The facies, environments of deposition and cyclicity of the Yates Formation, North Ward-Estes field, Ward County, Texas /

1, 2, and 3) were deposited in fluvial, deltaic, eolian and

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Main Author: Johnson, Ronnie Delane
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
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Summary:1, 2, and 3) were deposited in fluvial, deltaic, eolian and
3 is identified as the poorest. Facies 2 has intermediate
and dolomitic mudstones and wackestones. It has sharp
contacts with the carbonates of the underlying Seven Rivers
continuity of the elastic reservoirs in this formation.
correlated to identify the quality, lateral extent and
data, along with measured data from well logs, was then
deposited across the back-reef shelves of the Permian basin
deposited in a shallow subtidal environments and one
determined by the correlation of cores and well log data
environment. The stratigraphy of the Yates Formation was
evaporate facies (Facies 5) was deposited in a sabkha
Facies 1 is identified as the best reservoir rock and Facies
for porosity and permeability measurements. This physical
Formation and evaporite-rich beds of the underlying Tansill
Formation and its bounding surfaces on the basis of their
Formation consists of sub-arkosic sandstones and siltstones
Formation. Each sequence consists of basal lowstand incised
Formation. Five facies are distinguished in the Yates
Goat Seep Reefs and deep-basinal Delaware Mountain Group.
in Late Permian (Upper Guadalupian) time. The Artesia Group
is the shelfal equivalent of the shelf-marginal Capitan and
lithologies and stratification. Three elastic facies (Facies
marking two long-term cycles of relative sea level fall and
of interbedded carbonates, clastics and evaporates that was
quality.
sabkha environments. One carbonates facies (Facies 4) was
strike and dip profiles through the field. Two sequences and
subsequent rise in the field area.Reservoir properties of the
Systems Tract (TST') and Highstand Systems Tract (HST). The
ten to twelve parasequences are recognized within the Yates
the strike direction and thin in the landward direction,
The Yates Formation is part of the Artesia Group, a sequence
This study is based on the description of seven cores and
twenty-two well logs from North Ward-Estes field along the
two sequences which have slightly wavy sheet geometries in
valley fill (IVF), which is overlain by a Transgressive
western margin of the Central Basin Platform. The Yates
Yates Formation were determined by the use of core plug data
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Physical Description:ix, 79 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.