Automated mapping of carbonate build-ups and palaeokarst from the Norwegian Barents Sea using 3D seismic texture attributes

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 1595-1611

  Carrillat, A ^a   Hunt, D ^b   Randen, T ^a   Sonneland, L ^a   Elvebakk, G ^b  

^a British Geological Survey   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Build ups; Carbonate; Palaeokarst; Seismic facies; Seismic stratigraphy; Texture attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052537019     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0061595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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