Stratigraphic imaging of the Navajo Sandstone using ground-penetrating radar

The geomorphic and stratigraphic variety within and among modern and ancient aeolian (wind blown) dune fields is an immense topic of research. Aeolian deposits form important petroleum reservoirs; examples include the large gas-bearing sandstones of the Permian Rotliengendes Formation beneath the North Sea, the Pennsylvanian-Permian Weber and Jurassic Nugget oil reservoirs of the overthrust belts of Colorado and Wyoming, respectively, and the oil-bearing Minnelusa Formation (Permian) reservoirs located in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming.