Estimation of geological attributes from a well log: An application of hidden Markov chains

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-397

  Eidsvik, Jo ^a   Mukerji, Tapan ^b   Switzer, Paul ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward backward recursion; Gibbs sampling; Marginal likelihood estimation; Petrophysical logs; Psuedo logs; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; MARKOV CHAIN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DATA; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 3042809507     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MATG.0000028443.75501.d9     Document Type: Article

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