Characterization of stratigraphic architecture and its impact on fluid flow in a fluvial-dominated deltaic reservoir analog: Upper Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone Member, Utah

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 693-727

  Deveugle, Peter E K ^a,b   Jackson, Matthew D ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^a   Farrell, Michael E ^c,d   Sprague, Anthony R ^c   Stewart, Jonathan ^c   Calvert, Craig S ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHEVRON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD   (Australia)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d Third Coast Ceoscience   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL SPACING;

AZIMUTHAL ORIENTATION; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; FERRON SANDSTONE; PARASEQUENCE SETS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; VERTICAL PERMEABILITIES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AGGRADATION; AZIMUTH; COASTAL PLAIN; CONCRETION; CRETACEOUS; DELTA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; FLUVIAL PROCESS; OCEANIC FRONT; PARASEQUENCE; PERMEABILITY; PROGRADATION; RESERVOIR; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 79957833573     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09271010025     Document Type: Article

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