An electromagnetic modelling tool for the detection of hydrocarbons in the subsoil

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-256

  Carcione, ^a   Seriani, ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FORWARD MODELING METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR) SYSTEMS; SELF-SIMILAR THEORY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MODELING;

EID: 0034163217     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2000.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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