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• Mohorovicic discontinuity
  ...cally occurs approximately 35 km (~19 mi) below the continents and 5 to 10 km (3-5 mi) below the floor of the ocean.<ref name=Petersetal_2012>Peters, Ken
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• Sandbox
  We can also convert distances like [[distance::25 km]] and depths like [[depth::12000 ft]].
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• Mantle
  ...he base of the [[crust]] to the core-mantle boundary at approximately 2900 km (-1802 mi) in depth.<ref name=Petersetal_2012>Peters, Kenneth E., David J.
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• Charge volume
  | 0 km² | 50 km²
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• Magnetotellurics case history: frontier basin analysis (Amazon Basin, Colombia)
  ...ts, p. 428–499.</ref> This study area was very large approximately 300,000 km² (115,000 mi²) and remote with dense jungle cover, ru ...ompact. Data were collected from 43 sites, with a typical spacing of 10–20 km (6–12 mi).
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• Geothermal gradient
  ...ing fluids. Worldwide average geothermal gradients are from 24 to 41&deg;C/km (1.3-2.2&deg;F/100 ft), with extremes outside this range.<ref name=Peterset
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• Basement fault blocks and fault block patterns
  ...dicity to the shear zones, the spacing between them varying from about 4–8 km (2.5–5 mi). ...out [[length::1 km]] (LaBerge, personal communication) up to [[length::2.5 km]] or more.
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• Magnetics: interpreting residual maps
  ...n in a new basin, i.e., in determining whether it is 2, 5, or [[length::10 km]] thick, for example, to a usual accuracy of about ±15% under favorable co ...tion is approximately 3.6 km (12,000 ft) thick and basement lies about 3.8 km (12,500 ft) beneath flight level.]]
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• Kerogen type and maturity
  ...[vitrinite reflectance]], right figure) and follow across at [[length::2.1 km]] until you reach the maturity profile. This vitrinite reflectance value (0
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• 3-D seismic data: time and horizon slices
  ...this, at about the level indicated by the arrows, the section crosses a 1-km-wide Paleocene deep-water [[turbidite]] channel. ...tracted where the shifted surface intersects the 3-D volume of data. The 1-km-wide channel is unmistakable on this view of the data, and both edges of th
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• Black Warrior basin
  ...BasinFG1.JPG|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Black Warrior Basin. 20 mi (32 km). From Fritz et al.<ref name=Fritzetal_2012>Fritz, R. D., P. Medlock, M. Ku
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• Braided fluvial reservoirs
  ...llite photo of a braided river in Tibet. The braided river belt is about 7 km (4 mi) wide. Courtesy of the [http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov NASA Web ...dimentary Research, v. 76, p. 731–770.</ref> quoted widths in excess of 40 km (25 mi) and thicknesses up to 1200 m (3937 ft) for the very large braided r
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• Plate tectonics and basin formation
  ===Major Plates (≥10 million km²)=== * Pacific Plate – 103,300,000 km²
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• Basin outline: Gulf of Mexico example
  ...arrows). It also shows the interpreted limits of thick Jurassic salt (>1.5 km). The geographic shifts of primary fluvial input have resulted in [[depocen
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• San Juan basin
  ...orner of New Mexico and in southern Colorado that encompasses about 35,000 km² (13,500 mi²). The [[basin]] contains deposits of [[n
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• Magnetotelluric survey case history: volcanic terrain (Columbia River Plateau)
  ...e Idaho-Washington border and extends approximately [[length::75 mi]] (120 km) to the west (Mills, personal communication, 1994).
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• Jordan petroleum geology
  ...es in Jordan: Directorate of petroleum exploration, Amman, 56 p.</ref> 100 km (62.1 mi). ...shale baseline. From L&uuml;ning et al.<ref name=L&uuml;ningetal_2006 /> 5 km (3.1 mi).]]
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• Surficial geochemical case history 3: Predrill–postdrill comparison
  ...ew hundred acres to regional programs covering 1,000 mi² (2,590 km²).
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• Electrical methods
  ...to investigating resistivities down to depths as great as 1 to [[length::2 km]], although greater depths of investigation are possible with some techniqu ...ounded wire systems are applicable to depths well in excess of [[length::1 km]], although high power transmitters are required as depth increases. The re
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• Kingfisher field
  ...eum Geology Conference series 5, p. 1199–1208.</ref>, and approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) to the northeast of the Central Brae<ref name=Fletcher2003a>Fletch ...voir]] intervals are flowed to the Marathon-operated Brae Bravo platform 9 km (5.6 mi) to the west via two dedicated 10 in. (25 cm) [[subsea]] pipelines,
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• Yowlumne field
  ...s unlikely to support a contact tilted more than 1&deg; (100 ft/mi, 18.9 m/km), even in the presence of a strong water drive. A common oil-water contact, tilted less than 1&deg; (18.9 m/km, 100 ft/mi), exists between Unit A and South Yowlumne field, a lobate sands
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• Magnetics: total intensity and residual magnetic maps
  ...e total intensity map are the flight path lines [approximately [[length::2 km]] (1.2 mi) apart] and location points for the flight lines. The total inten
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• Israel petroleum systems
  ...Numbers refer to oil fields and hydrocarbon shows detailed in Table 1. 50 km (31.1 mi). ...ormation in the Israel Ministry of Energy and Water Resources website). 50 km (31.1 mi).
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• South Pass 62 field
  South Pass 62 field, lying 50 km southeast of the Mississippi River delta in 100 m of water ([[:file:Mth14ch file:Mth14ch04f01.jpg|{{figure number|1}} South Pass 62 field is located 50 km southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River in 100 m of water. Dark gra
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• Subduction zone
  ...ck is not exposed on the surface. Seismic velocity, ranging from 6.5 – 7.6 km s-1, represents that rocks are more felsic than basalt constructing the low ...onal force. On the other hand, when subducted slab enters the depth of 670 km, resistance to penetration occurs because facing discontinuity.
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• Kerogen
  ...[[length::3.7 km]], then we can predict that the section at [[length::3.7 km]] is mature for liquid generation and has generated a liquid hydrocarbons,
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• Libya hydrocarbon provinces
  ...zuq Basin, Libya)]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 90, no. 9, p. 1309-1336.</ref>). 500 km (310.7 mi).]] Libya’s area of 1.8 million km² makes it the fourth-largest country in Africa ([[:file:M106h04F
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• Offshore exploration and exploitation
  ...ecessary bring an ocean bed survey to look at topography, in an area of 30 km², having as objective establish the substrate conditions for the
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• Barmer basin
  ...the main [[depocenter]]s, but only the main structures in the shallowest 4 km (2.5 mi) of the basin have so far been drilled. The basin is now penetrated ...which contains prolific [[hydrocarbon]] resources in a sequence of up to 4 km (2 mi) of [[Paleocene]] [[sediment]]s (Biswas, 1982<ref name=Biswas1982>Bis
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• Iran petroleum systems
  ...re 2]]. Permian outcrops surrounding the Arabian shield are indicated. 200 km (124.3 mi).]] ...e northeast by the Zagros suture. The area is slightly larger than 400,000 km² (2,500,000 mi²); two-third of this area is located o
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• Techniques for enhancing seismic facies analysis
  ..., shows the impact of compressing seismic sections on a workstation. A 6.4-km, 32-m-deep valley network incised in the Muddy Formation (Lower Cretaceous)
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• Magnetotelluric data acquisition
  ...600–1,200 m (2,000–4,000 ft) long. The transmitter is normally located 3–6 km (2–4 mi) from the survey line.
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• Deltaic reservoirs
  ...http://www.earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA Web site]. The delta is about 200 km (124 mi) across in this view. The photograph has been rotated such that nor ...50 m-1300+ km (164 ft-808+ mi); many > 1 km (0.62 mi); common range 0.5-10 km (0.3-6 mi) || 15-15,000+; some > 1000; common range 50-1000
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• Prudhoe Bay field
  Prudhoe Bay field is 52 km long by 19 km wide (32 mi by 12 mi). Structurally, the field occurs between 2500 and 2800
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• Meandering fluvial reservoirs
  ...50 m-1300+ km (164 ft-808+ mi); many > 1 km (0.62 mi); common range 0.5-10 km (0.3-6 mi) || 15-15,000+; some > 1000; common range 50-1000 ...5 ft) || 30 m-15 km (98 ft-9 mi); most < 3 km (1.8 mi); common range 0.3-3 km (0.1-1.8 mi) || 7-940; most < 250; many < 100; common range 30-250
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• China Shale Gas & Liquids - Songliao and Junggar Basins
  The Jimsar Sag in the eastern Junggar Basin covers about 1200 km². It is a dustpan-like sag faulting in the east and overlapping
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• Magnetic field: local variations
  ...d by fault throws or basement highs unless basement is deep (> [[length::5 km]], approximately). In this case the slightly magnetic sedimentary rocks beg
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• Pinedale field
  ...atively small as it is only about 30 mi (48 km) long and less than 5 mi (8 km) wide. The field covers an area of about 84 mi2 (220 km2). In this sense, i
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• Remote sensing
  ! Type || Single Scene Coverage (km) || Resolution (m)
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• Solar energy
  ...large arrays of solar cells in synchronous-orbit satellites 30,000–35,000 km above the Earth. The PV arrays would convert the high solar radiation to el
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• Reducing exploration risk
  ...eter is well explored compared with a province that has one well every 100 km². Exploration intensity by province ranges from lightly to moder
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• East Breaks deep-water exploration strategy
  ...facies include channels and channel-fed lobes nearly [[length::50 mi]] (80 km) from the mapped ''Glob alt'' shelf edge and probable deltaic sediment sour
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• Seismic inversion
  A 3-D survey measuring 2.2 by [[length::1.7 km]] was acquired, as indicated by the rectangle in [[:file:seismic-inversion_
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• Three-dimensional seismic method
  ...ontrast to 2-D surveys in which line spacing can be as much as [[length::1 km]], the line spacing in 3-D surveys can be [[length::50 m]] or less. This de
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• Delta plain, upper
  ...ries has been about 170 km; in a single year the channel may shift over 30 km laterally.<ref name=Reineckandsingh_1973>Reineck, H. E., and I. B. Singh, 1 ...isopach map shows a laterally continuous sand body, often extending 20-50 km laterally in a direction perpendicular to the downslope channel direction.
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• Making regional tectonic maps
  ...[[crust]], which has subsided beneath the load of more than [[distance::14 km]] (>45,000 ft) of sedimentary rock. (For additional discussion of the struc
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• China Shale Gas & Liquids - Sichuan Basin
  ...30000km2, is a large basin on the Yangtze Platform and contains up to 6-12 km of Pre-Cambrian Sinian to Cenozoic sediments. The Upper Ordovician to Lower
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• Basin-centered gas systems: examples
  * Area: 19,700 mi² (51,000 km²) ...(116,550 km²); Tuscarora part is 30,000 mi² (77,700 km²).
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• Llanos basin
  The LBC is a flat area of about 200,000 km² (77,220 mi²) between the [[Eastern Cordillera]] (wes ...[[Guayabo Formation]] is up to 6 km (3.7 mi) thick in the north and only 3 km (1.9 mi) thick in the south. As a result, maturation started during the mid
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• Fault seal quantitative prediction: shale smear factor, shale gouge ratio, and smear gouge ratio
  ...> these rocks were lithified at the time of faulting (burial depth about 2 km). Lindsay et al.<ref name=Lindsay /> recognized three types of shale smear:
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