Facies architecture and sequence stratigraphy of nonmarine and shallow-marine deposits

这一提议发展了两个长期存在的主题，这两个主题是我的大部分研究的特点。第一个是继续探索陆相和浅海沉积单元的结构，以帮助理解它们的起源，并对石油储集层研究做出贡献。目前的提议延续了科罗拉多高原地区的长期调查计划，在该地区，由于缺乏植被覆盖和缺乏结构扰动，导致过多的极好的露头进行详细的地表调查。这些同样的条件有助于使用探地雷达在浅层地下(在干燥岩石中向下延伸到约30米)探测三维结构和雷达相。另一个项目是探索阿尔伯塔省南部一些河流沿线的白垩纪大型露头。第二个主题是研究对大规模盆地结构的控制，在这种情况下，通过绘制阿尔伯塔省南部部分地区的高频层序地层学。其目的是更好地了解重要的含气砂岩，并在构造和其他模型的开发中使用地层学数据来解释高频层序地层学。该提案包含四名博士生完成研究的计划，他们都进行了初步的野外侦察计划，并已进入主要研究活动的后期规划阶段。

This proposal develops two longstanding themes that have characterized much of my research. The first is continued exploration of the architecture of nonmarine and shallow-marine sedimentary units, as an aid to understanding their origins, and as a contribution to petroleum reservoir studies. The present proposal continues a long-standing program of investigations in the Colorado Plateau area, where the lack of vegetation cover and the lack of structural disturbance has resulted in a plethora of superb outcrops for detailed surface investigations. These same conditions facilitate the use of ground-penetrating radar for exploring three-dimensional architecture and radar facies in the shallow subsurface (down to about 30 m in dry rocks). An additional project explores the large Cretaceous outcrops along some rivers in southern Alberta. The second theme consists of investigation of the controls on large-scale basin architecture, in this case through the mapping of high-frequency sequence stratigraphy of part of southern Alberta. The objective is to develop a better knowledge of a significant gas-bearing sandstone, and to use stratigraphic data in the development of tectonic and other models to explain high-frequency sequence stratigraphy. The proposal contains the plans for the completion of research by four doctoral students, all of whom have carried out initial programs of field reconnaissance and are at an advanced stage of planning for the their major research activities.