Fractured reservoir delineation using multicomponent seismic data

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-64

  Li, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POLARIZATION; SEISMIC WAVES; VECTORS;

FRACTURED RESERVOIR DELINEATION; LINEAR TRANSFORMS; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

AMPLITUDE; FRACTURE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 0031007120     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1997.3200262.x     Document Type: Article

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