Statistical modelling and validation of correlation in turbidites: An example from the Tertiary Piedmont Basin (Castagnola Fm., Northern Italy)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-39

  Felletti, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Outcrop analogue; Reservoir modelling; Statistics; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TURBIDITY;

RESERVOIR SCALE MODELING; STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIP;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN FILL; CORRELATION; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERTIARY; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1542318113     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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