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- Description:
- This study investigates the internal facies architecture of a river-dominated delta deposit using outcrops of the Cretaceous Panther Tongue of the Star Point Sandstone in central Utah, U.S.A. A series of photorealistic virtual outcrop models (VOM) were created from ~13 linear-km of outcrop. These VOMs, alongside field observations, were used to identify and map facies and facies associations over the ~25 m-thick stratigraphic interval. A new workflow for querying VOMs as outcrop analogs for subsurface reservoir analogs was developed, using a database of measurements (Panther Tongue - outcrop analog - metric database) was constructed using 60 digital sections that were measured within the VOMs at 152 m (~500 ft) spacing. This database characterizes a total of 508 sandstone beds by their thickness, length, and dip, from which the average thickness (0.78 m), bed length (330 m), and bed dip (2˚ towards the south) were calculated. Thinning rates were also calculated in both depositional strike and depositional dip directions (1.37x10-2 and 1.01x10-2 respectively). The workflow established in this study is applicable to other sedimentary outcrops and environments, thus demonstrating that VOMs can be used as a basis for quantitative database development and reservoir modeling inputs.
- Keyword:
- shallow marine sedimentology, outcrop metrics, and Virtual outcrop models of ancient river-dominated delta system
- Subject:
- Cretaceous Period, Outcrops, and Deltas
- Creator:
- Emma Morris, Cari Johnson, and Claire Atlas
- Owner:
- Emma Morris
- Based Near Label Tesim:
- Helper, Utah, United States
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 04/07/2023
- Date Modified:
- 11/28/2023
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01 to 2022-05-31
- License:
- CC BY NC - Allows others to use and share your data non-commercially and with attribution.
- Resource Type:
- Other
- Identifier:
- https://doi.org/10.7278/S50d-njws-r7tz