Elastic impedance inversion of multichannel seismic data from unconsolidated sediments containing gas hydrate and free gas

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 164-179

  Lu, Shaoming ^a   McMechan, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GAS HYDRATES; POISSON RATIO; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; GASES; HYDRATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEISMIC WAVES; WELL LOGGING;

ELASTIC IMPEDANCE; STABILITY ZONES; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; FREE GAS CONCENTRATIONS; GAS HYDRATE CONCENTRATIONS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITIES; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC DATUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GAS HYDRATES;

ALGORITHM; DATA INVERSION; DATA PROCESSING; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SURVEY; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

EID: 1842433754     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1649385     Document Type: Article

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