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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1993; v. 73; p. 79-94;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.073.01.06
© 1993 Geological Society of London

Fluvial Reservoirs

Outcrop data-base for the geological characterization of fluvial reservoirs: an example from distal fluvial fan deposits in the Loranca Basin, Spain

M. C. Cuevas Gozalo & A. W. Martinius

P.O. Box 5028, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands

Sedimentological data for stochastic modelling purposes consist both of qualitative and of ‘hard’ numerical data from reservoir-equivalent outcrops. Data requirements are defined prior to collection of the actual field data-base, and standard procedures for the collection and classification of these data are established. Required data are on individual sandbodies, such as genetic type, geometry, palaeoflow and size; and on the 2D and 3D sedimentary architecture (spatial distribution, interconnectedness).

Validity of the data-requirement definition, and feasibility of data acquisition for specific stochastic modelling purposes, were tested in reservoir-equivalent outcrops of distal fluvial fan deposits of Tertiary age in the Loranca Basin in central Spain. Several sandbody genetic types were recognized: meander-loop deposits, channel-fill deposits, crevasse-channel and crevasse-splay deposits and deltaic deposits. Statistical processing of the numerical outcrop data showed that meander-loop deposits are thicker, wider and present higher linearinterconnectedness values than channel-fill deposits.





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