Distinguishing carbonate reservoir pore facies with nuclear magnetic resonance measurements

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-54

  Genty, Coralie ^a   Jensen, Jerry L ^b   Ahr, Wayne M ^c  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical variates; Leave one out; Spectral decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548270890     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-007-9035-8     Document Type: Article

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