Reservoir Characterization to Inexpensively Evaluate the Exploitation Potential of a Small Morrow Incised Valley-fill Field

Kansas Geological Survey Open-file Report 2002-9

Morrow Incised Valley-Fill System in Kansas

Kansas Morrow Incised-Valley Characteristics

• Valley-fills
  50-90ft deep
  0.5-2 miles wide
  side slopes 0.5-5⁰
• Seven regional extensive subaerial events recognized
• Superimposition and scouring result in variable preservation of underlying channel deposits (Figure -Stateline Trend)

(From Allen and Posamentier, 1994)

Superimposition and scouring result in variable preservation

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