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• Mapping unconformities
  Follow these suggested steps to map unconformities for prospects. # Map subcrop and supercrop lithology and formations.
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• Depocenter
  [[file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-12.png|thumb|400px|{{figure number|1}}Map of the drainage basin of the modern Mississippi River, illustrating the net [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-12.png|Figure 1]] is a map of the drainage basin of the modern Mississippi River, illustrating the net
  6 KB (811 words) - 16:50, 22 February 2022
• Structural maps and cross sections
  * A structure [[contour]] map on top of the reservoir. * An [[Subsurface_maps#Isopach|isopach map]] of the target reservoir—especially important if the reservoir displays
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• Facies map
  [[file:FG11.JPG|thumb|400px|Facies map depicting Middle Jurassic paleogeography. 1 = deep-water deposits of the Lo ...S., 1984, Exploration Stratigraphy: Tulsa, PennWell Books, 334 p.</ref> We map [[reservoir system]] thickness (1) to compare the distribution of reservoir
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• Example: mapping depocenters through time
  Mapping age-specific isopach thicks in the northern GOM basin defines laterally shifting sites of maximu file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-6.png|{{figure number|2}}Tectonic map of the GOM basin. Modified from Buffler;<ref name=Buffler1991>Buffler, R. T
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• Geologic mapping (UB)
  ...icular area which includes rocks units and its structures. From geological map, we can obtain type of rocks, thickness, lithological bearings ([[strike]] ...distribution of rocks on a topographic map. The idea of making an original map of rock distribution was invented in 1684 by [[w:Martin Lister | Martin Lis
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• Scientific method: application to exploration
  ...mmending lease purchases Recommending drilling a test well on the basis of map interpretation * A simple gross sand [[Subsurface maps#Isopach|isopach]] map that is essentially unaltered by results of considerable additional drillin
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• Sediment thickness and field location maps: Gulf of Mexico example
  Sedimentary-basin-analysis fig4-5.png|{{figure number|3}}Map of hydrocarbon types ibased on analyses of more than 2000 oil, 600 gas, and A map of the sediment thickness (isopach) and occurrence of hydrocarbons is an initial step in identifying the [[pet
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• Relating traps to paleogeography
  A paleogeography map of a [[reservoir]] interval, reservoir thickness, and fields (producing fro # Plot paleogeography, reservoir thickness, and field location on the same map.
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• Subsurface maps
  [[file:subsurface-maps_fig1.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Structure map of the top of the T5 marker, Frlo Formation, Brazoria County, Texas. (After ...es for some reservoirs, and sufficient well control might exist to contour map the fault surface itself. Projections of subsurface data into the plane of
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• Structural play geology
  ...hole tools|well logs]], [[Seismic data - creating an integrated structure map|2-D and 3-D seismic images]] (in both time and depth), [[Gravity basics|gra ...hole tools|well]] and/or [[Seismic data - creating an integrated structure map|seismic data]]. The number of horizons depends on the quality of the data a
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• Depositional sequence analysis of plays
  ...ach map of the highstand systems tract. Test and show data overlain on the map show that significant reservoirs are restricted generally in the ''Ivanovia
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• Yowlumne field
  file:Mth14ch02f01.jpg|{{figure number|1}}Structure map of Yowlumne field drawn on the N-point marker, a regional correlation horiz file:Mth14ch02f05.jpg|{{figure number|5}} Map with cross sections X-Z and Y-Z showing basinward-stepping geometries exhib
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• East Breaks reservoir rock
  ...et al.<ref name=ArmentroutEtAl_1991 /> Courtesy Springer-Verlag. Original map by Charles R. Beeman, Mobil Oil, 1987. ==''Glob alt'' isochron and seismic facies map==
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• Seismic interpretation
  ...nique. On a workstation, a quick way to check for misties is a [[contour]] map. Misties will be evident by groups of unreasonable contours. In addition, w ...ny observation that can be made using seismic data can be posted on a base map and mapped. Maps that are routinely made include
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• Basin modeling: identifying and quantifying significant uncertainties
  ...e values are commonly not easily characterized. Varying each location in a map or volume independently of others is not an ideal solution as this does not ...pretation and (2) uncertainty in the distribution of lithologies within an isopach. Various approaches are available to address each case. In the first case,
  38 KB (5,890 words) - 15:16, 23 August 2016
• Delta plain, lower
  ...sequence developed rapidly This stage of development is illustrated by the map in 1875; most of the channels were still actively prograding, and nearly th The map from 1922 shows that many of the channels had been abandoned. They had prog
  27 KB (4,229 words) - 16:41, 6 April 2016
• Iran petroleum systems
  [[file:M106Ch14Fig01.jpg|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}General location map of the Middle East region; the boxed area shows the location of [[:file:M10 [[file:M106Ch14Fig02.jpg|thumb|300px|{{figure number|2}}Location map of oil and gas fields in the Zagros Foothills and contiguous offshore (afte
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• Wattenberg field
  file:M125-WattenbergField-Figure1.jpg|{{Figure number|1}}Structure contour map of Denver Basin showing location of Wattenberg Field along the basin axis n ...Association of Geologists, Denver, Colorado, p. 29–42.</ref>; unpublished map created by John Wright and Robert Weimer. Note the original boundary of the
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• Delta plain, upper
  ...] angles, relative porosity, and sedimentary structures; sand body isopach map (lower left); and representative electric logs (lower right) at selected si The isopach map shows a laterally continuous sand body, often extending 20-50 km laterally
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