Spatial orientation and distribution of reservoir fractures from scattered seismic energy

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Willis, Mark E ^a   Burns, Daniel R ^a   Rao, Rama ^a   Minsley, Burke ^a   Toksöz, M Nafi ^a   Vetri, Laura ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earth crust; Fracture; Geophysical techniques; Seismology

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EARTH CRUST; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; RESERVOIR FRACTURES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; RESERVOIR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 33748868118     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2235977     Document Type: Article

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