A passive seismic survey over a gas field: Analysis of low-frequency anomalies

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Saenger, Erik H ^a,b   Schmalholz, Stefan M ^a   Lambert, Marc A ^a   Nguyen, Tung T ^a   Torres, Arnaud ^b   Metzger, Sabrina ^b   Habiger, Robert M ^b   Müller, Tamara ^b   Rentsch, Susanne ^c,d   Méndez Hernández, Efraín ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Spectraseis AG   (Switzerland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d PEMEX   (Mexico)

^e WESTERNGECO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS INDUSTRY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMOLOGY; SURVEYS; TIGHT GAS;

BROAD-BAND SEISMOMETERS; HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LOW FREQUENCY RANGE; PARTIALLY SATURATED; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; WAVE-INDUCED FLUID FLOW;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROTREMOR; POROELASTICITY; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMOGRAPH;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 63049108059     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3078402     Document Type: Article

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