Method for predicting grain size distribution from the shape of a sedimentary body
US7062383B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/306
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The internal properties of a water-lain sediment body can be determined from the shape of the deposit. One method comprises solving equations relating the shape of a sediment body to the flow field that produced the body and using the flow field to solve for the sediment body properties in at least one point within the body. The flow field properties include flow velocity, suspended sediment volume fractions, deposition time, and flow height. The properties of the water-lain sediments include, in addition to the flow properties associated with deposition of the sediments, the thickness of the sediment body, the size of the body, the shape of the body, and the grain size distribution at points within the body.
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