Statistical characterization of gas-patch distributions in partially saturated rocks

Geophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Toms Stewart, Julianna ^a,b   Müller, Tobias M ^c,d   Gurevich, Boris ^d   Paterson, Lincoln ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AUTOCORRELATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIME; LIMESTONE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEISMIC WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; COMPRESSIONAL WAVE ATTENUATION; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; SUB-MILLIMETER RESOLUTIONS; WAVE-INDUCED FLUID FLOW;

GASES;

AUTOCORRELATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 63049126331     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3073007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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