Distinguishing faults from flooding surfaces on spectral gamma-ray logs

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1239-1254

  Ruffell, A ^a   McKinley, J M ^a   Evans, R ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GAMMA RAYS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELL LOGGING; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACES;

FLOODING SURFACES; GAMMA-RAY LOGS; TRANSREGRESSIVE MODELS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FAULT; FLOODING; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 4644349569     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04160403093     Document Type: Article

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