Channel-body basal scours: Observations from 3D seismic and importance for subsurface reservoir connectivity

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 150-163

  Snedden, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank full; Channel base drapes; Channel bodies; Channels; Connectivity; Deep water; Fluvial; Reservoir; Scour

Indexed keywords

BANK FULL; CHANNEL-BASE DRAPES; CHANNEL-BODIES; CHANNELS; CONNECTIVITY; DEEPWATER; FLUVIAL;

LITHOLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SCOUR; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ANOMALY; CRETACEOUS; DEEP WATER; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RIVER CHANNEL; SCOUR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 84869868952     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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