March 2018 Outcrop by The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

OUTCROP Newsletter of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

Volume 67 • No. 3 • March 2018

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OUTCROP The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

910 16th Street • Suite 1214 • Denver, CO 80202 • 303-573-8621 The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG) is a nonprofit organization whose purposes are to promote interest in geology and allied sciences and their practical application, to foster scientific research and to encourage fellowship and cooperation among its members. The Outcrop is a monthly publication of the RMAG.

2018 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT

2st VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT

Terri Olson tmolson8550@gmail.com

Sophie Berglund sberglund@raisaenergy.com

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Robin Swank robin.swank@gmail.com

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David Katz davidkatz76@gmail.com

Eryn Bergin eryn.bergin@aec-denver.com

1st VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT

SECRETARY

Heather LaReau heatherthegeologist@gmail.com

Anna Phelps aphelps@sm-energy.com

2nd VICE PRESIDENT

COUNSELOR

Tracy Lombardi tracy.lombardi@inflectionenergy.com

Jim Emme jim_emme@yahoo.com

RMAG STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Barbara Kuzmic bkuzmic@rmag.org MEMBERSHIP & EVENTS MANAGER

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Carol Dalton cdalton@rmag.org PROJECTS SPECIALIST

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Abstract Petroleum geologists play a vital role in oil discovery, and a diverse cross-section of upstream activities, but often possess only a dim understanding of the often parallel legal process that is advancing simultaneously with the work being done by their professional counterparts. This short-course aims to provide a sound legal foundation to these scientists focusing on the issues that arise impacting the oil and gas industry. Oil and Gas Law for Geologists will address essential factual, legal, regulatory, political and legislative issues to provide a more broad-based appreciation and awareness of these issues to equip the learner and his or her organization for more efficient business and work product management in light of the significant legal challenges that arise in the exploration and production of oil and gas. An objective of this class is to not make petroleum geologists into lawyers, but to provide a broader understanding of how the legal process impacts the identification and development of oil and gas assets. This course will examine the legal theories upon what the oil and gas industry has utilized and applied, methods for acquiring developmental rights, review basic contracts and agreements customarily used in the oil and gas industry, analyze the fundamentals of oil and gas permitting, and examine the subtleties of property and mineral ownership. There will be considerable attention dedicated to reviewing and understanding legal theory, contracts, deeds, and a wide array of agreements typically used in permitting, the entitlement process, and development of oil and gas assets. Students will be exposed to the essentials necessary for organizations to draft, negotiate, implement, and secure land-use approvals, lending the petroleum geologist a better appreciation as to how their discipline works into the greater scheme of the oil and gas industry. The instructor will provide case studies, use PowerPoint presentations, and allow for open discussion as learning tools used in this course. Biography With an extensive history in law and knowledge of the Oil and Gas industry, Ralph practices oil and gas law in Alaska, Colorado, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. Not only is Ralph a shareholder of a law firm, with offices located in Denver and Steamboat Springs, Colorado, that emphasizes oil and gas law, but he is also an adjunct professor teaching oil and gas related classes. Ralph currently teaches in the Global Energy Management Program at the University of Colorado Denver. Mr. Cantafio has also lectured foreign professionals, primarily from Nigeria and China, focusing on international oil and gas law, industry, as well as international natural resources law. His education includes not only a Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado School of Law, but a Master of Science in Mineral Economics from the prestigious Colorado School of Mines and a Master of Science in Global Energy Management from the University of Colorado-Denver, where he now teaches. With two professional oil and gas certificates in Petroleum Land Management and Energy Finance from the University of Denver, numerous professional affiliations and publications as well as numerous industry presentations, Ralph’s knowledge of the oil and gas industry is extensive.

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OUTCROP Newsletter of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

CONTENTS FEATURES

DEPARTMENTS

26 Lead Story: Application of UAVbased photogrammetry for outcrop characterization of fluvial deposits of the Burro Canyon Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado

8 RMAG February 2018 Board of Directors Meeting

ASSOCIATION NEWS

20 RMAG Luncheon Programs: Rebekah Simon

2 RMAG 2018 Summit Sponsors 4 RMAG April 2018 Short Course 6 RMAG/DAPL Geoland Ski Day 9 AAPG ACE, Salt Lake City Short Course 11 Geo Train Trip to AAPG Ace, Salt Lake City

12 President’s Letter 18 RMAG Luncheon Programs: David Schmude and Brian Berwick

22 Welcome New RMAG Members! 24 In The Pipeline 34 Outcrop Advertising Rates 36 Advertiser Index 36 Calendar

13 2018 RMAG Golf Tournament 15 2018 Sporting Clay Tournament

COVER PHOTO The Gunnison River Valley dissects Cretaceous and Jurassic units along the Escalante-Dominguez Reservation area from Grand Junction and Delta, Colorado. Outcrops from the Dakota to the Entrada formations are astonishingly well exposed. Photo by Javier Tellez.

33 Call For Papers – RMAG/ DWLS Fall Symposium

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RMAG FEBRUARY 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING By Anna Phelps, Secretary aphelps@sm-energy.com

Timm. Welcome Kira! The On the Rocks Committee already has 5 exciting trips planned for 2018 and 4 other trips in the works. There will be a lot of opportunities to get on an outcrop this summer! The Science Educational

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to plan the Career Fair. They are looking for a keynote speaker, hiring managers, recruiters, and volunteers for that event. The Publications Committee reported that there have been $644 in publication sales to date in 2018. The Outcrop has a new editor, Kira

Greetings rock-loving friends! I hope you had a splendid February full of whatever keeps your toes warm in the winter – perhaps ski boots, tropical sand, a cozy fire, or a warm microscope. The February meeting of the RMAG Board of Directors was held on February 21, 2018 at 4 PM. All board members except David Katz and Robin Swank were present. Barbara Kuzmic reported on behalf of Treasurer Robin Swank that there is no revenue to report for January and fewer expenses in January than in previous years. Executive Director Barbara Kuzmic reported that there are 1,459 members with a number of members still in the grace period for membership renewal. The 2018 Summit Sponsorship was a huge success! Total sponsorship was $113,000, which is $45,000 more than in 2017. Thank you to all of the Summit Sponsors! The RMAG website will be redesigned in the next couple of months, so keep an eye out for an exciting new front page. The Continuing Education Committee has two upcoming events planned. Ralph A. Cantafio is teaching the “Oil and Gas Law for Geologists” short course April 11-12. An evening with Scott Tinker will be held on July 26 at the Chop House. There will also be a meet and greet with Scott for the Mentorship Program mentees the morning of July 26. The Membership Committee is continuing

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AAPG ACE , Salt Lake City Short Course Presented by the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

Petrography of Mudrock Hydrocarbon Reservoirs

Saturday, May 19, 2018 | 8:00am - 5:00pm Instructors Lyn Canter (Whiting Petroleum), Mark Longman (QEP Resources), David Hull (Devon), Joe Macquaker (ExxonMobil), Terri Olson (Digital Rock Petrophysics)

This course is designed for geologists, petrophysicists and managers who desire a better understanding of mudrock reservoirs and the technology used to investigate their composition, evolution, and pore systems. This one-day course will focus on applications of pore-scale imaging techniques, with most of the time dedicated to case studies of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs. Quantitative as well as qualitative results will highlight the utility of various methods.

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER By Terri Olson

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We are blessed in the oil and gas industry to have high-tech tools with which to address our key issues. Good software, hardware, and associated workflows are critical to efficient job performance. Most geoscientists I know spend the bulk of their productive work time in front of a computer. This is a big change from the early years of my career, back in the olden days (in my case, the early 1980’s), when we worked on paper logs, contoured maps by hand, and had a drafting department to make displays for presentations. While advances in technology have brought many advantages and efficiencies to how we work, there are some significant downsides. It is possible to generate a prospect without ever leaving your office, but is it advisable? Wouldn’t we have a stronger product if we looked outside our box? Talking to our coworkers (in the same and other disciplines), discussing ideas with colleagues from other companies, accessing data sources not available online, or even actually looking at the rocks all potentially add valuable insight to the work products we generate, whether they are new play concepts, drillable prospects, picking horizontal drilling targets, finding sweet spots, or guidelines for optimizing economic field development. Service company staff and consultants are not immune to the blinders that technology may create—data and analysis provided to clients are often improved by innovative thought processes about techniques and interpretation. Our work is built on data, of many types— formation tops, log curves, core analyses, hydrocarbon shows, seismic data, production data, etc. Our companies spend a lot of time and money acquiring the data we need to do our jobs. Yet more data is not always better. Lack of understanding the sources and quality of our data has led many a geoscientist to inaccurate interpretations, and resulting misguided recommendations. Most geologists I know doing regional work don’t accept formation tops picked by previous workers, but

At a field trip stop last fall in the cemetery at Hot Sulphur Springs. Photo by Katie Joe McDonough pick their own. Yet they may accept other sorts of data at face value, especially if they don’t understand the pitfalls in various types of analysis or interpretation. Routine core analysis offers a good example: can you accept high plug perms and low grain densities as reported? What if the plugs are fractured, or inadequately cleaned? The point is that it’s easy to take a digital database and make crossplots or other compilations, but if the data contain errors or noise, so will the output relationships (or the correlations will be poor). Quality control of our data is something that may not be taught in school, but is critical to generating robust, believable and useful products. The senior members among us, whether managers, technical

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2018

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Registration is open! Teams of 4 and Individuals are welcome to register. Member Individual: $150 Non-Member Individual: $175

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER analytics sees the following common problems with such analyses: • Extending analysis beyond areas of consistent fundamental properties (such as reservoir facies, or hydrocarbon fluid types) • Mixing disparate data types in the same analysis (e.g. production from vertical and horizontal wells) • Over-averaging data that has a high standard deviation for mapping • Excluding key parameters from the analysis due to bias

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advisors, or semi-retired mentors, can offer the benefits of their experience in recognizing bad data. It’s important to weed those (the bad data, not the mentors) out before basing conclusions on a body of data. An emerging trend related to over-reliance on technology stems from the emphasis on “big data” analysis. Emphasis on big data in the geosciences is relatively new, and fraught with potential pitfalls. It can be very useful, in finding optimum frac size or other design components through relationships with production results in a given play, for example. Somebody I used to work with posted on LinkedIn this week: “How many oil companies…would welcome the ability to extract critical insights at push-button speed from all the data they’ve accumulated?” (Need I mention that she is a marketer?) It’s rarely that easy. It’s tough and sometimes impossible to QC large digital datasets. A friend and colleague who is well versed in data

An art that is at risk of disappearing is background research. If you do a literature search at the start of a new project by just googling a few keywords, chances are you haven’t fully done your homework. Not all relevant literature is online and searchable. Libraries, such as the Denver Earth Resources Library (DERL), have both literature and well data that are available nowhere online

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(remember Scout Tickets?). You might be surprised to find a highly relevant thesis or obscure publication waiting on the shelves if you check them out. Having data no one else has dug for can provide a significant competitive advantage. Trading for proprietary data is another, often underutilized, source. The skills needed to thrive in modern work environments are not only technical ones. You might be the best there is at operating a particular in-demand software package. But if you can’t communicate with coworkers, clients, or prospective buyers, your effectiveness will be limited (and your employment short-term). It’s worth the effort to develop good communication skills, both speaking and writing, as well as team skills (like listening, establishing trust, and engaging in constructive disagreement). Ideas are the foundation of good technical work. More and better ideas form in collaboration than in isolation. Read papers, go to technical talks, meet with your colleagues. Giving talks and writing papers are also useful in formulating your ideas and getting input on them. Finally, circle back around to test your ideas and conclusions— do they make sense? Sometimes a reality check will bring out weaknesses that aren’t obvious, and potentially avoid embarrassing questions. A professor friend of mine who has extensive industry experience sees petroleum geology and engineering students failing to do

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER teamwork; most of us can stand to improve in these areas. Get out of your office. Go to (and give) technical talks. Get out in the field; visit core repositories. Attend workshops. Pursue sources of inspiration and ideas. Ideas are the lifeblood of inspired technical work. We test and strengthen these ideas with tools based on technology, applied to integrated, good quality data. A key step is to validate our results: are the relationships we see in the data real? Do they make sense? A reality check can be instrumental in avoiding inaccurate analyses and inconsistent interpretations. Education and inspiration are not limited to formal classes--networking with our colleagues, attending technical talks and workshops, and reading scientific literature all work to stimulate and refine those ideas. Technology provides tools, not solutions.

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this on a regular basis. So, from the perspective gained by 35 years in the industry as an exploration geologist, development geologist, petrophysicist, geoscience development coordinator, and promoter of certain types of technology, here’s what I suggest: Those of you with experience to share, please pass on lessons learned to the less experienced among us. This will become more critical as time goes on and the remaining baby boomers retire and move on. Be a good mentor, officially or unofficially. Do your homework: talk to coworkers, look for sources offline, study analogs. QC your data. Get help; alternative perspectives are key. This is directed at all of us, not only those with little experience—none of us are expert at everything. Be mindful of fundamentals and possible bias in how you analyze big datasets with data analytics. Develop skills in communication and

Input from Margaret Lessenger and Donna Anderson is gratefully acknowledged.

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RMAG LUNCHEON PROGRAMS Speaker: David Schmude and Brian Berwick March 7, 2018

Butcher Butte Project An Overpressured Oil Resource Play in the Green River Formation of the Uinta Basin, Utah David Schmude and Brian Berwick during the history of Lake Uinta resulted in the identification of a region of thick vertical stacking of favorable source rock within the deep thermally mature portion of the Uinta Basin. Due to the low permeability of these source facies, excessive overpressuring greater than 0.80 psi/ft. is present within the project area with extensive tectonic and generative fractures as well. Current drilling and development with two-mile horizontal laterals is taking place to delineate the resource and prove the seven target intervals within this unconventional oil resource play.

The Butcher Butte Project is an unconventional oil resource play being developed within the Eocene Green River Formation in the Northcentral part of the Uinta Basin, Utah. Within the project area up to 2,000 feet of oil prone source rock is thermally mature and overpressured. Porosity is dominated within the organic rich source rock with only minor amounts of matrix porosity resulting in a true unconventional oil resource play. Vertical stacking of offshore lacustrine source rock facies within Paleocene/Eocene Lake Uinta provide the source, reservoir and seal for this unique accumulation. Regional correlations and mapping of lake facies distribution

Mountain Region. Fifteen years of experience with Encana in Denver working on exploration projects throughout the United States. Served as Exploration Lead and Chief Geologist before leaving Encana in 2015. Past three years working for Axia Energy II as Vice President of Geology.

DAVID SCHMUDE: Graduated from Oklahoma State with a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in geology. Worked nine years with Texaco in Denver on development and exploitation projects in the Rocky

BRIAN BERWICK: Graduated from The Colorado School of Mines with a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in petroleum geology. Worked eight years with Samson Resources in Denver on development and exploitation projects in the Rocky Mountain Region. Three years of experience with Axia Energy in Denver working on exploration projects throughout the United States. Past three years working for Axia Energy II focusing on exploration projects in Utah and Texas.

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Upcoming PTTC Workshop Applied Petroleum Geochemistry

Thursday, April 26, 2018, 8:30 am – 5 pm, Denver Place Conference Room, 999 18th Street, 80202 Denver, CO Fee: $250, includes food at breaks, class notes, and PDH certificate Instructors: Richard Patience & Joe Curiale

Applied Petroleum Geochemistry is a one-day course in the fundamentals and applications of petroleum geochemistry to exploration, development and production of oil and gas in both conventional and unconventional plays. It will be useful for those with no prior background in geochemistry, and for those who would like a refresher. The emphasis is on understanding the appropriate issues to consider at different points of the value chain, and how to go about addressing them. You will learn the reasons for using this discipline in the exploration phase, throughout appraisal from first discovery to completing field development, and as a troubleshooter and problem-solver once you begin production. You will not learn how to be a geochemist in this class – that takes at least two days! The course begins with the why (the value-add) and how (the methods) of petroleum geochemistry, and proceeds to applications in all parts of E&P. We conclude with a discussion of new applications and the impact these are already having in the business. All participants are welcome to bring questions about your current projects (and even data, if you wish) for discussion at the appropriate places in the course.

Topics Covered • Introduction to Petroleum Geochemical Concepts, Definitions and Areas of Use

The course will commence with an introduction to the presenters, an overview of key concepts (e.g. biogenic vs thermogenic), and definitions of important terms (e.g. what is an asphaltene?) used by petroleum geochemists. We will then give a summary of the areas of usage of petroleum geochemistry within the oil industry, both from a historical and present-day perspective.

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An Overview of Sampling and Analytical Methods

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Applications in Exploration

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Applications in Appraisal, Development and Production

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A Brief Overview of Advanced Techniques

This section will discuss i) the goals of a petroleum geochemical program (i.e. the subsurface processes that we are trying to understand), ii) the samples we analyze, iii) how we use those samples to generate the data, which iv) we then interpret in order to understand the subsurface and achieve our goals. Exploration has long been the principal area of application of petroleum geochemistry, and here we will cover the standard geochemical topics involved with basin and prospect evaluation, such as source rock properties, thermal maturity, biodegradation risk, fluid properties prediction, oil-oil and oil-source rock correlation, and gas data interpretation. Conventional and unconventional play examples will be shown presented. This section will discuss key in-reservoir subsurface processes which control fluid properties, and the impact they have on measured fluid properties such as GOR, API gravity or molecular parameters. Understanding these controls during appraisal can help us to identify reservoir characteristics such compartmentalization and compositional grading, amongst others, which impact how reservoirs are most efficiently developed and produced. We will also give examples of how problems which arise during production can be solved using standard petroleum geochemical data. Here we will discuss recently developed geochemical analytical techniques which are not yet a routine part of petroleum geochemical programs, and how they can help us to solve problems not easily addressed by previous methods.

Presenters Drs. Joe Curiale and Richard Patience each have over three decades of experience with multinational integrated oil companies. They developed and presented multiple classes in those companies, and first worked together to develop a course in applied petroleum geochemistry for Unocal, which went on to become Chevron’s in-house geochemistry course. Their experience base includes hundreds of sedimentary basins throughout the world, and encompasses both conventional and unconventional approaches. Joe is a former editor of Organic Geochemistry journal, Richard is past chairman of the European Association of Organic Geochemists, and both are widely published. Class Descriptions and Register Online: www.pttcrockies.org For more information, contact Mary Carr, 303.273.3107, mcarr@mines.edu

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Characterizing Residual Migrated Hydrocarbons and their Role in Porosity Evolution Rebekah Simon1, Omar Khatib2, David A. Budd1, and Markus Raschke2 1 – Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 2 – Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

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Scholarship) and developments in near-field micros-

Understanding the controls on pore network evolution in unconventional reservoirs remains a research focus for nearly all oil and gas operations, even nearly a decade into the “shale boom”. It is common to investigate the effects of mineral diagenesis on pore development both at the field and the pore scale (microns or smaller), but less common to question the pore-scale effects of emplacing hydrocarbons. Because crude oil is a mixture of molecules with varying size, polarity, and thermal stabilities, it travels through porous media in a complex manner. Of particular interest are the large, polar asphaltene molecules—emplacement into just a few of the narrow pore throats characteristic of unconventional reservoirs may dramatically alter the efficacy of the total pore network, impacting flow of even the most mobile hydrocarbons. Major advances have been made in industry-standard techniques for analyzing hydrocarbon chemistry (SARA, pyrolysis, etc.), but those technologies extract the hydrocarbons from the rock, and likewise, most standard porosity/permeability tests clean the sample of the hydrocarbons before analysis. No standard analyses allow for simultaneous investigation of the spatial distribution of porosity-compromising hydrocarbons and the pores themselves, or chemical characterization of hydrocarbons at the pore scale. Thanks to support from a generous RMAG student award (the Norman H. Foster Memorial

copy, we have established a novel method to chemically characterize hydrocarbons at the pore scale

without extracting them, thus preserving their spatial relationships. Initial nano-spectroscopic data

from infrared scattering-scanning near-field optical microscopy demonstrates submicron spatial vari-

ability in hydrocarbon functional groups indicative

of asphaltene molecules in the Niobrara Formation, of the Denver Basin. With additional investigation,

it is anticipated that this approach will demonstrate correlativity between the distribution of pore-compromising hydrocarbons and other reservoir prop-

erties such as mineralogy, pore geometry, and porethroat size with tens-of-nanometers resolution.

REBEKAH SIMON is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder, working with Dr. David Budd to develop a holistic framework for pore evolution in Colorado’s Niobrara Formation. She completed her Master’s degree at the University of Texas at Austin, and her Bachelor’s degree at the Colorado School of Mines. Her collaborator, Dr. Omar Khatib, is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder in Dr. Markus Raschke’s research group for Nano-optics. 20

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APPLICATION OF UAV-BASED PHOTOGRAMMETRY for outcrop characterization of fluvial deposits of the Burro Canyon Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado By Javier Tellez1, Matthew J. Pranter1, Rex D. Cole2 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, Colorado

to fine-sand sequences deposited by braided to high-sinuosity fluvial systems deposited during Early Cretaceous time (Aptian-Albian) (Young, 1970). The fluvial and stratigraphic architecture of this system is challenging to assess due to the discontinuity or lack of extensive key surfaces for stratigraphic interpretation and high lateral variability. Using an integrated approach, the identification of key surfaces for stratigraphic analysis, and statistical quantification of architectural elements within the unit is achieved. The results of this analysis provide information about dimensionality of geobodies, and allow for the definition of the fluvial sequence-stratigraphic framework through multiple scales of stratigraphic hierarchy for the Burro Canyon Formation.

INTRODUCTION Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based photogrammetry, for three-dimensional outcrop modeling, is now commonly used by geologists for optimizing field-work and extracting multiple scales of information from poorly accessible and extensive outcrops. This study explores a combination of traditional fieldwork, ground point markers (GPM) and (UAV) based photogrammetry models to quantify outcrop characterization. This technique provides information for evaluation of the Burro Canyon Formation outcrops exposed adjacent to the Gunnison River Valley in Delta County, Piceance Basin in western Colorado (figure 1). This formation is composed of multiple fining-upward gravel OUTCROP | March 2018

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FIGURE 1: Map showing a portion of the outcrop extent

of the Upper Cretaceous Burro Canyon Formation and a detailed map of the study area. Selected outcrops are located along the Gunnison river for about 50 km (30 mi). The exposures are oriented subparallel to the paleoshoreline exposing a good large scale-crosssection to the regional strike.

STUDY AREA In the western Piceance basin, the Burro Canyon formation outcrops in large, regionally-extensive exposures that occur as cliffs along 50 km (30 mi) of the Gunnison river (figure 1). The cliffs are oriented subparallel to paleo-shoreline and they expose a good scale-cross-section oblique to the regional depositional strike. Many of these outcrops have been described before by Young, (1975), Kirkland and Madsen, (2007) and recently Cole, (2014). The Cretaceous Burro Canyon Formation overlies the Morrison Formation and is truncated by a regional unconformity that defines the base of the Dakota Formation. Fining-upward deposits are recognized as unit bars and bar-sets interpreted as lateral and down-stream (frontal) accretion. Vol. 67, No. 3 | www.rmag.org

Inclined-heterolithic strata interbedded with muddrape successions within the formation are interpreted as low net-to-gross, high-sinuosity braided-fluvial systems.

METHODOLOGY

The use of photogrammetry is not new for mapping geological units. Development of software that compiles aerial and oblique photographs into three-dimensional geological reconstructions now provides valuable information for understanding

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FIGURE 2: Traditional field descriptions, measurements and a combination of high-resolution UAV-based

three-dimensional digital models and ground control points are used to interpret the fluvial architecture, key surfaces and document type, abundance, stratigraphic position, and dimensions of the fluvial deposits. perpendicular to the defined paleo-flow for the Burro Canyon Formation. Data was collected following multiple steps; 1) Flight planning, 2) Data acquisition (Photos, GPM, measured sections and field descriptions), 3) data processing and integration, and 4) interpretation and analysis. The generated georeferenced models allow for mapping description and quantification of elements at regional to reservoir scales and characterize key bounding surfaces.

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stratigraphic relations, stacking pattern configurations, and the statistical dimensions of architectural elements within depositional environments. The generation of high resolution UAV-based photogrammetry models was performed on seven canyons located along the Gunnison river oriented

FLIGHT PLANNING

The following factors were considered: 1) final scope of the model (resolution and scale), 2) operational conditions (wind, weather, UAV battery life, outcrop location, vegetation coverage, and daylight), and 3) access to collection of control points (measured sections and GPM marks). The number of photographs needed to guarantee sufficient overlapping

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DATA ACQUISITION

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explanation about the flight plan used for capturing the UAV imagery. were taken to cover the area and make an excellent overlapping between photos. The photo gallery acquisition was performed using a DJI phantom 3 Professional UAV, equipped with a builtin 12-megapixel resolution camera mounted in a three-dimensional gimbal. The altitude of the equipment was constant for each model according to the defined scale. Around five thousand photos (5000) were taken for twelve outcrop reconstructions. A total of nine stratigraphic sections (total footage = 1650ft; 500m) were described for characterization and analysis of the 200ft (60m) study interval. Descriptions included bedset grading and configuration, lithology and facies description, composition, paleocurrent (1200 points), structural, and GPS measurements.

DATA PROCESSING

The first step in processing is the selection and editing of the collected images. A quality control process was performed 30

for rejecting blurry, over-exposed, and misplaced images within the set of collected photos. In addition, sub-exposed photos with significant shadow areas were corrected, improving the matching process within the software (Pix4D). After editing, images were imported in Pix4D for visualization and processing. GPM were included by identifying the previously located natural features or by using the control data points marked on each possible photo in order to constrain the position and accuracy of the model. After calibrating the data with georeferenced points, a high-density point cloud was generated to preserve details from the photographs obtained. This process was iterative, eliminating artifacts produced by clouds and sky on the images reflecting noise (white or blue points) within the models. The generation of a textured, three-dimensional mesh was performed after filtering noise and accomplishment of a satisfactory point cloud.

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At least five GPM points were taken for each model using visible markers or identifying relevant natural features that were placed or located before execution of the flight over the outcrop using accurate GPS measurements. Imagery was captured by making a dense horizontal and oblique grid covering the outcrop area sequentially (figure 3). Enough photos

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FIGURE 4: Interpretation over one three-dimensional outcrop reconstruction for the north side of Escalante Canyon. Channels are

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A schematic representation of the measurements obtained from the interpretation over the threedimensional reconstruction. Accurate estimations of thickness (T) and width (W) from each sandstone body were measured.

FIGURE 5:

bodies were measured (figure 5) over the generated model for subsequent construction of three-dimensional models of the fluvial system. However, it must be emphasized that width dimensions are affected by the orientation of the outcrop versus the paleo-flow direction of the system. Thus, corrections considering the orientation of the sandstone bodies and paleo-flow direction must be applied for consideration of these statistics.

ÂťÂťCONTINUED FROM PAGE 31 INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS Interpretation of the three-dimensional models was done by drawing surfaces and polygons over the model using Pix4d software tools. Key surfaces, (erosive surfaces, contacts), lateral extension of sandstone bodies, and vertical stacking patterns within the unit were identified and interpreted. In addition, bed-set sequences, bed grading, geometries and stacking were interpreted within the section (figure 5). The presence of basal erosive surfaces allowed for interpretation of large-scale sets and sequence boundaries used for developing a stratigraphic framework. Identification of composite sequences, net-to-gross, and composition was performed considering the information collected in the field combined with the generated three-dimensional images. The interpreted surfaces and polygons can be exported to another software for further analysis. In addition, width and thickness of sandstone

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CONCLUSIONS

The integration of UAVs and traditional field work is a powerful tool for mapping not only extended outcrop areas, but also outcrop areas with limited access. This technique provides not only an excellent, efficient and economical methodology, but also an accurate characterization approach for mapping and quantification of large (regional) to small (field) scale geological elements.

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