Multivariate sequence stratigraphy: Tackling complexity and uncertainty with stratigraphic forward modeling, multiple scenarios, and conditional frequency maps

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1883-1901

  Burgess, Peter M ^a   Lammers, Henne ^a   van Oosterhout, Cees ^a   Granjeon, Didier ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

CONDITIONAL FREQUENCY MAPS; MULTIPLE SCENARIOS; MULTIVARIATE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATAL ARCHITECTURE; STRATIGRAPHIC FORWARD MODELING;

STRATIGRAPHY;

MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33845944867     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06260605081     Document Type: Article

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