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Stochastic Simulation of the Morphology of Fluvial Sand Channel Reservoirs

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This paper presents an innovative methodology designed to simulate 3D stochastic images of the morphology of fluvial sand channel reservoirs. This methodology is successfully tested for a hypothetical channel sand reservoir where some of the conditioning data were derived from a Middle Eastern reservoir of this type. Results are discussed with particular regard to the images of local orientations and analysis of the local and global uncertainties of the model.

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Kuznetsova, A., Almeida, J.A., Legoinha, P. (2014). Stochastic Simulation of the Morphology of Fluvial Sand Channel Reservoirs. In: Pardo-Igúzquiza, E., Guardiola-Albert, C., Heredia, J., Moreno-Merino, L., Durán, J., Vargas-Guzmán, J. (eds) Mathematics of Planet Earth. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32408-6_139

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