Model-based prediction of porosity and reservoir quality from P- and S-wave data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Spikes, Kyle T ^a   Dvorkin, Jack P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOPHYSICS; LITHOLOGY; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCK MECHANICS; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTICS; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; WELL LOGGING;

CROSS-WELL MEASUREMENTS; RESERVOIR QUALITY; DETERMINISTIC EQUATIONS; MODEL-BASED PREDICTION; RELATIVE ERRORS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; ROCK PHYSICS MODEL; ROCK PROPERTIES;

SEISMOLOGY; POROSITY;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEISMIC WAVE; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 1242300088     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018450     Document Type: Article

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