U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIGITAL DATA SERIES DDS-33


3-D Reservoir Characterization of the House Creek Oil Field, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, V1.00

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Table of contents | Glossary | Geology | Depositional model | Heterogeneity | Diagenetic history | Petroleum geology | 1) East-West porosity slices | 2) North-South porosity slices | 3) Onion views of 3-D images | 4) Horizontal slices of porosity | 5) Horizontal and East-West permeability and porosity slices | Technical information

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