Rescaled-range and power spectrum analyses on well-logging data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 201-212

  Li, Chun Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borehole geophysics; Fourier transforms; Fractals; Geostatistics; Numerical techniques

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; POWER LAW; SPECTRUM;

EID: 0037392990     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01893.x     Document Type: Article

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