Amplitude analysis with an optimal model-based linear AVO approximation: Part I - Theory

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Causse, E ^a,b   Riede, Mathias ^a,c   van Wijngaarden, A J ^b   Buland, A ^b   Dutzer, Jean Francois ^d   Fillon, Raphael ^e  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

^d Gaz de France Norge AS   (Norway)

^e Gaz de France   (Norway)

Author keywords

Geophysical techniques; Seismic waves; Seismology; Singular value decomposition

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS; AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH OFFSET (AVO); GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTIMAL MODEL; SEISMIC-PARAMETER VARIATIONS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AVO METHOD; LINEARITY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 34248634033     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2668600     Document Type: Article

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