Use of ground‐penetrating radar for 3-D sedimentological characterization of clastic reservoir analogs

Geophysics ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 786-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
George A. McMechan ◽  
Gerard C. Gaynor ◽  
Robert B. Szerbiak
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
East Central ◽  
Sedimentary Sequences ◽  
Depositional Systems ◽  
Ground Penetrating ◽  
Clastic Reservoir

Clastic reservoir analogs based on 2-D outcrop studies provide valuable definitions of geometric and petrophysical heterogeneities at interwell scales. Integration of 3-D ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) surveys with sedimentological and stratigraphic data provides information on the internal heterogeneities of sedimentary sequences at scales that allow dissection of the 3-D anatomy of clastic depositional systems. Two 3-D GPR data volumes were acquired in the Ferron sandstone of east‐central Utah. The data show prominent lenticular features, a variety of lithologies, and structural elements such as channels and shale drapes that match well with those seen at the same stratigraphic levels in adjacent cliff faces.

To: “Use of ground‐penetrating radar for 3-D sedimentological characterization of clastic reservoir analogs” (G. A. McMechan, G. C. Gaynor, and R. B. Szerbiak, GEOPHYSICS, 62, 786–796)

Geophysics ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 1111-1111
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Surface Feature ◽  
Subsurface Layers ◽  
Ground Penetrating ◽  
Clastic Reservoir

There are two aspects of Figure 5 that need correction and clarification. First, both the time and depth axes in Figure 5a should be divided by two. Second, the moveouts in the arrivals labeled A and B are too small to be reflections from flat subsurface layers. They may be reflections from steeply dipping scour surfaces, but these are not geologically likely; a more probable cause is air waves scattered by a surface feature. We thank Jan van der Kruk and Chris Thompson for bringing these items to our attention.

scholarly journals Characterization of tillage effects on the spatial variation of soil properties using ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction

Geoderma ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 207-208 ◽  
pp. 310-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Jonard ◽  
Mohammad Mahmoudzadeh ◽  
Christian Roisin ◽  
Lutz Weihermüller ◽  
Frédéric André ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Properties ◽  
Spatial Variation ◽  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Electromagnetic Induction ◽  
Ground Penetrating

scholarly journals Delineating shallow Neogene deformation structures in northeastern Pará State using Ground Penetrating Radar

2003 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilce F. Rossetti
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Structural Models ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Strike Slip ◽  
Brittle Deformation ◽  
Shallow Subsurface ◽  
Deformation Structures ◽  
Ground Penetrating ◽  
Slip Motion

The geological characterization of shallow subsurface Neogene deposits in northeastern Pará State using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) revealed normal and reverse faults, as well as folds, not yet well documented by field studies. The faults are identified mostly by steeply-dipping reflections that sharply cut the nearby reflections causing bed offsets, drags and rollovers. The folds are recognized by reflections that are highly undulating, configuring broad concave and convex-up features that are up to 50 m wide and 80 to 90 ns deep. These deformation structures are mostly developed within deposits of Miocene age, though some of the faults might continue into younger deposits as well. Although the studied GPR sections show several diffractions caused by trees, differential degrees of moisture, and underground artifacts, the structures recorded here can not be explained by any of these ''noises''. The detailed analysis of the GPR sections reveals that they are attributed to bed distortion caused by brittle deformation and folding. The record of faults and folds are not widespread in the Neogene deposits of the Bragantina area. These GPR data are in agreement with structural models, which have proposed a complex evolution including strike-slip motion for this area from the Miocene to present.

The non-invasive characterization of pumping-induced dewatering using ground penetrating radar

2003 ◽  
Vol 281 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 55-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Bevan ◽  
Anthony L. Endres ◽  
David L. Rudolph ◽  
Gary Parkin
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Ground Penetrating

scholarly journals Accounting for Surface Roughness Scattering in the Characterization of Forest Litter with Ground-Penetrating Radar

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 828
Author(s):  
Frédéric André ◽  
François Jonard ◽  
Mathieu Jonard ◽  
Harry Vereecken ◽  
Sébastien Lambot
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Forest Litter ◽  
Relative Dielectric Permittivity ◽  
In Situ Experiment ◽  
In Situ Experiments ◽  
Ground Penetrating

Accurate characterization of forest litter is of high interest for land surface modeling and for interpreting remote sensing observations over forested areas. Due to the large spatial heterogeneity of forest litter, scattering from litter layers has to be considered when sensed using microwave techniques. Here, we apply a full-waveform radar model combined with a surface roughness model to ultrawideband ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data acquired above forest litter during controlled and in situ experiments. For both experiments, the proposed modeling approach successfully described the radar data, with improvements compared to a previous study in which roughness was not directly accounted for. Inversion of the GPR data also provided reliable estimates of the relative dielectric permittivity of the recently fallen litter (OL layer) and of the fragmented litter in partial decomposition (OF layer) with, respectively, averaged values of 1.35 and 3.8 for the controlled experiment and of 3.9 and 7.5 for the in situ experiment. These results show the promising potentialities of GPR for efficient and non-invasive characterization of forest organic layers.

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