SUBJECT
Correlation of cores, well logs and seismic data
practical
master
3
Semester 3
Autumn semester
Principles of sequence stratigraphy and its application in practice is demonstrated with several case studies Roots and development of Sequence Stratigraphy, its role in earth sciences. Sedimentary cycles, their manifestation, duration and controlling factors. Resolution of the applied methods. Reference levels, accommodation, deposition. Parasequences, parasequence sets. Controls and significance of pro-, retro- and aggradation, transgression, regression, forced regression. Correlation by means of lithostratigraphy vs. chronostratigraphy. Stratigraphic surfaces. Systems tracts: highstand, falling-stage, lowstand, transgressive. Definitions, stacking patterns, economic potential, appearance on well logs and seismic images. Variations of the model: along strike, on the continents in carbonate depositional environments. Selected case studies. Complex interpretation and high-resolution correlation of cores, well logs and seismic data practicals.
- Catuneanu O. 2002 Sequence stratigraphy of clastic sequence ..., Journal of African Earth Sciences 35: 1-43.
- Catuneanu O. et al. 2009 Towards the standardization of sequence stratigraphy, Earth Science Reviews 92: 1-33.
- Van Wagoner J.C. et al. 1990 Siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy in well logs, cores and outcrops, AAPG Methods in Exploration Series, No. 7.
- Wilgus C.K. et al. 1988 Sea-level changes: an integrated approach, SEPM Special Publication No. 42.