Neural network analysis of crosshole tomographic images: The seismic signature of gas hydrate bearing sediments in the Mackenzie Delta (NW Canada)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Bauer, Klaus ^a   Pratt, R G ^b   Haberland, C ^a   Weber, M ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CONFORMAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GRAPH THEORY; HYDRATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LITHOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TOMOGRAPHY; VECTORS;

ATTRIBUTE DATUMS; CROSSHOLE; DATA VECTORS; EXPLORATION STRATEGIES; HIGH VELOCITIES; IN-SITU; INTERLAYERING; KOHONEN LAYERS; MODEL VECTORS; NEURAL NETWORK ANALYSES; NEURAL NETWORK TECHNIQUES; P VELOCITIES; P WAVES; SEISMIC SIGNATURES; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHIES; STRONG ANISOTROPIES; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS;

GAS HYDRATES;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CROSSHOLE SEISMIC METHOD; DATA SET; GAS HYDRATE; LITHOLOGY; LITHOTYPE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 57749189994     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035263     Document Type: Article

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