3D volumetric multispectral estimates of reflector curvature and rotation

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Al Dossary, Saleh ^a   Marfurt, Kurt J ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth crust; Faulting; Fracture; Seismic waves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EARTH CRUST; FAULTING; REFLECTOR CURVATURE;

TECTONICS;

CURVATURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE;

FORT WORTH; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748862208     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2242449     Document Type: Article

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