Modelling Synrift Tidal Heterogeneity Using Integrated Digital-Outcrop and Field Geology – Suez Rift

I025 Modelling Synrift Tidal Heterogeneity Using Integrated Digital-Outcrop and Field Geology – Suez Rift G.F. Rarity* (University of Manchester) D. Hodgetts (University of Manchester) P. Wilson (University of Manchester) & R. Gawthorpe (University of Manchester) SUMMARY EAGE 69 th Conference & Exhibition — London UK 11 - 14 June 2007 Summary An integrated approach incorporating quantitative digital-outcrop surveying (LIDAR and GPS) and detailed field geology has been used to model multi-scale heterogeneities in tidally influenced facies of the Oligo-Miocene 'rift-initiation' Nukhul Formation Suez rift. Excellent exposure at the Nukhul half-graben provides a superb outcrop analogue for the complex facies and