A method to estimate length distributions from outcrop data

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 389-419

  White, Christopher D ^a,b   Willis, Brian J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Erlangian; Frontier Formation; Geostatistics; Shale; Tide influenced delta

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; RESERVOIR FLUID; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SHALE;

EID: 0034079131     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007510615051     Document Type: Article

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