Seismic heterogeneity cubes and their equiprobable simulations

Journal of Seismic Exploration

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Imhof, Matthias G ^a   Kempner, William C ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ChevronTexaco   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Attribute; Geostatistics; Interpretation; Seismic data

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0042805076     PISSN: 09630651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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