A fundamental thesis of seismic stratigraphy is that seismic reflections follow impedance contrasts that coincide with stratal surfaces, which are surfaces where depositional processes occur at a fixed moment in geologic time.

Facies architecture, structure, and diagenesis control reservoir geometry and distribution of remaining oil in shoreface, fluvial, and deltaic reservoirs of Miocene age in the 18-mi2 (46.7-km2) Mioceno Norte Area in northern Lake Maracaibo.

Geologic and engineering studies were conducted within fluvial/deltaic strata of a mature South Texas field to determine the impact of reservoir compartmentalization on secondary gas recovery. Stratton is one of several mature South Texas fields containing fluvial and deltaic gas reservoirs.

To recover gas remaining in solution, large volumes of brine must be produced from watered-out gas reservoirs in the Gulf Coast.

Upper Pensylvanian and lower Permian rocks of the Eastern Shelf in North-central Texas are composed of 10 to 15 repetitive sequences including open shelf, deltaic, fluvial, and interdeltaic depositional systems.