Back-stripped 3D seismic data: A new tool applied to testing sill emplacement models

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-268

  Smallwood, John R ^a  

^a Hess Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back stripping; Depth conversion

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; 3D SEISMIC DATA; BACK-STRIPPING; COMPLEX MODEL; DATA SETS; DEPTH CONVERSION; FEEDER SYSTEM; FLUID MIGRATION; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROCARBON TRAPS; NEW TOOLS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; RESTORATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; STRIPPING (DYES); THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EMPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SILL;

EID: 70149091253     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-844     Document Type: Article

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