Fracture characterization from near-offset VSP inversion

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-164

  Horne, Steve ^a,b   MacBeth, Colin ^a   Queen, J ^c   Rizer, W ^c   Cox, V ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ANISOTROPY; BOREHOLES; CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; SEISMIC WAVES;

DATA INVERSION; RAY TRACING; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILING (VSP);

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INVERSION; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC METHOD; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

USA, OKLAHOMA, KAY COUNTY, CONOCO BOREHOLE TEST FACILITY;

EID: 0030911237     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1997.3170237.x     Document Type: Article

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