An amplitude-based multiazimuthal approach to mapping fractures using P-wave 3D seismic data

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 690-698

  Luo, Mu ^a,b   Evans, Brian J ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MAPPING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

3D SEISMIC DATA; AMPLITUDE VERSUS OFFSET; DOMINANT FACTOR; FIELD DATA SETS; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SORTING PROCESS; VERTICAL FRACTURE;

SEISMIC WAVES;

EID: 31744448079     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1759455     Document Type: Article

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