Improved seismic identification of inter-fault damage via a linked geomechanics - Seismic approach

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 289, Issue , 2007, Pages 187-207

  Hall, S A ^a,b   Lewis, H ^a   Macle, X ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 38549140038     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP289.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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