Shear-wave splitting as a tool for the characterization of geothermal fractured reservoirs: Lessons learned

Geothermics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 365-385

  Rial, José A ^a   Elkibbi, Maya ^a   Yang, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coso; Geothermal fields; Krafla; Shear wave splitting; The Geysers

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; LITHOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

DIGITAL SEISMOMETERS; MICRO-CRACKS; SEISMIC EVENTS; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING (SWS);

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; S-WAVE; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 19344369665     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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