Modeling tidal bedding in distributary-mouth bars

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 499-512

  Leonardi, Nicoletta ^a   Sun, Tao ^b   Fagherazzi, Sergio ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL EXPLORATION COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TIDES;

ALTERNATE LAYERS; BOTTOM FRICTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; OIL AND GAS RESERVOIR; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; SAND CONCENTRATIONS; SETTLING VELOCITY; VERTICAL PERMEABILITIES;

SAND;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; LAMINATION; MUD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SAND; SETTLING VELOCITY;

EID: 84903998350     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2014.42     Document Type: Article

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