Systems and methods for building axes, co-axes and paleo-geographic coordinates related to a stratified geological volume
AssigneeEmerson Paradigm Holding LLC
InventorJean-Laurent Mallet
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AssigneeEmerson Paradigm Holding LLC
InventorJean-Laurent Mallet
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A method and system for modeling a subsurface structure at a time when the structure was originally formed. A first model having non-planar horizons representing a current subsurface structure may be used to calculate a vector field based on the non-planar geometry of the horizons of the model. The vector field may be non-uniform or uniform. Geographic coordinates of the first model may be transformed to paleo-geographic coordinates of a model representing the subsurface structure in the past, where the non-planar horizons in the first model are transformed to planar horizons in the second model. A set of points describing one or more fractures in the subsurface structure may be used to calculate a tuning parameter to correct a first set of paleo-geographic coordinates. A second set of coordinates representing an improved prediction at a time period when the subsurface structure was originally formed may be generated.
A method for generating a depositional model representing a predicted past geometry of a subsurface structure using a global axis, local axis, and local co-axis, of the subsurface structure in a region of a present day geological domain, the method comprising:
A system configured to generate a depositional model representing a predicted past geometry of a subsurface structure using a global axis, local axis, and local co-axis, of the subsurface structure in a region of a present day geological domain, the system comprising:
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