Summary of Phase 7 Research Programme — Fluvial, Eolian & Shallow-Marine Research Group

  • Theme 1: Development of quantitative facies models for fluvial, aeolian and shallow-water systems
  • Theme 2: Analogue studies of subsurface architecture and facies heterogeneity
  • Theme 3: Meta-analyses for assessing the importance of controls on sedimentary architecture
  • Theme 4: Improved use of geophysical soft data for costraining clastic reservoir models
  • Theme 5: Machine-learning approaches to interpretations of borehole data
  • Theme 6: Generation of a training image library for MPS geocellular modelling
  • Theme 7: Controls on the static connectivity of aeolian dune and interdune deposits
  • Theme 8: Influence of sedimentary heterogeneity on the performance of lowenthalpy geothermal applications
  • Theme 9: Impact of sedimentary architectures on carbon capture and underground storage
  • Theme 10: Flow-based upscaling of aeolian sedimentary heterogeneity
  • Theme 11: Upstream and intra-basinal controls on channel avulsion and resulting channel-body geometry and connectivity
  • Theme 12: Sequence stratigraphy of fluvial systems in tectonically active basins
  • Theme 13: Fluvial-aeolian interactions
  • Theme 14: Geometry and static connectivity of lacustrine and marine architectural elements
  • Theme 15: Relationships between facies heterogeneity, diagenetic processes and petrophysical characteristics
  • Theme 16: Facies control on the thermal conductivity of fluvial successions used for shallow-geothermal operations
  • Theme 17: Prediction of facies heterogeneity and brine migration pathways for CCS risk assessment around legacy wells
  • Theme 18: Integrating fluvio-aeolian architecture and fault dynamics: 3D seabedto-subsurface modelling for secure COstorage
  • Theme 19: Next-generation sequence stratigraphy models to better understand the nature of the sedimentary record