Fractal model for petroleum resource distribution and its application

Shiyou Xuebao/Acta Petrolei Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-385

  Guo, Qiulin ^a   Xie, Hongbing ^a,b   Mi, Shiyun ^a   Chen, Ningsheng ^a   Liang, Kun ^a   Hu, Suyun ^a  

^a Exploration and Development Research Institute   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal model; Petroleum resource; Resource abundance; Spatial distribution; Stochastic simulation procedure

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL MODEL; PETROLEUM RESOURCE; RESOURCE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION PROCEDURE;

FRACTALS; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; OIL FIELDS; POWER SPECTRUM; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIMULATORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 66349120274     PISSN: 02532697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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