DETERMINISTIC PROCESS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0035667273     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/051501710868     Document Type: Article

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