Integration of high-resolution outcrop and subsurface data to enhance interpretation of low-resolution seismic data in the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) carbonate system in western Canada

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 80, 2005, Pages 261-278

  Schwab, Anne M ^a   Van Buchem, Frans S P ^b   Eberli, Gregor P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645498787     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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