Use of ground-penetrating radar for 3-D sedimentological characterization of clastic reservoir analogs

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 786-796

  McMechan, George A ^a   Gaynor, Gerard C ^b,c   Szerbiak, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Reservoir Geosystems Inc   (United States)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLOGY; RADAR IMAGING; SANDSTONE;

CLASTIC RESERVOIRS; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; FERRON SANDSTONE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC DATA; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLASTIC RESERVOIR ANALOGS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); SEDIMENTOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

CLASTIC RESERVOIR ANALOGUE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

USA, UTAH;

EID: 0031148089     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444188     Document Type: Article

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