Systematic Identification of Sequence Stratigraphic Units from Wireline Logs
Geoffrey C. Bohling, John H. Doveton, W. Lynn Watney, John E. Beitzel, Eric P. Mason · 1996
Sequence stratigraphy has revolutionized geological ideas concerning the genesis and geometry of sedimentary packages. Consequently, sequence stratigraphic analyses have important genetic information that can refine geophysical interpretations in an analogous way that synthetic seismograms supply explicit geological data for seismic surveys. Unfortunately, because of the limited availability of core, sequence stratigraphic interpretations from well bores rely heavily on the use of wireline logs. Geologists have tended to apply vague generalizations and questionable criteria in their log recognition of bounding surfaces and genetic units that contrast starkly with more laterally extensive outcrop studies.