Model-based shear-wave velocity estimation versus empirical regressions

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 785-797

  Jørstad, Arild ^a   Mukerji, Tapan ^b   Mavko, Gary ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHALE; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WELL LOGGING;

LINEAR REGRESSION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SHEAR WAVE;

SEISMIC WAVES;

DATA PROCESSING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0033428517     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1999.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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