Monitoring overburden layer changes and fault movements from time-lapse seismic data on the Valhall Field

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1100-1118

  Røste, Thomas ^a   Landrø, Martin ^a   Hatchell, Paul ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilation factor; Growing faults; Pre stacktime lapse seismic

Indexed keywords

DILATION; FAULT ZONE; OVERBURDEN; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; VALHALL FIELD;

EID: 34548136898     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03369.x     Document Type: Article

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