Fault seal mapping - Incorporating geometric and property uncertainty

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 309, Issue , 2008, Pages 5-38

  Freeman, S R ^a   Harris, S D ^a   Knipe, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMETRY; GEOSTATISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RESERVOIR; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 72049083237     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP309.2     Document Type: Article

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