Overlapping faults and their effect on fluid flow in different reservoir types: A LIDAR-based outcrop modeling and flow simulation study

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-427

  Rotevatn, Atle ^a,b   Buckley, Simon J ^a   Howell, John A ^a   Fossen, Haakon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Rocksource ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; PRESSURE COMMUNICATION; RESERVOIR MODELING; SIMULATION STUDIES; STRATIGRAPHIC DATA; STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORKS; VIRTUAL OUTCROPS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CONNECTIVITY; DATA SET; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; LIDAR; NATIONAL PARK; OUTCROP; RECONSTRUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIR; SOFTWARE;

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 62749201457     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09300807092     Document Type: Article

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