Outcrop analog for an oolitic carbonate ramp reservoir: A scale-dependent geologic modeling approach based on stratigraphic hierarchy

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 845-871

  Amour, Frédéric ^a   Mutti, Maria ^a   Christ, Nicolas ^b   Immenhauser, Adrian ^b   Benson, Gregory S ^c   Agar, Susan M ^c   Tomás, Sara ^a   Kabiri, Lahcen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; OPTICAL RADAR; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITION SYSTEM; GAUSSIAN SIMULATIONS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; SCALE-DEPENDENT MODELS; SEQUENTIAL INDICATOR SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

CARBONATION;

ALGORITHM; ANALOG MODEL; CARBONATE RAMP; FACIES; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GPS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; JURASSIC; LITHOFACIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OOLITE; OUTCROP; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; RELIEF; RESERVOIR; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO;

EID: 84878127082     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/10231212039     Document Type: Article

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