Figures from two research projects in 3-D outcrop characterization are given below. The boundaries of the lower channels determined from interpolating among shallow borehole lithology logs. Flow simulations were made to assess the ability of water injection to sweep hydrocarbons from the subsurface. Reduced matrix permeability model with five-spot waterflood. Redder area show unswept pollutant.
Extractor well is in the center.
Lineations are fluid-filled. The second figure shows the 3-D image of mapped horizons from the Hollywood Quarry, AR, a deepwater turbidite analog. The survey area is 50 m x 20 m and the maximum depth of the horizons is approximately 10 m. The super-high resolution of radar data is shown clearly by this GeoQuest perspective image. The blank layer has a dark green upper boundary and a light blue lower boundary.