Mapping facies distributions on modern carbonate platforms through integration of multispectral Landsat data, statistics-based unsupervised classifications, and surface sediment data

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1581-1606

  Kaczmarek, Stephen E ^a   Hicks, Melissa K ^a   Fullmer, Shawn M ^a   Steffen, Kelley L ^a   Bachtel, Steven L ^a,b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); MAPPING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEDIMENTS;

CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE DATA; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; TIME-EFFICIENT METHODS; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

DEPOSITION;

ALGORITHM; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CAICOS PLATFORM; CARIBBEAN SEA; COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS; GLOVERS REEF; INDIAN OCEAN; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 78149369474     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04061009175     Document Type: Article

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