Thursday, April 8, 2010

Isopach


This image is a Isopach Map of the Sussex "B" Sandstone. An Isopach map is a map illustrating variation of rock or sediment thickness. This map has Isopach lines (contour intervals = 4ft. ) that depict the thickness of a rock layer known to produce oil at a contour interval of 40,000 barrels.

This Image was taken from: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-033/USGS_3D/ssx_gif/ssxiso.gif&imgrefurl=http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-033/USGS_3D/ssx_txt/all.htm&usg=__blEnvyVJe0AqykvjshFm-xSDVh0=&h=603&w=924&sz=39&hl=en&start=14&itbs=1&tbnid=mwavILFW06FX0M:&tbnh=96&tbnw=147&prev=/images%3Fq%3Disopach%2Bmap%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1

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