Publications: Bob Ratliff
2007 Geological Seismic Interpretation Field Seminar: Fold and Thrust Systems (Montana). P. Hennings & R. Ratliff, Geoscience Training Alliance Course Notes, 95 pp.
2006 Integrated workflows for sub-salt prospect identification, Offshore Brasil. M. Rhodes, S.-K. Foss, A. Welbon, B. Dalstrøm, C. Gram, R. Ratliff & S. Jin, 2006 SEG/SBGF/ULG Deepwater Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
2005 Structural Restoration & Balancing: Comprehensive Theory & LithoTect™ Workshops. R. Ratliff, EREX Petroleum Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, 402 pp.
2004 Enhanced exploration and development through kinematic modeling. R. Hickman & R. Ratliff, AAPG International Conference and Exhibition Technical Program.
2003 Salt-flank deformation in La Popa basin, Mexico
and the northern Gulf of Mexico: a general model for passive diapirism.
M. Rowan, T. Lawton, K. Giles, & R. Ratliff, AAPG Bulletin, 87(5):
733-756.
2003 Deformation during passive diapirism: implications
for salt-flank traps. M. Rowan, K. Giles, T. Lawton & R. Ratliff,
Geological Society of London, 6th Petroleum Geology Conference: North
West Europe & Global Perspectives
2001 Interpretation validation and reservoir properties
from kinematic analyses. R. Ratliff, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
2001 Technical Symposium.
2001 The projection and kinematics of 2D/3D bedding
and slip systems: complex geometries. R. Ratliff, The Reservoir, February
2001: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists.
2001 Emplacement and evolution of the Mahogany salt
body, central
2000 Salt-flank deformation and sedimentation during
passive rise of the exposed El Papalote diapir, La Popa Basin, Mexico.
M. Rowan, K. Giles, T. Lawton, & R. Ratliff, GeoCanada2000,
2000 Structural restoration of complex stratal geometries:
reconstructing the evolution of a flared salt diapir, La Popa Basin,
Mexico. M. Rowan, R. Ratliff , T. Lawton, & K. Giles, in: Modern
developments in structural interpretation, validation and modelling
II, Geological Society of London.
1999 Complex geometry: the projection and kinematics
of 2D/3D bedding and slip systems. R. Ratliff, J. Geiser, P. Geiser
& K. Ranzinger, GSA Annual Meeting Official Program.
1999 Emplacement and evolution of the Mahogany salt
body, central
1998 Mahogany salt body: structural interpretation.
M. Rowan, J. Barcelo, R. Ratliff & B. Trudgill, In: Salt, Faults, and Minibasins 2nd Annual
Consortium Meeting Notes, 14 p.
1998 Mahogany salt body: 3D model and restorations.
R. Ratliff & M. Rowan, In: Salt, Faults, and Minibasins 2nd Annual
Consortium Meeting Notes, 22 p.
1998 Normal-fault restoration, Eugene Island Block
331 area. J. Turner, M. Rowan, & R. Ratliff, In: Salt, Faults, and
Minibasins 2nd Annual Consortium Meeting Notes, 15 p.
1998 Animation of 3D restorations: preliminary methodology.
J. Roesink, M. Rowan, & R. Ratliff, In: Salt, Faults, and Minibasins
2nd Annual Consortium Meeting Notes, 3 p.
1997 Workstation Interpretation of Structural Styles.
R. Ratliff, AAPG Course Notes, 177 p.
1995 Three-dimensional restoration of allochthonous
salt structures and its impact on understanding reservoir trends and
petroleum migration: preliminary results from
1995 Three-dimensional geometry and evolution of
a salt-cored fold, Mississippi Fan Foldbelt, deep-water
1995 Some unresolved issues in fault-related folding.
R. Kligfield & R. Ratliff, GSA Penrose Conference, Fault-Related
Folding, August, 1995.
1995 Prestack depth migration and structural restoration
of the
1995 Kinematic fold/fault models in 3D: the possibilities
and their application. R. Ratliff, GSA Penrose Conference, Fault-Related
Folding, August, 1995.
1995 Constraints on reservoir models from 3D structure
and deformation kinematics. R. Ratliff, CSPG/CWLS Symposium, May, 1995.
1994 The impact of visualization technology on resolving
the evolution of salt-related structures and stratigraphy along the
1994 Seismic interpretation validation by fault
prediction and fold modeling. S. Wu, R. Ratliff, P. Geiser, & R.
Kligfield, AAPG Annual Convention, June, 1994.
1994 On using kinematic constraints in 3-D velocity
model construction. A. Downie & R. Ratliff, SEG Annual Meeting,
October, 1994.
1994 Constraints on reservoir modeling from 3D structure
and deformation kinematics. R. Ratliff & R. Kligfield, SEG Development
& Production Forum, July, 1994.
1993 Balanced cross sections: criticisms of current
usage and presentation of "validated" interpretation concept.
P. Geiser, R. Ratliff, & R. Kligfield, AAPG Annual Convention, May,
1993.
1993 Balanced cross section, kinematic deformation
model, and palinspastic facies analysis for the Bogata fold belt, Eastern
Cordillera,
1992 Three-dimensional fault propagation folding:
displacement variation models and strain implications. R. Ratliff, GSA
Penrose Conference, Applications of Strain: From Microstructures to
Orogenic Belts, September, 1992.
1992 The precision and accuracy of Rf-phi strain
analysis techniques. R. Ratliff, GSA Penrose Conference, Applications
of Strain: From Microstructures to Orogenic Belts, September, 1992.
1992 Deformation studies of folding and faulting:
cross section kinematics, strain analysis, and three-dimensional geometry.
R. Ratliff, Ph.D. Dissertation,
1992 Bootstrap confidence intervals for Rf-phi strain
analyses. R. Ratliff, GSA Penrose Conference, Applications of Strain:
From Microstructures to Orogenic Belts, September, 1992.
1991 Strain partitioning and volume flux in a buckled
limestone multilayer from the central Helvetic nappes,
1991 Simultaneous decompaction and restoration:
an improved method of basin modeling. J. Geiser, R. Ratliff, R. Kligfield,
& A. Morris, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin,
75: 579.
1991 Computer-assisted geometric and kinematic analyses
of subsurface faulting in the vicinity of
1991 Balanced models of growth folds beneath the
Po Plain. R. Kligfield, P. Geiser, & R. Ratliff, European Association
of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting, p. 151.
1990 The three-dimensional relations of faulting
and folding. R. Ratliff, P. Geiser, & R. Kligfield, In: R. Pflug
& K. Bitzer, Eds., Three- Dimensional Computer Graphics in Modeling
Geologic Structures and Simulating Geologic Processes, Freiburger Geowissenschaftliche
Beitrage, Band 2, p. 76.
1990 Kinematic evolution of a portion of the
1989 The geometry of fold hinge lines. R. Ratliff,
Geological Society of
1989 Section restoration and balancing as an aid
to seismic interpretation: GSI Line TWTS-83-13 (regional well-tie line,
offshore
1989 Computer-aided restoration of geological cross
sections. M. Rowan, R. Ratliff, R. Kligfield, & A. Beach, Petroleum
Society of
1989 Balanced cross sections and structural style
in the
1989 Balanced cross section through Wilburton gas
field,
1989 Balanced cross section through Wilburton gas
field,
1989 Applications of computer-aided section construction,
restoration and balancing models to the petroleum industry. R. Kligfield,
M. Rowan, & R. Ratliff, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Annual
Meeting.
1988 Use of fault cut-offs and bed travel distance
in balanced cross-sections: Discussion. M. Rowan & R. Ratliff, Journal
of Structural Geology, 10: 311-312.
1988 The Bear Creek anticline,
1988 Strain patterns in folds: applications to fractured
reservoir analysis. R. Kligfield, R. Ratliff, & P. Geiser, AAPG
Bulletin, 72: 206- 207.
1988 Strain and stress implications of en-echelon
vein systems. A. Morris & R. Ratliff, GSA Abstracts with Programs,
20: A107.
1988 Short Course Notes: Fold-Thrust Belt Processes
and Methods of Geological Cross Section Construction and Balancing.
R. Ratliff,
1988 Pin lines in Idaho-Wyoming thrust belt folds:
implications for cross section balancing. R. Ratliff, Geological Society
of
1988 New applications of computer-based cross section
construction: strain analysis, local balancing and subsurface fault
prediction. J. Geiser, P. Geiser, R. Kligfield, R. Ratliff, & M.
Rowan, The Mountain Geologist, 25: 47-59 (Honorable Mention, Best Paper
Award).
1988 Interaction between strike-slip and thrust
shear: deformation of the Bullbreen Group, central-western
1988 Deformation and strain rate variation in flexural
folds. R. Ratliff & R. Kligfield, Geological Society of
1988 Critical taper thrustbelt evolution: implications
for thrust displacement history and thrustbelt width. R. Ratliff, Geological
Society of
1988 Computer analysis of fold kinematics and implications
for petrophysical reservoir characteristics. R. Ratliff & R. Kligfield,
In: D.C. Peters &
1987 Kinematic implications of fold-related fractures.
R. Ratliff & R. Kligfield, GSA Abstracts with Programs, 19: 328.
1986 Thin skin tectonics of the central
1986 Structural constraints on motion along west
Svalbard Caledonian terrane margins. A. Morris, L. Kanat, & R. Ratliff,
Conf. Report, IGCP Project 233.
1986 Extension parallel to fold axes: a model based
on hinge line geometry. R. Ratliff & R. Kligfield, GSA Abstracts
with Programs, 18: 726.
1986 Comparison of strain measurement data and computer
modelling results in an area of compressional strike-slip motion. R.
Ratliff & A. Morris, Geological Society of
1985 Heterogeneous deformation mechanisms and strain
estimates in conglomerates from west
1985 Deformation history of the Bullbreen Group,
central-western
(in revision) Three-dimensional fault-propagation
folding: a model based on displacement variation. R. Ratliff, Journal
of Structural Geology.
(in revision)
Strain partitioning and volume flux in a buckled limestone multilayer
from the central Helvetic nappes,
(in revision)
Error analysis and the effect of initial fabric in Rf-phi strain determination.
R. Ratliff, Tectonophysics.
(in revision)
Comparison of the three-dimensional geometry of natural folds to theoretical
models based on fault displacement variation. R. Ratliff, Journal of
Structural Geology.
