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An evaluation of the suitability of erts data for the purposes of petroleum exploration. [anadarko basin of texas and oklahoma
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Stonis, L. P. McCown, F. P. Everett, J. R. Petzel, G. Collins, R. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1974 |
| Description | This experiment was designed to determine the types and amounts of information valuable to petroleum exploration extractable from ERTS data and the cost of obtaining the information using traditional or conventional means. It was desired that an evaluation of this new petroleum exploration tool be made in a geologically well known area in order to assess its usefulness in an unknown area. The Anadarko Basin lies in western Oklahoma and the panhandle of Texas. It was chosen as a test site because there is a great deal of published information available on the surface and subsurface geology of the area, and there are many known structures that act as traps for hydrocarbons. This basin is similar to several other large epicontinental sedimentary basins. It was found that ERTS imagery is an excellent tool for reconnaissance exploration of large sedimentary basins or new exploration provinces. For the first time, small and medium size oil companies can rapidly and effectively analyze exploration provinces as a whole. |
| File Size | 517005 |
| Page Count | 13 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19740022649 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t54f6jw9s |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1974-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Geological Surveys Climate Structural Properties Geology Earth Resources Program Texas Oklahoma Vegetation Cost Analysis Oil Exploration Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |