The 1998 Valhall microseismic data set: An integrated study of relocated sources, seismic multiplets, and S-wave splitting

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  De Meersman, Kristof ^a,b   Kendall, J M ^a,c   van der Baan, Mirko ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CGG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIGITAL STORAGE; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES;

CROSS CORRELATIONS; LOCATION UNCERTAINTY; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; RELATIVE ACCURACY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; SOURCE MECHANISMS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARRIVAL TIME; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA SET; FAULT ZONE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MICROSTRUCTURE; OIL FIELD; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE SPLITTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; VALHALL FIELD;

EID: 71049129405     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3205028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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