Direct reservoir parameter estimation using joint inversion of marine seismic AVA and CSEM data

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Hoversten, G Michael ^a   Cassassuce, Florence ^a   Gasperikova, Erika ^a   Newman, Gregory A ^a   Chen, Jinsong ^a   Rubin, Yoram ^b   Hou, Zhangshuan ^b   Vasco, Don ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysical prospecting; Oceanographic regions; Porosity; Rocks; Seismology

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY; ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

GEOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; MARINE CONTROLLED-SOURCE ELECTROMAGNETIC DATA; SEISMIC AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH ANGLE OF INCIDENCE;

SEISMOLOGY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; POROSITY; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; ROCK; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; TROLL FIELD;

EID: 33745102353     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2194510     Document Type: Article

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