Stochastic modeling of incised valley geometries

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1156-1172

  MacDonald, Alister C ^a   Fält, Lars Magnus ^a   Hektoen, Anne Lise ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL RESERVOIRS; INCISED VALLEYS;

FLOODS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACES; WATER WELLS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

HYDROCARBON; RESERVOIR ARCHITECTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELING;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0345451158     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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