Using petrophysics and cross-section balancing to interpret complex structure in a limited-quality 3-D seismic image

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1760-1773

  Hardage, Bob A ^a   Pendleton, Virginia M ^b   Major, R P ^a,e   Asquith, George B ^c   Schultz Ela, Dan ^a   Lancaster, D E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Integrity Geophysics   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d S E Holditch and Assoc Inc   (United States)

^e The University of Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; FAULTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROPHYSICS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES;

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; PETROPHYSICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DATA QUALITY; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS; STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION; VARYING THICKNESS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0039110343     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444682     Document Type: Article

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