Digital rendering of sedimentary-relief peels: Implications for clastic facies characterization and fluid flow

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 495-501

  Meckel, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLVENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; INVASION PERCOLATION; MEAN GRAIN DIAMETER; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; THRESHOLD PRESSURES; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; RELIEF; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 84878846451     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2013.43     Document Type: Article

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