Acoustic and petrophysical properties of a clastic deepwater depositional system from lithofacies to architectural elements' scales

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Slatt, Roger M ^a   Eslinger, Eric V ^b   Van Dyke, Staffan K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b The College of Saint Rose   (United States)

^c CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; BOREHOLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PETROPHYSICS; POROSITY; RADAR REFLECTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOFACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 63049103394     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3073760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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