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Work flow reveals fault complexity

10/05/2009
An effective quality control work flow using basic fault scaling relationships and distributions can help interrogate mapped prospects or appraised fields.Using displacement-length and cumulative frequency plots, in conjunction with fault seal information, it is possible to rapidly determine if an appropriate level and amount of plausible faults have been mapped in an area of interest. Plotting fault attributes for a field may reveal anonymous curves or gaps that can signify missing faults, noncritical fault mapping, inappropriate fault linking, or interpreters mapping at different scales.The advantages of this work flow are that it will reduce the time required to effectively map the str...
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