Low-frequency microtremor anomalies at an oil and gas field in Voitsdorf, Austria

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-411

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

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Spectraseis AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; GAS INDUSTRY; HYDROCARBONS; OIL FIELDS; SURVEYS;

AUSTRIA; BROADBAND SEISMOMETERS; DATA INTERPRETATIONS; DATA SETS; FOURIER SPECTRUMS; FREQUENCY SHIFTS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS; IN LINES; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; LOW FREQUENCIES; LOW-FREQUENCY RANGES; MICRO TREMORS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PEAK FREQUENCIES; SEISMIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SEISMIC WAVEFIELD; SPECTRAL ENERGIES; SPECTRAL RATIOS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

SEISMIC WAVES;

DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROTREMOR; OIL FIELD; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOMETRY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE FIELD; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 64249157862     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2008.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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