An introduction to marine controlled-source electromagnetic methods for hydrocarbon exploration

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Constable, Steven ^a   Srnka, Leonard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drilling; Geochemistry; Geomagnetism; Geophysical techniques; Oceanic crust; Seafloor phenomena; Seismology; Terrestrial electricity

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETISM; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMAGNETISM; HYDROCARBONS; OFFSHORE DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CONTROLLED-SOURCE ELCTROMAGNETIC (CSEM) METHODS; SEAFLOOR PHENOMENA;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

DATA ACQUISITION; DEEP DRILLING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GEOMAGNETISM; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC METHOD;

EID: 33947172123     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2432483     Document Type: Article

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