Imaging fractures and sedimentary fabrics using shear wave splitting measurements made on passive seismic data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1245-1254

  Verdon, J P ^a   Kendall, J M ^a   Wustefeld A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Downhole methods; Fractures and faults; Inverse theory; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IMAGING METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEM; S-WAVE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

ANISOTROPY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

DOWNHOLE METHODS; DOWNHOLE RECEIVERS; FRACTURES AND FAULTS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INVERSE THEORY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATAS; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SPLITTING MEASUREMENTS; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 70350349561     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04347.x     Document Type: Article

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