A strategy for automated analysis of passive microseismic data to image seismic anisotropy and fracture characteristics

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 755-773

  Wuestefeld, Andreas ^a   Al Harrasi, Othman ^a   Verdon, James P ^a   Wookey, James ^a   Kendall, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture induced anisotropy; Reservoir characterisation; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; AUTOMATED INVERSION; CHARACTERISTIC DIFFERENCE; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DATA SETS; EIGEN-VALUE; FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTURE DENSITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INDUCED ANISOTROPY; INDUCED SEISMICITY; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; QUALITY INDICES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION; ROCK PHYSICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC MONITORING; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SPLITTING TECHNIQUES; STATE OF STRESS;

ANISOTROPY; AUTOMATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HYDROCARBON REFINING; HYDROCARBONS; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AUTOMATION; DATA INVERSION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MONITORING; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; THRESHOLD; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 77955727323     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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