Full-waveform based complete moment tensor inversion and source parameter estimation from downhole microseismic data for hydrofracture monitoring

Geophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Song, Fuxian ^a   Toksöz, M Nafi ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borehole geophysics; Inversion; Microseismic; Monitoring; Sources

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MONITORING; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; STATISTICAL TESTS; TENSORS;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; DOWN-HOLE MONITORING; FULL-WAVEFORM DATA; INVERSION; MICROSEISMIC; MOMENT TENSOR INVERSION; VOLUMETRIC COMPONENTS; WAVENUMBER INTEGRATION METHODS;

MICROSEISMIC MONITORING;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; DATA SET; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MOMENT TENSOR; MONITORING SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857324813     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0027.1     Document Type: Article

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