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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1995; v. 94; p. 5-11;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1995.094.01.02
© 1995 Geological Society of London

Sequences, cycles and other nonsense: are submarine fan models any use in reservoir geology?

R. Anderton

BP Exploration, Dyce, Aberdeen AB2 0PD, UK

There is no fundamental reason why there should be a relationship between the vertical succession of beds in a submarine fan deposit and their three-dimensional geometry. Parts of some fans behave in such a way that they leave behind sequences that can be used to define bed geometry. However, a significant proportion of the fan sands that are found in hydrocarbon reservoirs were deposited in unstable mid-fan environments that produce chaotic vertical successions. These are best modelled using stochastic techniques.