What m akes an expert effective at interpreting seismic images?

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-78

  Bond, C E ^a   Lunn, R J ^b   Shipton, Z K ^b   Lunn, A D ^c  

^a Osbourne House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERT ELICITATION; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GEOSCIENTISTS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; INDUSTRY EXPERTS; MASTER'S DEGREE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZES; SEISMIC IMAGE; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; UNCERTAIN DATAS; WORK-FLOWS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA INTERPRETATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855468666     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32375.1     Document Type: Article

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