Time reverse modeling of low-frequency microtremors: Application to hydrocarbon reservoir localization

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Steiner, Brian ^a   Saenger, Erik H ^a,b   Schmalholz, Stefan M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Spectraseis AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HYDROCARBONS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS;

LOW-FREQUENCY MICROTREMORS; RESERVOIR LOCALIZATION; TIME REVERSE MODELING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ARRIVAL TIME; ELASTIC WAVE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROTREMOR; MODELING; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAPH; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 38849198467     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032097     Document Type: Article

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