AVO attribute inversion for finely layered reservoirs

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Stovas, Alexey ^a   Landrø, Martin ^a   Avseth, Per ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Rocks; Sand; Seismic waves

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; ROCKS; SAND; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES;

AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH OFFSET; GASSMANN ROCK-PHYSICS; TURBIDITE RESERVOIR;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

AVO METHOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR ROCK; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; ROCK PROPERTY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745100529     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2197487     Document Type: Article

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