27 resultados para Litofácies
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The Rio do Peixe Basin is located in the border of Paraíba and Ceará states, immediately to the north of the Patos shear zone, encompassing an area of 1,315 km2. This is one of the main basins of eocretaceous age in Northeast Brazil, associated to the rifting event that shaped the present continental margin. The basin can be divided into four sub-basins, corresponding to Pombal, Sousa, Brejo das Freiras and Icozinho half-grabens. This dissertation was based on the analysis and interpretation of remote sensing products, field stratigraphic and structural data, and seismic sections and gravity data. Field work detailed the lithofacies characterization of the three formations previously recognised in the basin, Antenor Navarro, Sousa and Rio Piranhas. Unlike the classical vertical stacking, field relations and seismostratigraphic analysis highlighted the interdigitation and lateral equivalency between these units. On bio/chrono-stratigraphic and tectonic grounds, they correlate with the Rift Tectonosequence of neocomian age. The Antenor Navarro Formation rests overlies the crystalline basement in non conformity. It comprises lithofacies originated by a braided fluvial system system, dominated by immature, coarse and conglomeratic sandstones, and polymict conglomerates at the base. Its exposures occur in the different halfgrabens, along its flexural margins. Paleocurrent data indicate source areas in the basement to the north/NW, or input along strike ramps. The Sousa Formation is composed by fine-grained sandstones, siltites and reddish, locally grey-greenish to reddish laminated shales presenting wavy marks, mudcracks and, sometimes, carbonate beds. This formation shows major influence of a fluvial, floodplain system, with seismostratigraphic evidence of lacustrine facies at subsurface. Its distribution occupies the central part of the Sousa and Brejo das Freiras half-grabens, which constitute the main depocenters of the basin. Paleocurrent analysis shows that sediment transport was also from north/NW to south/SE
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The Permian-Carboniferous Itararé Group is one complexe lithostratigraphic unit of the Paraná Basin, southeastern Brazil, typically marked by discontinuity of its lithofacies. Under the exploratory point of view, the unit represents one of the most significant intervals of the basin, since several occurrences of mineral and energetic resources are associated to it, as groundwater, petroleum and coal. The prospection and exploitation of these resources depend on a good understanding of the stratigraphic architecture and the paleogeography. There are many contributions on the specialized literature which deal with this subject, although the regions of Limeira and Piracicaba (superior portion of the unit) still lack new investigations, which may contribute to the understanding of its lithofacies and related sedimentary processes. It was analyzed the sedimentary sets pilling up, followed by stratigraphic correlations between the two regions. Moreover, from sedimentary structures, it was made paleocurrent measurement with the purpose of obtaining indicative patterns of the sedimentary polarity, contributing for the comprehension of the paleogeography. Recent studies in the Domo de Pitanga region (between Rio Claro and Piracicaba cities) and in the Corumbataí river drainage basin, were taken also as basis for possible correlations. It was obtained a frame of the lithofacies arrangement, their vertical and lateral relations, as well as their depositional polarities.
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The Aquidauana Formation is characterized by sandstones of variable granulation, mudstones and diamectites abundant in clay, typical colors like brick red (vermelho tijolo) of glacial, fluvial and lacustrine origin. It’s chronostratigraphic equivalent to the Itarará group from the Neo Carboniferous age, that under the exploratory view, such units represent important intervals in the basin, occurring together with them minerals as well as energy resources as petroleum, underground water and coal – what requires a great paleogeography and stratigraphy knowledge for its exploration. By gathering information from the columnar sections of the area, it was possible to characterize the sedimentary facies, the stacking pattern as well as the association. It was also made an attempt of stratigraphic correlation, which showed great difficulties since glacial environments present a great lateral discontinuity of the facies besides the complex relationship process of formation. As a result, it was obtained 8 sedimentary facies, the lateral and vertical relations and genesis process. It is proposed that the sedimentary environment in the study area is the fluvio glacial, characterized by alluvial systems formed by defrosted water which transport the sediments that are deposited in plains in front of the glacier (distal outwash). Petrographic thin section analysis showed that the transportation process was ineffective. The grains present punctual to lobular contacts, characterizing good porosity and permeability to the rock, varying these qualities according to more or less existence of matrix. The presence of Iron Oxide deposited between the recrystallization border and feldspathic mineral indicates that this rock has possibly presented a primary rubefaction, intensified by alkaline fluid percolation
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Os folhelhos pretos devonianos da Formação Barreirinha caracterizamse pela alta radioatividade na porção basal, grande extensão areal, espessura e profundidade de soterramento variável que vão de exposição na superfície até mais de 3000 m. Eles são as principais rochas geradoras do sistema petrolífero convencional da Bacia do Amazonas, e recentemente foram consideradas como promissores plays de gás não convencional. Folhelhos são geralmente caracterizados por uma matriz fechada, que faz com que sejam relativamente impermeáveis em relação ao fluxo de gás, a menos que ocorram fraturas, e dependendo das suas características geológicas e geoquímicas podem funcionar com um Sistema Petrolífero autossuficiente, atuando tanto como rocha fonte, quanto como reservatório de gás (reservatório Shale Gas). Assim, o gás natural termogênico ou biogênico gerado pode ser armazenado em folhelhos ricos em matéria orgânica na forma livre, adsorvida, ou em estado dissolvido. Em contraste com os sistemas petrolíferos convencionais, reservatórios Shale Gas, possuem mecanismos de aprisionamento e armazenamento únicos, sendo necessária a utilização de técnicas de avaliações específicas. No entanto, folhelhos prolíficos geralmente podem ser reconhecidos a partir de alguns parâmetros básicos: arquitetura geológica e sedimentar, propriedades geoquímicas e petrofísicas e composição mineralógica. Tendo em vista a carência de pesquisas de caráter descritivo, com cunho exploratório dos folhelhos geradores da Formação Barreirinha, esta dissertação tem como objetivo introduzir uma metodologia de identificação de intervalos de folhelho gerador com potencial para reservatório Shale Gas. Começando com uma investigação regional sobre o contexto geológico e sedimentar, seguido de uma avaliação abrangente enfocando as características geoquímicas, petrofísicas e litofácies dos folhelhos a partir da integração de parâmetros obtidos de perfis geofísicos de poço, análises geoquímicas e aplicação dos conceitos de Estratigrafia de Sequencia.
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Sob a premissa de que a geometria do perfil deposicional das clinoformas pode conter informações sobre a composição textural dos sedimentos que as compõem, bem como sobre a energia da coluna d’água, foi desenvolvido um modelo computacional para a análise teórica dos fatores controladores do tipo de curvatura dos foresets das clinoformas, e, por extensão dos taludes submarinos. Um modelo análogo de suspensão dinâmica foi implementado experimentalmente com um programa em código Matlab, denominado MAXWELL, e é classificado como um modelo estratigráfico, bidimensional, analítico, determinístico, dinâmico, parcialmente dedutivo e parcialmente baseado em regras. Contém um modelo de escoamento de fluido em linhas de corrente, e trata indiretamente a tensão de cisalhamento no domínio de um sistema fechado bifásico líquido-vapor análogo, a partir a proposta de analogias entre os processos de evaporação e de suspensão de sedimentos. É uma abordagem baseada na competência de transporte do fluxo d’água, pois considera temperatura e velocidade de fluxo combinado onda-corrente como variáveis controladoras análogas da intensidade de transferência de energia. Os processos deposicionais marinhos são reduzidos a um fenômeno da superfície deposicional, que é considerada análoga a uma interface líquidovapor dentro de um sistema fechado. A equação de distribuição estatística de velocidades moleculares de Maxwell é usada para calcular a proporção de moléculas na fase líquida, considerada análoga à proporção de sedimentos depositados, bem como a proporção na fase vapor, tomada como análoga à proporção de sedimentos em suspensão. O estado energético do sistema é parametrizado por três potenciais: energia interna, como função do tamanho de grão (areia, silte ou argila); energia térmica do meio, como função da energia hidrodinâmica, e energia gravitacional, como função do declive topográfico As simulações indicam que os principais fatores controladores do perfil deposicional das clinoformas, e por extensão, dos taludes submarinos em geral, são a energia hidrodinâmica da coluna d’água e a granulometria (ou coesão) do sedimento, que podem ser consideradas dois parâmetros comutáveis, isto é, grãos grossos ou coesos podem produzir sobre a geometria das clinoformas o mesmo efeito da baixa energia hidrodinâmica, e vice-versa. Com base no fator de decaimento da energia hidrodinâmica com o aumento da batimetria, foram definidas três ordens de grandeza da intensidade da energia da coluna d’água: baixa energia (10–1), alta x energia (10-2) e muito alta energia (10-3). Com base nesse critério, foram caracterizados quatro tipos de perfis deposicionais de clinoformas: dois tipos sigmoidais e dois tipos exponenciais. Os tipos sigmoidais podem ser de alta energia ou de muito alta energia, e distinguem-se pela granulometria do sedimento e pela distribuição de declividades em relação à dimensão na direção horizontal. Os perfis de tipo exponencial podem ser tanto de baixa energia, quanto de alta energia. A subida relativa do nível do mar afeta o tipo geométrico do perfil deposicional apenas de forma indireta, a partir da retenção da fração grossa do influxo sedimentar na plataforma ou topset. Os principais fatores controladores do ângulo de declividade do perfil das clinoformas são a granulometria do sedimento, a energia hidrodinâmica, a profundidade d’água da bacia e o desvio lateral da corrente de fundo. A dedução da litofácies a partir da geometria das clinoformas parece promissora apenas para os tipos teóricos sigmoidais, que são distintos na forma e no conteúdo sedimentar.
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A maior parte dos beachrocks distribuídos ao longo das costas oriental e setentrional do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (53% da espessura total) foi depositada na zona de ante-praia superior, representada pelas litofácies arenitos com estratificação cruzada tabular-planar e acanalada de média escala e arenitos conglomeráticos bioturbados por Skolithos. Conglomerados e arenitos com estratificação cruzada de baixo ângulo, depositados na zona de estirâncio, representam 31% das seções descritas. Os 16% restantes são atribuídos ao colapso de material sobrejacente como resultado de solapamento basal de falésias (conglomerados maciços), de transporte como tapetes de tração (conglomerados incipientemente estratificados) e de alto grau de alteração (arenitos maciços). Uma sucessão geral de fases diagenéticas pode ser reconhecida, nos beachrocks estudados, incluindo a precipitação de esmectita autigênica, cutículas micríticas, agregados radiais, franjas isópacas de cristais prismáticos, espato equante, cimento criptocristalino de preenchimento de poros e agregados pseudo-peloidais, bem como a infiltração vadosa de sedimentos micríticos, margosos ou sílticos A ausência de estruturas orgânicas, tais como filamentos e corpos microbiais (bactérias ou fungos), dentro dos cimentos, sugere que o mecanismo por trás da cimentação é essencialmente inorgânico, muito provavelmente devido à evaporação de água do mar, em resposta às condições climáticas secas prevalecentes. Os valores de 13CVPDB máximo, mínimo e médio obtidos para os cimentos são +3.57, –7.8 e +2.34‰, respectivamente. Os valores de 18OSMOW e 18OVPDB variam de 26.32 a 31.41 (valor médio: 30.64) e de –4.41 a 0.54‰ (valor médio: –0.22‰), respectivamente. A maior parte dos valores de 18OVPDB e 13CVPDB é compatível com os de cimentos marinhos. Algumas amostras apresentam valores de 18O fortemente negativos, o que provavelmente reflete uma origem a partir de uma mistura de águas marinhas e meteóricas ou recristalização do cimento marinho através da interação com águas meteóricas. As temperaturas de precipitação assumindo 18OVPDB da água igual a 2,0 (água do mar modificada por evaporação) e -2,0 (água mista, em boa parte meteórica) variam de 23,3 a 34,9oC (valor médio: 25,8oC).
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This thesis deals with the sedimentological/stratigraphic and structural evolution of the sedimentary rocks that occur in the NW continental border of the Potiguar Basin. These rocks are well exposed along coastal cliffs between the localities of Lagoa do Mato and Icapuí, Ceará State (NE Brazil). The sedimentological/stratigraphic study involved, at the outcrop scale, detailed facies descriptions, profile mapping of the vertical succession of different beds, and columnar sections displaying inferred lateral relationships. The approach was complemented by granulometric and petrographic analyses, including the characterization of heavy mineral assemblages. The data set allowed to recognize two kinds of lithological units, a carbonate one of very restricted occurrence at the base of the cliffs, and three younger, distinct siliciclastic units, that predominate along the cliffs, in vertical and lateral extent. The carbonate rocks were correlated to the late Cretaceous Jandaíra Formation, which is covered by the siliciclastic Barreiras Formation. The Barreiras Formation occurs in two distinct structural settings, the usual one with nondeformed, subhorizontal strata, or as tilted beds, affected by strong deformation. Two lithofacies were recognized, vertically arranged or in fault contacts. The lower facies is characterized by silty-argillaceous sandstones with low-angle cross bedding; the upper facies comprises medium to coarse grained sandstones, with conglomeratic layers. The Tibau Formation (medium to coarse-grained sandstones with argillite intercalations) occurs at the NW side of the studied area, laterally interlayered with the Barreiras Formation. Eolic sediments correlated to the Potengi Formation overly the former units, either displaying an angular unconformity, or simply an erosional contact (stratigraphic unconformity). Outstanding structural features, identified in the Barreiras Formation, led to characterize a neocenozoic stress field, which generated faults and folds and/or reactivated older structures in the subjacent late cretaceous (to paleogene, in the offshore basin) section. The structures recognized in the Barreiras Formation comprise two distinct assemblages, namely a main extensional deformation between the localities of Ponta Grossa and Redonda, and a contractional style (succeeded by oblique extensional structures) at Vila Nova. In the first case, the structural assemblage is dominated by N-S (N±20°Az) steep to gently-dipping extensional faults, displaying a domino-style or listric geometry with associated roll-over structures. This deformation pattern is explained by an E-W/WNW extension, contemporaneous with deposition of the upper facies of the Barreiras Formation, during the time interval Miocene to Pleistocene. Strong rotation of blocks and faults generated low-angle distensional faults and, locally, subvertical bedding, allowing to estimate very high strain states, with extension estimates varying between 40% up to 200%. Numerous detachment zones, parallel to bedding, help to acommodate this intense deformation. The detachment surfaces and a large number of faults display mesoscopic features analoguous to the ones of ductile shear zones, with development of S-C fabrics, shear bands, sigmoidal clasts and others, pointing to a hydroplastic deformation regime in these cases. Local occurrences of the Jandaíra limestone are controled by extensional faults that exhume the pre-Barreiras section, including an earlier event with N-S extension. Finally, WNWtrending extensional shear zones and faults are compatible with the Holocene stress field along the present continental margin. In the Vila Nova region, close to Icapuí, gentle normal folds with fold hinges shallowly pluging to SSW affect the lower facies of the Barreiras Formation, displaying an incipient dissolution cleavage associated with an extension lineation at high rake (a S>L fabric). Deposition of the upper facies siliciclastics is controlled by pull-apart graben structures, bordered by N-NE-trending sinistral-normal shear zones and faults, characterizing an structural inversion. Microstructures are compatible with tectonic deformation of the sedimentary pile, burried at shallow depths. The observed features point to high pore fluid pressures during deformation of the sediments, producing hydroplastic structures through mechanisms of granular flow. Such structures are overprinted by microfractures and microfaults (an essentially brittle regime), tracking the change to microfracturing and frictional shear mechanisms accompanying progressive dewatering and sediment lithification. Correlation of the structures observed at the surface with those present at depth was tested through geophysical data (Ground Penetrating Radar, seismics and a magnetic map). EW and NE-trending lineaments are observed in the magnetic map. The seismic sections display several examples of positive flower structures which affect the base of the cretaceous sediments; at higher stratigraphic levels, normal components/slips are compatible with the negative structural inversion characterized at the surface. Such correlations assisted in proposing a structural model compatible with the regional tectonic framework. The strong neogenepleistocene deformation is necessarily propagated in the subsurface, affecting the late cretaceous section (Açu and Jandaíra formations), wich host the hydrocarbon reservoirs in this portion of the Potiguar Basin. The proposed structural model is related to the dextral transcurrent/transform deformation along the Equatorial Margin, associated with transpressive terminations of E-W fault zones, or at their intersections with NE-trending lineaments, such as the Ponta Grossa-Fazenda Belém one (the LPGFB, itself controlled by a Brasiliano-age strike-slip shear zone). In a first step (and possibly during the late Cretaceous to Paleogene), this lineament was activated under a sinistral transpressional regime (antithetic to the main dextral deformation in the E-W zones), giving way to the folds in the lower facies of the Barreiras Formation, as well as the positive flower structures mapped through the seismic sections, at depth. This stage was succeeded (or was penecontemporaneous) by the extensional structures related to a (also sinistral) transtensional movement stage, associated to volcanism (Macau, Messejana) and thermal doming processes during the Neogene-Pleistocene time interval. This structural model has direct implications to hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation activities at this sector of the Potiguar Basin and its offshore continuation. The structure of the reservoirs at depth (Açu Formation sandstones of the post-rift section) may be controlled (or at least, strongly influenced) by the deformation geometry and kinematics characterized at the surface. In addition, the deformation event recognized in the Barreiras Formation has an age close to the one postulated for the oil maturation and migration in the basin, between the Oligocene to the Miocene. In this way, the described structural cenario represents a valid model to understand the conditions of hydrocarbon transport and acummulation through space openings, trap formation and destruction. This model is potentially applicable to the NW region of the Potiguar Basin and other sectors with a similar structural setting, along the brazilian Equatorial Atlantic Margin
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Baixo Vermelho area, situated on the northern portion of Umbuzeiro Graben (onshore Potiguar Basin), represents a typical example of a rift basin, characterized, in subsurface, by the sedimentary rift sequence, correlated to Pendência Formation (Valanginian-Barremian), and by the Carnaubais fault system. In this context, two main goals, the stratigraphic and the structural analysis, had guided the research. For this purpose, it was used the 3D seismic volume and eight wells located in the study area and adjacencies. The stratigraphic analysis of the Valanginian-Barremian interval was carried through in two distinct phases, 1D and 2D, in which the basic concepts of the sequence stratigraphy had been adapted. In these phases, the individual analysis of each well and the correlation between them, allowed to recognize the main lithofacies, to interpret the effective depositional systems and to identify the genetic units and key-surfaces of chronostratigraphic character. The analyzed lithofacies are represented predominantly by conglomerates, sandstones, siltites and shales, with carbonate rocks and marls occurring subordinately. According to these lithofacies associations, it is possible to interpret the following depositional systems: alluvial fan, fluvio-deltaic and lacustrine depositional systems. The alluvial fan system is mainly composed by conglomerates deposits, which had developed, preferentially in the south portion of the area, being directly associated to Carnaubais fault system. The fluvial-deltaic system, in turn, was mainly developed in the northwest portion of the area, at the flexural edge, being characterized by coarse sandstones with shales and siltites intercalated. On the other hand, the lacustrine system, the most dominant one in the study area, is formed mainly by shales that could occur intercalated with thin layers of fine to very fine sandstones, interpreted as turbidite deposits. The recognized sequence stratigraphy units in the wells are represented by parasequence sets, systems tracts and depositional sequences. The parasequence sets, which are progradational or retrogradational, had been grouped and related to the systems tracts. The predominance of the progradation parasequence sets (general trend with coarsening-upward) characterizes the Regressive Systems Tract, while the occurrence, more frequently, of the retrogradation parasequence sets (general trend with finning-upward) represents the Transgressive System Tract. In the seismic stratigraphic analysis, the lithofacies described in the wells had been related to chaotic, progradational and parallel/subparallel seismic facies, which are associated, frequently, to the alluvial fans, fluvial-deltaic and lacustrine depositional systems, respectively. In this analysis, it was possible to recognize fifteen seismic horizons that correspond to sequence boundaries and to maximum flooding surfaces, which separates Transgressive to Regressive systems tracts. The recognition of transgressive-regressive cycles allowed to identify nine, possibly, 3a order deposicional sequences, related to the tectonic-sedimentary cycles. The structural analysis, in turn, was done at Baixo Vermelho seismic volume, which shows, clearly, the structural complexity printed in the area, mainly related to Carnaubais fault system, acting as an important fault system of the rift edge. This fault system is characterized by a main arrangement of normal faults with trend NE-SO, where Carnaubais Fault represents the maximum expression of these lineations. Carnaubais Fault corresponds to a fault with typically listric geometry, with general trend N70°E, dipping to northwest. It is observed, throughout all the seismic volume, with variations in its surface, which had conditioned, in its evolutive stages, the formation of innumerable structural features that normally are identified in Pendencia Formation. In this unit, part of these features is related to the formation of longitudinal foldings (rollover structures and distentional folding associated), originated by the displacement of the main fault plan, propitiating variations in geometry and thickness of the adjacent layers, which had been deposited at the same time. Other structural features are related to the secondary faultings, which could be synthetic or antithetic to Carnaubais Fault. In a general way, these faults have limited lateral continuity, with listric planar format and, apparently, they play the role of the accomodation of the distentional deformation printed in the area. Thus, the interaction between the stratigraphic and structural analysis, based on an excellent quality of the used data, allowed to get one better agreement on the tectonicsedimentary evolution of the Valanginian-Barremian interval (Pendência Formation) in the studied area
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Paleogene sediments of this region represent a significant source of water for urban, industrial and agricultural activities. This basin is part of the Southeastern Brazilian Continental Rift, which occupies a large portion of this geographical area. This study aims to present the evolution of the natural Paleogene landscape, through an analysis of its stratigraphic intcrops and underground portions based on the concept of facies and facies associations. A total of nine clastic and separate lithofacies were recognized and grouped into two main facies associations. These data suggest the existence of two depositional interdigitated systems: fluvial braided fans, which were predominant in parts of the northern and central area, and another composed of lacustrine sediments found in its central-south region. The paleogeography herein outlined will help considerably in the detection of new areas for mineral and water resources prospection, as well as in urban planning projects of this region.
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Pós-graduação em Geociências e Meio Ambiente - IGCE
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Pós-graduação em Geociências e Meio Ambiente - IGCE
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
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Neste trabalho desenvolveu-se uma solução para o clássico problema da determinação automática de litologias. Construiu-se um banco de dados utilizando-se a técnica de análise discriminante aplicada sobre trechos testemunhados de poços perfilados de um campo situado em lâmina d'água profunda localizado na bacia de Campos. A técnica de análise de agrupamento, utilizada por um grande número de pesquisadores, foi testada para o mesmo conjunto de dados porém não forneceu resultados satisfatórios em comparação com os obtidos com a análise discriminante. Os dados de perfis, após sofrerem correções ambientais, são colocados em profundidade com os dados de testemunhagem e determina-se uma função discriminante que classifica as respostas dos perfis de acordo com as litofácies descritas nos testemunhos. Dessa forma obtém-se um banco de dados, a partir do qual se faz a discriminação de litologias em poços, testemunhados ou não, da mesma área. O banco de dados assim construído permite sua atualização através da incorporação de trechos testemunhados de novos poços. Mostra-se a necessidade de agrupar as litologias em quatro litofácies principais para este campo de maneira a padronizar os resultados, diminuir as indeterminações e melhorar a apresentação final. Como produto final obtém-se uma curva discriminada de eletrofácies que reproduz, com algum grau de certeza, as litofácies que reproduzem as litologias esperadas em subsuperfície. Como exemplo de aplicação deste método, utilizou-se as curvas discriminadas para correlacionar três poços, utilizando para isto um algoritmo de correlação automática.