Fracture intensity from geomechanical models: Application to the Blue Forest 3D survey, Green River Basin, Wyoming, USA

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 292, Issue , 2007, Pages 137-157

  Wilkins, Scott J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; FAULTING; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GEOMECHANICS; PREDICTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

GREEN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 38349141533     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP292.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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