Relationship of P-wave seismic attributes, azimuthal anisotropy, and commercial gas pay in 3-D P-wave multiazimuth data, Rulison Field, Piceance Basin, Colorado

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1293-1311

  Lynn, Heloise B ^a   Campagna, David ^b   Simon, K Michele ^a,c   Beckham, Wallace E ^a  

^a Lynn Inc   (United States)

^b Advanced Resources International Inc   (United States)

^c Amerada Hess   (United States)

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EID: 0008481705     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444635     Document Type: Article

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