Multi-scale fracture characterization of an outcrop analog and comparison with borehole data, permian Tanqua-Karoo Basin, South Africa

SPWLA 46th Annual Logging Symposium 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Taal Van Koppen, J K J ^a   Luthi, S M ^a   Bertotti, G ^b   Beek, T ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; BOREHOLES; SANDSTONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UNLOADING; WEATHERING; WELL LOGGING;

BOREHOLE IMAGE LOGS; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; MULTI-SCALE IMAGING; NEAR-SURFACE STRESS; POSITIONING SYSTEM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

FRACTURE;

EID: 34548064733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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