Characterizing fracture networks: An effective approach using seismic anisotropy attributes

First Break

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 67-72

  Freudenreich, Yann ^a   Angerer, Erika ^b   del Monte, Alessandro Amato ^c   Reiser, Cyrille ^d  

^a Shell E and P   (Netherlands)

^b Reservoir Engineering Group   (Australia)

^c ENI S P A   (Italy)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE NETWORK; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 33745024583     PISSN: 02635046     EISSN: 13652397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1365-2397.2006016     Document Type: Article

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