AVD - An emerging new marine technology for reservoir characterization: Acquisition and application

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1153-1159

  MacBeth, Colin ^a   Li, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY ESTIMATION; AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; FILLED FRACTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION; OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILES;

OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0000723050     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444622     Document Type: Article

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