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==GOM basin example chart==

==GOM basin example chart==

The histogram patterns of foraminiferal and calcareous nannoplankton abundance are shown on the next page for the South Galveston Mobil A-158 #3 well. The histogram is based on a detailed checklist of the relative abundance of each species of fossil in each well-cutting sample..<ref name=ch04r10>Armentrout, J., M., Clement, J., F., 1990, Biostratigraphic calibration of depositional cycles: a case study in High Island–Galveston–East Breaks areas, offshore Texas: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 11th Annual Research Conference, p. 21–51.</ref> Display of this data in two-way time facilitates integration with seismic reflection profiles using the [[synthetic seismogram]] to match the well data with the seismic reflection profile at the well site. Patterns of shallow vs. deep biofacies and fossil abundance (i.e., concentration vs. dilution) can be correlated with progradation of sandstone vs. mudstone interpreted from wireline log patterns. Bioevents (abbreviated acronyms such as 2B and SG) and faunal discontinuity events (abbreviated FDA-3 and FDA-4) provide correlation horizons between which the abundance patterns provide additional events for correlation<ref name=ch04r7 />

 

The histogram patterns of foraminiferal and calcareous nannoplankton abundance for the South Galveston Mobil A-158 #3 well are shown in [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-23.png|Figure 3]].. The histogram is based on a detailed checklist of the relative abundance of each species of fossil in each well-cutting sample..<ref name=ch04r10>Armentrout, J., M., Clement, J., F., 1990, Biostratigraphic calibration of depositional cycles: a case study in High Island–Galveston–East Breaks areas, offshore Texas: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 11th Annual Research Conference, p. 21–51.</ref> Display of this data in two-way time facilitates integration with seismic reflection profiles using the [[synthetic seismogram]] to match the well data with the seismic reflection profile at the well site. Patterns of shallow vs. deep biofacies and fossil abundance (i.e., concentration vs. dilution) can be correlated with progradation of sandstone vs. mudstone interpreted from wireline log patterns. Bioevents (abbreviated acronyms such as 2B and SG) and faunal discontinuity events (abbreviated FDA-3 and FDA-4) provide correlation horizons between which the abundance patterns provide additional events for correlation<ref name=ch04r7 />

In the histogram below (see Figure 4-17 for well location), the foraminiferal abundance scale is 0-1000 specimens and the nannoplankton abundance scale is 0-800 specimens. Biofacies include inner neritic (IN, 0-50 m), middle neritic (MN, 50-100 m), outer neritic (ON, 100-200 m), upper bathyal (UPPB, 200-500 m), middle bathyal (MDLB, 500-1000 m), and lower bathyal (LOWB, 1000–2000 m). This figure is the leftmost (southern) well panel in Figure 4-24. The wireline log (gamma ray) motif patterns (Figure 4-22), biostratigraphic abundance events, and extinction datums provide correlation events.

In the histogram below (see Figure 4-17 for well location), the foraminiferal abundance scale is 0-1000 specimens and the nannoplankton abundance scale is 0-800 specimens. Biofacies include inner neritic (IN, 0-50 m), middle neritic (MN, 50-100 m), outer neritic (ON, 100-200 m), upper bathyal (UPPB, 200-500 m), middle bathyal (MDLB, 500-1000 m), and lower bathyal (LOWB, 1000–2000 m). This figure is the leftmost (southern) well panel in Figure 4-24. The wireline log (gamma ray) motif patterns (Figure 4-22), biostratigraphic abundance events, and extinction datums provide correlation events.

==Biostratigraphic correlation of stacked sequences==

==Biostratigraphic correlation of stacked sequences==