A technique for identifying microseismic multiplets and application to the Valhall field, North Sea

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Arrowsmith, Stephen J ^a,b   Eisner, Leo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faulting; Seismology

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

FAULTING; MICROSEISMIC DOUBLETS; MICROSEISMIC MULTIPLETS; PEAK CROSSCORRELATION COEFFICIENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 33645694640     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2187804     Document Type: Article

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