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Thompson, Karsten E., Clinton S. Willson, Christopher D. White, Stephanie Nyman, Janok P. Bhattacharya, and Allen H. Reed. "Application of a New Grain-Based Reconstruction Algorithm to Microtomography Images for Quantitative Characterization and Flow Modeling." SPE Journal 13, no. 02 (June 1, 2008): 164–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/95887-pa.
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Summary X-ray computed microtomography (XMT) is used for high-resolution, nondestructive imaging and has been applied successfully to geologic media. Despite the potential of XMT to aid in formation evaluation, currently it is used mostly as a research tool. One factor preventing more widespread application of XMT technology is limited accessibility to microtomography beamlines. Another factor is that computational tools for quantitative image analysis have not kept pace with the imaging technology itself. In this paper, we present a new grain-based algorithm used for network generation. The algorithm differs from other approaches because it uses the granular structure of the material as a template for creating the pore network rather than operating on the voxel set directly. With this algorithm, several advantages emerge: the algorithm is significantly faster computationally, less dependent on image resolution, and the network structure is tied to the fundamental granular structure of the material. In this paper, we present extensive validation of the algorithm using computer-generated packings. These analyses provide guidance on issues such as accuracy and voxel resolution. The algorithm is applied to two sandstone samples taken from different facies of the Frontier Formation in Wyoming, USA, and imaged using synchrotron XMT. Morphologic and flow-modeling results are presented. Introduction Subsurface transport processes such as oil and gas production are multiscale processes. The pore scale governs many physical and chemical interactions and is the appropriate characteristic scale for the fundamental governing equations. The continuum scale is used for most core or laboratory scale measurements (e.g., Darcy velocity, phase saturation, and bulk capillary pressure). The field scale is the relevant scale for production and reservoir simulation. Multiscale modeling strategies aim to address these complexities by integrating the various length scales. While pore-scale modeling is an essential component of multiscale modeling, quantitative methods are not as well-developed as their continuum-scale counterparts. Hence, pore-scale modeling represents a weak link in current multiscale techniques. The most fundamental approach for pore-scale modeling is direct solution of the equations of motion (along with other relevant conservation equations), which can be performed using a number of numerical techniques. The finite-element method is the most general approach in terms of the range of fluid and solid mechanics problems that can be addressed. Finite-difference and finite-volume methods are more widely used in the computational fluid dynamics community. The boundary element method is very well suited for low-Reynolds number flow of Newtonian fluids (including multiphase flows). Finally, the lattice-Boltzmann method has been favored in the porous-media community because it easily adapts to the complex geometries found in natural materials. A less rigorous approach is network modeling, which gives an approximate solution to the governing equations. It requires discretization of the pore space into pores and pore throats, and transport is modeled by imposing conservation equations at the pore scale. Network modeling involves two levels of approximation. The first is the representation of the complex, continuous void space as discrete pores and throats. The second is the approximation to the fluid mechanics when solving the governing equations within the networks. The positive tradeoff for these significant simplifications is the ability to model transport over orders-of-magnitude larger characteristic scales than is possible with direct solutions of the equations of motion. Consequently, the two approaches (rigorous modeling of the conservation equations vs. network modeling) have complementary roles in the overall context of multiscale modeling. Direct methods will remain essential for studying first-principles behavior and subpore-scale processes such as diffusion boundary layers during surface reactions, while network modeling will provide the best avenue for capturing larger characteristic scales (which is necessary for modeling the pore-to-continuum-scale transition). This research addresses one of the significant hurdles for quantitative network modeling: the use of high-resolution imaging of real materials for quantitative flow modeling. We focus in particular on XMT to obtain 3D pore-scale images, and present a new technique for direct mapping of the XMT data onto networks for quantitative modeling. This direct mapping (in contrast to the generation of statistically equivalent networks) ensures that subtle spatial correlations present in the original material are retained in the network structure.
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Willis, Bhattacharya, Gabel, and White. "Architecture of a tide-influenced river delta in the Frontier Formation of central Wyoming, USA." Sedimentology 46, no. 4 (August 1999): 667–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00239.x.
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Zhang, D. D., Y. Zhang, A. Zhu, and X. Cheng. "Physical Mechanisms of River Waterfall Tufa (Travertine) Formation." Journal of Sedimentary Research 71, no. 1 (January 1, 2001): 205–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1306/061600710205.
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Li, Yaoguo, Aline Melo, Cericia Martinez, and Jiajia Sun. "Geology differentiation: A new frontier in quantitative geophysical interpretation in mineral exploration." Leading Edge 38, no. 1 (January 2019): 60–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/tle38010060.1.
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Geophysics aims to image subsurface geologic structure and identify different geologic units. While the former has dominated the interpretation of applied geophysical data, the latter has received much less attention. This appears to have persisted despite applications such as those in mineral exploration that inherently rely on the inference of geologic units from geophysical and geologic observations. In practice, such activities are routinely carried out in a qualitative manner. Thus, it is meaningful to examine this aspect and to develop a system of quantitative approaches to identify different geologic units. The development of geophysical inversions in the last three decades makes such interpretation tools possible. We refer to this newly emerging direction as geology differentiation and the resultant representation of geology model as a quasi-geology model. In this article, we will provide an overview of the historical background of geology differentiation and the current developments based on physical property inversions of geophysical data sets. We argue that integrating multiple physical property models to differentiate and characterize geologic units and work with the derived quasi-geology model may lead to a step change in maximizing the value of geophysical inversions.
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Mason, Nigel J., Binukumar Nair, Sohan Jheeta, and Ewelina Szymańska. "Electron induced chemistry: a new frontier in astrochemistry." Faraday Discuss. 168 (2014): 235–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4fd00004h.
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The commissioning of the ALMA array and the next generation of space telescopes heralds the dawn of a new age of Astronomy, in which the role of chemistry in the interstellar medium and in star and planet formation may be quantified. A vital part of these studies will be to determine the molecular complexity in these seemingly hostile regions and explore how molecules are synthesised and survive. The current hypothesis is that many of these species are formed within the ice mantles on interstellar dust grains with irradiation by UV light or cosmic rays stimulating chemical reactions. However, such irradiation releases many secondary electrons which may themselves induce chemistry. In this article we discuss the potential role of such electron induced chemistry and demonstrate, through some simple experiments, the rich molecular synthesis that this may lead to.
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La Fontaine, Nathan M., Tuan Le, Todd Hoffman, and Michael H. Hofmann. "Integrated outcrop and subsurface geomodeling of the Turonian Wall Creek Member of the Frontier Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA." Marine and Petroleum Geology 125 (March 2021): 104795. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104795.
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Li, J. Z., S. E. Laubach, J. F. W. Gale, and R. A. Marrett. "Quantifying opening-mode fracture spatial organization in horizontal wellbore image logs, core and outcrop: Application to Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation tight gas sandstones, USA." Journal of Structural Geology 108 (March 2018): 137–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2017.07.005.
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DITCHFIELD, P. W., E. WHITFIELD, T. VINCENT, T. PLUMMER, D. BRAUN, A. DEINO, F. HERTEL, J. S. OLIVER, J. LOUYS, and L. C. BISHOP. "Geochronology and physical context of Oldowan site formation at Kanjera South, Kenya." Geological Magazine 156, no. 07 (September 12, 2018): 1190–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756818000602.
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AbstractOldowan sites in primary geological context are rare in the archaeological record. Here we describe the depositional environment of Oldowan occurrences at Kanjera South, Kenya, based on field descriptions and granulometric analysis. Excavations have recovered a large Oldowan artefact sample as well as the oldest substantial sample of archaeological fauna. The deposits at Kanjera South consist of 30 m of fluvial, colluvial and lacustrine sediments. Magneto- and biostratigraphy indicate the Kanjera South Member of the Kanjera Formation was deposited during 2.3–1.92 Ma, with 2.0 Ma being a likely age for the archaeological occurrences. Oldowan artefacts and associated fauna were deposited in the colluvial and alluvial silts and sands of beds KS1–3, in the margins of a lake basin. Field descriptions and granulometric analysis of the sediment fine fraction indicate that sediments from within the main archaeological horizon were emplaced as a combination of tractional and hyperconcentrated flows with limited evidence of debris-flow deposition. This style of deposition is unlikely to significantly erode or disturb the underlying surface, and therefore promotes preservation of surface archaeological accumulations. Hominins were repeatedly attracted to the site locale, and rapid sedimentation, minimal bone weathering and an absence of bone or artefact rounding further indicate that fossils and artefacts were quickly buried.
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Hutsky, Andrew J., and Christopher R. Fielding. "The Offshore Bar Revisited: A New Depositional Model For Isolated Shallow Marine Sandstones In the Cretaceous Frontier Formation of the Northern Uinta Basin, Utah, U.S.A." Journal of Sedimentary Research 86, no. 1 (January 2016): 38–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2015.101.
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Anyiam, Uzonna Okenna, and Emmanuel Uzuegbu. "3D seismic attribute-assisted stratigraphic framework and depositional setting characterization of frontier Miocene to Pliocene aged Agbada Formation reservoirs, deep offshore Niger Delta Basin." Marine and Petroleum Geology 122 (December 2020): 104636. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104636.
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Azmi, Azrin. "Late Triassic to early Jurassic microfossils and palaeoenvironments of the Waterloo Mudstone Formation." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8517/.
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Northern Ireland Waterloo Mudstone Formation has received relatively little attention due to the scarcity of exposures and poor availability of subsurface records. The recent recovery of latest Triassic to Early Jurassic strata from boreholes permits further study of biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental using foraminifera and ostracods. The samples are from boreholes (Ballinlea-1, Magilligan and Carnduff-1) and exposures (White Park Bay, Tircrevan Burn, Larne, Ballygalley, Ballintoy and Kinbane Head). The age of the sections, established using foraminiferal biozonation ranges from latest Triassic (Rhaetian) to earliest Pliensbachian (JF9a). The assemblages recovered broadly similar to those elsewhere in NW Europe; European Boreal Atlantic Realm. The latest Rhaetian to earliest Sinemurian low diverse microfossil assemblages dominant by metacopid ostracods with occasional influx of opportunist foraminifera but gradually, foraminiferal abundances exceed the ostracods in the Early Sinemurian onwards with their highest diversity in the Late Sinemurian. The foraminiferal assemblages are dominated by foraminifera of the Lagenida, other groups include the Miliolida, Buliminida and Robertinida. Based on the microfossils, the sediments are considered to represent confined inner shelf environment in latest Rhaetian to Hettangian then gradually recovered to well-oxgenated, open marine deposits of outermost inner shelf to middle shelf in Early Sinemurian to Early Pliensbachian.
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Meek, Scott Romney. "Characterizing the Low Net-to-Gross, Fluviodeltaic Dry Hollow Member of the Frontier Formation, Western Green River Basin, Wyoming." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6562.
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The Frontier Formation in the Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming consists of Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) marine and non-marine sandstones, siltstones, mudstones and coals deposited on the western margin of the Cretaceous Interior Seaway. Tight gas reservoirs exist in subsurface fluviodeltaic sandstones in the upper Frontier Formation (Dry Hollow Member) on the north-south trending Moxa Arch within the basin. These strata crop out in hogback ridges of the Utah-Idaho-Wyoming Thrust Belt approximately 40 km west of the crest of the Moxa Arch. Detailed, quantitative outcrop descriptions were constructed using emerging photogrammetric techniques along with field observations and measured sections at five key outcrop localities along the thrust belt. Understanding the architectural style of this low net-to-gross fluvial system allows for improved reservoir prediction in this and other comparable basins. The architectural style of the Dry Hollow Member fluvial deposits varies vertically as the result of a relative shoreline transgression during Dry Hollow deposition. Amalgamated conglomerates and associated fine to coarse sandstones near the base of the section and much thinner, isolated sandstones near the top of the Dry Hollow occur in laterally extensive units that can be identified over tens of kilometers. These units also provide means to relate outcrop and subsurface stratigraphic architecture. Combined with available subsurface data, fully-realized 3D static reservoir models for use as analogs in subsurface reservoir characterization may be constructed. Grain size, reservoir thickness and connectivity of fluvial sandstones is generally greatest near the base of this member and decreases upward overall. Despite relative isolation of some channel bodies, geocellular facies modeling indicates good lateral and vertical connectivity of most channel sandstones. The Kemmerer Coal Zone, with little sandstone, divides lower and upper well-connected sandy units.
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Hodkiewicz, Paul. "The interplay between physical and chemical processes in the formation of world-class orogenic gold deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia." University of Western Australia. Centre for Global Metallogeny, 2003. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2004.0057.
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[Formulae and special characters can only be approximated here. Please see the pdf version of the abstract for an accurate reproduction.] The formation of world-class Archean orogenic gold deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province of Western Australia was the result of a critical combination of physical and chemical processes that modified a single and widespread ore-fluid along fluid pathways and at the sites of gold deposition. Increased gold endowment in these deposits is associated with efficient regional-scale fluid focusing mechanisms and the influence of multiple ore-depositional processes at the deposit-scale. Measurement of the complexity of geologic features, as displayed in high-quality geologic maps of uniform data density, can be used to highlight areas that influence regional-scale hydrothermal fluid flow. Useful measurements of geological complexity include fractal dimensions of map patterns, density and orientation of faults and lithologic contacts, and proportions of rock types. Fractal dimensions of map patterns of lithologic contacts and faults highlight complexity gradients. Steep complexity gradients, between domains of high and low fractal dimensions within a greenstone belt, correspond to district-scale regions that have the potential to focus the flow of large volumes of hydrothermal fluid, which is critical for the formation of significant orogenic gold mineralization. Steep complexity gradients commonly occur in greenstone belts where thick sedimentary units overly more complex patterns of lithologic contacts, associated with mafic intrusive and mafic volcanic units. The sedimentary units in these areas potentially acted as seals to the hydrothermal Mineral Systems, which resulted in fluid-pressure gradients and increased fluid flow. The largest gold deposits in the Kalgoorlie Terrane and the Laverton Tectonic Zone occur at steep complexity gradients adjacent to thick sedimentary units, indicating the significance of these structural settings to gold endowment. Complexity gradients, as displayed in surface map patterns, are an indication of three-dimensional connectivity along fluid pathways, between fluid source areas and deposit locations. Systematic changes in the orientation of crustal-scale shear zones are also significant and measurable map features. The largest gold deposits along the Bardoc Tectonic Zone and Boulder-Lefroy Shear Zone, in the Eastern Goldfields Province, occur where there are counter-clockwise changes in shear zone orientation, compared to the average orientation of the shear zone along its entire length. Sinistral movement along these shear zones resulted in the formation of district-scale dilational jogs and focused hydrothermal fluid-flow at the Golden Mile, New Celebration and Victory-Defiance deposits. Faults and lithologic contacts are the dominant fluid pathways in orogenic gold Mineral Systems, and measurements of the density of faults and contacts are also a method of quantifying the complexity of geologic map patterns on high-quality maps. Significantly higher densities of pathways in areas surrounding larger gold deposits are measurable within 20- and 5-kilometer search radii around them. Large variations in the sulfur isotopic composition of ore-related pyrites in orogenic gold deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province are the result of different golddepositional mechanisms and the in-situ oxidation of a primary ore fluid in specific structural settings. Phase separation and wall-rock carbonation are potentially the most common mechanisms of ore-fluid oxidation and gold precipitation. The influence of multiple gold-depositional mechanisms increases the potential for significant ore-fluid oxidation, and more importantly, provides an effective means of increasing gold endowment. This explains the occurrence of negative δ34S values in ore-related pyrites in some world-class orogenic gold deposits. Sulfur isotopic compositions alone cannot uniquely define potential gold endowment. However, in combination with structural, hydrothermal alteration and fluid inclusion studies that also seek to identify multiple ore-forming processes, they can be a useful indicator. The structural setting of a deposit is also a potentially important factor controlling ore-fluid oxidation and the distribution of δ34S values in ore-related pyrites. At Victory-Defiance, the occurrence of negative δ34S(py) values in gently-dipping dilational structures, compared to more positive δ34S(py) values in steeply-dipping compressional structures, is potentially associated with different gold-depositional mechanisms that developed as a result of fluid-pressure fluctuations during different stages of the fault-valve cycle. During the pre-failure stage, when fluids are discharging from faults, fluid-rock interaction is the dominant gold-depositional mechanism. Phase separation and back-mixing of modified ore-fluid components are dominant during and immediately after faulting. Under appropriate conditions, any, or all, of these three mechanisms can oxidize orogenic gold fluids and cause gold deposition. The influence of multiple gold-depositional mechanisms during fault-valve cycles at dilational jogs, where fluid pressure fluctuations are interpreted to be most severe, can potentially explain both the large gold endowment of the giant to world-class Golden Mile, New Celebration and Victory-Defiance deposits along the Boulder-Lefroy Shear Zone, and the presence of gold-related pyrites with negative δ34S values in these deposits. This study highlights the interplay that exists between physical and chemical processes in orogenic gold Mineral Systems, during the transport of ore fluids in pathways from original fluid reservoirs to deposit sites. Potentially, a single and widespread orogenic ore-fluid could become oxidized, and lead to the formation of ore-related sulfides with variable sulfur isotopic compositions, depending on the nature and orientation of major fluid pathways, the nature of wall-rocks through which it circulates, and the precise ore-depositional processes that develop during fault-valve cycles.
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Gunnell, Evan R. "Lithofacies and Sequence Architecture of the Upper Desert Creek Sequence (Middle Pennsylvanian, Paradox Formation) in the Greater Aneth Field, Southern Paradox Basin, Utah." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7055.
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The Greater Aneth Buildup (GAB) is comprised of the 3rd-order middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Desert Creek sequence of the Paradox Formation. A hierarchy of 4th- and 5th order, carbonate-dominated cycles comprise the Upper Desert Creek (UDC) 4th-order sequence. A SE to NW trending transect line, utilizing core and petrophysical data from six oil and gas wells (from SE to NW wells R-19, Q-16, O-16, J-15, K-430, E-313), revealed deposition of seven carbonate facies within four 5th-order parasequences in the UDC. While each of the seven carbonate facies are present across the transect line, the UDC parasequences are dominated by a shallow-water oolite facies. Laterally and vertically, a general facies transition is evident in each of the four parasequences from a dominantly deeper-water succession of facies in the SE, to a more shallow-water, open marine to restricted lagoon, succession of facies to the NW. Parasequence UDC-3 contains the best representation of this facies transition with the SE wells (R-19, Q-16, and O-16) displaying the deeper-water/mixed algal facies grades into the shoaling oolite facies in the NW wells (J-15, K-430, and E-313). Within UDC strata, porosity and permeability correlate well to each other, but poorly to facies type. Porosity and permeability are predominantly controlled by diagenesis. Minor appearances of fibrous isopachus rim cements, and more common micritization (both whole grain and envelope) suggest that early-marine diagenesis occurred within the oolite facies. Meteoric diagenesis is demonstrated by abundant calcite spar, and drusy dogtooth cements within oomoldic pores, intraparticle pores, and interparticle pores, in addition to neomorphism of early marine diagenetic fabrics. Spastolithic ooids, stylolitization, and grain brecciation are representative of burial diagenesis within these strata. Dolomitization is present in each of the six studied core, but only in minor amounts. The Upper Desert Creek 3rd-order sequence has preserved laminamoldic diagenetic fabric that is the oldest known example of selective leaching in a meteoric vadose environment. Lithofacies trends along transect line A to A' demonstrate an increase in ooid-rich grainstone NSCF both vertically and laterally from the SE to the NW. Lithofacies type, combined with diagenesis, are the major drivers for porosity and permeability creation and destruction within Upper Desert Creek strata. NSCF, specifically ooid grainstones, have the greatest diagenetic potential of the seven UDC lithofacies.
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Phan, Thi San Ha. "Propriétés physiques et caractéristiques géotechniques des terres noires du Sud-Est de la France." Phd thesis, Grenoble 1, 1993. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00644886.
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Une formation marneuse, nommée "Terres Noires". se rencontre fréquemment dans presque tout le secteur sud-est de la France.La recherche a visé à approfondir la connaissance des caractéristiques géotechniques des Terres Noires saines ou altérées, de trois régions différentes. le Trièves. la fenêtre de Barcelonnette et le bassin de Draix. Les essais d'identification classiques, comme limites d'Atterberg, granulométrie ..... ,. mais aussi des techniques plus fines (microscope électronique à balayage) ont été mis en oeuvre. Il en résulte qu'à part une différenciation minéralogique, les Terres Noires des trois secteurs étudiés peuvent être considérées comme un ensemble lithologique homogène dont les différences de comportement sont essentiellement liées à leur teneur en carbonate et à leur texture microscopique. L'étude de l'utilisation des Terres Noires en remblai routier a aussi été effectuée en recourant à une série d'essais physiques et mécaniques. On en conclut que les matériaux extraits se prêtent à cet emploi, à la condition d'user de précautions particulières.
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Sadeque, Junaid. "Regional Reservoir compartmentalization within offlaping, top-truncated, mixed-influenced deltas, wall creek member, frontier formation, powder river basin, Wyoming /." 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1221680681&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=10361&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Molenaar, C. M. The Frontier Formation and associated rocks of northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. G.P.O., 1990.
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1916-, Cobban William Aubrey, and Tillman Roderick W, eds. Outcrops, fossils, geophysical logs, and tectonic interpretations of the upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation and contiguous strata in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming and Montana. Reston, Va: U.S. Geological Survey, 2010.
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Tysdal, Russell G. Depositional environments for strata of composite section of Frontier Formation, Madison Range, southwestern Montana. Washington, D.C: U.S. G.P.O., 1991.
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Dyman, T. S. Measured stratigraphic sections of Lower Cretaceous Blackleaf Formation and Lower Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation (lower part) in Beaverhead and Madison counties, Montana. [Reston, Va.?]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1985.
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Dyman, T. S. Petrographic data from the Lower Cretaceous Blackleaf Formation and Lower Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation (lower part) in Beaverhead and Madison counties, Montana. [Reston, Va.?]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1985.
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Dyman, T. S. Petrographic data from the Lower Cretaceous Blackleaf Formation and Lower Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation (lower part) in Beaverhead and Madison counties, Montana. [Reston, Va.?]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1985.
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Dyman, T. S. Redefinition of Frontier Formation: Beaverhead Group contact, Lima Peaks area, southwestern Montana and southeastern Idaho. [Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1991.
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Sokolov, I. A. Pochvoobrazovanie i ėkzogenez. Moskva: Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ s.-kh. nauk, Pochvennyĭ in-t im. V.V. Dokuchaeva, 1997.
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Institut ėksperimentalʹnoĭ mineralogii (Rossiĭskai͡a akademii͡a nauk), ed. Ėksperimentalʹnai͡a mineralogii͡a: Nekotorye itogi na rubezhe stoletiĭ : v dvukh tomakh = Experimental mineralogy : some results on the century's frontier : in two volumes. Moskva: Nauka, n.d.
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Dyman, T. S. Conglomerate facies and contact relationships of the upper Cretaceous upper part of the Frontier Formation and lower part of the Beaverhead group, Lima Peaks area, southwestern Montana and southeastern Idaho. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1995.
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"Formation, Geology and Physical Processes." In Loe Bar and the Sandhill Rustic Moth, 16–46. BRILL, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004270305_003.
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Moslow, Thomas F., and Roderick W. Tillman. "Sedimentary Facies and Reservoir Characteristics of Frontier Formation Sandstones, Southwestern Wyoming." In Geology of Tight Gas Reservoirs. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1306/st24459c14.
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Pawlikowski, Maciej. "Minerals in Human Blood Vessels and Their Dissolution in Vitro." In Geology and Health. Oxford University Press, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195162042.003.0033.
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Cardiovascular disease knows no ethnic, national, or geographic boundaries. Men and women throughout the world can become affected by the obstruction of their arteries by cholesterol and the mineral hydroxylapatite (HA).This complex process leads to dysfunction of the arterial system and, because of the necessity of circulation of oxygenated blood, it also affects many tissues and organs. The whole process of occlusion (mineralization of the blood vessels), including precipitation and inorganic crystal formation, takes place in stages. The first stages are thought to involve cholesterol deposits (atherosclerotic plaque formation) in the interior of the vessel walls, or “intima,” as it is known. The formation of hydroylapatite, or “calcification,” begins with the attraction and localization of ions, mainly Ca2+ and PO43+, within the arteries. The vessels become altered and lose their suppleness, effectively interfering with their function as conduits for the blood (Pawlikowski 1986, 1991a,b, 1993, Pawlikowski et al. 1994). The initial stages of deposition can be detected with sensitive physical and chemical methods in vivo and with traditional laboratory methods and techniques on excised samples. In the mineralization stage, grains and crystals may become visible on heart valves as well as in the aortic tissue. (Pawlikowski and Pfitzner 1995,1999), and the new compounds can be identified using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Reasons for the destruction of tissues and the nucleation of minerals can be attributed to allodefects and autodefects. Autodefects in vessels are those attributable to abnormalities in the component tissues in the wall or pre-existing physical conditions. For example, at arterial bifurcations, intense local trauma from the flowing blood fluid might cause changes in those regions and attract cirulating ions. Autodefects are the result of reactions between biological tissues and foreign materials, such as small particles (dust) of all sorts, including bacteria or minerals that have been inhaled and travelled from the lungs via the blood into vessels throughout the body. Alternatively, allodefects may arise from poisons produced by bacteria and viruses during infections, or by other and various chemical products, such as food preservatives, that might be part of the circulating blood.
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Carreño, Ana Luisa, and Javier Helenes. "Geology and Ages of the Islands." In Island Biogeography in the Sea of Cortés II. Oxford University Press, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195133462.003.0007.
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Before middle Miocene times, Baja California was attached to the rest of the North American continent. Consequently, most of the terrestrial fauna and flora of the peninsula had its origins in mainland Mexico. However, the separation of the peninsula and its northwestward displacement resulted in a variety of distribution patterns, isolations, extinctions, origins and ultimate evolution of fauna and flora in several ways. The islands in the Gulf of California have been colonized by species from Baja California and mainland Mexico. Some workers (Soulé and Sloan 1966; Wilcox 1978) consider that many of these islands originated as landbridges. Geographically, most of the islands are closer to the peninsula than to the mainland. Therefore, it has been assumed that the Baja California Peninsula was the origin of most of the organisms inhabiting them (Murphy 1983). Islands separated by depths of 110 m or less from the peninsula or mainland Mexico apparently owe their current insular existence to a rise in sea level during the current interglacial period (Soulé and Sloan 1966). In contrast, little information exists for deep-water islands. Any complete analysis of the distribution and origin of several organic groups inhabiting the Gulf of California islands should involve the consideration of several contrasting models arguing in favor of or against the equilibrium theory (MacArthur and Wilson 1967). In any model, one of the most important features to consider is the relationship between the species inhabiting the gulf islands and the physical and geological processes of formation of the islands, as well as their age, size, and distance from either the peninsula or the mainland. Understanding colonization, migration, and distribution, particularly in some groups, requires information on whether a particular island was ever connected to a continental source. For example, to explain some characteristics of the populations of any island, which presumably had a recent (<10,000-15,000 years) connection to a continental source, it is necessary to evaluate the coastal erosion or the relative rise in the sea level. These factors might contribute to effectively isolating an insular habit or to forming landbridges.
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Hutchison, Charles S. "The Geological Framework." In The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia. Oxford University Press, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199248025.003.0011.
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This chapter outlines the principal geological features of the region, extending from Myanmar and Taiwan in the north, southwards to include all the ASEAN countries, and extending as far as northern Australia. The present-day lithospheric plates and plate margins are described, and the Cenozoic evolution of the region discussed. Within a general framework of convergent plate tectonics, Southeast Asia is also characterized by important extensional tectonics, resulting in the world’s greatest concentration of deep-water marginal basins and Cenozoic sedimentary basins, which have become the focus of the petroleum industry. The pre-Cenozoic geology is too complex for an adequate analysis in this chapter and the reader is referred to Hutchison (1989) for further details. A chronological account summarizing the major geological changes in Southeast Asia is given in Figure 1.2. The main geographical features of the region were established in the Triassic, when the large lithospheric plate of Sinoburmalaya (also known as Sibumasu), which had earlier rifted from the Australian part of Gondwanaland, and collided with and became sutured onto South China and Indochina, together named Cathaysia. The result was a great mountain-building event known as the Indosinian orogeny. Major granites were emplaced during this orogeny, with which the tin and tungsten mineral deposits were genetically related. The orogeny resulted in general uplift and the formation of major new landmasses, which have predominantly persisted as the present-day regional physical geography of Southeast Asia. The Indo-Australian Plate is converging at an average rate of 70 mm a−1 in a 003° direction, pushed from the active South Indian Ocean spreading axis. For the most part it is composed of the Indian Ocean, formed of oceanic sea-floor basalt overlain by deep water. It forms a convergent plate margin with the continental Eurasian Plate, beneath which it subducts at the Sunda or Java Trench. The Eurasian continental plate protrudes as a peninsular extension (Sundaland) southwards as far as Singapore, continuing beneath the shallow Straits of Malacca and the Sunda Shelf as the island of Sumatra and the northwestern part of Borneo.
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Slez, Adam. "Divide and Conquer." In The Making of the Populist Movement, 33–72. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190090500.003.0002.
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This chapter examines the process of field formation on the western frontier, focusing in particular on the process through which the physical environment was transformed into territories and states, which served as arenas for political competition. It begins by situating the case of South Dakota within the context of western settlement more generally, documenting the steps through which the land that would eventually become South Dakota came to be organized by the federal government, starting with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The remainder of the chapter traces the process through public land was continually divided into states and territories, eventually leading to the creation of South Dakota in 1889. Boundary disputes played a critical role in shaping patterns of political contention as rival factions of elites fought to secure control over the location of scarce spatial resources such as the capital.
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Keefer, Robert F. "Use of Soil Surveys for Landscape Architecture." In Handbook of Soils for Landscape Architects. Oxford University Press, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195121025.003.0003.
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Modern soil survey reports, published since about 1959, have a wealth of information that could be useful for landscape architects. Characteristics of each specific soil are detailed in the text of the soil survey. Distinct kinds of soils for a specific site can be identified from the soil designation on the aerial photographs at the back of the report. Considerable specific information is provided in tables, including data on temperature, precipitation, freeze dates in spring and fall, woodland management and productivity, recreational development capabilities, wildlife habitat potentials, building site development possibilities, sanitary disposal potentials, engineering properties, value of materials for construction, water management limitations, physical and chemical properties of specific soils, and soil and water features. Modern soil survey reports consist of text, tables, soil maps, and often a glossary. These reports are available free to the public and are usually found in county extension services offices, soil conservation district offices, or state agricultural colleges. The text of a soil survey report describes the general nature of the county as to location in the state, climate, physiography, relief and drainage, geology, farming, natural resources, industries, history of settlement, and how the survey was conducted. Soil associations and individual soils are described in detail. Formation of soils is usually discussed in relation to the factors of soil formation. A glossary of terms is often provided for the nonscientific person. The whole county or counties in the report is shown on a soil association map, which is designed to be used to compare the suitability of large areas for general land use. The county is divided into large areas, each of which contains an association of several soils grouped by similar management. Usually from 5 to 15 soil associations are shown with a legend describing each of the specific associations. This type of information could be used for zoning purposes, county management, or other governmental activities. Aerial photos are provided on sheets showing the location of each individual soil in the county. Comprising about half of the soil survey report, this is one of the most useful sections.
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Doveton, John H. "Petrophysical Rocks: Electrofacies and Lithofacies." In Principles of Mathematical Petrophysics. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199978045.003.0010.
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Many years ago, the classification of sedimentary rocks was largely descriptive and relied primarily on petrographic methods for composition and granulometry for particle size. The compositional aspect broadly matches the goals of the previous chapter in estimating mineral content from petrophysical logs. With the development of sedimentology, sedimentary rocks were now considered in terms of the depositional environment in which they originated. Uniformitarianism, the doctrine that the present is the key to the past, linked the formation of sediments in the modern day to their ancient lithified equivalents. Classification was now structured in terms of genesis and formalized in the concept of “facies.” A widely quoted definition of facies was given by Reading (1978) who stated, “A facies should ideally be a distinctive rock that forms under certain conditions of sedimentation reflecting a particular process or environment.” This concept identifies facies as process products which, when lithified in the subsurface, form genetic units that can be correlated with well control to establish the geological architecture of a field. The matching of facies with modern depositional analogs means that dimensional measures, such as shape and lateral extent, can be used to condition reasonable geomodels, particularly when well control is sparse or nonuniform. Most wells are logged rather than cored, so that the identification of facies in cores usually provides only a modicum of information to characterize the architecture of an entire field. Consequently, many studies have been made to predict lithofacies from log measurements in order to augment core observations in the development of a satisfactory geomodel that describes the structure of genetic layers across a field. The term “electrofacies” was introduced by Serra and Abbott (1980) as a way to characterize collective associations of log responses that are linked with geological attributes. They defined electrofacies to be “the set of log responses which characterizes a bed and permits it to be distinguished from the others.” Electrofacies are clearly determined by geology, because physical properties of rocks. The intent of electrofacies identification is generally to match them with lithofacies identified in the core or an outcrop.
Conference papers on the topic "Physical geology Frontier formation"
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Antoshkina, A. I., L. V. Leonova, and Yu S. Simakova. "The Miocene bryozoan biogerms of the Kazantip Cape, Crimea: the role of gas-fluid seepage in their genesis." In All-Russia Lithological Meeting «Geology of reefs». Institute of Geology FRC Komi SC UB RAS, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19110/98491-013-23-24.
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A complex of modern physical investigations of carbonate crusts covering Lower Miocene bryozoan limestone from the Kazantip Cape showed that bryozoans built a biohermal skeleton due to the synsedimentation of bioinduced cement. The mineral association (Mg-calcite + aragonite) indicates the existence of near-bottom environment typical for gas-hydrate biogenic mineral formation as a result of bacterial methane oxidation during the formation of bioherms. The presence of bitumen, pyrite, strontianite, barite, kutnohorite and traces of vital activity of carbonate-depositing methanotrophic bacteria in the composition of carbonate crusts is concerned with a significant influence of near-bottom local gas-fluid seeps.
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Popkov, Vyacheslav, Alexander Sterenberg, Vladimir Gusev, and Andrey Tyutyaev. "COGNITIVE GEOLOGY OF SUPERIMPOSED SCATTERING OF MOBILE ORE ELEMENTS, PROPER FORMS OF MULTISCALE STRUCTURAL STRESS STABILITY, BIOGENETIC ACCESS CODE OF RESOURCES AND FIELD ARTEFACTS." In GEOLINKS International Conference. SAIMA Consult Ltd, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32008/geolinks2020/b1/v2/11.
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The authors present the theory is numerical / analytical method of multi-scaled 4D geomechanics – geo-dynamics of energy integration in geo-physical rhythms of Eigen-solution of Navier-Stokes equations for multi-level geological time space of evolution in structural compacted mass transfer at the basis of Newton’s Differential Law ∫V∫TρdS·∂2ξ/∂t2 following the integration formula of A. Einstein E(u,t)=ρVC2+∫V∫Tρ‹uv›dtdx. Сreate the theory (Restoration) and Maintenance of Water Eco-System with Given Parameters. They establish the geophysical seismic rhythms of geological cycles in deep structural formations of the Volga-Urals and Siberia and Kamchatka at dissipative emission, adsorption and nuclear magnetic resonance. The authors propose the systematic velocity model of convective diffusion drift of ρ<uv> in deep phase components of heterogenic structures with complexly structured geology in off-shore and global aeration of Middle Ridges from the Urals to the Rocky Mountains. They have also considered the energy time space of more than 4,5 billion years to find the organic markers of quantum photo-synthesis and multiple circulating energy waves in physical and chemical reactions of compacted formation genesis in fissile and relict shales, including the facies with symmetrical absolutely-saturated porosity of classical fields. They establish the geophysical seismic rhythms of geological cycles in deep structural formations of the Volga-Urals and Siberia and Kamchatka at dissipative emission, adsorption and nuclear magnetic resonance. The authors propose the systematic velocity model of convective diffusion drift of ρ‹uv› in deep phase components of heterogenic structures with complexly structured geology in off-shore and global aeration of Middle Ridges from the Urals to the Rocky Mountains. They have also considered the energy time space of more than 4.5 billion years to find the organic markers of quantum photo-synthesis and multiple circulating energy waves in physical and chemical reactions of compacted formation genesis in fissile and relict shales, including the facies with symmetrical absolutely-saturated porosity of classical fields’ cognitive geology, artefacts.
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Asedegbega, Jerome, Oladayo Ayinde, and Alexander Nwakanma. "Application of Machine Learniing For Reservoir Facies Classification in Port Field, Offshore Niger Delta." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207163-ms.
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Abstract Several computer-aided techniques have been developed in recent past to improve interpretational accuracy of subsurface geology. This paradigm shift has provided tremendous success in variety of Machine Learning Application domains and help for better feasibility study in reservoir evaluation using multiple classification techniques. Facies classification is an essential subsurface exploration task as sedimentary facies reflect associated physical, chemical, and biological conditions that formation unit experienced during sedimentation activity. This study however, employed formation samples for facies classification using Machine Learning (ML) techniques and classified different facies from well logs in seven (7) wells of the PORT Field, Offshore Niger Delta. Six wells were concatenated during data preparation and trained using supervised ML algorithms before validating the models by blind testing on one well log to predict discrete facies groups. The analysis started with data preparation and examination where various features of the available well data were conditioned. For the model building and performance, support vector machine, random forest, decision tree, extra tree, neural network (multilayer preceptor), k-nearest neighbor and logistic regression model were built after dividing the data sets into training, test, and blind test well data. Results of metric score for the blind test well estimated for the various models using Jaccard index and F1-score indicated 0.73 and 0.82 for support vector machine, 0.38 and 0.54 for random forest, 0.78 and 0.83 for extra tree, 0.91 and 0.95 for k-nearest neighbor, 0.41 and 0.56 for decision tree, 0.63 and 0.74 for logistic regression, 0.55 and 0.68 for neural network, respectively. The efficiency of ML techniques for enhancing the prediction accuracy and decreasing the procedure time and their approach toward the data, makes it importantly desirable to recommend them in subsurface facies classification analysis.
Reports on the topic "Physical geology Frontier formation"
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Henderson, Tim, Mincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Chihuahuan Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2285306.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile for this unit. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be recorded such that other researchers may evaluate it in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN, methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources was established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Chihuahuan Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS...
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2285337.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be available for other researchers to evaluate in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources was established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS...
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Klamath Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2286915.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be protected and conserved for researchers to study and evaluate in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources were established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Klamath Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS to inform park managers...