Feasibility of seismic characterization of multiple fracture sets

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1399-1407

  Grechka, Vladimir ^a   Tsvankin, Ilya ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STIFFNESS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; ELASTICITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TENSORS;

SEISMIC DATA; EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS TENSORS; ESTIMATION OF PARAMETERS; EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILING; VERTICAL SYMMETRY AXIS;

GEOPHYSICS; FRACTURE;

ALGORITHM; FRACTURE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; STIFFNESS; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

EID: 0141849102     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1598133     Document Type: Article

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