{"id":479,"date":"2026-02-17T19:04:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/?p=479"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:04:03","slug":"petromod-assign-facies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/petromod-assign-facies\/","title":{"rendered":"Petromod: Assign facies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Petromod it&#8217;s possible to manually assign different facies for one single layer. So, first of all, the facies must be defined in the Facies Definition Table. Just add a line and provide a name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paleturquoise-reindeer-331443.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-806\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, sub-layers must be added to better reflect the stratigraphy. Go to the layers and right click on the layer and click on Change Number of Sublayers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paleturquoise-reindeer-331443.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-807\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the window that opens, select either the maximum thickness for each sublayer or the number of layers. In that case, I choose 27 layers as the layer is quite thick ! So it means that each layer will be 60m thick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paleturquoise-reindeer-331443.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-808\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the model view, the sublayers are visible now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paleturquoise-reindeer-331443.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-3-1024x739.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-809\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, go to Present day -&gt; facies maps and select the initial facies map corresponding to this layer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paleturquoise-reindeer-331443.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-810\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the model view, click on &#8220;Assign facies&#8221; icon. A pop-up window will open. You are ready to digitalize the facies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paleturquoise-reindeer-331443.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-811\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select the facies you&#8217;ve just created before and start digitizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paleturquoise-reindeer-331443.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-812\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In my case, the high amplitudes probably represent sand channels from a fluvial system. So it&#8217;s not continuous on a 2D profile. In this case I will obtain 2 facies: one facies is the initial facies defined in the layer (i.e. Coal pure) and one digitilized facies representing sand. This model can be improved in adding a third facies (or more) for shales representing the flood plain in a fluvial system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paleturquoise-reindeer-331443.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7-1024x688.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-813\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an example with only 2 facies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Petromod it&#8217;s possible to manually assign different facies for one single layer. So, first of all, the facies must be defined in the Facies Definition Table. Just add a line and provide a name. Then, sub-layers must be added to better reflect the stratigraphy. Go to the layers and right click on the layer&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/petromod-assign-facies\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Petromod: Assign facies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[25,27],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-and-tricks","tag-model","tag-petromod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aurelieng.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}