Modelling and analysis of attenuation anisotropy in multi-azimuth VSP data from the Clair field

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 627-642

  Maultzsch, Sonja ^a,b   Chapman, Mark ^b   Liu, Enru ^b   Li, Xiang Yang ^b  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA REDUCTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ANISOTROPIC ATTENUATION; FRACTURE STRIKE;

SEISMIC WAVES;

AZIMUTH; FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

EID: 34547873184     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00645.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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