Characterisation of dynamic flow patterns in turbidite reservoirs using 3D outcrop analogues: Example of the Eocene Morillo turbidite system (south-central Pyrenees, Spain)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-270

  Labourdette, Richard ^a,b   Crumeyrolle, Philippe ^a   Remacha, Eduard ^c  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Channel levee transition; Dynamic simulations; Eocene; High sinuosity channels; Turbidite outcrop analogue

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; MARINE TURBIDITE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; TURBIDITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; EOCENE; FLOW PATTERN; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LEVEE; OUTCROP; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 39049084453     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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