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Sedimentology and reservoir characterization of the Upper Pennsylvanian Cline Shale, Midland Basin, Texas
(2016-08)
The Cline Shale, an organic rich mudrock comprising the Canyon and Cisco Groups in the Midland Basin, has recently become an exploration target and production interval. The Cline is a basin-restricted facies specific to ...
Experimental investigation of ice-covered deltas : the effects of ice cover on delta morphology
(2016-05)
Deltas are dynamic systems that can provide important information on past climate conditions (Helland-Hansen and Martinsen, 1996; Hill et al., 2001; Kim et al., 2006; Bianchi and Allison, 2009). Arctic deltas have the ...
Depositional environment, diagenesis and reservoir quality of the middle Bakken member in the Williston Basin, North Dakota
(2016-08)
The Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation in the Williston Basin is an important source rock for oil production in North America. The Bakken Formation is comprised of three units: Upper and Lower Bakken black ...
Improving resolution of NMO stack using shaping regularization
(2016-05)
Common midpoint (CMP) stacking is one of the major steps in seismic data processing. Traditional CMP stacking sums a combination of normal moveout (NMO) corrected traces across a CMP gather to produce a single trace with ...
A 20,000 year flowstone record of Gulf of Mexico sourced moisture in Texas
(2016-05)
Understanding how future atmospheric warming may affect moisture distribution in the American Southwest is becoming increasingly important. To this end, various paleoclimatic proxies have been used to investigate the range ...
Evaluating stable isotope proxies (δ¹³C, δ¹⁸O, and δ¹⁵N) for detecting photosymbiosis in fossil corals
(2016-05)
Photosymbiosis is a mutually beneficial relationship that many scleractinian corals have developed with dinoflagellates called zooxanthellae. Photosymbiosis is often considered the evolutionary innovation that allowed ...
Observations on the osteology of scutellosaurus lawleri Colbert, 1981 (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) on the basis on new specimens from the Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona
(2016-05)
Scutellosaurus lawleri is a basal thyreophoran dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation, and it is the most abundantly known ornithischian dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of North America. Despite its abundance ...
The effect of a pre-deposited mobile substrate on terminal fan evolution and channel organization : tank experiments
(2016-05)
Depositional processes and interactions with a mobile substrate are seen in passive margins throughout the world. The interplay between brittle stratigraphic layers and a deformable substrate resulted in a complex stratigraphic ...
Fault seal and containment failure analysis of a Lower Miocene structure in the San Luis Pass area, offshore Galveston Island, Texas inner shelf
(2016-05)
Faults that displace siliciclastic reservoirs have been observed to either seal hydrocarbon accumulations in structural traps or serve as conduits for buoyant fluid migration. While many faults located along the Texas Inner ...
Characterization of the Cana-Woodford Shale using fractal-based, stochastic inversion, Canadian County, Oklahoma
(2016-05)
The past decade has seen a surge in unconventional hydrocarbon exploration and production, driven by advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Even with such advances, reliable models of the subsurface are ...