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Publication Name: PESA Webinar Series
Authors: John Howell (University of Aberdeen)
Date Published: July 2025
Abstract:
The Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation which crops out in the Book Cliffs of eastern Utah (USA) provides over 150 km of continuous exposures through a prograding clastic wedge. Since the 1980’s these outcrops have been central to the development of sequence stratigraphic and provide unparalleled insight into large scale geometries and architectures in shallow marine and coastal plain reservoirs such as the Brent Group, the Niger Delta and the Jurassic clastic deposits of the Carnarvon Basin.Recent advances in digital outcrop acquisition techniques, including the use of drones to acquire photogrammetric 3D models has revolutionised reservoir analogue studies. In this presentation a dataset which includes over 100 km of virtual outcrop data will be used to provide a fully integrated Virtual Fieldtrip and highlight the use of this technology to provide quantitative analogue data, illustrate correlation strategies, provide input for reservoir models and illustrate links between modern and ancient systems. We will also discuss recent analysis of the perception of virtual field trips and demonstrate their pros and cons with respect to different audiences.