New azimuthal binning for improved delineation of faults and fractures

Geophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Perez, Gabriel ^a,b   Marfurt, Kurt J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Occupational Health Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AZIMUTHAL BINNING; DIPPING REFLECTORS; FAULTS; KIRCHHOFF PRESTACK MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

SEISMOLOGY;

AZIMUTH; FAULT; FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIRCHHOFF EQUATION; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TRAVEL TIME;

FORT WORTH BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149062038     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2813136     Document Type: Article

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