Synthetic seismic models from outcrop-derived reservoir-scale three-dimensional fades models: The Eocene Ainsa turbidite system (Southern Pyrenees)

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-343

  Falivene, O ^a,b   Arbues P ^a   Ledo, J ^a   Benjumea, B ^c   Munoz J A ^a   Fernandez O ^d,e   Martinez S ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Shell Exploration and Production International   (Netherlands)

^c Institut Geologic de Gotalunya   (Spain)

^d Tuition House   (United Kingdom)

^e BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^f CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GRADING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES;

CENOZOIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SEISMIC FREQUENCIES; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SEISMIC RESOLUTION;

SANDSTONE;

AMPLITUDE; CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EOCENE; MUDSTONE; OUTCROP; RESERVOIR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBIDITE;

PYRENEES;

EID: 77950302966     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08030908157     Document Type: Article

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