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...tinuities at the larger scale. Bounding surfaces have a tendency to act as baffles or barriers as a result of facies and [[grain size]] contrasts across them. ...ha sediments deposited in interdune areas can be permeability barriers and baffles within eolian sediments ([[:file:M91FG171.JPG|Figure 2b]]). These may eithe

...ive (mean width 305 m; 1000 ft) and have the potential to form barriers or baffles to vertical flow communication. Abandoned channel-fill deposits are shorter ...rtain situations, they can be detrimental to production. Shales can act as baffles to pressure support from gas cap expansion to the producing intervals under

...gration]] into [[trap]]s beyond that fault. In addition, faults can act as baffles by deflecting [[hydrocarbon]]s along [[migration pathways]] that may not be

Fluid flow in a reservoir is controlled by bed continuity, the presence of baffles to flow, and the [[permeability]] distribution (see [[Fluid flow fundamenta | Baffles within genetic units || || × || • || × ||

...d gas reservoirs I: London, Graham amp Trotman, p. 127–151.</ref> Numerous baffles parallel to the wellbore will severely restrict the contactable drainage vo

...n why channel margins in the Forties field, UK North Sea, appear to act as baffles to fluid flow.<ref>Vaughan, O., R. Jones, and S. Plahn, 2007, Reservoir man ...ability barriers. Large-scale debris flows also have the potential to form baffles and barriers. Shales can subdivide the reservoir into several hydraulic uni

...and gas reservirs I: London, Graham & Trotman, p. 127-151.</ref> Numerous baffles parallel to the wellbore will severely restrict the contactable drainage vo

...| - || Low recoveries caused by complex geometry and numerous mud and silt baffles ...apes. Individual sand bodies are complex in architecture with numerous mud baffles and barriers. Given the heterogeneity of these systems, oil recover can be

* Bafflestone: in situ organically-bound rock in which organisms act as baffles (Figure 21).

...time for cements to form. The cemented horizons have the potential to form baffles.

Because of the abundance of low-permeability baffles and poorly connected volumes, production wells drilled in fault damage zone ...eate an open framework of short baffles, which helps to improve sweep. The baffles increase the tortuosity of the flood front and delay water breakthrough. A

...ecture within shallow-marine parasequences and can also act as barriers or baffles to flow where they are lined by low-permeability lithologies, such as cemen ...ture within parasequences and can also act as low-permeability barriers or baffles to flow.<ref name=WB96>Wehr, F. L., and L. D. Brasher, 1996, Impact of sequ

...psy Sandstone of Northern Oklahoma. They consider them more likely to form baffles to flow instead of continuous barriers. Shanley<ref name=Shanley_2004 /> no

...ogeneity]] within those units (i.e., the likely distribution and impact of baffles), and the physical quality of the reservoir in terms of porosity and permea

...ities in minor lithofacies that would otherwise form barriers or extensive baffles. Muddy carbonates can be transformed into porous dolomites with good interc