Detection and analysis of naturally fractured gas reservoirs: Multiazimuth seismic surveys in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1277-1292

  Grimm, Robert E ^a   Lynn, Heloise B ^b   Bates, C R ^a,c   Phillips, D R ^a,d   Simon, K M ^b,e   Beckham, Wallace E ^b  

^a Blackhawk Golden   (United States)

^b Lynn Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d GeoQuest Reservoir Technologies   (United States)

^e Amerada Hess   (United States)

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EID: 0000767477     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444634     Document Type: Article

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