Estimation of reservoir fracturing from marine VSP using local shear-wave conversion

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-50

  MacBeth, Colin ^a   Boyd, Mark ^b   Rizer, William ^c   Queen, John ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Conoco UK ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Subsurface Technology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; ELASTIC WAVES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; UNDERWATER SOILS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

GAS PRODUCING DOLOMITE LAYERS; LOCAL SHEAR WAVE CONVERSION;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 0031696680     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1998.770313.x     Document Type: Article

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