Permission to copy is restricted to an abstract of not more than 300 words. Illustrations may not be copied. The abstract should contain conspicuous acknowledgement of where and by whom the paper was presented. Abstract This paper proposes an annealing-type algorithm for generating multiple realizations of facies distributions that: (i) honor the facies data at well locations, (ii) match global...

Physical properties of sediments are commonly used to define subsurface lithofacies and these same physical properties influence subsurface microbial communities. This suggests an (unexploited) opportunity to use the spatial distribution of facies to predict spatial variation in biogeochemically relevant microbial attributes. Here, we characterize three biogeochemical facies-oxidized, reduced, ...

We have done a geostatistical inversion of seismic data to facies probabilities. As a first step, we invert the seismic data for elastic parameters using the Bayesian AVA inversion method of Buland et. al. (2003). Next, we use an analysis of the uncertainty in the posterior distribution to filter the elastic parameters given in well logs. By comparing these filtered well logs with facies logs, ...

Remains of hominoid primates collected by Yale Peabody Museum Geological Survey of Pakistan expeditions to the Siwalik Group rocks of the Potwar Plateau, Pakistan, are described. They consist of facial, gnathic, dental, and postcranial remains of Ramapithecus, Sivapithecus, and Gigantopithecus. They are discussed anatomically and without precise taxonomic attributions. The hominoids come from 2...

a r t i c l e i n f o The Upper Cretaceous John Henry Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation preserves regressive shoreface and channel facies, and transgressive lagoonal tidal inlet facies that suggest distinct modal sandstone compositions. Detrital modes from six sandstone facies (upper shoreface, lower shoreface, deflected mouth bars, fluvial channels, tidal inlets and washover fans), and t...

We present detailed bathymetry, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and submersible observations, and sedimentary and radiocarbon age data from carbonate deposits recovered from two submerged terraces at 150 m (T1) and 230 m (T2) off Lanai, Hawaii. The tops of the terraces are veneered by relatively thin (b5 m) in situ accumulations of coralline algal nodule, coralgal nodule, Halimeda and a derived...

The problem of estimating the location of facies boundaries is difficult in history matching, partly because of the geological complexity. The truncated plurigaussian method for modeling geologic facies is useful in this aspect not only for the wide variety of textures and shapes that can be generated, but also because of the internal consistency of the stochastic model. This method has not bee...

Sediments from Holes 994C, 995A, 997A, and 997B have been investigated for “combined” gases (adsorbed gas and that portion of free gas that has not escaped from the pore volume during core recovery and sample collection and storage), solventextractable organic compounds, and microscopically identifiable organic matter. The soluble materials mainly consist of polar compounds. The saturated hydro...

Coal exploration and mining in extensively drilled and sampled coal seams can benefit from 3D statistical facies interpolation. Starting from closely spaced core descriptions, and using interpolation methods, a 3D optimum and robust facies distribution model was obtained for a thick, heterogeneous coal seam zone deposited in the non-marine As Pontes basin (Oligocene-Early Miocene, NW Spain). Se...

When CO2 is injected in saline aquifers, dissolution causes a local increase in brine density that can cause Rayleigh-Taylor-type gravitational instabilities. Depending on the Rayleigh number, density-driven flow may mix dissolved CO2 throughout the aquifer at fast advective time-scales through convective mixing. Heterogeneity can impact density-driven flow to different degrees. Zones with low ...