3D seismic imaging of lower delta-plain beach ridges: Lower Brent Group, northern North Sea

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1225-1236

  Jackson, Christopher A L ^a   Grunhagen, Henrike ^b   Howell, John A ^c,d   Larsen, Ane L ^b,c,d   Andersson, Annika ^b,c   Boen, Frede ^b   Groth, Audun ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Rocksource ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; AMPLITUDE ANOMALIES; BEACH RIDGE; EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTIONS; GEOMETRIC DATA; LOW-AMPLITUDE; NORTH SEA; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; THICKNESS VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; WELL DATA;

HYDROCARBONS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BEACHES;

BEACH RIDGE; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRENT FIELD; NORTH SEA;

EID: 78249244797     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-053     Document Type: Article

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